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† deficience Obs.|dɪˈfɪʃəns|
[ad. late L. dēficientia, f. dēficient-em deficient: see -ence.]
The fact of being deficient; failure, want, deficiency.
1605Bacon Adv. Learn. ii. ii. §4. 11 In these kindes of vnperfect Histories I doe assign no deficience. 1641Ld. J. Digby Sp. in Ho. Com. 19 Jan. 20 The deficience of Parliament hath bin the Causa Causarum of all the Mischiefs. 1667Milton P.L. viii. 416 Thou in thy self art perfect, and in thee Is no deficience found. 1762–71H. Walpole Vertue's Anecd. Paint. (1782) V. 2 Want of colouring is the capital deficience of prints. 1784Johnson Lett. to Mrs. Thrale 10 Mar., Imputing every deficience to criminal negligence. |