DESCRIPTION
DESCRIPTION, noun1. The act of delineating, or representing the figure of any thing by a plan, to be presented to the eye.2. The figure or appearance of any thing delineated, or...
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DESCRIPTIV
DESCRIPTIV, E, adjective Containing description; tending to describe; having the quality of representing; as a descriptive figure; a descriptive narration; a story descriptive o...
DESCRY
DESCRY, verb transitive1. To espy; to explore; to examine by observation.The house of Joseph sent to descry Bethel. Judges 1:23.2. To detect; to find out; to discover any thing ...
DESCRYING
DESCRYING, participle present tense Descovering; espying.
DESECRATE
DESECRATE, verb transitive [Latin To consecrate, from sacred.]1. To divert from a sacred purpose or appropriation; opposed to consecrate; as, to desecrate a donation to a church...
DESECRATED
DESECRATED, participle passive Diverted from a sacred purpose or appropriation; divested of a sacred character or office.
DESECRATING
DESECRATING, participle present tense Diverting from a purpose to which a thing is consecrated; divested of a sacred character or office.
DESECRATION
DESECRATION, noun The act of diverting from a sacred purpose or use to which a thing had been devoted; the act of diverting from a sacred character or office.
DESERT
DESERT, adjective S as z [Latin To sow, plant or scatter.]1. Literally, forsaken; hence, uninhabited; as a desert isle. Hence, wild; untilled; waste; uncultivated; as a desert l...
DESERTED
DESERTED, participle passive Wholly forsaken; abandoned; left.
DESERTER
DESERTER, noun A person who forsakes his cause, his post, or his party or friend; particularly, a soldier or seaman who quits the service without permission, and in violation of...
DESERTFUL
DESERTFUL, adjective High in desert; meritorious.
DESERTING
DESERTING, participle present tense Forsaking utterly; abandoning.
DESERTION
DESERTION, noun1. The act of forsaking or abandoning, as a party, a friend, a country, an army or military band, or a ship; the act of quitting, with an intention not to return....
DESERTLESS
DESERTLESS, adjective Without merit or claim to favor or reward.
DESERTLESSLY
DESERTLESSLY, adverb Undeservedly.
DESERTRICE
DESERTRICE,DESERTRIX, noun A female who deserts.
DESERTRIX
DESERTRIX, n. A female who deserts.
DESERVE
DESERVE, verb transitive [Latin To serve.]1. To merit; to be worthy of; applied to good or evil.2. To merit by labor or services; to have a just claim to an equivalent for good ...
DESERVED
DESERVED, participle passive Merited; worthy of.
DESERVEDLY
DESERVEDLY, adverb Justly; according to desert, whether of good or evil. A man may be deservedly praised, blamed or punished.
DESERVER
DESERVER, noun He who deserves or merits; one who is worthy of; used generally in a good sense.
DESERVING
DESERVING, participle present tense1. Meriting; having a just claim to reward; justly meriting punishment.2. Worthy of reward or praise; meritorious; possessed of good qualities...
DESERVINGLY
DESERVINGLY, adverb Meritoriously; with just desert.
DESHABILLE
DESHABILLE or DESHABIL, noun An undress; a loose morning dress; hence, any home dress; as, the lady is in deshabille [It would be well to anglicize the orthography.]
DESICCANT
DESICCANT, adjective Drying.DESICCANT, noun A medicine or application that dries a sore.
DESICCATE
DESICCATE, verb transitive [Latin To dry.] to dry; to exhaust of moisture; to exhale or remove moisture from.DESICCATE, verb intransitive To become dry.