Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Debaser

De‐bas″er (?), n. One who, or that which, debases.

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Debasingly

De‐bas″ing‐ly, adv. In a manner to debase.

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Debatable

De‐bat″a‐ble (?), a. [Cf. OF. debatable. See Debate.] Liable to be debated; disputable; subject to controversy or contention; open to question or dispute; as, a debatable questi...

571

Debate

De‐bate″ (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Debated; p. pr. & vb. n.Debating.] [OF. debatre, F. débattre; L. de + batuere to beat. See Batter, v. t., and cf. Abate.] 1. To engage in combat...

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Debate (2)

De‐bate″, v. i. 1. To engage in strife or combat; to fight. Chaucer.Well could he tourney and in lists debate. Spenser.2. To contend in words; to dispute; hence, to deliberate; ...

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Debate (3)

De‐bate″, n. [F. débat, fr. débattre. See Debate, v. t.] 1. A fight or fighting; contest; strife.On the day of the Trinity next ensuing was a great debate... and in that murder ...

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Debateful

De‐bate″ful (?), a. Full of contention; contentious; quarrelsome. Spenser.

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Debatefully

De‐bate″ful‐ly, adv. With contention.

576

Debatement

De‐bate″ment (?), n. [Cf. OF. debatement a beating.] Controversy; deliberation; debate.A serious question and debatement with myself. Milton.

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Debater

De‐bat″er (?), n. One who debates; one given to argument; a disputant; a controvertist.Debate where leisure serves with dull debaters. Shak.

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Debating

De‐bat″ing, n. The act of discussing or arguing; discussion.Debating societyorclub, a society or club for the purpose of debate and improvement in extemporaneous speaking.

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Debatingly

De‐bat″ing‐ly, adv. In the manner of a debate.

580

Debauch

De‐bauch″ (?), v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p.Debauched (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Debauching.] [F. débaucher, prob. originally, to entice away from the workshop; pref. dé- (L. dis- or de) + ...

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Debauch (2)

De‐bauch″, n. [Cf. F. débauche.] 1. Excess in eating or drinking; intemperance; drunkenness; lewdness; debauchery.The first physicians by debauch were made. Dryden.2. An act or ...

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Debauched

De‐bauched″ (?), a. Dissolute; dissipated. “A coarse and debauched look.” Ld. Lytton.

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Debauchedly

De‐bauch″ed‐ly (?), adv. In a profligate manner.

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Debauchedness

De‐bauch″ed‐ness, n. The state of being debauched; intemperance. Bp. Hall.

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Debauchee

Deb′au‐chee″ (?), n. [F. débauché, n., properly p. p. of débaucher. See Debauch, v. t.] One who is given to intemperance or bacchanalian excesses; a man habitually lewd; a liber...

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Debaucher

De‐bauch″er (?), n. One who debauches or corrupts others; especially, a seducer to lewdness.

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Debauchery

De‐bauch″er‐y (?), n.; pl.Debaucheries (�). 1. Corruption of fidelity; seduction from virtue, duty, or allegiance.The republic of Paris will endeavor to complete the debauchery ...

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Debauchment

De‐bauch″ment (?), n. The act of corrupting; the act of seducing from virtue or duty.

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Debauchness

De‐bauch″ness, n. Debauchedness.

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Debeige

De‐beige″ (?), n. [F. de of + beige the natural color of wool.] A kind of woolen or mixed dress goods. [Written also debage.]

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Debel

De‐bel″ (?), v. t. [Cf. F. débeller. See Debellate.] To conquer. Milton.

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Debellate

De‐bel″late (?), v. t. [L. debellatus, p. p. of debellare to subdue; de- + bellum war.] To subdue; to conquer in war. Speed.

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Debellation

Deb′el‐la″tion (?), n. [LL. debellatio.] The act of conquering or subduing.

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Debenture

De‐ben″ture (?; 135), n. [L. debentur they are due, fr. debere to owe; cf. F. debentur. So called because these receipts began with the words Debentur mihi.] 1. A writing acknow...