Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Debenture (2)

De‐ben″ture, n. Any of various instruments issued, esp. by corporations, as evidences of debt. Such instruments (often called debenture bonds) are generally, through not necessa...

596

Debenture stock

Debenture stock. (Finance) The debt or series of debts, collectively, represented by a series of debentures; a debt secured by a trust deed of property for the benefit of the ho...

597

Debentured

De‐ben″tured (?; 135), a. Entitled to drawback or debenture; as, debentured goods.

598

Debile

Deb″ile (?), a. [L. debilis: cf. F. débile. See Debility.] Weak. Shak.

599

Debilitant

De‐bil″i‐tant (?), a. [L. debilitants, p. pr.] (Med.) Diminishing the energy of organs; reducing excitement; as, a debilitant drug.

600

Debilitate

De‐bil″i‐tate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Debilitated; p. pr. & vb. n.Debilitating.] [L. debilitatus, p. p. of debilitare to debilitate, fr. debilis. See Debility.] To impair the st...

601

Debilitation

De‐bil′i‐ta″tion (?), n. [L. debilitatio: cf. F. débilitation.] The act or process of debilitating, or the condition of one who is debilitated; weakness.

602

Debility

De‐bil″i‐ty (?), n. [L. debilitas, fr. debilis weak, prob. fr. de- + habilis able: cf. F. débilité. See Able, a.] The state of being weak; weakness; feebleness; languor.The inco...

603

Debit

Deb″it (?), n. [L. debitum what is due, debt, from debere to owe: cf. F. débit. See Debt.] A debt; an entry on the debtor (Dr.) side of an account; — mostly used adjectively; as...

604

Debit (2)

Deb″it, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Debited; p. pr. & vb. n.Debiting.] 1. To charge with debt; — the opposite of, and correlative to, credit; as, to debit a purchaser for the goods sold....

605

Debitor

Deb″it‐or (?), n. [L. See Debtor.] A debtor. Shak.

606

Debituminization

De′bi‐tu′mi‐ni‐za″tion (?), n. The act of depriving of bitumen.

607

Debituminize

De′bi‐tu″mi‐nize (?), v. t. To deprive of bitumen.

608

Déblai

‖Dé′blai″ (?), n.(Fort.) The cavity from which the earth for parapets, etc. (remblai), is taken.

609

Debonair

Deb′o‐nair″ (?), a. [OE. debonere, OF. de bon aire, debonaire, of good descent or lineage, excellent, debonair, F. débonnaire debonair; de of (L. de) + bon good (L. bonus) + air...

610

Debonairity

Deb′o‐nair″i‐ty (?), n. [OF. debonaireté, F. débonnaireté.] Debonairness. Chaucer.

611

Debonairly

Deb′o‐nair″ly, adv. Courteously; elegantly.

612

Debonairness

Deb′o‐nair″ness, n. The quality of being debonair; good humor; gentleness; courtesy. Sterne.

613

Debosh

De‐bosh″ (?), v. t. [Old form of debauch.] To debauch. “A deboshed lady.” Beau. & Fl.

614

Deboshment

De‐bosh″ment (?), n. Debauchment.

615

Debouch

De‐bouch″ (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p.Debouched (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Debouching.] [F. déboucher; pref. dé- (L. dis- or de) + boucher to stop up, fr. bouche mouth, fr. L. bucca the ch...

616

Debouch (2)

De‐bouch″ (?), v. i.(Geog.) To issue; — said of a stream passing from a gorge out into an open valley or a plain.

617

Débouché

‖Dé′bou′ché″ (?), n. A place for exit; an outlet; hence, a market for goods.The débouchés were ordered widened to afford easy egress. The Century.

618

Débouchure

‖Dé′bou′chure″ (?), n. The outward opening of a river, of a valley, or of a strait.

619

Débris

‖Dé′bris″ (?), n. [F., fr. pref. dé- (L. dis) + briser to break, shatter; perh. of Celtic origin.] 1. (Geol.) Broken and detached fragments, taken collectively; especially, frag...

620

Debruised

De‐bruised″ (?), a. [Cf. OF. debruisier to shatter, break. Cf. Bruise.] (Her.) Surmounted by an ordinary; as, a lion is debruised when a bend or other ordinary is placed over it...

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Debt

Debt (?), n. [OE. dette, F. dette, LL. debita, fr. L. debitus owed, p. p. of debere to owe, prop., to have on loan; de- + habere to have. See Habit, and cf. Debit, Due.] 1. That...