Part 69

DEMOCRACY, de-mok'ra-si, _n._ a form of government in which the supreme power is vested in the people collectively, and is administered by them or by officers appointed by them: the people, esp. the common people in the United States, the democratic party--also DEMOC'RATY (_Milt._).--_n._ DEM'OCRAT, one who adheres to or promotes democracy as a principle: a member of the democratic party in the United States, who preserve carefully the local liberties of states and of individuals, opposing national centralisation, and supporting a wide franchise, low tariff duties for the interests of the revenue rather than protection, and a limited public expenditure.--_adjs._ DEMOCRAT'IC, -AL, relating to democracy: insisting on equal rights and privileges for all.--_adv._ DEMOCRAT'ICALLY.--_adj._ DEMOCRATIF[=I]'ABLE, capable of being made democratic.--_v.t._ DEMOCRATISE', to render democratic.--_n._ DEMOC'RATIST, a democrat. [O. Fr.,--Gr. _d[=e]mokratia_--_d[=e]mos_, the people, and _kratein_, to rule--_kratos_, strength.]

DEMOGORGON, d[=e]-mo-gor'gon, _n._ a mysterious deity or diabolical magician first mentioned about 450 A.D., and regarded as an object of terror. [Gr. _daim[=o]n_, deity, _gorgos_, terrible.]

DEMOGRAPHY, d[=e]-mog'ra-fi, _n._ vital and social statistics, as applied to the study of nations and races.--_n._ DEMOG'RAPHER.--_adj._ DEMOGRAPH'IC. [Gr. _d[=e]mos_, the people, _graphein_, to write.]

DEMOISELLE, dem-wa-zel', _n._ (_Shak._) a young lady: a crane-like bird of peculiarly graceful form. [Fr. See DAMSEL.]

DEMOLISH, de-mol'ish, _v.t._ to destroy, lay in ruins, to ruin.--_n._ DEMOLI'TION, act of pulling down: ruin. [Fr. _d['e]molir_--L. _demol[=i]ri_, to throw down--_de_, down, and _mol[=i]ri_, to build--_moles_, a heap.]

DEMOLOGY, de-mol'o-j[=i], _n._ same as DEMOGRAPHY: the theory of the origin and development of nations. [Gr. _d[=e]mos_, the people, _logia_, a discourse.]

DEMON, d[=e]'mon, _n._ an evil spirit, a devil: sometimes like DAEMON, a friendly spirit or good genius:--_fem._ D[=E]'MONESS.--_adjs._ DEM[=O]'NIAC, DEM[=O]N[=I]'ACAL, pertaining to or like demons or evil spirits: influenced by demons.--_ns._ DEM[=O]'NIAC, a human being possessed by a demon or evil spirit.--_adv._ DEMON[=I]'ACALLY.--_n._ DEMON[=I]'ACISM, state of being a demoniac.--_adj._ DEM[=O]'NIAN (_Milt._).--_ns._ DEM[=O]'NIANISM, DEM[=O]'NIASM, possession by a demon.--_v.t._ D[=E]'MONISE, to convert into a demon: to control or possess by a demon.--_ns._ D[=E]'MONISM, a belief in demons; D[=E]'MONIST, a believer in demons; DEMONOC'RACY, the power of demons; DEMONOL'ATRY, the worship of demons; DEMONOL'ATER, one who worships such; DEMONOLOGY, an account of, or the study of, demons and their agency.--_adjs._ DEMONOLOG'IC, -AL.--_ns._ DEMONOL'OGIST, a writer on demonology; DEMONOM[=A]'NIA, a form of mania in which the subject believes himself possessed by devils; DEMON'OMY, the dominion of demons; D[=E]'MONRY, demoniacal influence. [L. _daemon_--Gr. _daim[=o]n_, a spirit, genius; in N. T. and Late Greek, a devil.]

DEMONETISE, d[=e]-mon'e-t[=i]z, _n._ to divest of value as money.--_n._ DEMONETIS[=A]'TION.

DEMONSTRATE, de-mon'str[=a]t, _v.t._ to show or point out clearly: to prove with certainty.--_adj._ DEMON'STRABLE, that may be demonstrated.--_ns._ DEMON'STRABLENESS, DEMONSTRABIL'ITY.--_adv._ DEMON'STRABLY.--_ns._ DEMONSTR[=A]'TION, a pointing out: proof beyond doubt: expression of the feelings by outward signs: expression of sympathy with political or social opinions, with a man or body of men, by a mass-meeting, a procession, &c.: show: a movement of troops or ships to exhibit military intention, or in war to deceive the enemy.--_adj._ DEMON'STRATIVE, making evident: proving with certainty: of the nature of proof: given to the manifestation of one's feelings.--_adv._ DEMON'STRATIVELY.--_ns._ DEMON'STRATIVENESS; DEM'ONSTRATOR, one who proves beyond doubt: one who teaches: (_anat._) one who teaches anatomy from the dissected parts.--_adj._ DEMON'STRATORY, demonstrative. [L. _demonstr[=a]re_, _-[=a]tum_--_de_, inten., and _monstr[=a]re_, to show.]

