DEPLOY
DEPLOY, verb transitive To display; to open; to extend; a military term.DEPLOY, verb intransitive To open; to extend; to form a more extended front or line.
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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DEPLOYING
DEPLOYING, participle present tense Opening; extending; displaying.
DEPLUMATION
DEPLUMATION, noun1. The stripping or falling off of plumes or feathers.2. A tumor of the eye-lids with loss of hair.
DEPLUME
DEPLUME, verb transitive [Latin A feather.] To strip or pluck off feathers; to deprive of plumage.
DEPLUMED
DEPLUMED, participle passive Stripped of feathers or plumes.
DEPLUMING
DEPLUMING, participle present tense Stripping off plumes or feathers.
DEPOLARIZE
DEPOLARIZE, verb transitive To deprive of polarity.
DEPONE
DEPONE, verb transitive To lay down as a pledge; to wage.
DEPONENT
DEPONENT, adjective1. Laying down.2. A deponent verb, in the Latin Grammar, is a verb which has a passive termination, with an active signification, and wants one of the passive...
DEPOPULATE
DEPOPULATE, verb transitive [Latin To ravage or lay waste.] To dispeople; to unpeople; to deprive of inhabitants, whether by death, or by expulsion. It is not synonymous with la...
DEPOPULATED
DEPOPULATED, participle passive Dispeopled; deprived of inhabitants.
DEPOPULATING
DEPOPULATING, participle present tense Dispeopling; depriving of inhabitants.
DEPOPULATION
DEPOPULATION, noun The act of dispeopling; destruction or expulsion of inhabitants.
DEPOPULATOR
DEPOPULATOR, noun One who depopulates; one who destroys or expels the inhabitants of a city, town or country; a dispeopler.
DEPORT
DEPORT, verb transitive [Latin To carry.]1. With the reciprocal pronoun, to carry; to demean; to behave.Let an embassador deport himself in the most graceful manner before a pri...
DEPORTATION
DEPORTATION, noun Transportation; a carrying away; a removal from one country to another, or to a distant place; exile; banishment.
DEPORTED
DEPORTED, participle passive Carried away; transported; banished.
DEPORTING
DEPORTING, participle present tense Carrying away; removing to a distant place or country; transporting; banishing.
DEPORTMENT
DEPORTMENT, noun Carriage; manner of acting in relation to the duties of life; behavior; demeanor; conduct; management.
DEPOSABLE
DEPOSABLE, adjective That may be deposed, or deprived of office.
DEPOSAL
DEPOSAL, noun The act of deposing, or divesting of office.
DEPOSE
DEPOSE, verb transitive [Latin To lay or put.]1. To lay down; to throw; to let fall; as, the flood deposed fine particles of earth on the bank of the river. In this sense, we no...
DEPOSED
DEPOSED, participle passive Dethroned; degraded; testified.
DEPOSER
DEPOSER, noun One who deposes or degrades from office.
DEPOSING
DEPOSING, participle present tense Dethroning; degrading; bearing witness.DEPOSING, noun The act of dethroning.
DEPOSIT
DEPOSIT, verb transitive1. To lay down; to lay; to throw down. A crocodile deposits her eggs in the sand. A bird deposits eggs in a nest. An inundation deposits particles of ear...
DEPOSITARY
DEPOSITARY, noun1. A person with whom any thing is left or lodged in trust; one to whom a thing is committed for safe keeping, or to be used for the benefit of the owner; a trus...