Della-Robbia
Della-Robbia, del-la-rob′ya, n. a term applied to enamelled terra-cotta, said to have been invented by Luca della Robbia.
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Delph, an erroneous spelling of Delf.
English · e-37683-7181 · brief source recordDelphian
Delphian, del′fi-an, adj. relating to Delphi, a town of ancient Greece, or to the famous oracle which was there.—Also Del′phic.
English · e-37683-7182Delphin
Delphin, del′fin, adj. pertaining to the dauphin of France, or to an edition of the Latin classics prepared for his use, 64 vols., 1674-1730.
English · e-37683-7183Delphinidæ
Delphinidæ, del-fin′i-dē, n. a family of cetaceans, including dolphins, grampuses, &c. [L. delphinus, a dolphin.]
English · e-37683-7184 · brief source recordDelphinium
Delphinium, del-fin′i-um, n. a genus of Ranunculaceæ comprising the larkspurs and stavesacre. [Formed from Gr. delphinion, larkspur.]
English · e-37683-7185Delta
Delta, del′ta, n. the fourth letter of the Greek alphabet, the capital form of which is Δ: a tract of land of like shape formed at the mouth of a river.—n. Deltaficā′tion, the process of forming a delta.—adj. Del′toid, o
English · e-37683-7186Delubrum
Delubrum, de-lū′brum, n. a temple, shrine, sanctuary: a church having a font, a fort. [L.]
English · e-37683-7187 · brief source recordDeluce
Deluce. See Fleur-de-lis.
English · e-37683-7188 · brief source recordDelude
Delude, de-lūd′, v.t. to play or impose upon: to deceive.—adj. Delud′able.—n. Delud′er. [L. deludĕre, to play—de, down, ludĕre, lusum, to play.]
English · e-37683-7189Deluge
Deluge, del′ūj, n. a great overflow of water: a flood: esp. that in the days of Noah.—v.t. to inundate: to overwhelm as with water. [Fr.,—L. diluvium—diluĕre—dis, away, luĕre, to wash.]
English · e-37683-7190Delundung
Delundung, de-lun′dung, n. the weasel-cat of Java and Malacca, a small carnivore akin to the civet.
English · e-37683-7191 · brief source recordDelusion
Delusion, de-lū′zhun, n. the act of deluding: the state of being deluded: a false belief: error.—adj. Delū′sional, pertaining to delusions, afflicted with such.—n. Delū′sionist.—adjs. Delū′sive, Delū′sory, apt or tending
English · e-37683-7192Delve
Delve, delv, v.t. and v.i. to dig with a spade.—n. (Spens.) a place dug out, a ditch, a cave.—n. Delv′er. [A.S. delfan, to dig; conn. with dale, dell.]
English · e-37683-7193Demagnetise
Demagnetise, de-mag′net-īz, v.t. to deprive of magnetic power.—n. Demagnetisā′tion.
English · e-37683-7194 · brief source recordDemagogue
Demagogue, dem′a-gog, n. a leader of the people: a popular and factious orator.—adjs. Demagogic, -al (-goj′).—ns. Demagogism, Demagoguism (dem′a-gog-ism); Dem′agoguery, Demagogy (-goj′). [Fr.,—Gr. dēmogōgos—dēmos, the pe
English · e-37683-7195Demain
Demain. See Demesne.
English · e-37683-7196 · brief source recordDemand
Demand, dē-mand′, v.t. to claim: to ask earnestly or authoritatively: to call for: to question.—n. the asking for what is due: an asking for with authority: a claim: earnest inquiry.—adj. Demand′able, that may be demande
English · e-37683-7197Demarcation
Demarcation, Demarkation, de-mark-ā′shun, n. the act of marking off or setting bounds to: division: a fixed limit.—v.t. Demar′cate, to mark off or limit. [Fr.,—dé, off, and marquer, to mark. See Mark.]
English · e-37683-7198Dematerialise
Dematerialise, dē-ma-tē′ri-al-īz, v.t. to deprive of material qualities.
English · e-37683-7199 · brief source recordDeme
Deme, dēm, n. a subdivision of ancient Attica and of modern Greece, a township: (biol.) any differentiated aggregate of cells. [Gr. dēmos.]
English · e-37683-7200Demean
Demean, de-mēn′, v.t. to conduct (with self): to behave.—n. Demeanour, conduct—(Spens.) Demayne, Demeasnure. [O. Fr. demener—de, inten., and mener, to lead—Low L. mināre, to drive cattle, L. mināri, to threaten.]
English · e-37683-7201Demean
Demean, de-mēn′, v.t. to make mean: to lower. [More prob. on the analogy of debase, from de, and mean, low, than the same word as the preceding with specialised sense.]
English · e-37683-7202Dement
Dement, de-ment′, v.t. to drive crazy, render insane.—adj. insane, demented.—n. a demented person.—v.t. Dement′āte, to dement.—p.adj. Dement′ed, out of one's mind: insane: suffering from dementia. [L. demens, dementis, o
English · e-37683-7203Démenti
Démenti, dā-mong-tē, n. a contradiction. [Fr. démentir, to give the lie to.]
English · e-37683-7204 · brief source recordDementia
Dementia, de-men′shi-a, n. general mental enfeeblement, with loss of memory, reason, feeling, and will: often the consequence of acute mania. [L. de, neg., and mens, mentis, mind.]
