DEFILE
DEFILE, verb transitive1. To make unclean; to render foul or dirty; in a general sense.2. To make impure; to render turbid; as, the water or liquor is defiled.3. To soil or sull...
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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DEFILED
DEFILED, participle passive Made dirty, or foul; polluted; soiled; corrupted; violated; vitiated.
DEFILEMENT
DEFILEMENT, noun1. The act of defiling, or state of being defiled; foulness; dirtiness; uncleanness.2. Corruption of morals, principles or character; impurity; pollution by sin....
DEFILER
DEFILER, noun One who defiles; one who corrupts or violates; that which pollutes.
DEFILING
DEFILING, participle present tense1. Polluting; making impure.2. Marching in a file, or with a narrow front.
DEFINABLE
DEFINABLE, adjective1. Literally, that may be limited, or have its limits ascertained. Hence, capable of having its extent ascertained with precision; capable of being fixed and...
DEFINE
DEFINE, verb transitive [Latin To end, to limit, from finis, end.]1. To determine or describe the end or limit; as, to define the extent of a kingdom or country.2. To determine ...
DEFINED
DEFINED, participle passive1. Determined; having the extent ascertained; having the signification determined.2. Having the precise limit marked, or having a determinate limit; a...
DEFINER
DEFINER, noun He who defines; he who ascertains or marks the limits; he who determines or explains the signification of a word, or describes the distinctive properties of a thing.
DEFINING
DEFINING, participle present tense Determining the limits; ascertaining the extent; explaining the meaning; describing the properties.
DEFINITE
DEFINITE, adjective1. Having certain limits; bounded with precision; determinate; as a definite extent of land; definite dimensions; definite measure.2. Having certain limits in...
DEFINITENESS
DEFINITENESS, noun Certainty of extent; certainty of signification; determinateness.
DEFINITION
DEFINITION, noun1. A brief description of a thing by its properties; as a definition of wit or of a circle.2. In logic, the explication of the essence of a thing by its kind and...
DEFINITIVE
DEFINITIVE, adjective1. Limiting the extent; determinate; positive; express; as a definitive term.2. Limiting; ending; determining; final; opposed to conditional, provisional, o...
DEFINITIVELY
DEFINITIVELY, adverb1. Determinately; positively; expressly.2. Finally; conclusively; unconditionally; as, the points between the parties are definitively settled.
DEFINITIVENESS
DEFINITIVENESS, noun Determinateness; decisiveness; conclusiveness.
DEFIX
DEFIX, verb transitive To fix; to fasten.
DEFLAGRABILITY
DEFLAGRABILITY, noun Combustibility; the quality of taking fire and burning away, as a metallic wire; a chimical term.
DEFLAGRABLE
DEFLAGRABLE, adjective Combustible; having the quality of taking fire and burning, as alcohol, oils, etc.
DEFLAGRATE
DEFLAGRATE, verb transitive [Latin To burn.] To set fire to; to burn; to consume; as, to deflagrate oil or spirit.
DEFLAGRATION
DEFLAGRATION, noun A kindling or setting fire to a substance; burning; combustion.The strength of spirit is proved by deflagrationA rapid combustion of a mixture, attended with ...
DEFLAGRATOR
DEFLAGRATOR, noun A galvanic instrument for producing combustion, particularly the combustion of metallic substances.
DEFLECT
DEFLECT, verb intransitive [Latin To turn or bend.] To turn from or aside; to deviate from a true course or right line; to swerve.The needle deflects from the meridian.DEFLECT, ...
DEFLECTED
DEFLECTED, participle passive Turned aside, or from a direct line or course. In botany, bending downward archwise.
DEFLECTING
DEFLECTING, participle present tense Turning aside; turning from a right line or regular course.
DEFLECTION
DEFLECTION, noun1. Deviation; the act of turning aside; a turning from a true line or the regular course.2. The departure of a ship from its true course.3. A deviation of the ra...
DEFLEXURE
DEFLEXURE, noun A bending down; a turning aside; deviation.