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An American Dictionary of the English Language
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Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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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.…De-pēnd'en-cy, n. p. 356State of being dependent; dependence; suspension; subordination; concatenation; reliance; trust. Any long series of action, the parts of which have very much dependency each on the other. Sir J.…De-pĕnd'ent, a. p. 356Hanging down; fully extended; as, a dependent bough or leaf. 2. Relying on, or subject to, something else for support; not able to exist, or sustain itself, or to perform any thing, without the will…De-pĕnd'ent, n. p. 356One who depends; one who is sustained by another, or who relies on another for support or favor; a retainer; as, a numerous train of dependents. A host of dependents on the court, suborned to play…De-pĕnd'ent-ly, adv. p. 356In a dependent manner.De-pēnd'er, n. p. 356One who depends; a dependent.De-pēo'ple, v. t. p. 356To depopulate. [Obs.] Chapman.De-pĕr'dĭt, n. p. 356That which is lost or destroyed. [R.] Paley.De-pĕr'dîte-ly, adv. p. 356Ruinously; desperately. [Obs.]Dēp'er-di'tion, n. p. 356Loss; destruction. [Obs.] Browne.De-pĕrt'i-ble, a. p. 356Capable of being divided; separable. [Obs.] Bacon.De-phlĕgm’, v. t. p. 356To rid of phlegm; to dephlegmate. [Obs.] Boyle.De-phleg'māte, v. t. p. 356To deprive of superabundant water, as by evaporation or distillation; to clear of aqueous matter; to rectify; — used of spirits and acids.Dē'phleg-mā'tion, n. p. 356The operation of separating water from spirits and acids, by evaporation or repeated distillation; — called also concentration, especially when acids are the subject of it.De-phlègm'ed-ness, n. p. 356A state of being freed from water. [Obs.] Boyle.Dē'phlo-gis'ti-cāte, v. t. p. 356(O. Chem.) To deprive of phlogiston, or the supposed principle of inflammability. Priestley. Dephlogisticated air, oxygen gas;—so called by Dr. Priestley and others of his time.De-pict', v. t. p. 356To form a colored likeness of; to represent by a picture; to paint; to portray. His arms are fairly depicted in his chamber. Fuller. 2. To represent in words; to describe. Cesar's goat was then…De-pic'tion, n. p. 356A painting or depicting. [Rare.]De-pic'ture, v. t. p. 356To make a picture of; to paint; to picture; to represent in colors. Several persons were depicted in caricature. Fielding.Dĕp'i-lāte, v. t. p. 356To strip of hair. [Obs.]Dĕp'i-lā'tion, n. p. 356Act of pulling out or removing the hair. Dryden.De-pil'a-to-ry, a. p. 356Having the quality or power to remove the hair and make bald or bare.De-pīl'a-to-ry, n. p. 356Any application which is used to take off the hair of an animal body; such as lime and orpiment.Dép'i-loûs, a. p. 356Without hair; hairless. Browne.Dē'plan-tā'tion, n. p. 356The act of taking up plants from beds.De-plēte′, v. t. p. 356[Med.] To empty or unload, as the vessels of the human system, by venesection or medicine. 2. To reduce by destroying or consuming the vital powers of; to exhaust the strength or resources of, as a…De-plē'tion, n. p. 356The act of depleting or emptying. 2. (Med.) The act of diminishing the quantity of fluid in the vessels by venesection or otherwise.De-plē'to-ry, a. p. 356Calculated to deplete.Dēp'li-cā'tion, n. p. 356An unfolding, untwisting, or unplaiting. [Obs.] Mountagu.De-plōr'a-ble, a. p. 356Worthy of being deplored or lamented; lamentable; pitiable; causing grief; hence, sad; calamitous; grievous; wretched; as, life's evils are deplorable. Individual sufferers are in a much more…De-plōr'a-ble-ness, n. p. 356The state of being deplorable; misery; wretchedness.De-plōr'a-bly, adv. p. 356In a manner to be deplored; lamentably; miserably; as, manners are deplorably corrupt.De-plō'rate, a. p. 356Deplorable. [Obs.] “A more deplorate estate.” Baker.Dĕp'lo-rā'tion, n. p. 356The act of deploring or lamenting. [Obs.] “The deploration of her fortune.” Speed.De-plōre′, v. t. p. 356To feel or express deep and poignant grief for; to bewail; to lament; to mourn; to sorrow over. To find her, or for ever to deplore Her loss. Milton. 2. To weep; to effuse, as tokens of grief. Never…De-plōr'ed-ly, adv. p. 356Lamentably. [Obs.]