Deploration
Dep′lo‐ra″tion (?), n. [L. deploratio: cf. F. déploration.] The act of deploring or lamenting; lamentation. Speed.
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.
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Deplore
De‐plore″ (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Deplored (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Deploring.] [L. deplorare; de- + plorare to cry out, wail, lament; prob. akin to pluere to rain, and to E. flow: c...
Deplore (2)
De‐plore″, v. i. To lament. Gray.
Deploredly
De‐plor″ed‐ly (?), adv. Lamentably.
Deploredness
De‐plor″ed‐ness, n. The state of being deplored or deplorable. Bp. Hail.
Deplorement
De‐plore″ment (?), n. Deploration.
Deplorer
De‐plor″er (?), n. One who deplores.
Deploringly
De‐plor″ing‐ly, adv. In a deploring manner.
Deploy
De‐ploy″ (?), v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p.Deployed (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Deploying.] [F. déployer; pref. dé� = dés (L. dis) + ployer, equiv. to plier to fold, fr. L. plicare. See Ply,...
Deploy (2)
{ De‐ploy″ (?), De‐ploy″ment (?), } n.(Mil.) The act of deploying; a spreading out of a body of men in order to extend their front. Wilhelm.Deployments... which cause the soldie...
Deplumate
De‐plu″mate (?), a. [LL. diplumatus, p. p. of deplumare. See Deplume.] (Zoöl.) Destitute or deprived of features; deplumed.
Deplumation
Dep′lu‐ma″tion (?), n. [See Deplumate.] 1. The stripping or falling off of plumes or feathers. Bp. Stillingfleet2. (Med.) A disease of the eyelids, attended with loss of the eye...
Deplume
De‐plume″ (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Deplumed (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Depluming.] [LL. deplumare; L. de- + plumare to cover with feathers, pluma feather: cf. deplumis featherless, and ...
Depolarization
De‐po′lar‐i‐za″tion (?), n. [Cf. F. dépolarisation.] The act of depriving of polarity, or the result of such action; reduction to an unpolarized condition.Depolarization of ligh...
Depolarize
De‐po″lar‐ize (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Depolarized (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Depolarizing.] [Pref. de- + polarize: cf. F. dépolarizer.] 1. (Opt.) To deprive of polarity; to reduce to a...
Depolarizer
De‐po″lar‐i′zer (?), n.(Elec.) A substance used to prevent polarization, as upon the negative plate of a voltaic battery.
Depolish
De‐pol″ish (dē̍‐pŏl″ĭsh), v. t. To remove the polish or glaze from.
Depolishing
De‐pol″ish‐ing (dē̍‐pŏl″ĭsh‐ĭng), n.(Ceramics) The process of removing the vitreous glaze from porcelain, leaving the dull luster of the surface of ivory porcelain. Knight.
Depone
De‐pone″ (dē̍‐pōn″), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Deponed (–pōnd″); p. pr. & vb. n.Deponing.] [L. deponere, depositum, to put down, in LL., to assert under oath; de- + ponere to put, plac...
Depone (2)
De‐pone″, v. i. To testify under oath; to depose; to bear witness.The fairy Glorians, whose credibility on this point can not be called in question, depones to the confinement o...
Deponent
De‐po″nent (?), n. [L. deponenes, -entis, laying down. See Depone, v. t.] 1. (Law) One who deposes or testifies under oath; one who gives evidence; usually, one who testifies in...
Deponent (2)
De‐po″nent, a. [L. deponens, -entis, laying down (its proper passive meaning), p. pr. of deponere: cf. F. déponent. See Depone.] (Gram.) Having a passive form with an active mea...
Depopulacy
De‐pop″u‐la‐cy (?), n. Depopulation; destruction of population. Chapman.
Depopulate
De‐pop″u‐late (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Depopulated (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Depopulating (?).] [L. depopulatus, p. p. of depopulari to ravage; de- + populari to ravage, fr. populus pe...
Depopulate (2)
De‐pop″u‐late, v. i. To become dispeopled.Whether the country be depopulating or not. Goldsmith.
Depopulation
De‐pop′u‐la″tion (?), n. [L. depopulatio pillaging: cf. F. dépopulation depopulation.] The act of depopulating, or condition of being depopulated; destruction or explusion of in...
Depopulator
De‐pop″u‐la′tor (?), n. One who depopulates; a dispeopler.