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An American Dictionary of the English Language

by Noah Webster

Revised and enlarged (Goodrich & Porter)

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

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  1. 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.…
  2. Dĕpth'en, v. t.p. 358To deepen. [Obs.] Bailey.
  3. Dĕpth'less, a.p. 358Having no depth. 2. Of measureless depth; unfathomable. “In clouds of depthless night.” Francis.
  4. De-pü'çe-lāte, v. t.p. 358To deflower; to bereave of virginity. [Obs.] Bailey.
  5. De-pŭ'di-cāte, v. t.p. 358To deflower; to violate; to ravish.
  6. De-pŭlse', v. t.p. 358To drive away. [Obs.] Cockram.
  7. De-pŭl'sion, n.p. 358A driving or thrusting away. [Obs.] Speed.
  8. De-pŭl'so-ry, a.p. 358Driving or thrusting away; averting. [Rare.] “Depulsory sacrifices.” Holland.
  9. Dép'ū-rāte, v. t.p. 358To free from impurities, heterogeneous matter, or feculence; to purify. “To depurate the mass of blood.” Boyle.
  10. Dĕp'ū-rate, a.p. 358Depurated or freed from heterogeneous matter, or from impurities. [Obs.] Boyle.
  11. 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.
  12. Dēp′u-rā′tor, n.p. 358One who, or that which, cleanses.
  13. 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.
  14. 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.
  15. De-pâr'ga-to-ry, a.p. 358Serving to purge; tending to cleanse or purify. [Obs.] Cotgrave.
  16. Dēp'ū-rā'tion, n.p. 358The removal of impurities; clarification, as of a liquid; depuration.
  17. 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.…
  18. Dĕp'u-tā'tor, n.p. 358One who deputes, or makes a deputation. [Obs.] Locke.
  19. 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…
  20. De-pŭtē′, n.p. 358A person deputed; a deputy. [Scot.]
  21. 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.]
  22. 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…
  23. De-quan'ti-tāte, v. t.p. 359To diminish the quantity of. [Obs.] Browne.
  24. 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.
  25. De-răç'i-nā'tion, n.p. 359The act of pulling up by the roots.
  26. De-rāign' or De-rāin', v. t.p. 359See DARRAIN.
  27. De-rāign'ment or De-rāin'ment, n.p. 359The act of deraining. [Obs.] 2. The renunciation of religious or monastic vows. [Obs.] Blount.
  28. De-rāil', v. t.p. 359(Mach.) To run off from the rails of a railway, as a locomotive. Lardner.
  29. De-rāil'ment, n.p. 359(Mach.) The state of being off the rails of a railway, as a locomotive. Lardner.
  30. 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…
  31. 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…
  32. De-rāy', n.p. 359Disorder; merriment. [Obs.]
  33. Dĕr'by, n.p. 359A celebrated horse-race which is held annually at Epsom, near London.
  34. Dĕr'by-shīre Spārp. 359Fluor spar, or fluoride of calcium, a mineral found in Derbyshire, England, and wrought into vases and other ornamental work.
  35. Der-do'ing, a.p. 359Doing bold deeds; abounding in feats of valor. [Obs.] “In derdoing arms.” Spencer.
  36. Dē're, v. t.p. 359To hurt. [Obs.]
  37. Dēre, n.p. 359Harm. [Obs.] R. Brunne.
  38. 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…
  39. 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.
  40. 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.”…
  41. Dē're-lĭg'ion-īze, v. t.p. 359To make irreligious. [Rare.] He would dereligionize men beyond all others. De Quincey.
  42. 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…
  43. De-rid'er, n.p. 359One who derides, or laughs at, another in contempt; a mocker; a scoffer.
  44. De-rid'ing-ly, adv.p. 359By way of derision or mockery.
  45. De-ri'sion, n.p. 359The act of deriding, or the state of being derided; mockery; scornful or contemptuous treatment. Satan beheld their plight, And to his mates thus in derision called. Milton. 2. An object of derision…
  46. De-ri’sive, a.p. 359Expressing, or characterized by, derision. “Derisive taunts.” Pope.
  47. De-ri'sive-ly, adv.p. 359In a derisive manner; in mockery or contempt.
  48. De-ri'sive-ness, n.p. 359The state of being derisive.
  49. De-ri'so-ry, a.p. 359Mocking; ridiculing; derisive. Shaftesbury.
  50. De-riv'a-ble, a.p. 359Capable of being derived; transmissible; communicable; obtainable by transmission; capable of being known by inference, as from premises or data; capable of being traced, as from a radical; as…
  51. De-riv'a-bly, adv.p. 359By derivation.
  52. Dēr'i-vate, n.p. 359A thing derived; a word formed from another by derivation; a derivative.
  53. Dĕr'i-vāte, v. t.p. 359To derive. [Obs.] Huloet.
  54. Dēr'i-vā'tion, n.p. 359The act of deriving and distributing, as water from a stream or source. [Obs.] 2. The act of procuring an effect from a cause, means, or condition, as profits from capital, truth from testimony…
  55. Dĕr'i-vā'tion-al, a.p. 359Relating to derivation.
  56. De-rĭv'a-tive, a.p. 359Obtained by derivation; derived; not radical or original; originating from something else; secondary; as, a derivative conveyance; a derivative chord, that is, one derived from another by inversion.
  57. De-rĭv'a-tive, n.p. 359That which is derived; any thing obtained, or deduced from, another. 2. (Gram.) A word formed from another word, by a prefix or suffix, an internal modification, or some other change; as…
  58. De-rĭv'a-tive-ly, adv.p. 359In a derivative manner; by derivation.
  59. De-riv'a-tive-ness, n.p. 359The state of being derivative.
  60. De-rive', v. t.p. 359To turn the course of, as water; to divert and distribute into subordinate channels; hence, to diffuse; to communicate; to transmit;—followed by to, into, on, upon. [Obs.] “The solemn and right…