English · e-37683-7205Demerit
Demerit, de-mer′it, n. ill-desert: fault: crime. [O. Fr. demerite, desert, also a fault—Low L. demeritum, a fault, demerēre, to deserve—L. de, fully, merēre, to deserve.]
English · e-37683-7206Demersed
Demersed, dē-merst′, adj. (bot.) growing under water.—n. Demer′sion.
English · e-37683-7207 · brief source recordDemesmerise
Demesmerise, de-mes′mer-īz, v.t. to relieve from mesmeric influence.—n. Demesmerisā′tion.
English · e-37683-7208 · brief source recordDemesne
Demesne, de-mēn′, Demain, de-mān′, n. a manor-house, with lands adjacent to it not let out to tenants: any estate in land. [Forms of domain.]
English · e-37683-7209Demi-bastion
Demi-bastion, dem′i-bast′yun, n. a kind of half-bastion, consisting of one face and one flank. [Fr. demi—L. dimidius, half, and bastion.]
English · e-37683-7210Demi-cadence
Demi-cadence, dem′i-kā′dens, n. (mus.) a half-cadence.
English · e-37683-7211 · brief source recordDemi-cannon
Demi-cannon, dem′i-kan′un, n. (Shak.) an old gun which threw a ball of from 30 to 36 lbs.
English · e-37683-7212 · brief source recordDemi-culverin
Demi-culverin, dem′i-cul′ve-rin, n. an old kind of cannon which threw a shot of 9 or 10 lbs.
English · e-37683-7213 · brief source recordDemi-deify
Demi-deify, dem′i-dē′i-fī, v.t. to treat as a demi-god.
English · e-37683-7214 · brief source recordDemi-devil
Demi-devil, dem′i-dev′il, n. a half-devil.
English · e-37683-7215 · brief source recordDemi-distance
Demi-distance, dem′i-dis′tans, n. (fort.) the distance between the outward polygons and the flank.
English · e-37683-7216 · brief source recordDemi-ditone
Demi-ditone, dem′i-dī-tōn, n. (mus.) a minor third.
English · e-37683-7217 · brief source recordDemi-gorge
Demi-gorge, dem′i-gorj, n. (fort.) the part of the polygon remaining after the flank is raised, going from the curtain to the angle of the polygon.
English · e-37683-7219Demi-john
Demi-john, dem′i-jon, n. a glass bottle with a full body and narrow neck, enclosed in wicker-work. [Fr. dame-jeanne, Dame Jane, analogous to Bellarmine, gray-beard. Not from the town Damaghan.]
English · e-37683-7220Demi-lance
Demi-lance, dem′i-lans, n. a short, light spear of the 16th century; a soldier armed with such a weapon.
English · e-37683-7221 · brief source recordDemi-lune
Demi-lune, dem′i-lōōn, n. (fort.) a half-moon: an old name for Ravelin. [L. demi, half, and Fr. lune—L. luna, the moon.]
English · e-37683-7222Demi-monde
Demi-monde, dem′i-mond, n. women in an equivocal position, kept women: the prostitute class generally.
English · e-37683-7223 · brief source recordDemi-semiquaver
Demi-semiquaver, dem′i-sem′i-kwā-vėr, n. (mus.) a note equal in time to the half of a semiquaver. [Fr. demi, half, and semiquaver.]
English · e-37683-7226Demi-volt
Demi-volt, dem′i-volt, n. a half-turn of a horse, the forelegs being raised in the air. [Fr. demi-volte—demi, half, and volte, a leap. See Vault.]
English · e-37683-7231Demi-wolf
Demi-wolf, dem′i-woolf, n. (Shak.) a half-wolf, the offspring of a dog and a wolf.
English · e-37683-7232 · brief source recordDemigod
Demigod, dem′i-god, n. half a god: one whose nature is partly divine, esp. a hero fabled to be the offspring of a god and a mortal:—fem. Dem′i-godd′ess. [Fr. demi, half, and god.]
English · e-37683-7218Demirep
Demirep, dem′i-rep, n. a woman of dubious reputation.—n. Dem′irepdom, shady women collectively. [Said to be a contraction of demi-reputation.]
English · e-37683-7224Demise
Demise, dē-mīz′, n. a transferring: death, esp. of a sovereign or a distinguished person: a transfer of the crown or of an estate to a successor.—v.t. to send down to a successor: to bequeath by will.—adj. Demī′sable. [O
English · e-37683-7225Demiss
Demiss, de-mis′, adj. (Spens.) humble. [L. demissus, pa.p. of demittĕre. See Demise.]
English · e-37683-7227 · brief source recordDemission
Demission, de-mish′un, n. a lowering: degradation: depression: relinquishment: resignation.—adj. Demiss′ive (obs.), humble.—adv. Demiss′ly. [L. demission-em. See Demise.]
English · e-37683-7228Demit
Demit, de-mit′, v.t. to dismiss: to relinquish: to resign. [See Demise.]
English · e-37683-7229 · brief source recordDemiurge
Demiurge, dem′i-urj, n. the maker of the world: among the Gnostics, the creator of the world and of man, subordinate to God the supreme—also Demiur′gus.—adj. Demiur′gic. [Gr. dēmiourgos—dēmos, the people, and ergon, a wo
English · e-37683-7230Demobilise
Demobilise, de-mob′il-īz, v.t. to take out of mobilisation: to disband.—n. Demobilisā′tion. [Fr.]