DEMORALISE, de-mor'al-[=i]z, _v.t._ to corrupt in morals: to lower the _morale_--that is, to deprive of spirit and confidence: to throw into confusion.--_n._ DEMORALIS[=A]'TION, act of demoralising: corruption or subversion of morals.--_p.adj._ DEMORAL[=I]S'ING.

DEMOS, d[=e]'mos, _n._ the people, esp. the lower classes.--_adj._ DEMOT'IC, pertaining to the people: popular: in Egypt. ant., of a kind of writing distinguished from the hieratic, or priestly, and from hieroglyphics. [Gr.]

DEMOSTHENIC, de-mos-then'ik, _adj._ of or like _Demosthenes_, the Athenian orator: eloquent.

DEMPSTER. Same as DEEMSTER (q.v. under DEEM).

DEMPT, demt (_Spens._). _Pa.p._ of DEEM.

DEMULCENT, de-mul'sent, _adj._ soothing. [L. _demulcent-em_--_de_, and _mulc[=e]re_, to stroke, to soothe.]

DEMUR, de-mur', _v.i._ to hesitate from uncertainty or before difficulty: to object:--_pr.p._ demur'ring; _pa.p._ demurred'.--_n._ a stop: pause, hesitation.--_adj._ DEMUR'RABLE.--_ns._ DEMUR'RAGE, an allowance made for undue delay or detention of a vessel in port: compensation paid by the freighter to the owner of the same: allowance for undue detention of railway-wagons, &c.; DEMUR'RER, one who demurs: (_law_) a plea in law that, even if the opponent's facts are as he says, they yet do not support his case. [Fr. _demeurer_--L. _demor[=a]ri_, to loiter, linger--_de_, inten., and _mor[=a]ri_, to delay--_mora_, delay.]

DEMURE, de-m[=u]r', _adj._ sober: staid: modest: affectedly modest: making a show of gravity.--_adv._ DEMURE'LY.--_n._ DEMURE'NESS. [O. Fr. _de (bons) murs_, of good manners--L. _de_, of, _mores_, manners.]

DEMY, de-m[=i]', _n._ a size of paper 22-1/2 by 17-1/2 in.; in the United States 21 by 16 in. [Fr. _demi_--L. _dimidium_, half--_di_, apart, _medius_, the middle.]

DEMY, de-m[=i]', _n._ a holder of certain scholarships in Magdalen College, Oxford.--_n._ DEMY'SHIP. [Ety. same as above.]

DEN, den, _n._ the hollow lair of a wild beast: a kind of pit, a cave: a haunt of vice or misery: (_coll._) a private retreat for work: (_prov._) a narrow valley.--_v.i._ to retire to a den. [A.S. _denn_, a cave, and _denu_, a valley.]

DEN, den, _n._ (_obs._) for good-e'en, good-even.

DENARY, den'ar-i, _adj._ containing ten.--_n._ the number ten.--_n._ DEN[=A]'RIUS, the chief Roman silver coin under the Republic, divided into ten asses, and worth 9-2/5d. [L. _denarius_--_deni_--_decem_, ten.]

DENATIONALISE, de-nash'un-al-[=i]z, _v.t._ to deprive of national rights.--_n._ DENATIONALIS[=A]'TION.

DENATURALISE, de-nat'[=u]-ral-[=i]z, _v.t._ to make unnatural; to deprive of naturalisation.

DENAY, de-n[=a]', _obs._ form of DENY, DENIAL.

DENDRACHATE, den'dra-k[=a]t, _n._ arborescent agate.--MOSS'-AG'ATE. [Gr. _dendron_, tree, _achat[=e]s_, agate.]

DENDRIFORM, den'dri-form, _adj._ having the appearance of a tree. [Formed from Gr. _dendron_, a tree, and L. _forma_, form.]

DENDRITE, den'dr[=i]t, _n._ a mineral in which are figures resembling plants.--_adjs._ DENDRIT'IC, -AL, tree-like, arborescent: marked with branching figures like plants. [Gr. _dendrit[=e]s_, of a tree--_dendron_, a tree.]

DENDRODONT, den'dr[=o]-dont, _n._ a fish of extinct fossil genus _Dendrodus_, having teeth of dendritic structure.--_adj._ having such teeth.--_n._ DENDRODEN'TINE, the form of branched dentine seen in compound teeth, produced by the interblending of the dentine, enamel, and cement. [Gr. _dendron_, a tree, and _odous_, _odontos_, tooth.]

DENDROID, den'droid, _adj._ having the form of a tree. [Gr. _dendron_, a tree, and _eidos_, form.]

DENDROLITE, den'dro-l[=i]t, _n._ a petrified or fossil plant. [Gr. _dendron_, a tree, and _lithos_, a stone.]

