a. [ Cf. F. confidentiel. ] 1. Enjoying, or treated with, confidence; trusted in; trustworthy; as, a confidential servant or clerk. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Communicated in confidence; secret. “Confidential messages.” Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

Confidential communication (Law) See Privileged communication, under Privileged. --
Confidential creditors, those whose claims are of such a character that they are entitled to be paid before other creditors. --
Confidential debts, debts incurred for borrowed money, and regarded as having a claim to be paid before other debts. McElrath. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. the state or attribute of being secret; privacy; as, you must respect the confidentiality of your client's communications. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

2. discretion in keeping secret information. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adv. In confidence; in reliance on secrecy. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. It. credenziale, fr. LL. credentia. See Credence. ] Giving a title or claim to credit or confidence; accrediting. [ 1913 Webster ]

Their credential letters on both sides. Camden. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. It. credenziale. ] 1. That which gives a title to credit or confidence. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. pl. Testimonials showing that a person is entitled to credit, or has right to exercise official power, as the letters given by a government to an ambassador or envoy, or a certificate that one is a duly elected delegate. [ 1913 Webster ]

The committee of estates excepted against the credentials of the English commissioners. Whitelocke. [ 1913 Webster ]

Had they not shown undoubted credentials from the Divine Person who sent them on such a message. Addison.

adj. having an official document certifying fitness for a particular task.
Syn. -- certificated, documented. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. The shedding of teeth. [ R. ] Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. L. dens, dentis, tooth + cetus, pl. cete, whale, Gr. &unr_;. ] (Zool.) The division of Cetacea in which the teeth are developed, including the sperm whale, dolphins, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. denticulus a little tooth, dim. of dens, dentis, tooth. See Dental, and cf. Dentelli. ] A small tooth or projecting point.

{ } a. [ L. denticulatus, fr. denticulus. See Denticle. ] Furnished with denticles; notched into little toothlike projections; as, a denticulate leaf of calyx. -- Den*tic"u*late*ly adv. [1913 Webster]

n. 1. The state of being set with small notches or teeth. Grew. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Bot. & Zool.) A diminutive tooth; a denticle. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. dens, dentis, tooth + -ferous. ] Bearing teeth; dentigerous. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. dens, dentis, tooth + -form: cf. F. dentiforme. ] Having the form of a tooth or of teeth; tooth-shaped. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. dentifricium; dens, dentis, tooth + fricare to rub: cf. F. dentifrice. See Tooth, and Friction. ] A powder or other substance to be used in cleaning the teeth; tooth powder. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. dens, dentis, tooth + -gerous. ] Bearing teeth or toothlike structures. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ LL. dentillus, for L. denticulus. Cf. Dentelli, Denticle, Dentile. ] (Arch.) A small square block or projection in cornices, a number of which are ranged in an ornamental band; -- used particularly in the Ionic, Corinthian, and Composite orders. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Formed by the teeth and the lips, or representing a sound so formed. -- n. A dentilabial sound or letter. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Toothed. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Dentition. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. dens, dentis, tooth + lavare to wash. ] A wash for cleaning the teeth. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ LL. dentillus, for L. denticulus. See Dentil. ] (Zool.) A small tooth, like that of a saw. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. dens tooth + E. lingual. ] Produced by applying the tongue to the teeth or to the gums; or representing a sound so formed. -- n. A dentilingual sound or letter. [ 1913 Webster ]

The letters of this fourth, dentilingual or linguidental, class, viz., d, t, s, z, l, r. Am. Cyc. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who speaks through the teeth, that is, with the teeth closed. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. dens, dentis, tooth + loqui to speak. ] The habit or practice of speaking through the teeth, or with them closed. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to dentine. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. dentine. ] (Anat.) The dense calcified substance of which teeth are largely composed. It contains less animal matter than bone, and in the teeth of man is situated beneath the enamel. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. dens, dentis, tooth + Gr. fwnh` sound. ] An instrument which, placed against the teeth, conveys sound to the auditory nerve; an audiphone. Knight. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Dentirostres [ NL., fr. L. dens, dentis, tooth + rostrum bill, beak: cf. F. dentirostre. ] (Zool.) A dentirostral bird. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zool.) Having a toothed bill; -- applied to a group of passerine birds, having the bill notched, and feeding chiefly on insects, as the shrikes and vireos. See Illust. (N) under Beak. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Dentirostral. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. dens tooth + scalpere to scrape. ] An instrument for scraping the teeth. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From L. dens, dentis, tooth: cf. F. dentiste. See Tooth. ] One whose business it is to clean, extract, or repair natural teeth, and to make and insert artificial ones; a dental surgeon.