English · e-37683-7233 · brief source recordDemocracy
Democracy, de-mok′ra-si, n. a form of government in which the supreme power is vested in the people collectively, and is administered by them or by officers appointed by them: the people, esp. the common people in the Un
English · e-37683-7234Demogorgon
Demogorgon, dē-mo-gor′gon, n. a mysterious deity or diabolical magician first mentioned about 450 A.D., and regarded as an object of terror. [Gr. daimōn, deity, gorgos, terrible.]
English · e-37683-7235Demography
Demography, dē-mog′ra-fi, n. vital and social statistics, as applied to the study of nations and races.—n. Demog′rapher.—adj. Demograph′ic. [Gr. dēmos, the people, graphein, to write.]
English · e-37683-7236Demoiselle
Demoiselle, dem-wa-zel′, n. (Shak.) a young lady: a crane-like bird of peculiarly graceful form. [Fr. See Damsel.]
English · e-37683-7237 · brief source recordDemolish
Demolish, de-mol′ish, v.t. to destroy, lay in ruins, to ruin.—n. Demoli′tion, act of pulling down: ruin. [Fr. démolir—L. demolīri, to throw down—de, down, and molīri, to build—moles, a heap.]
English · e-37683-7238Demology
Demology, de-mol′o-jī, n. same as Demography: the theory of the origin and development of nations. [Gr. dēmos, the people, logia, a discourse.]
English · e-37683-7239Demon
Demon, dē′mon, n. an evil spirit, a devil: sometimes like Dæmon, a friendly spirit or good genius:—fem. Dē′moness.—adjs. Demō′niac, Demōnī′acal, pertaining to or like demons or evil spirits: influenced by demons.—ns. Dem
English · e-37683-7240Demonetise
Demonetise, dē-mon′e-tīz, n. to divest of value as money.—n. Demonetisā′tion.
English · e-37683-7241 · brief source recordDemonstrate
Demonstrate, de-mon′strāt, v.t. to show or point out clearly: to prove with certainty.—adj. Demon′strable, that may be demonstrated.—ns. Demon′strableness, Demonstrabil′ity.—adv. Demon′strably.—ns. Demonstrā′tion, a poin
English · e-37683-7242Demoralise
Demoralise, de-mor′al-īz, v.t. to corrupt in morals: to lower the morale—that is, to deprive of spirit and confidence: to throw into confusion.—n. Demoralisā′tion, act of demoralising: corruption or subversion of morals.
English · e-37683-7243Demos
Demos, dē′mos, n. the people, esp. the lower classes.—adj. Demot′ic, pertaining to the people: popular: in Egypt. ant., of a kind of writing distinguished from the hieratic, or priestly, and from hieroglyphics. [Gr.]
English · e-37683-7244Demosthenic
Demosthenic, de-mos-then′ik, adj. of or like Demosthenes, the Athenian orator: eloquent.
English · e-37683-7245 · brief source recordDempster
Dempster. Same as Deemster (q.v. under Deem).
English · e-37683-7246 · brief source recordDempt
Dempt, demt (Spens.). Pa.p. of Deem.
English · e-37683-7247 · brief source recordDemulcent
Demulcent, de-mul′sent, adj. soothing. [L. demulcent-em—de, and mulcēre, to stroke, to soothe.]
English · e-37683-7248 · brief source recordDemur
Demur, de-mur′, v.i. to hesitate from uncertainty or before difficulty: to object:—pr.p. demur′ring; pa.p. demurred′.—n. a stop: pause, hesitation.—adj. Demur′rable.—ns. Demur′rage, an allowance made for undue delay or d
English · e-37683-7249Demure
Demure, de-mūr′, adj. sober: staid: modest: affectedly modest: making a show of gravity.—adv. Demure′ly.—n. Demure′ness. [O. Fr. de (bons) murs, of good manners—L. de, of, mores, manners.]
English · e-37683-7250Demy
Demy, de-mī′, n. a size of paper 22½ by 17½ in.; in the United States 21 by 16 in. [Fr. demi—L. dimidium, half—di, apart, medius, the middle.]
English · e-37683-7251Demy
Demy, de-mī′, n. a holder of certain scholarships in Magdalen College, Oxford.—n. Demy′ship. [Ety. same as above.]
English · e-37683-7252 · brief source recordDen
Den, den, n. the hollow lair of a wild beast: a kind of pit, a cave: a haunt of vice or misery: (coll.) a private retreat for work: (prov.) a narrow valley.—v.i. to retire to a den. [A.S. denn, a cave, and denu, a valley
English · e-37683-7253Den
Den, den, n. (obs.) for good-e'en, good-even.
English · e-37683-7254 · brief source recordDenary
Denary, den′ar-i, adj. containing ten.—n. the number ten.—n. Denā′rius, the chief Roman silver coin under the Republic, divided into ten asses, and worth 92⁄5d. [L. denarius—deni—decem, ten.]
English · e-37683-7255Denationalise
Denationalise, de-nash′un-al-īz, v.t. to deprive of national rights.—n. Denationalisā′tion.
English · e-37683-7256 · brief source recordDenaturalise
Denaturalise, de-nat′ū-ral-īz, v.t. to make unnatural; to deprive of naturalisation.