DENDROLOGY, den-drol'o-ji, _n._ a treatise on trees: the natural history of trees.--_adj._ DENDROLOG'ICAL.--_n._ DENDROL'OGIST. [Gr. _dendron_, a tree, and _logia_, a discourse.]

DENDROMETER, d[.e]n-drom'e-t[.e]r, _n._ an instrument for ascertaining the height of a tree. [Gr. _dendron_, tree, _metron_, measure.]

DENE, d[=e]n, _n._ a small valley.--_n._ DENE'-HOLE, an ancient artificial excavation in the chalk formations of Kent and Essex. [A form of _dean_. Cf. DEN.]

DENEGATION, d[=e]-ne-g[=a]'shun, _n._ denial. [L. _deneg[=a]re_, _-[=a]tum_, to deny--_de_, inten., and _neg[=a]re_, to deny.]

DENGUE, deng'g[=a], _n._ an acute tropical epidemic fever, seldom fatal--also _breakbone-fever_, _dandy-fever_. [The Spanish _dengue_, refusing, prudery, from L. _deneg[=a]re_, to deny, seems to have been confused with _dandy-fever_.]

DENIAL, de-n[=i]'al, _n._ act of denying or saying no: contradiction: refusal: rejection.--_adj._ DEN[=I]'ABLE, that may be denied.--_n._ DEN[=I]'ER, one who denies.

DENIER, de-n[=e]r', _n._ (_Shak._) an old small French silver coin: also later, a copper coin of the value of 1/12 sou--hence a very trifling sum. [Fr.,--L. _denarius_.]

DENIGRATION, de-ni-gr[=a]'shun, _n._ a making or becoming black--esp. the blackening of a man's character.--_v.t._ DEN'IGRATE (_obs._). [L. _de_, inten., _nigr[=a]re_, to blacken, _niger_, black.]

DENIM, den'im, _n._ coloured twilled cotton goods for overalls, &c.

DENITRATE, d[=e]-n[=i]'tr[=a]t, _v.t._ to free from nitric acid.--_ns._ DENITR[=A]'TION; DEN[=I]'TRIFICATOR.

DENIZEN, den'i-zn, _n._ an inhabitant (human or animal): one admitted to the rights of a citizen.--_v.t._ to make a denizen of: to provide with occupants.--_v.i._ to inhabit.--_ns._ DENIZ[=A]'TION, act of making one a citizen; DEN'IZENSHIP. [O. Fr. _deinzein_--_deinz_, _dens_ (Fr. _dans_), within--L. _de intus_, from within.]

DENNET, den'et, _n._ a light gig.

DENOMINATE, d[=e]-nom'in-[=a]t, _v.t._ to give a name to: to call.--_adj._ DENOM'INABLE.--_n._ DENOMIN[=A]'TION, the act of naming: a name or title: a collection of individuals called by the same name: a sect.--_adj._ DENOMIN[=A]'TIONAL, belonging to a denomination or sect.--_n._ DENOMIN[=A]'TIONALISM, a denominational or class spirit or policy: devotion to the interests of a sect.--_adj._ DENOM'INATIVE, giving or having a title.--_adv._ DENOM'INATIVELY.--_n._ DENOM'INATOR, he who, or that which, gives a name: (_arith._) the lower number in a vulgar fraction, which names the parts into which the integer is divided. [L. _de_, and _nomin[=a]re_, _-[=a]tum_, to name--_nomen_, a name.]

DENOTE, d[=e]-n[=o]t', _v.t._ to note or mark off: to indicate by a sign: to signify or mean: (_log._) to indicate the objects comprehended in a class.--_adj._ DEN[=O]'TABLE.--_n._ DENOT[=A]'TION, that which a word names or indicates, in contradistinction to that which it _connotes_ or signifies.--_adj._ DEN[=O]'TATIVE.--_adv._ DEN[=O]'TATIVELY.--_n._ DEN[=O]TE'MENT (_Shak._), a sign or indication. [Fr.,--L. _denot[=a]re_, _-[=a]tum_--_de_, inten., and _not[=a]re_, to mark--_nota_, a mark or sign.]

D['E]NOUEMENT, d[=a]-n[=oo]'mong, _n._ the unravelling of a plot or story: the issue, event, or outcome. [Fr. _d['e]nouement_ or _d['e]no[^u]ment_; _d['e]nouer_, to untie--_de_, neg., and _nouer_, to tie--L. _nodus_, a knot.]

DENOUNCE, de-nowns', _v.t._ to inform against or accuse publicly: (_U.S._) to claim the right of working a mine, as being abandoned or insufficiently worked.--_ns._ DENOUNCE'MENT (same as DENUNCIATION); DENOUNC'ER. [Fr. _d['e]noncer_--L. _denunti[=a]re_--_de_, inten., and _nunti[=a]re_, to announce.]

