Defensory
De‐fen″so‐ry (?), a. [L. defensorius.] Tending to defend; defensive; as, defensory preparations.
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.
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Defer
De‐fer″ (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Deferred (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Deferring.] [OE. differren, F. différer, fr. L. differre to delay, bear different ways; dis- + ferre to bear. See Be...
Defer (2)
De‐fer″, v. i. To put off; to delay to act; to wait.Pius was able to defer and temporize at leisure. J. A. Symonds.
Defer (3)
De‐fer″, v. t. [F. déférer to pay deference, to yield, to bring before a judge, fr. L. deferre to bring down; de- + ferre to bear. See Bear to support, and cf. Defer to delay, D...
Defer (4)
De‐fer″, v. i. To yield deference to the wishes of another; to submit to the opinion of another, or to authority; — with to.The house, deferring to legal right, acquiesced. Banc...
Deference
Def″er‐ence (?), n. [F. déférence. See 3d Defer.] A yielding of judgment or preference from respect to the wishes or opinion of another; submission in opinion; regard; respect; ...
Deferent
Def″er‐ent (?), a. [L. deferens, p. pr. of deferre. See 3d Defer.] Serving to carry; bearing. “Bodies deferent.” Bacon.
Deferent (2)
Def″er‐ent, n. 1. That which carries or conveys.Though air be the most favorable deferent of sounds. Bacon.2. (Ptolemaic Astron.) An imaginary circle surrounding the earth, in w...
Deferential
Def′er‐en″tial (?), a. [See Deference.] Expressing deference; accustomed to defer.
Deferentially
Def′er‐en″tial‐ly, adv. With deference.
Deferment
De‐fer″ment (?), n. [See 1st Defer.] The act of delaying; postponement.My grief, joined with the instant business,Begs a deferment. Suckling.
Deferrer
De‐fer″rer (?), n. One who defers or puts off.
Defervescence
{ De′fer‐ves″cence (?), De′fer‐ves″cency (?), } n. [L. defervescere to grow cool.] 1. A subsiding from a state of ebullition; loss of heat; lukewarmness.A defervescency in holy ...
Defeudalize
De‐feu″dal‐ize (?), v. t. To deprive of the feudal character or form.
Defiance
De‐fi″ance (?), n. [OF. defiance, desfiance, challenge, fr. desfier to challenge, F. défier. See Defy.] 1. The act of defying, putting in opposition, or provoking to combat; a c...
Defiant
De‐fi″ant (?), a. [Cf. F. défiant, p. pr. of défier. See Defy.] Full of defiance; bold; insolent; as, a defiant spirit or act.In attitude stern and defiant. Longfellow.— De‐fi″a...
Defiatory
De‐fi″a‐to‐ry (?), a. [See Defy.] Bidding or manifesting defiance. Shelford.
Defibrinate
De‐fi″bri‐nate (?), v. t. To deprive of fibrin, as fresh blood or lymph by stirring with twigs.
Defibrination
De‐fi′bri‐na″tion (?), n. The act or process of depriving of fibrin.
Defibrinize
De‐fi″bri‐nize (?), v. t. To defibrinate.
Deficience
De‐fi″cience (?), n. Same as Deficiency.Thou in thyself art perfect, and in theeIs no deficience found. Milton.
Deficiency
De‐fi″cien‐cy (?), n.; pl.Deficiencies (#). [See Deficient.] The state of being deficient; inadequacy; want; failure; imperfection; shortcoming; defect. “A deficiency of blood.”...
Deficient
De‐fi″cient (?), a. [L. deficiens, -entis, p. pr. of deficere to be wanting. See Defect.] Wanting, to make up completeness; wanting, as regards a requirement; not sufficient; in...
Deficit
Def″i‐cit (?), n. [Lit., it is wanting, 3d person pres. indic. of L. deficere, cf. F. déficit. See Defect.] Deficiency in amount or quality; a falling short; lack; as, a deficit...
Defier
De‐fi″er (?), n. [See Defy.] One who dares and defies; a contemner; as, a defier of the laws.
Defiguration
De‐fig′u‐ra″tion (?), n. Disfiguration; mutilation. Bp. Hall.
Defigure
De‐fig″ure (?), v. t. [Pref. de- (intens.) + figure.] To delineate.These two stones as they are here defigured. Weever.