English · e-37683-7257 · brief source recordDenay
Denay, de-nā′, obs. form of Deny, Denial.
English · e-37683-7258 · brief source recordDendrachate
Dendrachate, den′dra-kāt, n. arborescent agate.—Moss′-ag′ate. [Gr. dendron, tree, achatēs, agate.]
English · e-37683-7259 · brief source recordDendriform
Dendriform, den′dri-form, adj. having the appearance of a tree. [Formed from Gr. dendron, a tree, and L. forma, form.]
English · e-37683-7260 · brief source recordDendrite
Dendrite, den′drīt, n. a mineral in which are figures resembling plants.—adjs. Dendrit′ic, -al, tree-like, arborescent: marked with branching figures like plants. [Gr. dendritēs, of a tree—dendron, a tree.]
English · e-37683-7261Dendrodont
Dendrodont, den′drō-dont, n. a fish of extinct fossil genus Dendrodus, having teeth of dendritic structure.—adj. having such teeth.—n. Dendroden′tine, the form of branched dentine seen in compound teeth, produced by the
English · e-37683-7262Dendroid
Dendroid, den′droid, adj. having the form of a tree. [Gr. dendron, a tree, and eidos, form.]
English · e-37683-7263 · brief source recordDendrolite
Dendrolite, den′dro-līt, n. a petrified or fossil plant. [Gr. dendron, a tree, and lithos, a stone.]
English · e-37683-7264 · brief source recordDendrology
Dendrology, den-drol′o-ji, n. a treatise on trees: the natural history of trees.—adj. Dendrolog′ical.—n. Dendrol′ogist. [Gr. dendron, a tree, and logia, a discourse.]
English · e-37683-7265Dendrometer
Dendrometer, dėn-drom′e-tėr, n. an instrument for ascertaining the height of a tree. [Gr. dendron, tree, metron, measure.]
English · e-37683-7266Dene
Dene, dēn, n. a small valley.—n. Dene′-hole, an ancient artificial excavation in the chalk formations of Kent and Essex. [A form of dean. Cf. Den.]
English · e-37683-7267Denegation
Denegation, dē-ne-gā′shun, n. denial. [L. denegāre, -ātum, to deny—de, inten., and negāre, to deny.]
English · e-37683-7268 · brief source recordDengue
Dengue, deng′gā, n. an acute tropical epidemic fever, seldom fatal—also breakbone-fever, dandy-fever. [The Spanish dengue, refusing, prudery, from L. denegāre, to deny, seems to have been confused with dandy-fever.]
English · e-37683-7269Denial
Denial, de-nī′al, n. act of denying or saying no: contradiction: refusal: rejection.—adj. Denī′able, that may be denied.—n. Denī′er, one who denies.
English · e-37683-7270Denier
Denier, de-nēr′, n. (Shak.) an old small French silver coin: also later, a copper coin of the value of 1⁄12 sou—hence a very trifling sum. [Fr.,—L. denarius.]
English · e-37683-7271Denigration
Denigration, de-ni-grā′shun, n. a making or becoming black—esp. the blackening of a man's character.—v.t. Den′igrate (obs.). [L. de, inten., nigrāre, to blacken, niger, black.]
English · e-37683-7272Denim
Denim, den′im, n. coloured twilled cotton goods for overalls, &c.
English · e-37683-7273 · brief source recordDenitrate
Denitrate, dē-nī′trāt, v.t. to free from nitric acid.—ns. Denitrā′tion; Denī′trificator.
English · e-37683-7274 · brief source recordDenizen
Denizen, den′i-zn, n. an inhabitant (human or animal): one admitted to the rights of a citizen.—v.t. to make a denizen of: to provide with occupants.—v.i. to inhabit.—ns. Denizā′tion, act of making one a citizen; Den′ize
English · e-37683-7275Dennet
Dennet, den′et, n. a light gig.
English · e-37683-7276 · brief source recordDenominate
Denominate, dē-nom′in-āt, v.t. to give a name to: to call.—adj. Denom′inable.—n. Denominā′tion, the act of naming: a name or title: a collection of individuals called by the same name: a sect.—adj. Denominā′tional, belon
English · e-37683-7277Denote
Denote, dē-nōt′, v.t. to note or mark off: to indicate by a sign: to signify or mean: (log.) to indicate the objects comprehended in a class.—adj. Denō′table.—n. Denotā′tion, that which a word names or indicates, in cont
English · e-37683-7278Dénouement
Dénouement, dā-nōō′mong, n. the unravelling of a plot or story: the issue, event, or outcome. [Fr. dénouement or dénoûment; dénouer, to untie—de, neg., and nouer, to tie—L. nodus, a knot.]
English · e-37683-7279Denounce
Denounce, de-nowns′, v.t. to inform against or accuse publicly: (U.S.) to claim the right of working a mine, as being abandoned or insufficiently worked.—ns. Denounce′ment (same as Denunciation); Denounc′er. [Fr. dénonce
English · e-37683-7280Dense
Dense, dens, adj. thick, close, compact: impenetrably stupid.—n. a thicket.—adv. Dense′ly.—ns. Dense′ness; Dens′ity, the quality of being dense: the proportion of mass to bulk or volume: the quantity of matter per unit o
English · e-37683-7281Densimeter
Densimeter, den-sim′et-ėr, n. an instrument for ascertaining the comparative density or specific gravity of a substance. [L. densus, dense, and metrum (Gr. metron), measure.]
