DEPENDING
DEPENDING, participle present tense1. Hanging down; relying.2.adjective Pending; undecided; as a suit or question.
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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DEPERDIT
DEPERDIT, adjective That which is lost or destroyed.
DEPERDITION
DEPERDITION, noun Loss; destruction.
DEPHLEGMATE
DEPHLEGMATE, verb transitive [Gr. To burn.] To deprive of superabundant water, as by evaporation or distillation, used of spirit and acids; to clear spirit or acids of aqueous m...
DEPHLEGMATION
DEPHLEGMATION, noun The operation of separating water from spirits and acids, by evaporation or repeated distillation; called also concentration, particularly when acids are the...
DEPHLEGMEDNESS
DEPHLEGMEDNESS, noun A state of being freed from water.
DEPHLOGISTICATE
DEPHLOGISTICATE, verb transitive [Gr. Burnt, inflammable.] To deprive of phlogiston, or the supposed principle of inflammability.
DEPHLOGISTICATED
DEPHLOGISTICATED, participle passive Deprived of phlogiston. dephlogisticated air, is an elastic fluid capable of supporting animal life and flame much longer than common air. I...
DEPICT
DEPICT, verb transitive [Latin To paint.]1. To paint; to portray; to form a likeness in colors; as, to depict a lion on a shield.2. To describe; to represent in words; as, the p...
DEPICTED
DEPICTED, participle passive Painted; represented in colors; described.
DEPICTING
DEPICTING, participle present tense Painting; representing in colors, or in words.
DEPICTURE
DEPICTURE, verb transitive To paint; to picture; to represent in colors.
DEPILATE
DEPILATE, verb transitive [Latin Hair.] To strip of hair.
DEPILATION
DEPILATION, noun The act of pulling off the hair.
DEPILATORY
DEPILATORY, adjective Having the quality or power to take off hair and make bald.DEPILATORY, noun Any application which is used to take off the hair of an animal body; such as l...
DEPILOUS
DEPILOUS, adjective Without hair.
DEPLANTATION
DEPLANTATION, noun The act of taking up plants from beds.
DEPLETION
DEPLETION, noun [Latin To fill.] The act of emptying; particularly, in the medical art, the act of diminishing the quantity of blood in the vessels by venesection; bloodletting.
DEPLORABLE
DEPLORABLE, adjective1. That may be deplored or lamented; lamentable; that demands or causes lamentation; hence, sad; calamitous; grievous; miserable; wretched; as, the evils of...
DEPLORABLENESS
DEPLORABLENESS, noun The state of being deplorable; misery; wretchedness; a miserable state.
DEPLORABLY
DEPLORABLY, adverb In a manner to be deplored; lamentably; miserable; as, manners are deplorably corrupt.
DEPLORATION
DEPLORATION, noun The act of lamenting. In music, a dirge or mournful strain.
DEPLORE
DEPLORE, verb transitive [Latin To howl; to wail.] To lament; to bewail; to mourn; to feel or express deep and poignant grief for. We deplored the death of Washington.
DEPLORED
DEPLORED, participle passive Lamented; bewailed; deeply regretted.
DEPLOREDLY
DEPLOREDLY, adverb Lamentably.
DEPLORER
DEPLORER, noun One who deplores, or deeply laments; a deep mourner.
DEPLORING
DEPLORING, participle present tense Bewailing; deeply lamenting.