DENSE, dens, _adj._ thick, close, compact: impenetrably stupid.--_n._ a thicket.--_adv._ DENSE'LY.--_ns._ DENSE'NESS; DENS'ITY, the quality of being dense: the proportion of mass to bulk or volume: the quantity of matter per unit of bulk. [L. _densus_, thick.]

DENSIMETER, den-sim'et-[.e]r, _n._ an instrument for ascertaining the comparative density or specific gravity of a substance. [L. _densus_, dense, and _metrum_ (Gr. _metron_), measure.]

DENT, dent, _n._ a small hollow made by the pressure or blow of a harder body on a softer.--_v.t._ to make a mark by means of a blow.--_p.adj._ DENT'ED, marked with dents: indented. [A variant of _dint_.]

DENT, dent, _n._ a notch.--_v.t._ to notch. [Confused with the preceding, but from Fr. _dent_, tooth--L. _dens_, _dentis_.]

DENTAGRA, den-tag'ra, _n._ a tooth-drawing forceps: toothache.

DENTAL, den'tal, _adj._ belonging to the teeth: produced by the aid of the teeth.--_n._ an articulation or letter pronounced chiefly with the teeth.--_adj._ DEN'TARY, belonging to dentition, bearing teeth.--_n._ the distal element of the jaw of vertebrates below mammals.--DENTAL ENGINE, a mechanical appliance giving a rotary motion to a dentist's boring instruments. [L. _dens_, _dentis_, a tooth. See TOOTH.]

DENTATE, -D, den't[=a]t, -ed, _adj._ toothed: notched: set as with teeth. [L. _dentatus_, toothed, _dens_, a tooth.]

DENTEL. See DENTIL.

DENTEX, den'teks, _n._ a voracious sparoid fish.

DENTICLE, den'ti-kl, _n._ a small tooth.--_adjs._ DENTIC'UL[=A]TE, -D, having notches.--_n._ DENTICUL[=A]'TION. [L. _denticulus_, dim. of _dens_, a tooth.]

DENTIFORM, den'ti-form, _adj._ having the form of a tooth or of teeth. [L. _dens_, _dentis_, tooth, and _forma_, form.]

DENTIFRICE, den'ti-fris, _n._ a substance used in rubbing or cleaning the teeth. [Fr.,--L. _dentifricium_, from _dens_, and _fric[=a]re_, to rub.]

DENTIGEROUS, den-tij'e-rus, _adj._ bearing teeth.

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DENTIL, den'til, _n._ a denticle: (_pl._) small square blocks or projections in the bed-mouldings of the cornices of columns--also DEN'TEL.--_adj._ DEN'TILATED. [See DENTICLE.]

DENTILINGUAL, den-ti-ling'-gwal, _adj._ formed between the teeth and the tongue, as _th_ in _thin_, _this_.--_n._ a consonant so formed.--Also DENTOLING'UAL. [L. _dent-_, _dens_, a tooth, _lingua_, the tongue.]

DENTINE, DENTIN, den'tin, _n._ the substance of which the tooth is formed, under the enamel. [L. _dens_, _dentis_, a tooth.]

DENTIROSTRAL, den-ti-ros'tral, _adj._ having the mandibles of the beak toothed or notched, as certain birds. [L. _dens_, _dentis_, a tooth, and _rostrum_, a beak.]

DENTIST, den'tist, _n._ one who remedies diseases of the teeth, or inserts artificial teeth.--_v.i._ DEN'TISE, to cut one's teeth.--_ns._ DEN'TISTRY, the business of a dentist; DENTI'TION, the cutting or growing of teeth: the conformation, number, and arrangement of the teeth.

DENTOID, den'toid, _adj._ formed or shaped like a tooth. [L. _dens_, _dentis_, a tooth, and Gr. _eidos_, form.]

DENTOLINGUAL. See DENTILINGUAL.

DENUDE, de-n[=u]d', _v.t._ to make nude or naked: to lay bare.--_n._ DENUD[=A]'TION, a making nude or bare: (_geol._) the wearing away of rocks by water and atmospheric action, whereby the underlying rocks are laid bare. [L. _denud[=a]re_--_de_, inten., and _nud[=a]re_, _-[=a]tum_, to make naked--_nudus_, naked.]

DENUNCIATE, de-nun'shi-[=a]t, _v.t._ same as DENOUNCE.--_ns._ DENUNCIATION (-shi-[=a]'-, or -si-[=a]'-), any formal declaration: act of denouncing: a threat; DENUN'CIATOR, one who denounces.--_adj._ DENUN'CIATORY, containing a denunciation: threatening.

DENY, de-n[=i]', _v.t._ to gainsay or declare not to be true: to reject: to refuse admission to: to disown:--_pr.p._ deny'ing; _pa.p._ denied'.--_adv._ DENY'INGLY.--DENY ONE'S SELF, to deny one's self the indulgence of bodily appetites and carnal inclinations: to exercise self-denial. [Fr. _denier_--L. _deneg[=a]re_--_de_, inten., and _neg[=a]re_, to say no. See NEGATION.]

