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† ˈdeess, deesse Obs.
[a. F. déesse (12th c.), variant, influenced by L. dea, of dieuesse, fem. of dieu god. Cf. Pr. deuessa, diuessa, Sp. diosa, Pg. deosa. See -ess.]
A goddess.
1549Compl. Scot. Prol. 11 Ane fayr ymage of the deesse iuno. 1685Bp. H. Croft on Burnet's Th. Earth Pref. A vij (T.), He does so much magnifie Nature..that he hath made her a kind of joint deess with God. 1698Vanbrugh æsop i. 285 Wks. (1893) I. 169 The Déesse who from Atropos's breast preserves The names of heroes and their actions. |