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An American Dictionary of the English Language

Name: An American Dictionary of the English Language
Author: Noah Webster

by Noah Webster

Revised and enlarged (Goodrich & Porter)

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

Entries: 95,912
Pages: 1,538
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Dĕn’to-lĭn’gual, a.p. 355(Pron.) Uttered by applying the tongue to the teeth, or, rather, to the gum above the teeth; lingua-dental.
Dĕn’to-lin’gual, n.p. 355(Pron.) A letter pronounced by applying the tongue to the teeth, or to the gum above the teeth; as, d, t, s.
De-nū'dāte or De-nūde', v. t.p. 355To divest of all covering; to make bare or naked; to strip. Denudate is obsolete, or but rarely used.
Dĕn'/ū-dā'tion, n.p. 355The act of stripping off covering; a making bare. 2. (Geol.) The laying bare of rocks by the action of running water, removing earth, &c., from above; or the excavation of them by running waters or…
De-nūn'ci-āte, v. t.p. 355To denounce. [Rare.] “An exigent interest to denunciate this new work.” Burke.
De-nŭn'ci-ā'tion, n.p. 355The act of solemnly notifying, declaring, or threatening; the act of informing against, stigmatizing or publicly arraigning. 2. That by which any thing is denounced; threat of evil; public menace or…
De-nŭn'ci-ā-tor, n.p. 355One who denounces, publishes, or proclaims, especially evil; one who threatens or accuses.
De-nŭn'ci-a-to-ry, a.p. 355Containing a denunciation; pointing out for reprehension or punishment; minatory; accusing.
De-ny', v. t.p. 355To contradict; to gainsay; to declare not to be true. We deny what another says, or we deny a proposition. We deny the truth of an assertion, or the assertion itself. 2. To refuse; to reject. They…
De-ny',, v. i.p. 355To refuse; not to comply. [Obs.] “Denying to desist.” Fuller. If proudly he deny, Let better counsels be his guides. Chapman.
Dē'ob-strūct', v. t.p. 355To remove obstructions or impediments in; to clear from any thing that hinders the passage of fluids; as, to deobstruct the pores or lacteals.
De-ŏb'stru-ent, a.p. 355(Med.) Removing obstructions; having power to clear or open the natural ducts of the fluids and secretions of the body; aperient.
De-ōb'stru-ent, n.p. 355(Med.) A medicine which removes obstructions and opens the natural passages of the fluids of the body; an aperient. Dunglison.
Dē'o-dānd', n.p. 355(Eng. Law.) A personal chattel which was the immediate occasion of the death of a rational creature, and for that reason given to God, that is, forfeited to the crown, to be applied to pious uses…
Dē'o-dār'p. 355m. (Bot.) A kind of cedar (Cedrus deodara), growing in India, highly valued for its timber, and also employed as an ornamental tree.
De-ō'dor-i-zā'tion, n.p. 355The act of depriving of odor, especially of bad smell resulting from impurities. Gregory.
De-ō'dor-īze, v. t.p. 355To deprive of odor, especially of bad smell resulting from impurities. Gregory.
De-ō'dor-īz'er, n.p. 355He who, or that which, deprives of odor.
De-ōn'er-āte, v. t.p. 355To unload. [Obs.] Cockram.
De-ôn-to-lōg'ic-al, a.p. 355Pertaining to deontology.
Dē'on-tōl'o-ǧist, n.p. 355One versed in deontology.
Dē'on-tŏl'o-ǧy, n.p. 355The science of that which is morally binding or obligatory. J. Bentham.
De-ōp'pi-lāte, v. t.p. 355To free from obstructions; to clear a passage through. [Obs.] Boyle.
De-ōp'pi-lā'tion, n.p. 355Removal of obstructions. [Obs.] Browne.
De-öp'pi-la-tive, a.p. 355Serving to remove obstructions; aperient; deobstruent. [Obs.] Harvey.
De-ŏp'pi-la-tīve, n.p. 355(Med.) A medicine which removes obstructions; an aperient. [Obs.]
De-ôr'di-nā'tion, n.p. 355Disorder. [Obs.] “Excess of riot and deordination.” Bp. Taylor.
De-ŏs'cu-lāte, v. t.p. 355To kiss. [Obs.] Cock'eram.
De-ōs'cu-lā'tion, n.p. 355A kissing. [Obs.] Stillingfleet.