DEOBSTRUENT, de-ob'str[=oo]-ent, _adj._ (_med._) removing obstructions.

DEODAND, d[=e]'o-dand, _n._ in old English law, a personal chattel which had been the immediate, accidental cause of the death of a human being, forfeited to the crown for pious uses. [L. _deo_, to God, _dandum_, that must be given--_d[)a]re_, to give.]

DEODAR, de-o-d[:a]r', _n._ a cedar much praised by Indian poets: the _Cedrus Deodara_ of the Himalayas. [Sans. _Deva-d[=a]ru_, divine tree--a name given to various coniferous trees growing in sacred places.]

DEODATE, d[=e]'[=o]-d[=a]t, _n._ a gift from God. [L. _deo_, to God, _datum_, given part, pa.p. of _d[)a]re_, to give.]

DEODORISE, d[=e]-[=o]'dor-[=i]z, _v.t._ to take the odour or smell from.--_ns._ DEODORIS[=A]'TION; DE[=O]'DORISER, a substance that destroys or conceals unpleasant smells.

DEONTOLOGY, d[=e]-on-tol'[=o]-ji, _n._ the science of duty, ethics.--_adj._ DEONTOLOG'ICAL.--_n._ DEONTOL'OGIST.

DEOPPILATE, d[=e]-op'i-l[=a]t, _v.t._ to free from obstruction.--_n._ DEOPPIL[=A]'TION.--_adj._ DEOP'PILATIVE.

DEOXIDATE, de-oks'i-d[=a]t, _v.t._ to take oxygen from, or reduce from the state of an oxide--also DEOX'IDISE.--_ns._ DEOXID[=A]'TION; DEOXID[=I]'SER, a substance that deoxidises.

DEOXYGENATE, de-oks-ij'en-[=a]t, _v.t._ to deprive of oxygen.--Also DEOXY'GENISE.

DEOZONISE, de-[=o]-z[=o]n'[=i]z, _v.t._ to deprive of ozone.

DEPAINT, de-p[=a]nt', _v.t._ (_Spens._) to paint: depict.

DEPART, de-p[:a]rt', _v.i._ to go away: to quit or leave: to die: (_obs._) to separate from one another.--_v.t._ (_obs._) to separate, divide.--_ns._ DEPART'ER; DEPART'ING; DEPART'URE, act of departing: a going away from a place: deviation: the distance in nautical miles made good by a ship due east or west: death.--A NEW DEPARTURE, a change of purpose or method, a new course of procedure.--THE DEPARTED, the deceased. [Fr. _d['e]partir_--L. _de_, from, and _part[=i]ri_, to part, to divide.]

DEPARTMENT, de-p[:a]rt'ment, _n._ a part: a separate part of business or duty: a section of the administration: a division of a country, esp. of France.--_adj._ DEPARTMENT'AL.--_adv._ DEPARTMENT'ALLY.

DEPASTURE, de-pas't[=u]r, _v.t._ to eat bare.--_v.i._ to graze.

DEPAUPERISE, de-paw'per-[=i]z, _v.t._ to remove from the state of paupers.--_v.t._ DEPAU'PERATE, to impoverish.

DEPEINCT, de-p[=a]nt', _v.t._ (_Spens._) to paint.

DEPEND, de-pend', _v.i._ to hang down: to be sustained by or connected with anything: to be pending: to rely: to rest.--_adjs._ DEPEND'ABLE, that may be depended on; DEPEND'ENT, depending, relying on, contingent, relative.--_n._ a subordinate: a hanger-on--also DEPEND'ANT.--_ns._ DEPEND'ENCE, state of being dependent, reliance, trust: that on which one depends--also DEPEND'ANCE; DEPEND'ENCY, same as DEPENDENCE, in the additional sense of a foreign territory dependent on the mother-country, a kind of subordinate colony without self-government.--_adj._ DEPEND'ING, still undetermined.--_adv._ DEPEND'INGLY. [Fr. _d['e]pendre_--L. _depend[=e]re_--_de_, from, and _pend[=e]re_, to hang.]

DEPERSONALISE, d[=e]-per'son-al-[=i]z, _v.t._ to take away the characteristics that constitute the personality of.

DEPHLEGMATE, de-fleg'm[=a]t, _v.t._ (_chem._) to free from water.--_ns._ DEPHLEGM[=A]'TION; DEPHLEGM[=A]'TOR.

DEPHLOGISTICATE, de-flo-jis'ti-k[=a]t, _v.t._ to deprive of phlogiston, once supposed to be the principle of heat.--DEPHLOGISTICATED AIR, the name given by Priestley to oxygen when discovered by him in 1774.

