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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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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.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…De-ri’sive, a. p. 359Expressing, or characterized by, derision. “Derisive taunts.” Pope.De-ri'sive-ly, adv. p. 359In a derisive manner; in mockery or contempt.De-ri'sive-ness, n. p. 359The state of being derisive.De-ri'so-ry, a. p. 359Mocking; ridiculing; derisive. Shaftesbury.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…De-riv'a-bly, adv. p. 359By derivation.Dēr'i-vate, n. p. 359A thing derived; a word formed from another by derivation; a derivative.Dĕr'i-vāte, v. t. p. 359To derive. [Obs.] Huloet.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…Dĕr'i-vā'tion-al, a. p. 359Relating to derivation.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.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…De-rĭv'a-tive-ly, adv. p. 359In a derivative manner; by derivation.De-riv'a-tive-ness, n. p. 359The state of being derivative.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…De-rīve', v. i. p. 359To flow; to have origin; to proceed; to be deduced. Power from heaven derives. Prior.De-rīve'ment, n. p. 359Deduction; inference. [Obs.] I offer these derivements from these subjects. Mountague.De-riv'er, n. p. 359One who derives, transmits, or deduces.Dĕrm, n. p. 359The organized tegument or natural covering of an animal; the skin. [Written also dermis.]Dĕrm'al, a. p. 359Pertaining to the exterior covering or skin of animals; as, the dermal secretions. “A dermal covering of points, plates, and spines.” H. Miller.Der-māp’ter-an, n. p. 359An insect of those genera which have their anterior pair of wings coriaceous, and not employed in flight.Der-māt'ic or Der'ma-tine, a. p. 359Pertaining to the skin.Děr'ma-tin, n. p. 359Děr'ma-tīne p. 359A variety of kerolite, of a green color and resinous luster;—so called from its being often found as a crust upon serpentine. Dana.Dĕr'-ma-tōg'ra-phy, n. p. 359An anatomical description of the skin.Děr'ma-toid, a. p. 359Resembling skin; skin-like.Děr'ma-tōl'o-gĭst, n. p. 359One who discourses on the skin and its diseases; one versed in dermatology.Děr'ma-tŏl'o-gy, n. p. 359The branch of physiology which treats of the structure of the skin, and its diseases.Der-mēs'tēs, n. p. 359(Entom.) A genus of coleopterous insects, the larves of which feed upon dead bodies, leather, &c., and are very destructive to books and furniture.Děr'mic, a. p. 359Relating to the skin. Dermic remedies (Med.), such as act through the skin.Děr'mis, n. p. 359See DERME.