DEPURATING
DEPURATING, participle present tense Purifying; freeing from impurities.
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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DEPURATION
DEPURATION, noun1. The act of purifying or freeing fluids from heterogeneous matter. This is done by decantation, when the feculent matter is deposited on the bottom of the vess...
DEPURATORY
DEPURATORY, adjective Cleansing; purifying; or tending to purify. A depuratory fever, is a fever that expels morbid matter by a free perspiration.
DEPURE
DEPURE, verb transitive To depurate.
DEPUTATION
DEPUTATION, noun1. The act of appointing a substitute or representative to act for another; the act of appointing and sending a deputy or substitute to transact business for ano...
DEPUTE
DEPUTE, verb transitive To appoint as a substitute or agent to act for another; to appoint and send with a special commission or authority to transact business in anothers name....
DEPUTED
DEPUTED, participle passive Appointed as a substitute; appointed and sent with special authority to act for another.
DEPUTING
DEPUTING, participle present tense Appointing as a substitute; appointed and sent with special authority to act for another.
DEPUTIZE
DEPUTIZE, verb transitive To appoint a deputy; to empower to act for another, as a sheriff.
DEPUTY
DEPUTY, noun1. A person appointed or elected to act for another, especially a person sent with a special commission to act in the place of another; a lieutenant; a viceroy. A pr...
DEPUTY-COLLECTOR
DEPUTY-COLLECTOR, noun A person appointed to perform the duties of a collector of the customs, in place of the collector.
DEPUTY-MARSHALL
DEPUTY-MARSHALL, noun One appointed to act in the place of the marshal.
DEPUTY-POST-MASTER
DEPUTY-POST-MASTER, noun A person who is appointed to act as post-master, in subordination to the Post-Master General.
DEPUTY-SHERIFF
DEPUTY-SHERIFF, noun A person deputed or authorized to perform the duties of the sheriff, as his substitute. In like manner, we use deputy-commissary, deputy-pay-master, etc.
DER
DER, prefixed to names of places, may be from Sax. deor, a wild beast, or from dur, water.
DERACINATE
DERACINATE, verb transitive To pluck up by the roots; to extirpate.
DERACINATED
DERACINATED, participle passive Plucked up by the roots; extirpated.
DERACINATING
DERACINATING, participle present tense Tearing up by the roots; extirpating.
DERAIGN
DERAIGN or DERAIN, verb transitive To prove; to justify; to vindicate, as an assertion; to clear ones self.
DERAIGNMENT
DERAIGNMENT,DERAINMENT, noun The act of deraining; proof; justification.A like word was formerly used in the sense of disordering, derangement, a discharge from a profession, or...
DERANGE
DERANGE, verb transitive1. To put out of order; to disturb the regular order of; to throw into confusion; as, to derange the plans of a commander, or the affairs of a nation.I h...
DERANGED
DERANGED, participle passive Put out of order; disturbed; embarrassed; confused; disordered in mind; delirious; distracted.
DERANGEMENT
DERANGEMENT, noun1. A putting out of order; disturbance of regularity or regular course; embarrassment.2. Disorder of the intellect or reason; delirium; insanity; as a derangeme...
DERANGING
DERANGING, participle present tense1. Putting out of order; disturbing regularity or regular course; embarrassment; confusion.2. Disordering the rational powers.
DERAY
DERAY, verb transitive Tumult; disorder; merriment.
DERE
DERE, verb transitive To hurt.
DERELICT
DERELICT, adjective [Latin To leave.] Left; abandoned.DERELICT, noun1. In law, an article of goods, or any commodity, thrown away, relinquished or abandoned by the owner.2. A tr...