Webster's Dictionary 1913

2026

Depressed

De‐pressed″ (?), a. 1. Pressed or forced down; lowed; sunk; dejected; dispirited; sad; humbled.2. (Bot.) (a) Concave on the upper side; — said of a leaf whose disk is lower than...

2027

Depressingly

De‐press″ing‐ly, adv. In a depressing manner.

2028

Depression

De‐pres″sion (?), n. [L. depressio: cf. F. dépression.] 1. The act of depressing.2. The state of being depressed; a sinking.3. A falling in of the surface; a sinking below its t...

2029

Depressive

De‐press″ive (?), a. Able or tending to depress or cast down. — De‐press″ive‐ness, n.

2030

Depressomotor

De‐pres′so‐mo″tor (?), a.(Med.) Depressing or diminishing the capacity for movement, as depressomotor nerves, which lower or inhibit muscular activity. — n. Any agent that depre...

2031

Depressor

De‐press″or (?), n. 1. One who, or that which, presses down; an oppressor.2. (Anat.) A muscle that depresses or tends to draw down a part.Depressor nerve(Physiol.), a nerve whic...

2032

Depriment

Dep″ri‐ment (?), a. [L. deprimens, p. pr. of deprimere. See Depress.] Serving to depress. “Depriment muscles.” Derham.

2033

Deprisure

De‐pri″sure (?), n. [F. dépriser to undervalue; pref. dé- (L. dis-) + priser to prize, fr. prix price, fr. L. pretium. See Dispraise.] Low estimation; disesteem; contempt.

2034

Deprivable

De‐priv″a‐ble (?), a. Capable of being, or liable to be, deprived; liable to be deposed.Kings of Spain... deprivable for their tyrannies. Prynne.

2035

Deprivation

Dep′ri‐va″tion (?), n. [LL. deprivatio.] 1. The act of depriving, dispossessing, or bereaving; the act of deposing or divesting of some dignity.2. The state of being deprived; p...

2036

Deprive

De‐prive″ (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Deprived (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Depriving.] [LL. deprivare, deprivatium, to divest of office; L. de- + privare to bereave, deprive: cf. OF. depriv...

2037

Deprivement

De‐prive″ment (?), n. Deprivation.

2038

Depriver

De‐priv″er (?), n. One who, or that which, deprives.

2039

Deprostrate

De‐pros″trate (?), a. Fully prostrate; humble; low; rude.How may weak mortal ever hope to fileHis unsmooth tongue, and his deprostrate style. G. Fletcher.

2040

Deprovincialize

De′pro‐vin″cial‐ize (?), v. t. To divest of provincial quality or characteristics.

2041

Depth

Depth (sĕpth), n. [From Deep; akin to D. diepte, Icel. dȳpt, dȳpð, Goth. diupiþa.] 1. The quality of being deep; deepness; perpendicular measurement downward from the surface, o...

2042

Depth (2)

Depth, n.(Aëronautics) The perpendicular distance from the chord to the farthest point of an arched surface.

2043

Depthen

Depth″en (?), v. t. To deepen.

2044

Depthless

Depth″less, a. 1. Having no depth; shallow.2. Of measureless depth; unfathomable.In clouds of depthless night. Francis.

2045

Depucelate

De‐pu″ce‐late (?), v. t. [L. de + LL. pucella virgin, F. pucelle: cf. F. dépuceler.] To deflour; to deprive of virginity. Bailey.

2046

Depudicate

De‐pu″di‐cate (?), v. t. [L. depudicatus, p. p. of depudicare.] To deflour; to dishonor.

2047

Depulse

De‐pulse″ (?), v. t. [L. depulsus, p. p. of depellere to drive out; de- + pellere to drive.] To drive away. Cockeram.

2048

Depulsion

De‐pul″sion (?), n. [L. depulsio.] A driving or thrusting away. Speed.

2049

Depulsory

De‐pul″so‐ry (?), a. [L. depulsorius.] Driving or thrusting away; averting. Holland.

2050

Depurant

Dep″u‐rant (?), a. & n.(Med.) Depurative.

2051

Depurate

Dep″u‐rate (?), a. [LL. depuratus, p. p. of depurare to purify; L. de- + purare to purify, purus clean, pure. Cf. Depure.] Depurated; cleansed; freed from impurities. Boyle.

2052

Depurate (2)

Dep″u‐rate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Depurated (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Depurating (?).] To free from impurities, heterogeneous matter, or feculence; to purify; to cleanse.To depurate ...