Webster's Dictionary 1828

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DECREASING

DECREASING, participle present tense Becoming less; diminishing; waning.

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DECREE

DECREE, noun [Latin To judge; to divide.]1. Judicial decision, or determination of a litigated cause; as a decree of the court of chancery. The decision of a court of equity is ...

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DECREED

DECREED, participle passive Determined judicially; resolved; appointed; established in purpose.

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DECREEING

DECREEING, participle present tense Determining; resolving; appointing; ordering.

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DECREMENT

DECREMENT, noun1. Decrease; waste; the state of becoming less gradually.Rocks and mountains suffer a continual decrement2. The quantity lost by gradual diminution, or waste.3. I...

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DECREPIT

DECREPIT, adjective [Latin to break.] Broken down with age; wasted or worn by the infirmities of old age; being in the last stage of decay; weakened by age.

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DECREPITATE

DECREPITATE, verb transitive [Latin To break or burst, to crackle.] To roast or calcine in a strong heat, with a continual bursting or crackling of the substance; as, to decrepi...

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DECREPITATED

DECREPITATED, participle passive Roasted with a crackling noise.

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DECREPITATING

DECREPITATING, participle present tense Crackling; roasting with a crackling noise; suddenly bursting when exposed to heat.

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DECREPITATION

DECREPITATION, noun The act of roasting with a continual crackling; or the separation of parts with a crackling noise, occasioned by heat.

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DECREPITNESS

DECREPITNESS,DECREPITUDE, noun The broken, crazy state of the body, produced by decay and the infirmities of age.

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DECREPITUDE

DECREPITUDE, n. The broken, crazy state of the body, produced by decay and the infirmities of age.

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DECRESCENT

DECRESCENT, adjective Decreasing; becoming less by gradual diminution; as a decrescent moon.

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DECRETAL

DECRETAL, noun1. A letter of the pope, determining some point or question in ecclesiastical law. The decretals form the second part of the canon law.2. A book of decrees, or edi...

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DECRETION

DECRETION, noun A decreasing.

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DECRETIST

DECRETIST, noun One who studies or professes the knowledge of the decretals.

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DECRETORILY

DECRETORILY, adverb In a definitive manner.

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DECRETORY

DECRETORY, adjective1. Judicial; definitive; established by a decree.The decretory rigors of a condemning sentence.2. Critical; determining; in which there is some definitive ev...

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DECREW

DECREW, verb intransitive To decrease.

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DECRIAL

DECRIAL, noun A crying down; a clamorous censure; condemnation by censure.

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DECRIED

DECRIED, participle passive Cried down; descredited; brought into disrepute.

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DECRIER

DECRIER, noun One who decries.

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DECROWN

DECROWN, verb transitive To deprive of a crown.

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DECRY

DECRY, verb transitive1. To cry down; to censure as faulty, mean or worthless; to clamor against; to discredit by finding fault; as, to decry a poem.2. To cry down, as improper ...

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DECUBATION

DECUBATION, noun The act of lying down.

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DECUMBENCE

DECUMBENCE,DECUMBENCY, noun [Latin To lie down.] The act of lying down; the posture of lying down.

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DECUMBENCY

DECUMBENCY, n. [L. To lie down.] The act of lying down; the posture of lying down.