Webster's Dictionary 1828

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DEFLORATE

DEFLORATE, adjective [Latin To deflour.] In botany, having cast its farin, pollen, or fecundating dust.

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DEFLORATION

DEFLORATION, noun1. The act of deflouring; the act of depriving of the flower or prime beauties; particularly, the act of taking away a womans virginity.2. A selection of the fl...

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DEFLOUR

DEFLOUR, verb transitive [Latin A flower.]1. To deprive a woman of her virginity, either by force or with consent. When by force, it may be equivalent to ravish or violate.2. To...

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DEFLOURED

DEFLOURED, participle passive Deprived of maidenhood; ravished; robbed or prime beauty.

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DEFLOURER

DEFLOURER, noun One who deprives a woman of her virginity.

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DEFLOURING

DEFLOURING, participle present tense Depriving of virginity or maidenhood; robbing of prime beauties.

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DEFLOW

DEFLOW, verb intransitive To flow down.

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DEFLUOUS

DEFLUOUS, adjective [Latin To flow.] Flowing down; falling off.

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DEFLUX

DEFLUX, noun A flowing down; a running downward; as a deflux of humors.

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DEFLUXION

DEFLUXION, noun [Latin To flow down.]1. A flowing, running or falling of humors or fluid matter, from a superior to an inferior part of the body; properly, an inflammation of a ...

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DEFLY

DEFLY, adverb Dextrously; skilfully.

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DEFOLIATION

DEFOLIATION, noun [Latin Foliage; a leaf.] Literally, the fall of the leaf or shedding of leaves; but technically, the time or season of shedding leaves in autumn; applied to tr...

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DEFORCE

DEFORCE, verb transitive To disseize and keep out of lawful possession of an estate; to withhold the possession of an estate from the rightful owner; applies to any possessor wh...

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DEFORCED

DEFORCED, participle passive Kept out of lawful possession.

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DEFORCEMENT

DEFORCEMENT, noun1. The holding of lands or tenements to which another person has a right; a general term including abatement, intrusion, disseisin, discontinuance, or any other...

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DEFORCIANT

DEFORCIANT, noun He that keeps out of possession the rightful owner of an estate; he against whom a fictitious action is brought in fine and recovery.

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DEFORCING

DEFORCING, participle present tense Keeping out of lawful possession.

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DEFORM

DEFORM, verb transitive [Latin Form.]1. To mar or injure the form; to alter that form or disposition of parts which is natural and esteemed beautiful, and thus to render it disp...

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DEFORMATION

DEFORMATION, noun A disfiguring or defacing.

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DEFORMED

DEFORMED, participle passive1. Injured in the form; disfigured; distorted; ugly; wanting natural beauty, or symmetry.2. Base; disgraceful.

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DEFORMEDLY

DEFORMEDLY, adverb In an ugly manner.

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DEFORMEDNESS

DEFORMEDNESS, noun Ugliness; a disagreeable or unnatural form.

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DEFORMER

DEFORMER, noun One who deforms.

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DEFORMING

DEFORMING, participle present tense Marring the natural form or figure; rendering ugly or disppleasing; destroying beauty.

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DEFORMITY

DEFORMITY, noun1. Any unnatural state of the shape or form; want of that uniformity or symmetry which constitutes beauty; distortion; irregularity of shape or features; dispropo...

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DEFORSER

DEFORSER, noun One that casts out by force.

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DEFRAUD

DEFRAUD, verb transitive [Latin To cheat.]1. To deprive of right, either by obtaining something by deception or artifice, or by taking something wrongfully without the knowledge...