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95 Dhia bith leat chun an ath chlach mhile agus na's fada
digniori, let it be given to the more worthy. —detur pulchriori, let
it be given to the fairest: inscription on the apple of discord.
Deum cole, regem serva [L], worship God and serve the king.
de un golpe [Sp], at one blow.
de un tirón [Sp], at one stroke.
Deus avertat! [L], God forbid!
Deus det! [L], God grant!
Deus est régit qui omnia [L], there is a God who rules all things.
Deus est summum bonum [L], God is the chief good.
deus ex machina [L], a god out of a machine (alluding to a favorite
stage trick in classical tragedies of introducing a god, usually lowered
in a crane, to solve the entanglement of the plot); providential
intervention, esp. in a play or novel. Cf. θεός εκ μηχανής (theòs ek
mëkhanês).
Deus gubernat navem [L], God steers (or is the pilot of) the ship.
Deus misereatur [L], God be merciful.
Deus nobiscum, quis contra? [L], God with us, who (can avail) against
us?
deus nobis haec otia fecit [L], a god has wrought for us this repose;
a deity has conferred these comforts upon us: Virgil.
Deus providebit [L], God will provide.
Deus vobiscum [L], God be with you.
Deus vult [L], God wills (it): rallying cry of the First Crusade.
Deutsches Reich [Ger], German Empire; official name of the former
German Empire and Republic.
Deutschland über alles [Ger], Germany above all.
deva [Skr], a god.
devalaya [Skr], temple; shrine: India.
devi [Skr], a goddess.
devochka [Russ; pi. devochik], girl.
devoir [Fr], duty; task; courteous attentions: usually in pi. —devoir
pascal, Easter communion.
de vuelta [Sp], returned; back again.
dewan [Anglo-Ind]. See DIWAN.
dextras dare [L], lit., to give right hands; shake hands as a pledge of
faith.
dextro tempore [L], at the right time; at the opportune moment: Horace.
dey [Fr, fr. Turk dâï, lit., maternal uncle; a title given to elderly men
by the Janissaries, and esp. to their commanding officer in Algiers],
the title of the former rulers of Algiers, Tunis, and Tripoli.
dharma [Skr], law; religious obligation; duty; religion: Hinduism.
dharna [Hind], enforcement of payment of a debt or of compliance
with any demand by sitting fasting at the offender's door: India.
Dhia bith leat chun an ath chlach mhile agus na's fada [Gael], God
be with you to the last milestone—and beyond.