Webster's Dictionary 1913

838

Decline (2)

De‐cline″, v. t. 1. To bend downward; to bring down; to depress; to cause to bend, or fall.In melancholy deep, with head declined. Thomson.And now fair Phoebus gan decline in ha...

839

Decline (3)

De‐cline″ (?), n. [F. déclin. See Decline, v. i.] 1. A falling off; a tendency to a worse state; diminution or decay; deterioration; also, the period when a thing is tending tow...

840

Declined

De‐clined″ (?), a. Declinate.

841

Decliner

De‐clin″er (?), n. He who declines or rejects.A studious decliner of honors. Evelyn.

842

Declinometer

Dec′li‐nom″e‐ter (?), n. [Decline + -meter.] (Physics) An instrument for measuring the declination of the magnetic needle.

843

Declinous

De‐clin″ous (?), a. Declinate.

844

Declivitous

{ De‐cliv″i‐tous (?), De‐cli″vous (?), } a. Descending gradually; moderately steep; sloping; downhill.

845

Declivity

De‐cliv″i‐ty (?), n.; pl.Declivities (#). [L. declivitas, fr. declivis sloping, downhill; de + clivus a slope, a hill; akin to clinare to incline: cf. F. déclivité. See Decline....

846

Decoct

De‐coct″ (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Decocted; p. pr. & vb. n.Decocting.] [L. decoctus, p. p. of decoquere to boil down; de- + coquere to cook, boil. See Cook to decoct.] 1. To prep...

847

Decoctible

De‐coct″i‐ble (?), a. Capable of being boiled or digested.

848

Decoction

De‐coc″tion (?), n. [F. décoction, L. decoctio.] 1. The act or process of boiling anything in a watery fluid to extract its virtues.In decoction... it either purgeth at the top ...

849

Decocture

De‐coc″ture (?; 135), n. A decoction.

850

Decoherer

De′co‐her″er (?), n. [Pref. de- + coherer.] (Elec.) A device for restoring a coherer to its normal condition after it has been affected by an electric wave, a process usually ac...

851

Decollate

De‐col″late (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Decollated; p. pr. & vb. n.Decollating.] [L. decollatus, p. p. of decollare to behead; de- + collum neck.] To sever from the neck; to behead;...

852

Decollated

De‐col″la‐ted (?), a.(Zoöl.) Decapitated; worn or cast off in the process of growth, as the apex of certain univalve shells.

853

Decollation

De′col‐la″tion (?), n. [L. decollatio: cf. F. décollation.] 1. The act of beheading or state of one beheaded; — especially used of the execution of St. John the Baptist.2. A pai...

854

Décolletage

‖Dé′col′le‐tage″ (dā′kō̍′l'‐tȧzh), n. [F. See Décolleté.] (Costume) The upper border or part of a décolleté corsage.

855

Décolleté

‖Dé′col′le‐té″ (?), a. [F., p. p. of décolleter to bare the neck and shoulders; dé- + collet collar, fr. L. collum neck.] Leaving the neck and shoulders uncovered; cut low in th...

856

Décolleté (2)

‖Dé′col′le‐té″ (dā̍′kŏl′le‐tā̍″), a. Wearing a décolleté gown.

857

Decolling

De‐col″ling (?), n. Beheading.By a speedy dethroning and decolling of the king. Parliamentary History (1648).

858

Decolor

De‐col″or (?), v. t. [Cf. F. décolorer, L. decolorare. Cf. Discolor.] To deprive of color; to bleach.

859

Decolorant

De‐col″or‐ant (?), n. [Cf. F. décolorant, p. pr.] A substance which removes color, or bleaches.

860

Decolorate

De‐col″or‐ate (?), a. [L. decoloratus, p. p. of decolorare.] Deprived of color.

861

Decolorate (2)

De‐col″or‐ate (?), v. t. To decolor.

862

Decoloration

De‐col′or‐a″tion (?), n. [L. decoloratio: cf. F. décoloration.] The removal or absence of color. Ferrand.

863

Decolorize

De‐col″or‐ize (?), v. t. To deprive of color; to whiten. Turner. — De‐col′or‐i‐za″tion (#), n.

864

Decomplex

De″com‐plex′ (?), a. [Pref. de- (intens.) + complex.] Repeatedly compound; made up of complex constituents.