DESPOLIATION
DESPOLIATION, noun The act of despoiling; a stripping.
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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DESPOND
DESPOND, verb intransitive [Latin To promise; literally, to throw to or forward.]1. To be cast down; to be depressed or dejected in mind; to fail in spirits.I should despair, or...
DESPONDENCY
DESPONDENCY, noun A sinking or dejection of spirits at the loss of hope; loss of courage at the failure of hope, or in deep affliction, or at the prospect of insurmountable diff...
DESPONDENT
DESPONDENT, adjective Losing courage at the loss of hope; sinking into dejection; depressed and inactive in despair.
DESPONDER
DESPONDER, noun One destitute of hope.
DESPONDING
DESPONDING, participle present tense Losing courage to act, in consequence of loss of hope, or of deep calamity, or of difficulties deemed insurmountable; sinking into dejection...
DESPONDINGLY
DESPONDINGLY, adverb In a desponding manner; with dejection of spirits; despairingly.
DESPONSATE
DESPONSATE, verb transitive To betroth.
DESPONSATION
DESPONSATION, noun A betrothing.
DESPOT
DESPOT, noun An emperor, king or price invested with absolute power, or ruling without any control from men, constitution or laws. Hence in a general sense, a tyrant.
DESPOTIC
DESPOTIC,DESPOTICAL, adjective1. Absolute in power; independent of control from men, constitution or laws; arbitrary in the exercise of power; as a despotic prince.2. Unlimited ...
DESPOTICAL
DESPOTICAL, a.1. Absolute in power; independent of control from men, constitution or laws; arbitrary in the exercise of power; as a despotic prince.2. Unlimited or unrestrained ...
DESPOTICALLY
DESPOTICALLY, adverb With unlimited power; arbitrarily; in a despotic manner.
DESPOTICALNESS
DESPOTICALNESS, noun Absolute or arbitrary authority.
DESPOTISM
DESPOTISM, noun1. Absolute power; authority unlimited and uncontrolled by men, constitution or laws, and depending alone on the will of the prince; as the despotism of a Turkish...
DESPUMATE
DESPUMATE, verb intransitive [Latin Froth or scum.] To foam; to froth; to form froth or scum.
DESPUMATION
DESPUMATION, noun The act of throwing off excrementitious matter and forming a froth or scum on the surface of liquor; clarification; scumming.
DESQUAMATION
DESQUAMATION, noun [Latin A scale.] A scaling or exfoliation of bone; the separation of the cuticle in small scales.
DESS
DESS, for desk.
DESSERT
DESSERT, noun A service of fruits and sweetmeats, at the close of an entertainment; the last course at the table, after the meat is removed.
DESTINATE
DESTINATE, verb transitive To design or appoint.DESTINATE, adjective Appointed; destined; determined.
DESTINATION
DESTINATION, noun1. The act of destining, or appointing.2. The purpose for which any thing is intended or appointed; end or ultimate design. Every animal is fitted for its desti...
DESTINE
DESTINE, verb transitive [Latin]1. To set, ordain or appoint to a use, purpose, state or place. We destine a son to the ministerial office; a house for a place of worship; a shi...
DESTINED
DESTINED, participle passive Ordained; appointed by previous determination; devoted; fixed unalterably.
DESTINING
DESTINING, participle present tense Ordaining; appointing.
DESTINY
DESTINY, noun1. State or condition appointed or predetermined; ultimate fate; as, men are solicitous to know their future destiny which is however happily concealed from them.2....
DESTITUTE
DESTITUTE, adjective [Latin To set. Literally, set from or away.]1. Not having or possessing; wanting; as destitute of virtue, or of peity; destitute of food and clothing. It di...