English · e-37683-7282Dent
Dent, dent, n. a small hollow made by the pressure or blow of a harder body on a softer.—v.t. to make a mark by means of a blow.—p.adj. Dent′ed, marked with dents: indented. [A variant of dint.]
English · e-37683-7283Dent
Dent, dent, n. a notch.—v.t. to notch. [Confused with the preceding, but from Fr. dent, tooth—L. dens, dentis.]
English · e-37683-7284 · brief source recordDentagra
Dentagra, den-tag′ra, n. a tooth-drawing forceps: toothache.
English · e-37683-7285 · brief source recordDental
Dental, den′tal, adj. belonging to the teeth: produced by the aid of the teeth.—n. an articulation or letter pronounced chiefly with the teeth.—adj. Den′tary, belonging to dentition, bearing teeth.—n. the distal element
English · e-37683-7286Dentate
Dentate, -d, den′tāt, -ed, adj. toothed: notched: set as with teeth. [L. dentatus, toothed, dens, a tooth.]
English · e-37683-7287 · brief source recordDentel
Dentel. See Dentil.
English · e-37683-7288 · brief source recordDentex
Dentex, den′teks, n. a voracious sparoid fish.
English · e-37683-7289 · brief source recordDenticle
Denticle, den′ti-kl, n. a small tooth.—adjs. Dentic′ulāte, -d, having notches.—n. Denticulā′tion. [L. denticulus, dim. of dens, a tooth.]
English · e-37683-7290Dentiform
Dentiform, den′ti-form, adj. having the form of a tooth or of teeth. [L. dens, dentis, tooth, and forma, form.]
English · e-37683-7291 · brief source recordDentifrice
Dentifrice, den′ti-fris, n. a substance used in rubbing or cleaning the teeth. [Fr.,—L. dentifricium, from dens, and fricāre, to rub.]
English · e-37683-7292Dentigerous
Dentigerous, den-tij′e-rus, adj. bearing teeth.
English · e-37683-7293 · brief source recordDentil
Dentil, den′til, n. a denticle: (pl.) small square blocks or projections in the bed-mouldings of the cornices of columns—also Den′tel.—adj. Den′tilated. [See Denticle.]
English · e-37683-7294Dentilingual
Dentilingual, den-ti-ling′-gwal, adj. formed between the teeth and the tongue, as th in thin, this.—n. a consonant so formed.—Also Dentoling′ual. [L. dent-, dens, a tooth, lingua, the tongue.]
English · e-37683-7295Dentine
Dentine, Dentin, den′tin, n. the substance of which the tooth is formed, under the enamel. [L. dens, dentis, a tooth.]
English · e-37683-7296 · brief source recordDentirostral
Dentirostral, den-ti-ros′tral, adj. having the mandibles of the beak toothed or notched, as certain birds. [L. dens, dentis, a tooth, and rostrum, a beak.]
English · e-37683-7297Dentist
Dentist, den′tist, n. one who remedies diseases of the teeth, or inserts artificial teeth.—v.i. Den′tise, to cut one's teeth.—ns. Den′tistry, the business of a dentist; Denti′tion, the cutting or growing of teeth: the co
English · e-37683-7298Dentoid
Dentoid, den′toid, adj. formed or shaped like a tooth. [L. dens, dentis, a tooth, and Gr. eidos, form.]
English · e-37683-7299 · brief source recordDentolingual
Dentolingual. See Dentilingual.
English · e-37683-7300 · brief source recordDenude
Denude, de-nūd′, v.t. to make nude or naked: to lay bare.—n. Denudā′tion, a making nude or bare: (geol.) the wearing away of rocks by water and atmospheric action, whereby the underlying rocks are laid bare. [L. denudāre
English · e-37683-7301Denunciate
Denunciate, de-nun′shi-āt, v.t. same as Denounce.—ns. Denunciation (-shi-ā′-, or -si-ā′-), any formal declaration: act of denouncing: a threat; Denun′ciator, one who denounces.—adj. Denun′ciatory, containing a denunciati
English · e-37683-7302Deny
Deny, de-nī′, v.t. to gainsay or declare not to be true: to reject: to refuse admission to: to disown:—pr.p. deny′ing; pa.p. denied′.—adv. Deny′ingly.—Deny one's self, to deny one's self the indulgence of bodily appetite
English · e-37683-7303Deobstruent
Deobstruent, de-ob′strōō-ent, adj. (med.) removing obstructions.
English · e-37683-7304 · brief source recordDeodand
Deodand, dē′o-dand, n. in old English law, a personal chattel which had been the immediate, accidental cause of the death of a human being, forfeited to the crown for pious uses. [L. deo, to God, dandum, that must be giv
English · e-37683-7305Deodar
Deodar, de-o-där′, n. a cedar much praised by Indian poets: the Cedrus Deodara of the Himalayas. [Sans. Deva-dāru, divine tree—a name given to various coniferous trees growing in sacred places.]
English · e-37683-7306Deodate
Deodate, dē′ō-dāt, n. a gift from God. [L. deo, to God, datum, given part, pa.p. of dăre, to give.]
English · e-37683-7307 · brief source recordDeodorise
Deodorise, dē-ō′dor-īz, v.t. to take the odour or smell from.—ns. Deodorisā′tion; Deō′doriser, a substance that destroys or conceals unpleasant smells.
