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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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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.]…Dĕp're-cā'tive, a. p. 358Having the form of a prayer; deprecatory.Dĕp're-cā'tor, n. p. 358One who deprecates.Dĕp're-ca-to-ry, a. p. 358Serving to deprecate; tending to remove or avert evil by prayer. “Humble and deprecatory letters.” Bacon.De-prē'ci-āte, v. t. p. 358To lessen in price or estimated value; to lower the worth of; to represent as of little value or claim to esteem. Which . . . some over-severe philosophers may look upon fastidiously, or undervalue…De-prē'ci-āte, v. i. p. 358To fall in value; to become of less worth; to sink in estimation; as, a paper currency will depreciate, unless it is convertible into specie.De-prē′ci-ā′tion, n. p. 358The act of lessening, or seeking to lessen, reputation, price, or value. 2. The falling of value; reduction of worth. Burke. 3. The state of being depreciated.De-prē'ci-ā'tive, a. p. 358Inclined to under-rate; tending to depreciate.De-prē'ci-ā'tor, n. p. 358One who depreciates.De-prē'ci-a-to-ry, a. p. 358Tending to depreciate.Dĕp're-da-ble, a. p. 358Liable to depredation. [Obs.] “Made less depredable.” Bacon.Dép're-dāte, v. t. p. 358To subject to plunder and pillage; to despoil; to lay waste. 2. To destroy by eating; to devour. It maketh the substance of the body . . . less apt to be consumed and depredated by the spirits. Bacon.Dĕp're-dāte, v. i. p. 358To take plunder or prey; to commit waste; as, the troops depredated on the country.Dĕp're-dā'tion, n. p. 358The act of depredating, or the state of being depredated; the act of despoiling or making inroads; as, the sea often makes depredations on the land.Dĕp're-dā'tor, n. p. 358One who plunders or pillages; a spoiler; a waster; a robber.Dĕp're-dā/to-ry, a. p. 358Tending or designed to depredate; characterized by depredation; plundering; spoiling.De-prĕd'ĭ-cāte, v. t. p. 358To proclaim. [Rare.]Dĕp're-hĕnd’, v. t. p. 358To take unawares or by surprise; to seize, as a person committing an unlawful act; to catch. “The deprehended adulteress.” Bp. Taylor. 2. To detect; to discover. “The motions . . . are to be…Dĕp're-hĕn'si-ble, a. p. 358Liable to be caught or discovered. [Obs.] Petty.Dép're-hĕn'si-ble-ness, n. p. 358Capability of being caught or discovered. [Obs.] Bailey.Dép're-hĕn'sion, n. p. 358A catching or seizing; a discovery. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.De-press', v. t. p. 358To press down; to cause to sink; to let fall; to lower; as, to depress the muzzle of a gun; to depress the eye. 2. To bring down or humble; to abase, as pride. 3. To cast a gloom upon; to sadden; as…De-prĕss', a. p. 358Having the middle lower than the border; concave. [Obs.] “If the seal be depress or hollow.” Hammond.De-prĕssed', p. a. p. 358Pressed or forced down; lowered; dejected; dispirited; sad; humbled; sunk. 2. (Bot.) (a.) Concave on the upper side;—said of a leaf whose disk is lower than the border. (b.) Lying flat;—said of a…De-prĕss'ing-ly, adv. p. 358In a depressing manner.De-prĕs'sion, n. p. 358The act of depressing, or causing to fall. 2. The state of being depressed or cast down; a sinking. 3. A falling in of the surface; a sinking below its true place; a cavity or hollow; as, roughness…De-prĕss'ive, a. p. 358Able, or tending, to depress or cast down. Thomson.De-prĕss'or, n. p. 358One who presses down; an oppressor. 2. (Anat.) A muscle that depresses or draws down the part to which it is attached; as, the depressor of the lower jaw or of the eyeball;—called also depriment or…Dĕp'ri-ment, a. p. 358Serving to depress. “Depriment muscles.” Derham.De-prĭ'sure, n. p. 358Low estimation; disesteem; contempt. [Obs.]De-prīv'a-ble, a. p. 358Liable to be deprived or to lose position; liable to be dispossessed or deposed. “Kings of Spain . . . deprivable for their tyrannies.” Prynne.Dĕp′rĭ-vā′tion, n. p. 358The act of depriving, dispossessing, or bereaving; the act of deposing, or divesting of some dignity. 2. The state of being deprived; loss; want; bereavement. 3. (Eccl. Law.) The taking away from a…De-prīve', v. t. p. 358To take away; to remove; to put an end to. 'Tis honor to deprive dishonored life. Shak. 2. To dispossess; to bereave; to divest; to rob;—with a remoter object, usually preceded by of. “Deprived his…De-prīve'ment, n. p. 358The act of depriving, or the state of being deprived; deprivation. [Obs.]De-pri'ver, n. p. 358One who, or that which, deprives or bereaves.De-pros'trate, a. p. 358Fully prostrate; humble; low; rude. [Obs.] How may weak mortal ever hope to file His unsmooth tongue, and his deprostrate style. G. Fletcher.Dĕpth, n. p. 358The quality of being deep; deepness; perpendicular measurement downward from the surface, or horizontal measurement backward from the front; as, the depth of a river; the depth of a body of troops.…Dĕpth'en, v. t. p. 358To deepen. [Obs.] Bailey.Dĕpth'less, a. p. 358Having no depth. 2. Of measureless depth; unfathomable. “In clouds of depthless night.” Francis.De-pü'çe-lāte, v. t. p. 358To deflower; to bereave of virginity. [Obs.] Bailey.De-pŭ'di-cāte, v. t. p. 358To deflower; to violate; to ravish.De-pŭlse', v. t. p. 358To drive away. [Obs.] Cockram.De-pŭl'sion, n. p. 358A driving or thrusting away. [Obs.] Speed.De-pŭl'so-ry, a. p. 358Driving or thrusting away; averting. [Rare.] “Depulsory sacrifices.” Holland.Dép'ū-rāte, v. t. p. 358To free from impurities, heterogeneous matter, or feculence; to purify. “To depurate the mass of blood.” Boyle.Dĕp'ū-rate, a. p. 358Depurated or freed from heterogeneous matter, or from impurities. [Obs.] Boyle.Dĕp'ū-rā'tion, n. p. 358The act or process of depurating or freeing from heterogeneous or impure matter, as a liquid or a wound.Dēp′u-rā′tor, n. p. 358One who, or that which, cleanses.Dĕp'ū-ra-to-ry, a. p. 358Depurating, or tending to depurate or cleanse. Depuratory disease (Med.), one that expels morbid matter from the fluids of the system.