Webster's Dictionary 1913

865

Decomposable

De′com‐pos″a‐ble (?), a. Capable of being resolved into constituent elements.

866

Decompose

De′com‐pose″ (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Decomposed (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Decomposing.] [Cf. F. décomposer. Cf. Discompose.] To separate the constituent parts of; to resolve into orig...

867

Decompose (2)

De′com‐pose″, v. i. To become resolved or returned from existing combinations; to undergo dissolution; to decay; to rot.

868

Decomposed

De′com‐posed″ (?), a.(Zoöl.) Separated or broken up; — said of the crest of birds when the feathers are divergent.

869

Decomposite

De′com‐pos″ite (?), a. [Pref. de- (intens.) + composite.] 1. Compounded more than once; compounded with things already composite.2. (Bot.) See Decompound, a., 2.

870

Decomposite (2)

De′com‐pos″ite, n. Anything decompounded.Decomposites of three metals or more. Bacon.

871

Decomposition

De‐com′po‐si″tion (?), n. [Pref. de- (in sense 3 intensive) + composition: cf. F. décomposition. Cf. Decomposition.] 1. The act or process of resolving the constituent parts of ...

872

Decompound

De′com‐pound″ (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Decompounded; p. pr. & vb. n.Decompounding.] [Pref. de- (intens. in sense 1) + compound, v. t.] 1. To compound or mix with that is already ...

873

Decompound (2)

De′com‐pound″, a. [Pref. de- (intens.) + compound, a.] 1. Compound of what is already compounded; compounded a second time.2. (Bot.) Several times compounded or divided, as a le...

874

Decompound (3)

De′com‐pound″, n. A decomposite.

875

Decompoundable

De′com‐pound″a‐ble (?), a. Capable of being decompounded.

876

Deconcentrate

De′con‐cen″trate (?), v. t. To withdraw from concentration; to decentralize.

877

Deconcentration

De‐con′cen‐tra″tion (?), n. Act of deconcentrating.

878

Deconcoct

De′con‐coct″ (dē′kŏn‐kŏkt″), v. t. To decompose. Fuller.

879

Deconsecrate

De‐con″se‐crate (dē̍‐kŏn″sē̍‐krāt), v. t. To deprive of sacredness; to secularize. — De‐con′se‐cra″tion (#), n.

880

Decorament

Dec″o‐ra‐ment (dĕk″ō̍‐rȧ‐ment), n. [L. decoramentum. See Decorate, v. t.] Ornament. Bailey.

881

Decorate

Dec″o‐rate (dĕk″ō̍‐rāt), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Decorated (dĕk″ō̍‐rā′tĕd); p. pr. & vb. n.Decorating (–rā′tĭng).] [L. decoratus, p. p. of decorare, fr. decus ornament; akin to decer...

882

Decoration

Dec′o‐ra″tion (dĕk′ō̍‐rā″shŭn), n. [LL. decoratio: cf. F. décoration.] 1. The act of adorning, embellishing, or honoring; ornamentation.2. That which adorns, enriches, or beauti...

883

Decoration Day

Decoration Day. = Memorial Day.

884

Decorative

Dec″o‐ra‐tive (dĕk″ō̍‐rȧ‐tĭv or –rā̍‐tĭv), a. [Cf. F. décoratif.] Suited to decorate or embellish; adorning. — Dec″o‐ra‐tive‐ness, n.Decorative art, fine art which has for its e...

885

Decorator

Dec″o‐ra′tor (–rā″tẽr), n. [Cf. F. décorateur.] One who decorates, adorns, or embellishes; specifically, an artisan whose business is the decoration of houses, esp. their interi...

886

Decore

De‐core″ (dē̍‐kōr″), v. t. [Cf. F. décorer. See Decorate.] To decorate; to beautify.To decore and beautify the house of God. E. Hall.

887

Decorement

De‐core″ment (?), n. Ornament.

888

Decorous

De‐co″rous (dē̍‐kō″rŭs or dĕk″ō̍r‐ŭs; 277), a. [L. decōrus, fr. decor comeliness, beauty; akin to decere. See Decent, and cf. Decorum.] Suitable to a character, or to the time, ...

889

Decorticate

De‐cor″ti‐cate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Decorticated; p. pr. & vb. n.Decorticating.] [L. decorticatus, p. p. of decorticare to bark; de- + cortex bark.] To divest of the bark, hu...

890

Decortication

De‐cor′ti‐ca″tion (?), n. [L. decorticatio: cf. F. décortication.] The act of stripping off the bark, rind, hull, or outer coat.

891

Decorticator

De‐cor″ti‐ca′tor (?), n. A machine for decorticating wood, hulling grain, etc.; also, an instrument for removing surplus bark or moss from fruit trees.