English · e-37683-7308Deontology
Deontology, dē-on-tol′ō-ji, n. the science of duty, ethics.—adj. Deontolog′ical.—n. Deontol′ogist.
English · e-37683-7309 · brief source recordDeoppilate
Deoppilate, dē-op′i-lāt, v.t. to free from obstruction.—n. Deoppilā′tion.—adj. Deop′pilative.
English · e-37683-7310 · brief source recordDeoxidate
Deoxidate, de-oks′i-dāt, v.t. to take oxygen from, or reduce from the state of an oxide—also Deox′idise.—ns. Deoxidā′tion; Deoxidī′ser, a substance that deoxidises.
English · e-37683-7311Deoxygenate
Deoxygenate, de-oks-ij′en-āt, v.t. to deprive of oxygen.—Also Deoxy′genise.
English · e-37683-7312 · brief source recordDeozonise
Deozonise, de-ō-zōn′īz, v.t. to deprive of ozone.
English · e-37683-7313 · brief source recordDepaint
Depaint, de-pānt′, v.t. (Spens.) to paint: depict.
English · e-37683-7314 · brief source recordDepart
Depart, de-pärt′, v.i. to go away: to quit or leave: to die: (obs.) to separate from one another.—v.t. (obs.) to separate, divide.—ns. Depart′er; Depart′ing; Depart′ure, act of departing: a going away from a place: devia
English · e-37683-7315Department
Department, de-pärt′ment, n. a part: a separate part of business or duty: a section of the administration: a division of a country, esp. of France.—adj. Department′al.—adv. Department′ally.
English · e-37683-7316Depasture
Depasture, de-pas′tūr, v.t. to eat bare.—v.i. to graze.
English · e-37683-7317 · brief source recordDepauperise
Depauperise, de-paw′per-īz, v.t. to remove from the state of paupers.—v.t. Depau′perate, to impoverish.
English · e-37683-7318 · brief source recordDepeinct
Depeinct, de-pānt′, v.t. (Spens.) to paint.
English · e-37683-7319 · brief source recordDepend
Depend, de-pend′, v.i. to hang down: to be sustained by or connected with anything: to be pending: to rely: to rest.—adjs. Depend′able, that may be depended on; Depend′ent, depending, relying on, contingent, relative.—n.
English · e-37683-7320Depersonalise
Depersonalise, dē-per′son-al-īz, v.t. to take away the characteristics that constitute the personality of.
English · e-37683-7321 · brief source recordDephlegmate
Dephlegmate, de-fleg′māt, v.t. (chem.) to free from water.—ns. Dephlegmā′tion; Dephlegmā′tor.
English · e-37683-7322 · brief source recordDephlogisticate
Dephlogisticate, de-flo-jis′ti-kāt, v.t. to deprive of phlogiston, once supposed to be the principle of heat.—Dephlogisticated air, the name given by Priestley to oxygen when discovered by him in 1774.
English · e-37683-7323Depict
Depict, de-pikt′, v.t. to paint carefully: to make a likeness of: to describe minutely. [L. depingĕre, depictum—de, inten., pingĕre, to paint.]
English · e-37683-7324Depicture
Depicture, de-pikt′ūr, v.t. to picture: to paint: to represent:—pr.p. depict′ūring; pa.p. depict′ūred.
English · e-37683-7325 · brief source recordDepilate
Depilate, dep′i-lāt, v.t. to remove the hair from.—ns. Depilā′tion; Depil′atory, an application for removing superfluous hairs.—adj. possessing this quality.
English · e-37683-7326Deplantation
Deplantation, dē-plan-tā′shun, n. the act of clearing from plants or of transplanting.
English · e-37683-7327 · brief source recordDeplete
Deplete, de-plēt′, v.t. to empty, reduce, exhaust.—n. Deplē′tion, the act of emptying or exhausting: (med.) the act of relieving congestion or plethora, by purging, blood-letting, or reduction of the system by abstinence
English · e-37683-7328Deplication
Deplication, dep-li-kā′shun, n. an unfolding or unplaiting.
English · e-37683-7329 · brief source recordDeplore
Deplore, de-plōr′, v.t. to feel or express deep grief for.—adj. Deplor′able, lamentable: sad.—n. Deplor′ableness.—adv. Deplor′ably.—n. Deplorā′tion (obs.), lamentation.—adv. Deplor′ingly. [Fr.,—L. deplorāre—de, inten., p
English · e-37683-7330Deploy
Deploy, de-ploy′, v.t. to unfold: to open out or extend.—v.i. to open: to extend from column into line, as a body of troops.—ns. Deploy′, Deploy′ment. [Fr. déployer—L. dis, apart, and plicāre, to fold. Doublet of display
English · e-37683-7331Deplume
Deplume, de-plōōm′, v.t. to take the plumes or feathers from.—n. Deplumā′tion.
English · e-37683-7332 · brief source recordDepolarise
Depolarise, de-pō′lar-īz, v.t. to deprive of polarity.—n. Depolarisā′tion.
English · e-37683-7333 · brief source recordDepone
Depone, de-pōn′, v.t. to testify upon oath. [L. deponĕre—de, down, and ponĕre, to place.]
