Webster's Dictionary 1828

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DEFRAUDED

DEFRAUDED, participle passive Deprived of property or right by trick, artifice or deception; injured by the withholding of what is due.

731

DEFRAUDER

DEFRAUDER, noun One who defrauds; one who takes from another his right by deception, or withholds what is his due; a cheat; a cozener; an embezzler; a peculator.

732

DEFRAUDING

DEFRAUDING, participle present tense Depriving another of his property or right by deception or artifice; injuring by withholding wrongfully what is due.

733

DEFRAUDMENT

DEFRAUDMENT, noun Tha act of defrauding.

734

DEFRAY

DEFRAY, verb transitive1. To pay; to discharge, as cost or expense; to bear, as charge, cost or expense. It is followed chiefly by expense, charge or cost. The acquisitions of w...

735

DEFRAYED

DEFRAYED, participle passive Paid; discharged; as expense, or cost.

736

DEFRAYER

DEFRAYER, noun One who pays or discharges expenses.

737

DEFRAYING

DEFRAYING, participle present tense Paying; discharging.

738

DEFRAYMENT

DEFRAYMENT, noun Payment.

739

DEFT

DEFT, adjective Neat; handsome; spruce; ready; dextrous; fit; convenient.

740

DEFTLY

DEFTLY, adverb Neatly; dextrously; in a skilful manner.

741

DEFTNESS

DEFTNESS, noun Neatness; beauty.

742

DEFUNCT

DEFUNCT, adjective [Latin To perform and discharge.] Having finished the course of life; dead; deceased.DEFUNCT, noun A dead person; one deceased.

743

DEFUNCTION

DEFUNCTION, noun Death.

744

DEFY

DEFY, verb transitive1. To dare; to provoke to combat or strife, by appealing to the courage of another; to invite one to contest; to challenge; as, Goliath defied the armies of...

745

DEFYER

DEFYER, [See defier.]

746

DEGARNISH

DEGARNISH, verb transitive1. To unfurnish; to strip of furniture, ornaments or apparatus.2. To deprive of a garrison, or troops necessary for defense; as, to degarnish a city or...

747

DEGARNISHED

DEGARNISHED, participle passive Stripped of furniture or apparatus; deprived of troops for defense.

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DEGARNISHING

DEGARNISHING, participle present tense Stripping of furniture, dress, apparatus or a garrison.

749

DEGARNISHMENT

DEGARNISHMENT, noun The act of depriving of furniture, apparatus or a garrison.

750

DEGENDER

DEGENDER, verb intransitive To degenerate.

751

DEGENERACY

DEGENERACY, noun1. A growing worse or inferior; a decline in good qualities; or a state of being less valuable; as the degeneracy of a plant.2. In morals, decay of virtue; a gro...

752

DEGENERATE

DEGENERATE, verb intransitive [Latin Grown worse, ignoble, base.]1. To become worse; to decay in good qualities; to pass from a good to a bad or worse state; to lose or suffer a...

753

DEGENERATELY

DEGENERATELY, adverb In a degenerate or base manner.

754

DEGENERATENESS

DEGENERATENESS, noun A degenerate state; a state in which the natural good qualities of the species are decayed or lost.

755

DEGENERATION

DEGENERATION, noun1. A growing worse, or losing of good qualities; a decline from the virtue and worth of ancestors; a decay of the natural good qualities of the species; a fall...

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DEGENEROUS

DEGENEROUS, adjective1. Degenerated; fallen from a state of excellence, or from the virtue and merit of ancestors. Hence,2. Low; base; mean; unworthy; as a degenerous passion.