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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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De-tēr'sive-ness, n. p. 365The quality of cleansing.De-tēst', v. t. p. 365To hate or dislike extremely; to abhor; to abominate; to loathe; as, to detest crimes or meanness. 2. To denounce as hateful; to condemn. [Obs.] The heresy of Nestorius . . . was detested in the…De-těst'a-ble, a. p. 365Worthy of being detested; abominable; very odious; deserving abhorrence. Thou hast defiled my sanctuary with all thy detestable things. Ezek. v. 11. Syn.—Abominable; odious; execrable; abhorred.De-tēst'a-ble-ness, n. p. 365Extreme hatefulness.De-tēst'a-bly, adv. p. 365Very hatefully; abominably; with detestation. “Detestably abhorring this . . . unnaturalness.” North.De-tĕs′tāte, v. t. p. 365To detest. [Obs.] “Which, as a mortal enemy, the doctrine of the gospel doth detestate and abhor.” Udal.Dĕt'es-tā'tion or Dē'tes-tā'tion, n. p. 365The act of detesting; extreme hatred or dislike; abhorrence; loathing. We are heartily agreed in our detestation of civil war. Burke.De-tĕst'er, n. p. 365One who detests or abhors.De-thrōne', v. t. p. 365To remove or drive from a throne; to depose; to divest of supreme authority and dignity. The Protector was dethroned. Hume.De-thrōne'ment, n. p. 365Removal from a throne; deposition of a king, emperor, prince, or any supreme ruler.De-thrōn'er, n. p. 365One who dethrones.De-thrōn/i-zā'tion, n. p. 365Dethronement. [Obs.]De-thrōn′ize, v. t. p. 365To unthrone. [Obs.] Cotgrave.Dē'ti-nūe, n. p. 365A person or thing detained. Writ of detinue (Law), one that lies against him who wrongfully detains goods or chattels delivered to him, or in his possession, to recover the thing itself, or its value…Dēt'o-nāte, v. i. p. 365(Chem.) To explode with a sudden report; as, niter detonates with sulphur. Detonating powder (Chem.), any compound, which, when struck, explodes with violence and a loud report. — Detonating tube, a…Dĕt'o-nāte, v. t. p. 365(Chem.) To cause to explode; to cause to burn or inflame with a sudden report.Dĕt'o-nā'tion, n. p. 365(Chem.) An explosion or sudden report made by the inflammation of certain combustible bodies, as fulminating gold.Dĕt'o-ni-zā'tion, n. p. 365(Chem.) The act of detonizing; detonation.Dēt'o-nīze, v. t. p. 365(Chem.) To cause to explode; to burn with an explosion; to calcine with detonation.Dĕt'o-nīze, v. i. p. 365(Chem.) To explode; to burn with a sudden report; to detonate. This precipitate . . . detonizes with a considerable noise. Fourcroy.De-tôr'sion, n. p. 365See DETORTION.De-tôrt', v. t. p. 365To turn from the original or plain meaning; to pervert; to wrest. Hammond.De-tôr'tion, n. p. 365The act of detorting, or the state of being detorted.Détour, n. p. 365A turning; a circuitous route; as, the detours of the Mississippi.De-trăct', v. t. p. 365To take away. “Detract much from the view of the front without.” Wotton. 2. To take credit or reputation from; to defame. That calumnious critic . . . Detracting what laboriously we do. Drayton.…De-trăct', v. i. p. 365To remove a part; to take away reputation; to depreciate worth. “Detract from a lady’s character.” Addison.De-trăct'ing-ly, adv. p. 365In a detracting manner.De-trăc'tion, n. p. 365The act of taking away or withdrawing. [Obs.] “The detraction of eggs of the said wild-fowl.” Bacon. 2. The act of taking away from the reputation or worth of another; a lessening of worth; the act…De-trăc'tious, a. p. 365Containing detraction. [Obs.] Johnson.De-trăct'ĭve, a. p. 365Tending to detract. [Obs.]De-trăct'ĭve-ness, n. p. 365The quality of being detractive.De-trăct'or, n. p. 365One who detracts or disparages. His detractors were noisy and scurrilous. Macaulay. 2. (Anat.) A muscle which draws down the part to which it is attached. Wright. Syn.—Slanderer; calumniator…De-trăct'o-ry, a. p. 365Defamatory by denial of desert; derogatory;—commonly with from. Browne.De-trăct'ress, n. p. 365A female detractor.De-trĕct', v. t. p. 365To refuse. [Obs.] [Written also detract.] “To detrect the battle.” Holinshed.Dĕt'ri-ment, n. p. 365That which injures or causes damage; mischief; harm; diminution;—used very generically; as, detriments to property, religion, morals, &c. I can repair that detriment. Milton. 2. A charge made to…Dĕt'ri-ment, v. t. p. 365To do injury to; to hurt. [Obs.] “Others might be detrimented thereby.” Fuller.Dĕt'ri-mĕnt'al, a. p. 365Causing detriment; injurious; hurtful. “Rather unseemly . . . than materially detrimental to its strength.” Burke. Syn.—Injurious; hurtful; prejudicial; disadvantageous; mischievous; pernicious.Dĕt'ri-mĕnt'al-ness, n. p. 365The quality of being detrimental.De-trī'tal, a. p. 365Pertaining to or consisting of detritus.De-trī'tion, n. p. 365A wearing off or away.De-trī'tus, n. p. 365(Geol.) A mass of substances worn off from solid bodies by attrition, and reduced to small portions; as, diluvial detritus. ☞ When the portions are large, the word debris is used.De-trude', v. t. p. 365To thrust down; to push down with force. The souls of men may . . . be detruded into the bodies of beasts. Locke.De-trŭn'cāte, v. t. p. 365To shorten by cutting; to cut off; to lop.Dē'trun-cā'tion, n. p. 365The act of cutting off. 2. (Surg.) Separation of the trunk from the head of the fetus, the latter remaining in the uterus.De-tru'sion, n. p. 365The act of thrusting or driving down. 2. The slipping of one portion of a substance over another. Forbes.Dē·tu-mēs'cence, n. p. 365Diminution of swelling. [Obs.] “The circulating wave . . . hath . . . detumescence.” Cudworth.Dē'tur, n. p. 365A present of books given to a meritorious undergraduate student, as a prize. [Harvard University, U. S.]De-tūr'bāte, v. t. p. 365To separate from associates. [Obs.] “Deturbating and thrusting out.” Foxe.Dĕt'ur-bā'tion, n. p. 365The act of deturbating; degradation. [Obs.] Bailey.De-tūrn', v. t. p. 365To turn away; to divert. [Obs.] Digby.De-tūr'pāte, v. t. p. 365To defile. [Obs.] Bp. Taylor.Dĕt′ur·pā′tion, n. p. 365The act of deturpating or corrupting. [Obs.] “Corrections and deturpations, and mistakes of transcribers.” Bp. Taylor.Deuce, n. p. 365(Gaming.) Two; a card with two spots; a die with two spots.Deuce, n. p. 365An evil spirit; a demon; the devil. [Written also deuse.] [Low.]Deu'ced, a. p. 365Devilish; extravagant; excessive; enormous. [Low.]Deïse, n. p. 365The same as DEUCE.Deu'sed, a. p. 365The same as DEUCED.Deu'ter-o-ca-nōn'ic-al, a. p. 365Pertaining to a second canon, or a canon of inferior authority; — said of the Apocrypha.Deu'ter-ōg'a-mist, n. p. 365One who marries the second time.