DEPOSITING
DEPOSITING, participle present tense Laying down; pledging; repositing.
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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DEPOSITION
DEPOSITION, noun1. The act of laying or throwing down; as, soil is formed by the deposition of fine particles, during a flood.2. That which is thrown down; that which is lodged;...
DEPOSITORY
DEPOSITORY, noun A place where any thing is lodged for safe-keeping. A warehouse is a depository for goods; a clerks office, for records.
DEPOSITUM
DEPOSITUM, noun A deposit.
DEPOT
DEPOT. [A french word. See deposit.]
DEPRAVATION
DEPRAVATION, noun1. The act of making bad or worse; the act of corrupting.2. The state of being made bad or worse; degeneracy; a state in which good qualities are lost, or impai...
DEPRAVE
DEPRAVE, verb transitive [Latin Crooked, perverse, wicked.]1. To make bad or worse; to impair good qualities; to make bad qualities worse; to vitiate; to corrupt; as, to deprave...
DEPRAVED
DEPRAVED, participle passive1. Made bad or worse; vitiated; tainted; corrupted.2.adjective Corrupt; wicked; destitute of holiness or good principles.
DEPRAVEDLY
DEPRAVEDLY, adverb In a corrupt manner.
DEPRAVEDNESS
DEPRAVEDNESS, noun Corruption; taint; a vitiated state.
DEPRAVEMENT
DEPRAVEMENT, noun A vitiated state.
DEPRAVER
DEPRAVER, noun A corrupted; he who citiates; a vilifier.
DEPRAVING
DEPRAVING, noun A traducing.
DEPRAVITY
DEPRAVITY, noun1. Corruption; a vitiated state; as the depravity of manners and morals.2. A vitiated state of the heart; wickedness; corruption of moral principles; destitution ...
DEPRECATE
DEPRECATE, verb transitive [Latin To pray.]1. To pray against; to pray or intreat that a present evil may be removed, or an expected one averted.The judgments we would deprecate...
DEPRECATED
DEPRECATED, participle passive Prayed against; deeply regretted.
DEPRECATING
DEPRECATING, participle present tense Praying against; regretting.
DEPRECATION
DEPRECATION, noun1. A praying against; a praying that an evil may be removed or prevented.2. Intreaty; petitioning; an excusing; a begging pardon for.
DEPRECATIVE
DEPRECATIVE, adjective1. That serves to deprecate; tending to remove or avert evil by prayer; as deprecatory letters.2. Having the form of prayer.
DEPRECATOR
DEPRECATOR, noun One who deprecates.
DEPRECATORY
DEPRECATORY,DEPRECIATE, verb transitive [Low Latin Price.]1. To lessen the price of a thing; to cry down the price or value.2. To undervalue; to represent as of little value or ...
DEPRECIATE
DEPRECIATE, v.t. [Low L. Price.]1. To lessen the price of a thing; to cry down the price or value.2. To undervalue; to represent as of little value or merit, or of less value th...
DEPRECIATED
DEPRECIATED, participle passive Lessened in value or price; undervalued.
DEPRECIATING
DEPRECIATING, participle present tense1. Lessening the price or worth; undervaluing.2. Falling in value.
DEPRECIATION
DEPRECIATION, noun1. The act of lessening or crying down price or value.2. The falling of value; reduction of worth; as the depreciation of bills of credit.
DEPREDATE
DEPREDATE, verb intransitive [Latin To plunder; prey.]1. To plunder; to rob; to pillage; to take the property of an enemy or of a foreign country by force; as, the army depredat...
DEPREDATED
DEPREDATED, participle passive Spoiled; plundered; wasted; pillaged.