DEPICT, de-pikt', _v.t._ to paint carefully: to make a likeness of: to describe minutely. [L. _deping[)e]re_, _depictum_--_de_, inten., _ping[)e]re_, to paint.]

DEPICTURE, de-pikt'[=u]r, _v.t._ to picture: to paint: to represent:--_pr.p._ depict'[=u]ring; _pa.p._ depict'[=u]red.

DEPILATE, dep'i-l[=a]t, _v.t._ to remove the hair from.--_ns._ DEPIL[=A]'TION; DEPIL'ATORY, an application for removing superfluous hairs.--_adj._ possessing this quality.

DEPLANTATION, d[=e]-plan-t[=a]'shun, _n._ the act of clearing from plants or of transplanting.

DEPLETE, de-pl[=e]t', _v.t._ to empty, reduce, exhaust.--_n._ DEPL[=E]'TION, the act of emptying or exhausting: (_med._) the act of relieving congestion or plethora, by purging, blood-letting, or reduction of the system by abstinence.--_adjs._ DEPL[=E]'TIVE, DEPL[=E]'TORY. [L. _depl[=e]re_, _depl[=e]tum_, to empty, _de_, neg., _pl[=e]re_, to fill.]

DEPLICATION, dep-li-k[=a]'shun, _n._ an unfolding or unplaiting.

DEPLORE, de-pl[=o]r', _v.t._ to feel or express deep grief for.--_adj._ DEPLOR'ABLE, lamentable: sad.--_n._ DEPLOR'ABLENESS.--_adv._ DEPLOR'ABLY.--_n._ DEPLOR[=A]'TION (_obs._), lamentation.--_adv._ DEPLOR'INGLY. [Fr.,--L. _deplor[=a]re_--_de_, inten., _plor[=a]re_, to weep.]

DEPLOY, de-ploy', _v.t._ to unfold: to open out or extend.--_v.i._ to open: to extend from column into line, as a body of troops.--_ns._ DEPLOY', DEPLOY'MENT. [Fr. _d['e]ployer_--L. _dis_, apart, and _plic[=a]re_, to fold. Doublet of DISPLAY.]

DEPLUME, de-pl[=oo]m', _v.t._ to take the plumes or feathers from.--_n._ DEPLUM[=A]'TION.

DEPOLARISE, de-p[=o]'lar-[=i]z, _v.t._ to deprive of polarity.--_n._ DEPOLARIS[=A]'TION.

DEPONE, de-p[=o]n', _v.t._ to testify upon oath. [L. _depon[)e]re_--_de_, down, and _pon[)e]re_, to place.]

DEPONENT, de-p[=o]'nent, _adj._ (_gram._) applied to verbs with a passive form but an active signification.--_n._ one who makes a deposition, esp. under oath, or whose written testimony is used as evidence in a court of justice. [L., pr.p. of _depon[)e]re_.]

DEPOPULATE, de-pop'[=u]-l[=a]t, _v.t._ to deprive of population, to dispeople.--_v.i._ to become dispeopled.--_adj._ depopulated.--_ns._ DEPOPUL[=A]'TION, act of depopulating: havoc: destruction; DEPOP'ULATOR. [L. _depopul[=a]ri_, _depopul[=a]tus_--_de_, inten., and _popul[=a]ri_, to spread over a country, said of a hostile people (L. _populus_)--hence to ravage, to destroy. Some make it a freq. of _spoli[=a]re_, to plunder.]

DEPORT, de-p[=o]rt', _v.t._ to transport, to exile: to behave.--_ns._ DEPORT[=A]'TION, transportation, exile; DEPORT'MENT, carriage, behaviour. [Fr.,--L. _deport[=a]re_--_de_, away, and _port[=a]re_, _-[=a]tum_, to carry.]

DEPOSE, de-p[=o]z', _v.t._ to remove from a high station: to degrade: to strip: to attest: (_Shak._) to examine on oath.--_adj._ DEPOS'ABLE.--_n._ DEPOS'AL. [Fr.,--L. _de_, from, _paus[=a]re_, to pause, (late) to place.]

DEPOSIT, de-poz'it, _v.t._ to put or set down: to place: to lay up or past: to entrust.--_n._ that which is deposited or put down: (_geol._) rocks produced by precipitation from a fluid medium, by settling from a solution in water: something entrusted to another's care, esp. money put in a bank: a pledge: a bailment where one entrusts goods to another to be kept without recompense--in Scots law, DEPOSIT[=A]'TION.--_ns._ DEPOS'ITARY, a person with whom anything is left for safe keeping: a guardian--sometimes DEPOS'ITORY.--_adj._ DEPOS'ITIVE.--_ns._ DEPOS'ITOR; DEPOS'ITORY, a place where anything is deposited--sometimes DEPOS'ITARY. [Fr.,--L. _depositum_, placed--_depon[)e]re_, from _de_, and _pon[)e]re_, to put down.]