English · e-37683-7334 · brief source recordDeponent
Deponent, de-pō′nent, adj. (gram.) applied to verbs with a passive form but an active signification.—n. one who makes a deposition, esp. under oath, or whose written testimony is used as evidence in a court of justice. [
English · e-37683-7335Depopulate
Depopulate, de-pop′ū-lāt, v.t. to deprive of population, to dispeople.—v.i. to become dispeopled.—adj. depopulated.—ns. Depopulā′tion, act of depopulating: havoc: destruction; Depop′ulator. [L. depopulāri, depopulātus—de
English · e-37683-7336Deport
Deport, de-pōrt′, v.t. to transport, to exile: to behave.—ns. Deportā′tion, transportation, exile; Deport′ment, carriage, behaviour. [Fr.,—L. deportāre—de, away, and portāre, -ātum, to carry.]
English · e-37683-7337Depose
Depose, de-pōz′, v.t. to remove from a high station: to degrade: to strip: to attest: (Shak.) to examine on oath.—adj. Depos′able.—n. Depos′al. [Fr.,—L. de, from, pausāre, to pause, (late) to place.]
English · e-37683-7338Deposit
Deposit, de-poz′it, v.t. to put or set down: to place: to lay up or past: to entrust.—n. that which is deposited or put down: (geol.) rocks produced by precipitation from a fluid medium, by settling from a solution in wa
English · e-37683-7339Deposition
Deposition, dep-o-zish′un, n. act of deposing: act of deponing: declaration, testimony taken authoritatively, to be used as a substitute for the production of the witness in open court: removal: act of depositing: what i
English · e-37683-7340Depot
Depot, dep′ō, de′pō, or dē′pō, n. a place of deposit: a storehouse: a military station where stores are kept and recruits trained: the headquarters of a regiment: the portion of a regiment that remains at home when the r
English · e-37683-7341Deprave
Deprave, de-prāv′, v.t. to make bad or worse: to corrupt.—n. Depravā′tion, act of depraving: state of being depraved: depravity.—adj. Deprāved′, corrupt.—adv. Deprāv′edly.—ns. Deprāv′edness; Deprave′ment, vitiation.—adv.
English · e-37683-7342Deprecate
Deprecate, dep′re-kāt, v.t. to try to ward off by prayer: to desire earnestly the prevention or removal of: to regret deeply: to argue against.—adj. Dep′recable, that is to be deprecated.—n. Deprecā′tion, act of deprecat
English · e-37683-7343Depreciate
Depreciate, de-prē′shi-āt, v.t. to lower the worth of: to undervalue: to disparage.—v.i. to fall in value.—n. Depreciā′tion, the falling of value: disparagement.—adjs. Deprē′ciative, Deprē′ciatory, tending to depreciate
English · e-37683-7344Depredate
Depredate, dep′re-dāt, v.t. to plunder or prey upon: to rob: to lay waste: to devour.—ns. Depredā′tion, act of plundering: state of being depredated; Dep′redator.—adj. Dep′redatory. [L. deprædāri, -ātus—de, inten., and p
English · e-37683-7345Deprehend
Deprehend, dep′re-hend, v.t. to catch, seize: to apprehend. [Through Fr. from L. deprehendĕre—de, and prehendĕre, to take.]
English · e-37683-7346Depress
Depress, de-pres′, v.t. to press down: to let down: to lower: to humble: to make subject: to dispirit or cast a gloom over.—n. Depres′sant (med.), a sedative.—p.adj. Depressed′, pressed down: lowered: humbled: dejected:
English · e-37683-7347Deprive
Deprive, de-prīv′, v.t. to take away from one his own: in take from: to dispossess: to degrade (a clergyman) from office: to bereave.—n. Deprivā′tion, act of depriving: state of being deprived: degradation from office: l
English · e-37683-7348Depth
Depth, depth, n. deepness: the measure of deepness down or inwards: a deep place: the sea: the middle, as depth of winter: abstruseness: extent of sagacity and penetration.—adj. Depth′less, having no depth.—Out of one's
English · e-37683-7350Depurate
Depurate, dep′ū-rāt, v.t. to purify: sometimes to render impure.—ns. Depurā′tion; Dep′urator.—adj. Dep′uratory. [Low L. depurāre, -ātum, to purify—L. de, and purāre, to purify—purus, pure.]
English · e-37683-7351Depute
Depute, de-pūt′, v.t. to appoint or send, as a substitute or agent: to send with a special commission: to make over one's powers to another.—adj. in Scotland, appointed deputy (as in sheriff-depute—often called simply th
English · e-37683-7352Der-doing
Der-doing, der-dōō′ing, adj. (Spens.) doing daring deeds. [See Derring-doe.]
English · e-37683-7360 · brief source recordDeracinate
Deracinate, de-ras′i-nāt, v.t. to pluck up by the roots. [Fr. déraciner—L. de, and radix, radĭcis, a root.]
English · e-37683-7353 · brief source recordDerail
Derail, de-rāl′, v.t. to cause to leave the rails.—n. Derail′ment.
English · e-37683-7354 · brief source recordDerain
Derain, de-rān′, v.t. to prove: to justify: to win by fighting: to prepare for battle: to arrange in order of battle.—Also Deraign′, Darrain′, Darrayne′. [O. Fr. derainier, desraisnier—Late L. derationāre, to vindicate—L
English · e-37683-7355Derange
Derange, de-rānj′, v.t. to put out of place or order: to disorder.—p.adj. Deranged′, disordered: insane.—n. Derange′ment, disorder; insanity. [Fr. déranger—dé (L. dis), asunder, and ranger, to rank.]
