DETACHMENT
DETACHMENT, noun1. The act of detaching.2. A body of troops, selected or taken from the main army, and employed on some special service or expedition.3. A number of ships, taken...
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DETAIL
DETAIL, verb transitive1. To relate, report or narrate in particulars; to recite the particulars of; to particularize; to relate minutely and distinctly; as, he detailed all the...
DETAILED
DETAILED, participle passive Related in particulars; minutely recited; selected.
DETAILER
DETAILER, noun One who details.
DETAILING
DETAILING, participle present tense1. Relating minutely; telling the particulars.2. Selecting from the rosters.
DETAINDER
DETAINDER, noun A writ. [See Detinue.]
DETAINED
DETAINED, participle passive Withheld; kept back; prevented from going or coming; held; restrained.
DETAINER
DETAINER, noun1. One who withholds what belongs to another; one who detains, stops or prevents from going.2. In law, a holding or keeping possession of what belongs to another; ...
DETAING
DETAING, v.t. [L., to hold. See Tenant.]1. To keep back or from; to withhold; to keep what belongs to another. Detain not the wages of the hireling.2. To keep or restrain from p...
DETAINING
DETAINING, participle present tense Withholding what belongs to another; holding back; restraining from going or coming; holding in custody.
DETAINMENT
DETAINMENT, noun The act of detaining; detention.
DETECT
DETECT, verb transitive [Latin, to cover.] Literally, to uncover; hence, to discover; to find out; to bring to light; as, to detect the ramifications and inosculations of the fi...
DETECTED
DETECTED, participle passive Discovered; found out; laid open; brought to light.
DETECTER
DETECTER, noun A discoverer; one who finds out what another attempts to conceal.
DETECTING
DETECTING, participle present tense Discovering; finding out.
DETECTION
DETECTION, noun The act of detecting; discovery of a person or thing attempted to be concealed; as the detection of a thief or burglarian; the detection of fraud or forgery; the...
DETENEBRATE
DETENEBRATE, verb transitive [Latin] To remove darkness. [Not in use.]
DETENT
DETENT, noun [Latin] A stop in a clock, which by being lifted up or let down, locks and unlocks the clock in striking.
DETENTION
DETENTION, noun [See Detain.]1. The act of detaining; a withholding from another his right; a keeping what belongs to another, and ought to be restored.2. Confinement; restraint...
DETER
DETER, verb transitive [Latin, to frighten.]1. To discourage and stop by fear; to stop or prevent from acting or proceeding, by danger, difficulty or other consideration which d...
DETERGE
DETERGE, verb transitive deterj. [Latin, to wipe or scour.] To cleanse; to purge away foul or offending matter, from the body, or from an ulcer.
DETERGED
DETERGED, participle passive Cleansed; purged.
DETERGENT
DETERGENT, adjective Cleansing; purging.DETERGENT, noun A medicine that has the power of cleansing the vessels or skin from offending matter.
DETERGING
DETERGING, participle present tense Cleansing; carrying off obstructions or foul matter.
DETERIORATE
DETERIORATE, verb intransitive [Latin] To grow worse; to be impaired in quality to degenerate; opposed to meliorate.DETERIORATE, verb transitive To make worse; to reduce in qual...
DETERIORATED
DETERIORATED, participle passive Made worse; impaired in quality.
DETERIORATING
DETERIORATING, participle present tense Becoming worse or inferior in quality.