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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-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.]De-plōr'ed-ness, n. p. 356The state of being deplored or deplorable. Bp. Hall.De-plōre'ment, n. p. 356The act of deploring; deploration. [Obs.] Cockram.De-plōr'er, n. p. 356One who deplores or deeply laments; a deep mourner.De-plōr'ing-ly, adv. p. 356In a deploring manner.De-ploy', v. t. p. 356(Mil.) To open; to extend; to display; as, to deploy a column of troops into line of battle.De-ploy', v. i. p. 357(Mil.) (a.) To form in line of battle from column. (b.) To take intervals as skirmishers.De-ploy' or De-ploy'ment, n. p. 357(Mil.) (a.) The act of forming line of battle from column. (b.) The act of taking intervals as skirmishers.Dĕp'lu-mā'tion, n. p. 357The stripping or falling off of plumes or feathers. Cotgrave. 2. (Med.) A disease of the eyelids, attended with swelling and loss of the eyelashes. Phillips.De-plūme', v. t. p. 357To strip or pluck off the feathers of; to deprive of plumage. On the depluming of the pope every bird had his own feather. Fuller. 2. To lay bare; to expose. The exposure and depluming of the leading…De-pō'lar-i-zā'tion, n. p. 357(Opt.) The act of depriving of polarity, as rays of light.De-pō'lar-ize, v. t. p. 357(Opt.) To deprive of polarity. “The depolarizing property of minerals.” Sir D. Brewster.De-pōne', v. t. p. 357To lay down as a pledge or security; to wager. [Obs.] Hudibras. 2. To assert under oath; to make deposition of; to depose. Sprat deponeth that he entered thereafter in conference. State Trials. ☞ In…De-pōne', v. i. p. 357To testify under oath; to depose. 2. To make an assertion; to give testimony. The fairy Glorianda, whose credibility on this point can not be called in question, depones to the confinement of Merlin…De-pō'nent, a. p. 357(Gram.) Having a passive form with an active meaning;—said of certain verbs.De-pō'nen̆t, n. p. 357(Law.) One who deposes or gives a deposition under oath; one who gives written testimony to be used as evidence in a court of justice. 2. (Gram.) A deponent verb. Syn.—DEPONENT, AFFIANT. These are…De-pŏp′ū-la·cy, n. p. 357Depopulation. [Rare.]De-pŏp'ū-lāte, v. t. p. 357To deprive of inhabitants, whether by death or by expulsion; to reduce greatly the populousness of; to dispeople. ☞ It is not synonymous with laying waste or destroying, being limited to the loss of…De-pöp′ū-lāte, v. i. p. 357To become dispeopled.De-pŏp/ū-lā'tion, n. p. 357The act of depopulating, or the condition of being depopulated; destruction or expulsion of inhabitants. The desolation and depopulation [of St. Quentin] were now complete. Motley.De-pŏp'ū-lā'tor, n. p. 357One who depopulates; a dispeopler.De-pōrt', v. t. p. 357To transport; to carry away; to exile; to send into banishment. He told us he had been deported to Spain, with a hundred others like himself. Walsh. 2. To carry or demean; to conduct; to…De-pōrt', n. p. 357Behavior; carriage; demeanor; deportment. [Obs.] “Goddess-like deport.” Milton.Dē'por-tā'tion, n. p. 357The act of deporting or exiling, or the state of being deported or exiled; banishment; transportation. In their deportations, they often had the favor of their conquerors. Atterbury.De-pōrt'ment, n. p. 357Manner of deporting or demeaning one's self; carriage; especially, manner of acting with respect to the courtesies and duties of life; behavior; demeanor; conduct. The gravity of his deportment…De-pōrt′ūre, n. p. 357Carriage; manner; bearing; deportment. [Obs.] “Stately port and majestical deporture.” Speed.De-pōs'a-ble, a. p. 357Capable of being deposed or deprived of office. Howell.De-pōs'al, n. p. 357The act of deposing, or divesting of office. Fox.De-pōse', v. t. p. 357To lay down; to divest one's self of; to lay aside. [Obs.] Thus when the state one Edward did depose, A greater Edward in his room arose. Dryden. 2. To let fall; to deposit. [Obs.] “Additional mud…De-pōse’,, v. i. p. 357To bear witness; to testify by deposition. Seeing ’twas he that made you to depose, Your oath, my lord, is frivolous and vain. Shak.De-pōs'er, n. p. 357One who deposes or degrades from office. 2. One who testifies or deposes.De-pŏz'it, v. t. p. 357To lay down; to place; to put; as, a crocodile deposits her eggs in the sand; a bird deposits her eggs in a nest; an inundation deposits particles of earth in a meadow. 2. To lay up or away for safe…De-pŏs'it, n. p. 357That which is deposed, or laid or thrown down; especially, matter precipitated from solution in water or any other liquid. The deposit already formed affording to the succeeding portions of the…De-pŏz'i-ta-ry, n. p. 357A person with whom any thing is left or lodged in trust; one to whom a thing is committed for safe keeping, or to be used for the benefit of the owner; a trustee; a guardian. I've made you my…Dĕp′o-sĭ′tion, n. p. 357The act of deposing or depositing; the act of laying down or throwing down; precipitation. “The deposition of rough sand and rolled pebbles.” H. Miller. 2. The act of laying down or bringing before…De-pŏs'i-tor, n. p. 357One who makes a deposit.De-pŏs'i-to-ry, n. p. 357A place where any thing is deposited for sale or keeping. A warehouse is a depository for goods, a clerk's office for records.De-pŏs'i-tūre, n. p. 357Act of depositing; deposition. [Obs.] Browne.De-pōt', n. p. 357A place of deposit; any place of deposit for the storing or safe keeping of goods; a warehouse; a storehouse. 2. (Mil.) (a.) A military station where stores and provisions are kept, or where recruits…Dēp'ra-vā'tion, n. p. 357The act of speaking ill of any thing; censure; ill-natured criticism. [Obs.] Stubborn critics, apt, without a theme, For depravation. Shak. 2. The act of depraving, degrading, or defaming; the act of…De-prāve', v. t. p. 357To speak ill of; to pervert; to misrepresent. [Obs.] Golden Book. 2. To make bad or worse; to impair; to vitiate; to corrupt. Whose pride depraves each other better part. Spenser. 3. To defame; to…De-prāv'ed-ly, adv. p. 357In a depraved manner.De-prāv'ed-ness, n. p. 357State of being depraved; corruption; taint. Hammond.De-prāve'ment, n. p. 357Act of depraving, or state of being depraved; depravity. [Obs.] Milton.De-prāv'er, n. p. 357One who depraves or corrupts.De-prāv'ing-ly, adv. p. 357In a depraving manner.De-prāv'i-ty, n. p. 357The state of being depraved or corrupted; a vitiated state of moral character; want of virtue; extreme wickedness; absence of religious feeling and principle. Syn.—Corruption; vitiation; wickedness…Dép're-ca-ble, a. p. 358Worthy to be deprecated. Paley.Dĕp're-cāte, v. t. p. 358To pray against; to seek to avert by prayer; to desire the removal of; to seek deliverance from; to regret deeply. His purpose was deprecated by all around him, and he was with difficulty induced to…Dĕp're-cā'ting-ly, adv. p. 358In a deprecating manner.Dĕp're-cā'tion, n. p. 358Act of deprecating; a praying against evil; prayer that an evil may be removed or prevented. “Humble deprecation.” Milton. 2. Entreaty for pardon; petitioning. 3. An imprecation or curse. [Obs.]…