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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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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.De-pūre′, v. t. p. 358To depurate. [Obs.] Be depured and cleansed before that he shall be laid up for pure gold in the treasures of God. Sir T. More.De-pâr'ga-to-ry, a. p. 358Serving to purge; tending to cleanse or purify. [Obs.] Cotgrave.Dēp'ū-rā'tion, n. p. 358The removal of impurities; clarification, as of a liquid; depuration.Dĕp'ū-tā'tion, n. p. 358The act of deputing, or of appointing a substitute or representative; character as so appointed. The authority of conscience stands founded upon its vice-regency and deputation under God. South. 2.…Dĕp'u-tā'tor, n. p. 358One who deputes, or makes a deputation. [Obs.] Locke.De-pūte', v. t. p. 358To appoint as substitute or agent; to commission to act in one's place; to delegate. There is no man deputed of the king to hear thee. 2 Sam. xv. 3. Some persons, deputed by a meeting, . . . called…De-pŭtē′, n. p. 358A person deputed; a deputy. [Scot.]Dĕp'ū-tīze, v. t. p. 358To appoint as one's deputy; to empower to act in one's stead; to depute. [Rare. U. S.]Dĕp'ŭ-ty, n. p. 358One appointed as the substitute of another, and empowered to act for him, in his name, or on his behalf; a lieutenant; a representative; a delegate; a vicar; as, the deputy of a prince, of a sheriff…De-quan'ti-tāte, v. t. p. 359To diminish the quantity of. [Obs.] Browne.De-răç'i-nāte, v. t. p. 359To pluck up by the roots; to extirpate. [Rare.] The colter rusts That should deracinate such savagery. Shak.De-răç'i-nā'tion, n. p. 359The act of pulling up by the roots.De-rāign' or De-rāin', v. t. p. 359See DARRAIN.De-rāign'ment or De-rāin'ment, n. p. 359The act of deraining. [Obs.] 2. The renunciation of religious or monastic vows. [Obs.] Blount.De-rāil', v. t. p. 359(Mach.) To run off from the rails of a railway, as a locomotive. Lardner.De-rāil'ment, n. p. 359(Mach.) The state of being off the rails of a railway, as a locomotive. Lardner.De-rān'ge', v. t. p. 359To put out of place, order, or rank; to disturb the proper arrangement or order of; to throw into confusion, embarrassment, or disorder; as, to derange the plans of a commander, or the affairs of a…De-rānge'ment, n. p. 359The act of deranging, or the state of being deranged; disarrangement; confusion; disorder; embarrassment; especially, mental disorder; insanity. Syn. — Insanity; disorder; confusion; embarrassment…De-rāy', n. p. 359Disorder; merriment. [Obs.]Dĕr'by, n. p. 359A celebrated horse-race which is held annually at Epsom, near London.Dĕr'by-shīre Spār p. 359Fluor spar, or fluoride of calcium, a mineral found in Derbyshire, England, and wrought into vases and other ornamental work.Der-do'ing, a. p. 359Doing bold deeds; abounding in feats of valor. [Obs.] “In derdoing arms.” Spencer.Dē're, v. t. p. 359To hurt. [Obs.]Dēre, n. p. 359Harm. [Obs.] R. Brunne.Dĕr'e-lĭct, a. p. 359Given up or forsaken by the natural owner or guardian; left and abandoned. The affections, which these exposed or derelict children bear to their mothers, have no grounds of nature or assiduity but…Dēr'e-līet, n. p. 359(Law.) (a.) A thing voluntarily abandoned or utterly forsaken by its proper owner. (b.) A tract of land left dry by the sea, and fit for cultivation or use.Dē-re-lĭc'tion, n. p. 359The act of leaving with an intention not to reclaim; an utter forsaking; abandonment. “Any cession or dereliction, actual or tacit, of other powers.” Burke. “A total dereliction of military duties.”…Dē're-lĭg'ion-īze, v. t. p. 359To make irreligious. [Rare.] He would dereligionize men beyond all others. De Quincey.De-ride', v. t. p. 359To laugh at with contempt; to turn to ridicule or make sport of; to mock; to scoff at. Sport that wrinkled Care derides, And Laughter holding both his sides. Milton. Syn.—To mock; laugh at; ridicule…De-rid'er, n. p. 359One who derides, or laughs at, another in contempt; a mocker; a scoffer.De-rid'ing-ly, adv. p. 359By way of derision or mockery.