Defamingly
De‐fam″ing‐ly, adv. In a defamatory manner.
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.
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Defamous
Def″a‐mous (?), a. Defamatory.
Defatigable
De‐fat″i‐ga‐ble (?), a. [See Defatigate.] Capable of being wearied or tired out. Glanvill.
Defatigate
De‐fat″i‐gate (?), v. t. [L. defatigatus, p. p. of defatigare; de- + fatigare to weary. See Fatigue.] To weary or tire out; to fatigue. Sir T. Herbert.
Defatigation
De‐fat′i‐ga″tion (?), n. [L. defatigatio.] Weariness; fatigue. Bacon.
Default
De‐fault″ (?), n. [OE. defaute, OF. defaute, defalte, fem., F. défaut, masc., LL. defalta, fr. a verb meaning, to be deficient, to want, fail, fr. L. de- + fallere to deceive. S...
Default (2)
De‐fault″, v. i. [imp. & p. p.Defaulted; p. pr. & vb. n.Defaulting.] 1. To fail in duty; to offend.That he gainst courtesy so foully did default. Spenser.2. To fail in fulfillin...
Default (3)
De‐fault″, v. t. 1. To fail to perform or pay; to be guilty of neglect of; to omit; as, to default a dividend.What they have defaulted towards him as no king. Milton.2. (Law) To...
Defaulter
De‐fault″er (?), n. 1. One who makes default; one who fails to appear in court when court when called.2. One who fails to perform a duty; a delinquent; particularly, one who fai...
Defeasance
De‐fea″sance (?), n. [OF. defesance, fr. defesant, F. défaisant, p. pr. of defaire, F. défaire, to undo. See Defeat.] 1. A defeat; an overthrow.After his foes' defeasance. Spens...
Defeasanced
De‐fea″sanced (?), a.(Law) Liable to defeasance; capable of being made void or forfeited.
Defeasible
De‐fea″si‐ble (?), a. [See Defeasance.] Capable of being annulled or made void; as, a defeasible title. — De‐fea″si‐ble‐ness, n.
Defeat
De‐feat″ (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Defeated; p. pr. & vb. n.Defeating.] [From F. défait, OF. desfait, p. p. ofe défaire, OF. desfaire, to undo; L. dis- + facere to do. See Feat, F...
Defeat (2)
De‐feat″, n. [Cf. F. défaite, fr. défaire. See Defeat, v.] 1. An undoing or annulling; destruction.Upon whose property and most dear lifeA damned defeat was made. Shak.2. Frustr...
Defeature
De‐fea″ture (?; 135), n. [OF. desfaiture a killing, disguising, prop., an undoing. See Defeat, and cf. Disfeature.] 1. Overthrow; defeat. “Nothing but loss in their defeature.” ...
Defeatured
De‐fea″tured (?; 135), p. p. Changed in features; deformed.Features when defeatured in the... way I have described. De Quincey.
Defecate
Def″e‐cate (?), a. [L. defaecatus, p. p. of defaecare to defecate; de- + faex, faecis, dregs, lees.] Freed from anything that can pollute, as dregs, lees, etc.; refined; purifie...
Defecate (2)
Def″e‐cate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Defecated; p. pr. & vb. n.Defecating.] 1. To clear from impurities, as lees, dregs, etc.; to clarify; to purify; to refine.To defecate the dar...
Defecate (3)
Def″e‐cate (?), v. i. 1. To become clear, pure, or free. Goldsmith.2. To void excrement.
Defecation
Def′e‐ca″tion (?), n. [L. defaecatio: cf. F. défécation.] 1. The act of separating from impurities, as lees or dregs; purification.2. (Physiol.) The act or process of voiding ex...
Defecator
Def″e‐ca′tor (?), n. That which cleanses or purifies; esp., an apparatus for removing the feculencies of juices and sirups. Knight.
Defect
De‐fect″ (?), n. [L. defectus, fr. deficere, defectum, to desert, fail, be wanting; de- + facere to make, do. See Fact, Feat, and cf. Deficit.] 1. Want or absence of something n...
Defect (2)
De‐fect″, v. i. To fail; to become deficient. “Defected honor.” Warner.
Defect (3)
De‐fect″, v. t. To injure; to damage. “None can my life defect.” Troubles of Q. Elizabeth (1639).
Defectibility
De‐fect′i‐bil″i‐ty (?), n. Deficiency; imperfection. Ld. Digby. Jer. Taylor.
Defectible
De‐fect″i‐ble (?), a. Liable to defect; imperfect. “A defectible understanding.” Jer. Taylor.
Defection
De‐fec″tion (?), n. [L. defectio: cf. F. défection. See Defect.] Act of abandoning a person or cause to which one is bound by allegiance or duty, or to which one has attached hi...