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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'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.Dĕr'moid, a. p. 359Same as DERMATOID.Dĕr'mo-skĕl'e-ton, n. p. 359(Nat. Hist.) The skin of certain animals, which is hard or firm, through horny, calcareous, or other secretions. ☞ The dermo-skeleton of a fish or reptile is the skin with the scales: in a turtle the…Der-mōt’o-my, n. p. 359(Anat.) The anatomy, or the dissection, of the skin. Dunglison.Dĕrn, a. p. 359Hidden; concealed; secret. [Obs.] Chaucer. 2. Solitary; sad. [Obs.] More.Děrne, v. i. p. 359To hide; to skulk. [Scot.] He at length escaped them by derning himself in a fox-earth. H. Miller.