Depatriate
De‐pa″tri‐ate (?), v. t. & i. [L. de- + patria one's country.] To withdraw, or cause to withdraw, from one's country; to banish.A subject born in any stateMay, if he please, dep...
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Depauperate
De‐pau″per‐ate (?), v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p.Depauperated (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Depauperating (?).] [LL. depauperatus, p. p. depauperare to impoverish; L. de- + pauperare to make p...
Depauperate (2)
De‐pau″per‐ate (?), a. [L. depauperatus, p. p.] (Bot.) Falling short of the natural size, from being impoverished or starved. Gray.
Depauperize
De‐pau″per‐ize (?), v. t. To free from paupers; to rescue from poverty.
Depeach
De‐peach″ (?), v. t. [L. dépêcher. See Dispatch.] To discharge.As soon as the party... before our justices shall be depeached. Hakluyt.
Depectible
De‐pec″ti‐ble (?), a. [L. depectere to comb off; de- + pectere to comb.] Tough; thick; capable of extension.Some bodies are of a more depectible nature than oil. Bacon.
Depeculation
De‐pec′u‐la″tion (?), n. [L. depeculari, p. p. depeculatus, to rob. See Peculate.] A robbing or embezzlement.Depeculation of the public treasure. Hobbes.
Depeinct
De‐peinct″ (?), v. t. [See Depaint.] To paint. Spenser.
Depend
De‐pend″ (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p.Depended; p. pr. & vb. n.Depending.] [F. dépendre, fr. L. depend�re; de- + pend�re to hang. See Pendant.] 1. To hang down; to be sustained by be...
Dependable
De‐pend″a‐ble (?), a. Worthy of being depended on; trustworthy. “Dependable friendships.” Pope.
Dependant
{ De‐pend″ant (?), De‐pend″ance (?), n., De‐pend″an‐cy (?) }, n. See Dependent, Dependence, Dependency.☞ The forms dependant, dependance, dependancy are from the French; the for...
Dependence
De‐pend″ence (?), n. [LL. dependentia, fr. L. dependens. See Dependent, and cf. Dependance.] 1. The act or state of depending; state of being dependent; a hanging down or from; ...
Dependency
De‐pend″en‐cy (?), n.; pl.Dependencies (�). 1. State of being dependent; dependence; state of being subordinate; subordination; concatenation; connection; reliance; trust.Any lo...
Dependent
De‐pend″ent (?), a. [L. dependens, -entis, p. pr. dependere. See Depend, and cf. Dependant.] 1. Hanging down; as, a dependent bough or leaf.2. Relying on, or subject to, somethi...
Dependent (2)
De‐pend″ent, n. 1. One who depends; one who is sustained by another, or who relies on another for support of favor; a hanger-on; a retainer; as, a numerous train of dependents.A...
Dependently
De‐pend″ent‐ly, adv. In a dependent manner.
Depender
De‐pend″er (?), n. One who depends; a dependent.
Dependingly
De‐pend″ing‐ly, adv. As having dependence. Hale.
Depeople
De‐peo″ple (?), v. t. To depopulate.
Deperdit
De‐per″dit (?), n. [LL. deperditum, fr. L. deperditus, p. p. of deperdere; de- + perdere to lose, destroy.] That which is lost or destroyed. Paley.
Deperditely
De‐per″dite‐ly (?), adv. Hopelessly; despairingly; in the manner of one ruined; as, deperditely wicked.
Deperdition
Dep′er‐di″tion (?), n. [Cf. F. déperdition.] Loss; destruction. Sir T. Browne.
Depertible
De‐per″ti‐ble (?), a. [See Depart.] Divisible. Bacon.
Dephase
De‐phase″ (?), v. t.(Elec.) To put out of phase, as two parts of a single alternating current.
Dephlegm
De‐phlegm″ (?), v. t. [Pref. de- + phlegm water; cf. F. déphlegmer, déflegmer.] (O. Chem.) To rid of phlegm or water; to dephlegmate. Boyle.
Dephlegmate
De‐phleg″mate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Dephlegmated; p. pr. & vb. n.Dephlegmating.] [See Dephlegm.] (Chem.) To deprive of superabundant water, as by evaporation or distillation; ...
Dephlegmation
De′phleg‐ma″tion (?), n. [Cf. F. déflegmation.] (Chem.) The operation of separating water from spirits and acids, by evaporation or repeated distillation; — called also concentr...