Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Desiderative

De‐sid″er‐a‐tive (?), a. [L. desiderativus.] Denoting desire; as, desiderative verbs.

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Desiderative (2)

De‐sid″er‐a‐tive, n. 1. An object of desire.2. (Gram.) A verb formed from another verb by a change of termination, and expressing the desire of doing that which is indicated by ...

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Desideratum

‖De‐sid′e‐ra″tum (?), n.; pl.Desiderata (#). [L., fr. desideratus, p. p. See Desiderate.] Anything desired; that of which the lack is felt; a want generally felt and acknowledge.

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Desidiose

{ De‐sid″i‐ose′ (?), De‐sid″i‐ous (?), } a. [L. desidiosus, fr. desidia a sitting idle, fr. desid�re to sit idle; de- + sed�re to sit.] Idle; lazy.

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Desidiousness

De‐sid″i‐ous‐ness, n. The state or quality of being desidiose, or indolent. N. Bacon.

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Desight

De‐sight″ (?), n. [Pref. de- + sight.] An unsightly object.

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Desightment

De‐sight″ment (?), n. The act of making unsightly; disfigurement.To substitute jury masts at whatever desightment or damage in risk. London Times.

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Design

De‐sign″ (?; 277), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Designed (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Designing.] [F. désigner to designate, cf. F. dessiner to draw, dessin drawing, dessein a plan or scheme; all,...

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Design (2)

De‐sign″, v. i. To form a design or designs; to plan.Design for, to intend to go to. “From this city she designed for Collin.” Evelyn.

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Design (3)

De‐sign″ (?), n. [Cf. dessein, dessin.] 1. A preliminary sketch; an outline or pattern of the main features of something to be executed, as of a picture, a building, or a decora...

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Designable

Des″ig‐na‐ble (?), a. Capable of being designated or distinctly marked out; distinguishable. Boyle.

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Designate

Des″ig‐nate (?), a. [L. designatus, p. p. of designare. See Design, v. t.] Designated; appointed; chosen. Sir G. Buck.

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Designate (2)

Des″ig‐nate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Designated; p. pr. & vb. n.Designating.] 1. To mark out and make known; to point out; to name; to indicate; to show; to distinguish by marks ...

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Designation

Des′ig‐na″tion (?), n. [L. designatio: cf. F. désignation.] 1. The act of designating; a pointing out or showing; indication.2. Selection and appointment for a purpose; allotmen...

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Designative

Des″ig‐na‐tive (?), a. [Cf. F. désignatif.] Serving to designate or indicate; pointing out.

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Designator

Des″ig‐na′tor (?), n. 1. (Rom. Antiq.) An officer who assigned to each his rank and place in public shows and ceremonies.2. One who designates.

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Designatory

Des″ig‐na‐to‐ry (?), a. Serving to designate; designative; indicating.

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Designedly

De‐sign″ed‐ly (?), adv. By design; purposely; intentionally; — opposed to accidentally, ignorantly, or inadvertently.

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Designer

De‐sign″er (?), n. 1. One who designs, marks out, or plans; a contriver.2. (Fine Arts) One who produces or creates original works of art or decoration.3. A plotter; a schemer; —...

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Designful

De‐sign″ful (?), a. Full of design; scheming. — De‐sign″ful‐ness, n.Barrow.

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Designing

De‐sign″ing, a. Intriguing; artful; scheming; as, a designing man.

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Designing (2)

De‐sign″ing, n. The act of making designs or sketches; the act of forming designs or plans.

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Designless

De‐sign″less, a. Without design. — De‐sign″less‐ly, adv.

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Designment

De‐sign″ment (?), n. 1. Delineation; sketch; design; ideal; invention.For though that some mean artist's skill were shownIn mingling colors, or in placing light,Yet still the fa...

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Desilver

De‐sil″ver (?), v. t. To deprive of silver; as, to desilver lead.

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Desilverization

De‐sil′ver‐i‐za″tion (?), n. The act or the process of freeing from silver; also, the condition resulting from the removal of silver.

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Desilverize

De‐sil″ver‐ize (?), v. t. To deprive, or free from, silver; to remove silver from.