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An American Dictionary of the English Language

by Noah Webster

Revised and enlarged (Goodrich & Porter)

Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865

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  1. Dĕb'ul-lĭ'tion, n.p. 339A bubbling or boiling over. [Obs.] Bailey.
  2. Dé-būt, n.p. 339A beginning or first attempt; hence, a first appearance before the public, as of an actor or public speaker, &c.; the beginning of an enterprise.
  3. Dé-bu-tant, n.p. 339A person who makes his first appearance before the public.
  4. Dé-bu-tante, n.p. 339A female making her first appearance before the public.
  5. Dĕc'a-chōrdă or Dĕc'a-chōr'don, n.p. 339An ancient musical instrument, of ten strings, resembling the harp. 2. Any thing consisting of ten parts.
  6. Dĕc'a-cū'mi-nā'ted, a.p. 339Having the point or top cut off. [Obs.] Bailey.
  7. Dĕc'a-dal, a.p. 339Pertaining to ten; consisting of tens.
  8. Dĕc'ade, n.p. 339The sum or number of ten; a group or aggregate consisting of ten individuals; as, a decade of years; the decades of Livy.
  9. De-cā'dençe or De-cā'den-çy, n.p. 339Decay; deterioration. The old castle, where the family lived in their decadence. W. Scott.
  10. De-cā'dent, a.p. 339Declining; decaying; deteriorating.
  11. Dē'ca-dist, n.p. 339A writer of decades; as, Livy was a decadist. [Obs.]
  12. Dĕc'a-gōn, n.p. 339(Geom.) A plane figure having ten sides and ten angles.
  13. Dĕc'a-grām, n.p. 339A French weight of 10 grams, or 154.38 grains Troy.
  14. Dé'ca-gramme, n.p. 339Same as DECAGRAM.
  15. Dĕc'a-gyn'ĭ-a, n.p. 339(Bot.) A class in the Linnæan system characterized by having ten pistils.
  16. Dé'ca-gōn'i-an, a.p. 339
  17. De-cāg'y-nousp. 339Having ten styles.
  18. Dĕc'a-hē'dral, a.p. 339Having ten sides.
  19. Dĕc'a-hē'dron, n.p. 339(Geom.) A solid figure or body having ten sides.
  20. De-cāl'çi-fi-cā'tion, n.p. 339The removal of calcareous matter.
  21. De-cāl'çi-fy, v. t.p. 339To deprive of calcareous matter; thus, to decalcify bones is to remove the stony part, and leave only the gelatine.
  22. De-cāl'i-ter or Dē'că-lī'ter, n.p. 339A French measure of capacity, containing 10 liters, or 610.28 cubic inches, equal to 2 gallons and 64.44231 cubic inches.
  23. Dé-ca-lī-tre, n.p. 339Same as DECALITER.
  24. De-cāl'o-gist, n.p. 339One who explains the decalogue. Gregory.
  25. Dĕc'a-lŏgue, n.p. 339(Script.) The ten commandments or precepts given by God to Moses on Mount Sinai, and originally written on two tables of stone.
  26. De-căm'e-rŏn, n.p. 339A celebrated collection of tales in ten books, written in the fourteenth century, by Boccaccio, an Italian.
  27. De-căm'e-ter or Dĕc'a-mē'ter, n.p. 339A French measure of length, consisting of ten meters, and equal to 393.71 English inches.
  28. Dē'ca-me'tre, n.p. 339Same as DECAMETER.
  29. De-căm'p, v. i.p. 339To break up a camp; to move off or away from a camping ground; hence, to depart suddenly; to take one's self off. The fathers were ordered to decamp, and the house was once again converted into a…
  30. De-căm'pment, n.p. 339Departure from a camp; a marching off.
  31. Dĕc'a-nal, a.p. 339Pertaining to a deanery.
  32. De-căn'drī-ā, n.p. 339(Bot.) A class of plants in the Linnean system, characterized by having ten stamens.
  33. De-căn'dri-an or De-căn'droŭs, a.p. 339(Bot.) Having ten stamens.
  34. De-cā'ngu-lar, a.p. 339Having ten angles.
  35. De-cănt', v. t.p. 339To pour off gently, as liquor from its sediment; or to pour from one vessel into another; as, to decant wine.
  36. De-căn'tāte, v. t.p. 339To decant. [Obs.] Baxter.
  37. Dē'can-tā'tion, n.p. 339The act of pouring off a fluid gently from its lees or sediment, or from one vessel into another.
  38. De-căn'ter, n.p. 339A vessel used to decant liquors, or for receiving decanted liquors; a glass vessel or bottle used for holding wine or other liquors, from which drinking-glasses are filled. 2. One who decants liquors.
  39. De-căph'yl-loŭs or Dĕc'a-phyl'lous, a.p. 339(Bot.) Having ten leaves.
  40. De-căp'i-tāte, v. t.p. 339To cut off the head of; to behead. 2. To remove summarily from office. [Colloq. U.S.]
  41. De-căp'i-tā'tion, n.p. 339The act of beheading.
  42. Dĕc'a-pŏd, n.p. 339(Zoöl.) A crustacean with ten feet or legs, as the crab, lobster, &c. See CRUSTACEAN. Dana.
  43. De-căp'o-dal or De-căp'o-doŭs, a.p. 339Belonging to the decapods; having ten feet.
  44. De-căr'bon-āte, v. t.p. 339To deprive of its carbonic acid.
  45. De-căr'bon-i-zā'tion, n.p. 339The action or process of depriving a substance of carbon.
  46. De-cär'bon-ize, v. t.p. 339To deprive of carbon; as, to de-carbonize steel.
  47. De-cărd', v. t.p. 339To discard. [Obs.] You have cast those by, decarded them. Fletcher.
  48. De-căr'di-nal-ize, v. t.p. 339To remove from the rank of a cardinal.
  49. Dĕc'a-stich, n.p. 339A poem consisting of ten lines.
  50. Dĕc'a-stȳle, n.p. 339(Arch.) A portico with ten columns in front.
  51. Dĕc'a-stŷle, a.p. 339Decorated with or having ten columns; as, a decastyle colonnade.
  52. Dĕc'a-syl-lăb'ic, a.p. 339Consisting of ten syllables.
  53. De-cāy', v. i.p. 339To pass gradually from a sound, prosperous, or perfect state, to one of imperfection, weakness, or dissolution; to fall; to decline; to become weak, corrupt, or disintegrated; as, a tree decays…
  54. De-cāy', v. t.p. 339To cause to fall; to impair; to bring to a worse state. [Rare.] Infirmity, that decays the wise, doth ever make better the fool. Shak.
  55. De-cāy', n.p. 339Gradual failure of health, strength, soundness, prosperity, or any species of excellence or perfection; tendency toward dissolution or extinction; corruption; decline; as, the decay of the body; the…
  56. De-cāy'ed-ness, n.p. 339The state of being impaired; decayed state.
  57. De-cāy'er, n.p. 339That which causes decay. [Rare.]
  58. De-cēase', n.p. 339Departure, especially departure from this life; death. His decease, which he should accomplish at Jerusalem. Luke ix. 31. Syn.—Death; departure; demise; release. See DEATH.
  59. De-cease', v. i.p. 339To depart from this life; to die. This gentle lady, Big of this gentleman, our theme, deceased As he was born. Shak.
  60. De-cē'dent, n.p. 339A deceased person. Bouvier.