{ } a. Pertaining to dentistry or to dentists. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The art or profession of a dentist; dental surgery. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. dentitio, fr. dentire to cut teeth, fr. dens, dentis, tooth. See Dentist. ] 1. The development and cutting of teeth; teething. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) The system of teeth peculiar to an animal. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. & i. [ imp. & p. p. Dentized p. pr. & vb. n. Dentizing. ] [ L. dens, dentis, tooth. ] To breed or cut new teeth. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The old countess . . . did dentize twice or thrice. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Relating to, or affording, evidence; indicative; especially, relating to the evidences of Christianity. Bp. Fleetwood. “Evidential tracks.” Earle.. -- Ev`i*den"tial*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

a. Furnishing evidence; asserting; proving; evidential. [ 1913 Webster ]

When a fact is supposed, although incorrectly, to be evidentiary of, or a mark of, some other fact. J. S. Mill. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Identical. [ Obs. ] Hudibras. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. identique. See Identity. ] 1. The same; the selfsame; the very same; not different; as, the identical person or thing. [ 1913 Webster ]

I can not remember a thing that happened a year ago, without a conviction . . . that I, the same identical person who now remember that event, did then exist. Reid. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Uttering sameness or the same truth; expressing in the predicate what is given, or obviously implied, in the subject; tautological. [ 1913 Webster ]

When you say body is solid, I say that you make an identical proposition, because it is impossible to have the idea of body without that of solidity. Fleming. [ 1913 Webster ]

Identical equation (Alg.), an equation which is true for all values of the algebraic symbols which enter into it. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ }, a. In diplomacy (esp. in the form identic), precisely agreeing in sentiment or opinion and form or manner of expression; -- applied to concerted action or language which is used by two or more governments in treating with another government. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

adv. In an identical manner; with respect to identity. “Identically the same.” Bp. Warburton. “Identically different.” Ross. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality or state of being identical; sameness. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Capable of being identified. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. identification. ] The act of identifying, or proving to be the same; also, the state of being identified. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. recognized; having the identity established. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Identified p. pr. & vb. n. Identifying ] [ Cf. F. identifier. See Identity, and -fy. ] 1. To make to be the same; to unite or combine in such a manner as to make one; to treat as being one or having the same purpose or effect; to consider as the same in any relation. [ 1913 Webster ]

Every precaution is taken to identify the interests of the people and of the rulers. D. Ramsay. [ 1913 Webster ]

Let us identify, let us incorporate ourselves with the people. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To establish the identity of; to prove to be the same with something described, claimed, or asserted; as, to identify stolen property. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. 1. To become the same; to coalesce in interest, purpose, use, effect, etc. [ Obs. or R. ]

2. To coalesce in interest, purpose, use, effect, etc.; to associate oneself in name, goals, or feelings; usually used with with; as, he identified with the grief she felt at her father's death. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

An enlightened self-interest, which, when well understood, they tell us will identify with an interest more enlarged and public. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. serving to distinguish or identify an object, person, species or group; as, we were asked to describe any identifying marks or distinguishing features. [ prenominal ]
Syn. -- distinguishing, distinctive. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

prop. n. [ trademark ] A set of images containing a wide variety of facial features, such as noses, hairlines, chins, etc. on transparencies which can be overlayed in combinations to build up a picture of a person; it is used by police agencies to create concrete images of a crime suspect from the descriptions of witnesses; the image created with the kit is also called an Identikit, or more properly an Identikit picture. [ Trademark ]
Syn. -- Identikit picture. [ WordNet 1.5 ]