DEPOSITION, dep-o-zish'un, _n._ act of deposing: act of deponing: declaration, testimony taken authoritatively, to be used as a substitute for the production of the witness in open court: removal: act of depositing: what is deposited, sediment.

DEPOT, dep'[=o], de'p[=o], or d[=e]'p[=o], _n._ a place of deposit: a storehouse: a military station where stores are kept and recruits trained: the headquarters of a regiment: the portion of a regiment that remains at home when the rest go on foreign service: (_U.S._) a railway station. [Fr. _dep[^o]t_--L. _depon[)e]re_, _-positum_.]

DEPRAVE, de-pr[=a]v', _v.t._ to make bad or worse: to corrupt.--_n._ DEPRAV[=A]'TION, act of depraving: state of being depraved: depravity.--_adj._ DEPR[=A]VED', corrupt.--_adv._ DEPR[=A]V'EDLY.--_ns._ DEPR[=A]V'EDNESS; DEPRAVE'MENT, vitiation.--_adv._ DEPR[=A]V'INGLY.--_n._ DEPRAV'ITY, a vitiated or corrupt state of moral character: extreme wickedness: corruption: (_theol._) the hereditary tendency of man toward sin: original sin. [Fr.,--L. _deprav[=a]re_--_de_, inten., _pravus_, bad.]

DEPRECATE, dep're-k[=a]t, _v.t._ to try to ward off by prayer: to desire earnestly the prevention or removal of: to regret deeply: to argue against.--_adj._ DEP'RECABLE, that is to be deprecated.--_n._ DEPREC[=A]'TION, act of deprecating, earnest prayer, esp. a special petition against some evil, in litanies.--_adv._ DEP'RECATINGLY.--_adjs._ DEP'RECATIVE, DEP'RECATORY, tending to avert evil by prayer: having the form of prayer.--_n._ DEP'RECATOR. [L. _deprec[=a]ri_, _deprec[=a]tus_--_de_, away, and _prec[=a]ri_, to pray.]

DEPRECIATE, de-pr[=e]'shi-[=a]t, _v.t._ to lower the worth of: to undervalue: to disparage.--_v.i._ to fall in value.--_n._ DEPRECI[=A]'TION, the falling of value: disparagement.--_adjs._ DEPR[=E]'CIATIVE, DEPR[=E]'CIATORY, tending to depreciate or lower.--_n._ DEPR[=E]'CIATOR. [L. _depreti[=a]re_, _-[=a]tum_--_de_, down, and _pretium_, price.]

DEPREDATE, dep're-d[=a]t, _v.t._ to plunder or prey upon: to rob: to lay waste: to devour.--_ns._ DEPRED[=A]'TION, act of plundering: state of being depredated; DEP'REDATOR.--_adj._ DEP'REDATORY. [L. _depraed[=a]ri_, _-[=a]tus_--_de_, inten., and _praed[=a]ri_--_praeda_, plunder.]

DEPREHEND, dep're-hend, _v.t._ to catch, seize: to apprehend. [Through Fr. from L. _deprehend[)e]re_--_de_, and _prehend[)e]re_, to take.]

DEPRESS, de-pres', _v.t._ to press down: to let down: to lower: to humble: to make subject: to dispirit or cast a gloom over.--_n._ DEPRES'SANT (_med._), a sedative.--_p.adj._ DEPRESSED', pressed down: lowered: humbled: dejected: dispirited.--_adj._ DEPRES'SING, able or tending to depress.--_adv._ DEPRES'SINGLY.--_ns._ DEPRES'SION, a falling in or sinking: a lowering: a fall of the barometer: a hollow: abasement: dejection; DEPRES'SOR, an oppressor: a muscle that draws down: a surgical instrument for squeezing down a soft part. [L. _deprim[)e]re_, _-pressum_--_de_, down, and _prim[)e]re_, to press.]

DEPRIVE, de-pr[=i]v', _v.t._ to take away from one his own: in take from: to dispossess: to degrade (a clergyman) from office: to bereave.--_n._ DEPRIV[=A]'TION, act of depriving: state of being deprived: degradation from office: loss: bereavement: suffering from hardship.--_adj._ DEPRIV'ATIVE.--_n._ DEPRIVE'MENT. [Low L. _depriv[=a]re_, to degrade--L. _de_, from, and _priv[=a]re_, to deprive--_privus_, one's own.]

DE PROFUNDIS, d[=e] pr[=o]-fun'dis, 'Out of the depths,' the first words of the 130th Psalm--also used as a name for this penitential psalm. [L.]

DEPTH, depth, _n._ deepness: the measure of deepness down or inwards: a deep place: the sea: the middle, as depth of winter: abstruseness: extent of sagacity and penetration.--_adj._ DEPTH'LESS, having no depth.--OUT OF ONE'S DEPTH, in water where one cannot touch bottom: in water too deep for one's safety: beyond one's faculties.--THE DEPTHS, the lowest pitch of humiliation and misery. [Not in A.S.; Skeat makes it Ice. _d['y]pdh_, from _dj['u]pr_, deep.]