English · e-37683-7356Deray
Deray, de-rā′, v.t. to derange.—v.i. to go wild.—n. tumult, disorder. [O. Fr. desreer—des, neg., and rei, roi, order. See Array.]
English · e-37683-7357Derbend
Derbend, der′bend, n. a wayside Turkish guardhouse.
English · e-37683-7358 · brief source recordDerby
Derby, där′bi, n. a great horse-race held annually on the Derby Day, on the Wednesday before Whitsuntide, on Epsom Downs, near London, so called from the Derby stakes, instituted by the Earl of Derby in 1780; a rounded f
English · e-37683-7359Derelict
Derelict, der′e-likt, adj. forsaken: abandoned.—n. anything forsaken or abandoned.—n. Derelic′tion, act of forsaking, unfaithfulness or remissness: state of being abandoned: land gained from the water by a change of wate
English · e-37683-7361Dereligionise
Dereligionise, dē-rē-lij′on-īz, v.t. to make irreligious.
English · e-37683-7362 · brief source recordDeride
Deride, de-rīd′, v.t. to laugh at: to mock.—n. Derid′er.—adj. Derid′ingly. [L. deridēre—de, inten., and ridēre, to laugh.]
English · e-37683-7363Derision
Derision, de-rizh′un, n. act of deriding: mockery: a laughing-stock.—adjs. Derī′sive, Derīs′ory, mocking.—adv. Derī′sively.—n. Derī′siveness.
English · e-37683-7364Derive
Derive, de-rīv′, v.t. to draw from, as water from a river; to take or receive from a source or origin: to infer: (ety.) to trace a word to its root.—adj. Derīv′able.—adv. Derīv′ably.—adj. Der′ivate, derived.—n. a derivat
English · e-37683-7365Derm
Derm, dėrm, n. the skin—also Der′ma, Der′mis.—adjs. Der′mal, Der′mic, Dermat′ic, pertaining to the skin: consisting of skin.—n. Dermatog′raphy, anatomical description of the skin—also Dermog′raphy.—adjs. Der′matoid, of t
English · e-37683-7366Dern
Dern, dėrn, adj. secret: hidden: (Shak.) dreadful—also Dearn.—adjs. Dern′ful, Dearn′ful, solitary: mournful.—advs. Dern′ly, Dearn′ly, secretly: sorrowfully: grievously. [M. E. dern, dærne—A.S. dyrne, derne, secret.]
English · e-37683-7367Derogate
Derogate, der′o-gāt, v.i. to lessen by taking away: to detract.—adj. (Shak.) degenerate.—adv. Der′ogātely (Shak.), in a derogatory manner.—n. Derogā′tion, a taking from: detraction: depreciation.—adv. Derog′atorily.—n. D
English · e-37683-7368Derrick
Derrick, der′ik, n. an apparatus for lifting weights, closely resembling a crane.—Floating derrick, a derrick mounted on a special boat: a beam supported at an angle between the perpendicular and horizontal, with tackle
English · e-37683-7369Derring-doe
Derring-doe, der′ring-dōō, n. daring action. [M. E. dorryng-don, duryng-do, &c., as in Chaucer; taken over by Spenser in the spellings derring-doe and der-doing, with the noun derring-doer. Daring-do should be the modern
English · e-37683-7370Derringer
Derringer, der′in-jer, n. a short-rifled pistol, with one barrel—from the inventor, an American.
English · e-37683-7371 · brief source recordDerth
Derth, dėrth, n. (Spens.). Same as Dearth.
English · e-37683-7372 · brief source recordDervish
Dervish, dėr′vish, n. among Mohammedans, a member of one of the numerous orders of monks who profess poverty and lead an austere life. [Pers. darvísh, a dervish—lit., a poor man.]
English · e-37683-7373Desart
Desart, des′art, n. an old form of Desert.
English · e-37683-7374 · brief source recordDescant
Descant, des′kant, n. the air in a four-part song: a discourse or disquisition under several heads.—v.i. Descant′, to discourse at length: to comment. [O. Fr. descant—L. dis, apart, and cantus, a song—cantāre, to sing.]
English · e-37683-7375Descend
Descend, dē-send′, v.i. to climb down: to pass from a higher to a lower place or condition: to pass from general to particulars: to fall upon or invade: to be derived.—v.t. to go down upon: to go to the bottom of.—n. Des
English · e-37683-7376Describe
Describe, dē-skrīb′, v.t. to trace out or delineate: to give an account of.—adj. Describ′able.—n. Describ′er. [L. describĕre—de, down, and scribĕre, scriptum, to write.]
English · e-37683-7377Description
Description, de-skrip′shun, n. act of describing: an account of anything in words: definition: sort, class, or kind.—adj. Descrip′tive, containing description.—adv. Descrip′tively.—n. Descrip′tiveness.
English · e-37683-7378Descrive
Descrive, de-skrīv′, v.t. an obsolete form of describe.
English · e-37683-7379 · brief source recordDescry
Descry, de-skrī′, v.t. to discover by the eye: to espy:—pr.p. descry′ing; pa.p. descried′.—n. discovery: (Shak.) a thing discovered. [O. Fr. descrire for descrivre—L. describĕre: a doublet of describe. Others derive the
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