Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter D - Page 30

Deodorizer (n.) He who, or that which, deodorizes; esp., an agent that destroys offensive odors.

Deonerate (v. t.) To unload; to disburden.

Deontological (a.) Pertaining to deontology.

Deontologist (n.) One versed in deontology.

Deontology (n.) The science relat/ to duty or moral obligation.

Deoperculate (a.) Having the lid removed; -- said of the capsules of mosses.

Deoppilate (v. t.) To free from obstructions; to clear a passage through.

Deoppilation (n.) Removal of whatever stops up the passages.

Deoppilative (a. & n.) Deobstruent; aperient.

Deordination (n.) Disorder; dissoluteness.

Deosculate (v. t.) To kiss warmly.

Deoxidate (v. t.) To deoxidize.

Deoxidation (n.) The act or process of reducing from the state of an oxide.

Deoxidization (n.) Deoxidation.

Deoxidize (v. t.) To deprive of oxygen; to reduce from the state of an oxide.

Deoxidizer (n.) That which removes oxygen; hence, a reducing agent; as, nascent hydrogen is a deoxidizer.

Deoxygenate (v. t.) To deoxidize.

Deoxygenation (n.) The act or operation of depriving of oxygen.

Deoxygenize (v. t.) To deoxidize.

Depaint (p. p.) Painted.

Depainted (imp. & p. p.) of Depaint

Depainting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Depaint

Depaint (v. t.) To paint; to picture; hence, to describe; to delineate in words; to depict.

Depaint (v. t.) To mark with, or as with, color; to color.

Depainter (n.) One who depaints.

Depardieux (interj.) In God's name; certainly.

Departed (imp. & p. p.) of Depart

Departing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Depart

Depart (v. i.) To part; to divide; to separate.

Depart (v. i.) To go forth or away; to quit, leave, or separate, as from a place or a person; to withdraw; -- opposed to arrive; -- often with from before the place, person, or thing left, and for or to before the destination.

Depart (v. i.) To forsake; to abandon; to desist or deviate (from); not to adhere to; -- with from; as, we can not depart from our rules; to depart from a title or defense in legal pleading.

Depart (v. i.) To pass away; to perish.

Depart (v. i.) To quit this world; to die.

Depart (v. t.) To part thoroughly; to dispart; to divide; to separate.

Depart (v. t.) To divide in order to share; to apportion.

Depart (v. t.) To leave; to depart from.

Depart (n.) Division; separation, as of compound substances into their ingredients.

Depart (n.) A going away; departure; hence, death.

Departable (a.) Divisible.

Departer (n.) One who refines metals by separation.

Departer (n.) One who departs.

Department (v. i.) Act of departing; departure.

Department (v. i.) A part, portion, or subdivision.

Department (v. i.) A distinct course of life, action, study, or the like; appointed sphere or walk; province.

Department (v. i.) Subdivision of business or official duty; especially, one of the principal divisions of executive government; as, the treasury department; the war department; also, in a university, one of the divisions of instruction; as, the medical department; the department of physics.

Department (v. i.) A territorial division; a district; esp., in France, one of the districts composed of several arrondissements into which the country is divided for governmental purposes; as, the Department of the Loire.

Department (v. i.) A military subdivision of a country; as, the Department of the Potomac.

Departmental (a.) Pertaining to a department or division.

Departure (n.) Division; separation; putting away.

Departure (n.) Separation or removal from a place; the act or process of departing or going away.

Departure (n.) Removal from the present life; death; decease.

Departure (n.) Deviation or abandonment, as from or of a rule or course of action, a plan, or a purpose.

Departure (n.) The desertion by a party to any pleading of the ground taken by him in his last antecedent pleading, and the adoption of another.

Departure (n.) The distance due east or west which a person or ship passes over in going along an oblique line.

Depascent (a.) Feeding.

Depasture (v. t. & i.) To pasture; to feed; to graze; also, to use for pasture.

Depatriate (v. t. & i.) To withdraw, or cause to withdraw, from one's country; to banish.

Depauperated (imp. & p. p.) of Depauperate

Depauperating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Depauperate

Depauperate (v. t. & i.) To make poor; to impoverish.

Depauperate (a.) Falling short of the natural size, from being impoverished or starved.

Depauperize (v. t.) To free from paupers; to rescue from poverty.

Depeach (v. t.) To discharge.

Depectible (a.) Tough; thick; capable of extension.

Depeculation (n.) A robbing or embezzlement.

Depeinct (v. t.) To paint.

Depended (imp. & p. p.) of Depend

Depending (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Depend

Depend (v. i.) To hang down; to be sustained by being fastened or attached to something above.

Depend (v. i.) To hang in suspense; to be pending; to be undetermined or undecided; as, a cause depending in court.

Depend (v. i.) To rely for support; to be conditioned or contingent; to be connected with anything, as a cause of existence, or as a necessary condition; -- followed by on or upon, formerly by of.

Depend (v. i.) To trust; to rest with confidence; to rely; to confide; to be certain; -- with on or upon; as, we depend on the word or assurance of our friends; we depend on the mail at the usual hour.

Depend (v. i.) To serve; to attend; to act as a dependent or retainer.

Depend (v. i.) To impend.

Dependable (a.) Worthy of being depended on; trustworthy.

Dependant (n.) Alt. of Dependancy

Dependance (n.) Alt. of Dependancy

Dependancy (n.) See Dependent, Dependence, Dependency.

Dependence (n.) The act or state of depending; state of being dependent; a hanging down or from; suspension from a support.

Dependence (n.) The state of being influenced and determined by something; subjection (as of an effect to its cause).

Dependence (n.) Mutu/// /onnection and support; concatenation; systematic ///er relation.

Dependence (n.) Subjection to the direction or disposal of another; inability to help or provide for one's self.

Dependence (n.) A resting with confidence; reliance; trust.

Dependence (n.) That on which one depends or relies; as, he was her sole dependence.

Dependence (n.) That which depends; anything dependent or suspended; anything attached a subordinate to, or contingent on, something else.

Dependence (n.) A matter depending, or in suspense, and still to be determined; ground of controversy or quarrel.

Dependencies (pl. ) of Dependency

Dependency (n.) State of being dependent; dependence; state of being subordinate; subordination; concatenation; connection; reliance; trust.

Dependency (n.) A thing hanging down; a dependence.

Dependency (n.) That which is attached to something else as its consequence, subordinate, satellite, and the like.

Dependency (n.) A territory remote from the kingdom or state to which it belongs, but subject to its dominion; a colony; as, Great Britain has its dependencies in Asia, Africa, and America.

Dependent (a.) Hanging down; as, a dependent bough or leaf.

Dependent (a.) Relying on, or subject to, something else for support; not able to exist, or sustain itself, or to perform anything, without the will, power, or aid of something else; not self-sustaining; contingent or conditioned; subordinate; -- often with on or upon; as, dependent on God; dependent upon friends.

Dependent (n.) 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.

Dependent (n.) That which depends; corollary; consequence.

Dependently (adv.) In a dependent manner.

Depender (n.) One who depends; a dependent.

Dependingly (adv.) As having dependence.

Depeople (v. t.) To depopulate.

Deperdit (n.) That which is lost or destroyed.

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