DEPURATE, dep'[=u]-r[=a]t, _v.t._ to purify: sometimes to render impure.--_ns._ DEPUR[=A]'TION; DEP'URATOR.--_adj._ DEP'URATORY. [Low L. _depur[=a]re_, _-[=a]tum_, to purify--L. _de_, and _pur[=a]re_, to purify--_purus_, pure.]

DEPUTE, de-p[=u]t', _v.t._ to appoint or send, as a substitute or agent: to send with a special commission: to make over one's powers to another.--_adj._ in Scotland, appointed deputy (as in _sheriff-depute_--often called simply the _depute_).--_n._ DEPUT[=A]'TION, act of deputing: the person or persons deputed or appointed to transact business for another: persons sent to state a case before a government official.--_v.t._ DEP'UTISE, to appoint as deputy.--_v.i._ to act as such.--_n._ DEP'UTY, one deputed or appointed to act for another: a delegate or representative, or substitute. [Fr.,--L. _deput[=a]re_, to cut off, (late) to select.]

DERACINATE, de-ras'i-n[=a]t, _v.t._ to pluck up by the roots. [Fr. _d['e]raciner_--L. _de_, and _radix_, _rad[)i]cis_, a root.]

DERAIL, de-r[=a]l', _v.t._ to cause to leave the rails.--_n._ DERAIL'MENT.

DERAIN, de-r[=a]n', _v.t._ to prove: to justify: to win by fighting: to prepare for battle: to arrange in order of battle.--Also DERAIGN', DARRAIN', DARRAYNE'. [O. Fr. _derainier_, _desraisnier_--Late L. _deration[=a]re_, to vindicate--L. _de_ or _dis_, and _ration[=a]re_, to discourse; _ratio_, reason.]

DERANGE, de-r[=a]nj', _v.t._ to put out of place or order: to disorder.--_p.adj._ DERANGED', disordered: insane.--_n._ DERANGE'MENT, disorder; insanity. [Fr. _d['e]ranger_--_d['e]_ (L. _dis_), asunder, and _ranger_, to rank.]

DERAY, de-r[=a]', _v.t._ to derange.--_v.i._ to go wild.--_n._ tumult, disorder. [O. Fr. _desreer_--_des_, neg., and _rei_, _roi_, order. See ARRAY.]

DERBEND, der'bend, _n._ a wayside Turkish guardhouse.

DERBY, d[:a]r'bi, _n._ a great horse-race held annually on the Derby Day, on the Wednesday before Whitsuntide, on Epsom Downs, near London, so called from the Derby stakes, instituted by the Earl of _Derby_ in 1780; a rounded felt hat with narrow brim.--_ns._ DER'BYSHIRE-NECK, a form of the disease _goitre_, occurring in Derbyshire; DER'BYSHIRE-SPAR, a fluorspar found in Derbyshire.

DER-DOING, der-d[=oo]'ing, _adj._ (_Spens._) doing daring deeds. [See DERRING-DOE.]

DERELICT, der'e-likt, _adj._ forsaken: abandoned.--_n._ anything forsaken or abandoned.--_n._ DERELIC'TION, act of forsaking, unfaithfulness or remissness: state of being abandoned: land gained from the water by a change of water-line. [L. _derelinqu[)e]re_, _-lictum_,--_de_, inten., and _linqu[)e]re_, to leave.]

DERELIGIONISE, d[=e]-r[=e]-lij'on-[=i]z, _v.t._ to make irreligious.

DERIDE, de-r[=i]d', _v.t._ to laugh at: to mock.--_n._ DERID'ER.--_adj._ DERID'INGLY. [L. _derid[=e]re_--_de_, inten., and _rid[=e]re_, to laugh.]

DERISION, de-rizh'un, _n._ act of deriding: mockery: a laughing-stock.--_adjs._ DER[=I]'SIVE, DER[=I]S'ORY, mocking.--_adv._ DER[=I]'SIVELY.--_n._ DER[=I]'SIVENESS.

DERIVE, de-r[=i]v', _v.t._ to draw from, as water from a river; to take or receive from a source or origin: to infer: (_ety._) to trace a word to its root.--_adj._ DER[=I]V'ABLE.--_adv._ DER[=I]V'ABLY.--_adj._ DER'IVATE, derived.--_n._ a derivative.--_n._ DERIV[=A]'TION, act of deriving: a drawing off or from: the tracing of a word to its original root: that which is derived: descent or evolution of man or animals.--_adj._ DERIV[=A]'TIONAL.--_n._ DERIV[=A]'TIONIST.--_adj._ DERIV'ATIVE, derived or taken from something else: not radical or original.--_n._ that which is derived: a word formed from another word.--_adv._ DERIV'ATIVELY. [O. Fr. _deriver_--L. _deriv[=a]re_--_de_, down from, _rivus_, a river.]