De-ōx'i-dāte, v. t.p. 355(Chem.) To deprive of oxygen, or reduce from the state of an oxide. [Written also deoxydate.]
De-ōx'i-dā'tion, n.p. 355(Chem.) The act or process of reducing from the state of an oxide. [Written also deoxydation.]
De-ōx/i-di-zā'tion, n.p. 355(Chem.) Deoxidation. [Written also deoxydization.]
De-ŏx'i-dīze, v. t.p. 355(Chem.) To deoxidate. [Written also deoxydize.]
De-ōx'y-gen-āte, v. t.p. 355(Chem.) To deprive of oxygen.
De-ŏx'y-gen-ā'tion, n.p. 355(Chem.) The act or operation of depriving of oxygen.
De-pāint', v. t.p. 355To paint; to picture; to make a likeness of; hence, to describe; to delineate in words; to depict. [Obs.] “The saint . . . on his shield depainted.” Spenser. In few words you shall see the nature of…
De-pāint'er, n.p. 355One who depaints or depicts. [Obs.]
De-pārt’, v. i.p. 355To go forth or away; to quit, leave, or separate from a place or person; opposed to arrive;—often with from before the place or thing left. “Ere thou from hence depart.” Milton. He which hath no…
De-pārt', v. t.p. 355To divide or separate; to sever; to part. [Obs.] 2. To divide in order to share. [Obs.] “That he depart with me the heritage.” Luke xii. 13. Wycliffe’s Trans. 3. To leave; to quit; to retire from…
De-pārt’, n.p. 355The act of departing; hence, death. [Obs.] “At my depart from France.” Shak. “Your loss and his depart.” Shak. 2. Division; separation; as of compound substances into their ingredients. [Obs.] “Water…
De-pārt'er, n.p. 355One who departs. 2. One who refines metals by separation. [Obs.]
Dē'par-tī'tion, n.p. 355The act of dividing; separation. [Obs.] Chaucer.
De-pārt'ment, n.p. 355Act of departing; departure. [Obs.] “Sudden departments from one extreme to another.” Wotton. 2. A part, portion, or subdivision. 3. A distinct course of life, action, study, or the like; appointed…
De-pärt-mēnt'al, a.p. 356Pertaining to a department or division. Burke.
De-pârt'ure, n.p. 356The act of departing or going away; separation or removal from a place. “Departure from this happy place.” Milton. 2. Removal from the present life; death; decease; passing away. His timely departure…
De-păs'cent, a.p. 356Feeding. [Obs.]
De-păst'ŭre, v. t.p. 356To eat up or consume. [Obs.]
De-pāst'ūre, v. i.p. 356To feed; to graze. [Obs.] If a man takes in a horse, or other cattle, to graze and depasture in his grounds, which the law calls agistment. Blackstone.
De-pā’tri-āte, v. t. or i.p. 356To go, or cause to go, from a native country. [Obs.] A subject born in any state May, if he please, depatriate. Mason.
De-pau'per-āte, v. t.p. 356To make poor; to impoverish; to deprive of fertility or richness. [Obs.] “Depauperate the ground.” Mortimer. “Humility of mind which depauperates the spirit.” Bp. Taylor.
De-pau'per-ate, a.p. 356(Bot.) Falling short of the natural size, from being impoverished or starved. Gray.
De-pau'per-ize, v. t.p. 356To free from paupers; to rescue from poverty. [Rare.]
De-pēach', v. t.p. 356To dispatch; to discharge. [Obs.] “As soon as the party . . . before our justices shall be depeached.” Hackluyt.
De-pĕc'ti-ble, a.p. 356Tough; thick; capable of extension. [Obs.] Some bodies are of a more depectible nature than oil. Bacon.
De-pĕc'ū-lā'tion, n.p. 356A robbing or embezzlement. [Obs.] “Depeculation of the public treasure.” Hobbes.
De-peinct', v. t.p. 356To paint. [Obs.] Spenser.
De-pĕnd', v. i.p. 356To hang; to be sustained by being fastened or attached to something above. “And ever-burning lamps depend in rows.” Pope. 2. To be in suspense; to be or remain undetermined; as, a cause depending in…
De-pĕnd'a-ble, a.p. 356Worthy of being depended on; reliable. [Obs.] “Dependable friendships.” Pope.
De-pĕnd'ant, n.p. 356See DEPENDENT.
De-pēnd'ence, n.p. 356The act or state of depending or of being dependent; the act of hanging down; suspension from a support. 2. Subjection to the action of a cause or law; as, the dependence of cause and effect. 3.…