Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter D - Page 42

Develop (v. i.) To go through a process of natural evolution or growth, by successive changes from a less perfect to a more perfect or more highly organized state; to advance from a simpler form of existence to one more complex either in structure or function; as, a blossom develops from a bud; the seed develops into a plant; the embryo develops into a well-formed animal; the mind develops year by year.

Develop (v. i.) To become apparent gradually; as, a picture on sensitive paper develops on the application of heat; the plans of the conspirators develop.

Developable (a.) Capable of being developed.

Developer (n.) One who, or that which, develops.

Developer (n.) A reagent by the action of which the latent image upon a photographic plate, after exposure in the camera, or otherwise, is developed and visible.

Development (n.) The act of developing or disclosing that which is unknown; a gradual unfolding process by which anything is developed, as a plan or method, or an image upon a photographic plate; gradual advancement or growth through a series of progressive changes; also, the result of developing, or a developed state.

Development (n.) The series of changes which animal and vegetable organisms undergo in their passage from the embryonic state to maturity, from a lower to a higher state of organization.

Development (n.) The act or process of changing or expanding an expression into another of equivalent value or meaning.

Development (n.) The equivalent expression into which another has been developed.

Development (n.) The elaboration of a theme or subject; the unfolding of a musical idea; the evolution of a whole piece or movement from a leading theme or motive.

Developmental (a.) Pertaining to, or characteristic of, the process of development; as, the developmental power of a germ.

Devenustate (v. t.) To deprive of beauty or grace.

Devergence (n.) Alt. of Devergency

Devergency (n.) See Divergence.

Devested (imp. & p. p.) of Devest

Devesting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Devest

Devest (v. t.) To divest; to undress.

Devest (v. t.) To take away, as an authority, title, etc., to deprive; to alienate, as an estate.

Devest (v. i.) To be taken away, lost, or alienated, as a title or an estate.

Devex (a.) Bending down; sloping.

Devex (n.) Devexity.

Devexity (a.) A bending downward; a sloping; incurvation downward; declivity.

Devi (n.) ; fem. of Deva. A goddess.

Deviant (a.) Deviating.

Deviated (imp. & p. p.) of Deviate

Deviating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Deviate

Deviate (v. i.) To go out of the way; to turn aside from a course or a method; to stray or go astray; to err; to digress; to diverge; to vary.

Deviate (v. t.) To cause to deviate.

Deviation (n.) The act of deviating; a wandering from the way; variation from the common way, from an established rule, etc.; departure, as from the right course or the path of duty.

Deviation (n.) The state or result of having deviated; a transgression; an act of sin; an error; an offense.

Deviation (n.) The voluntary and unnecessary departure of a ship from, or delay in, the regular and usual course of the specific voyage insured, thus releasing the underwriters from their responsibility.

Deviator (n.) One who, or that which, deviates.

Deviatory (a.) Tending to deviate; devious; as, deviatory motion.

Device (n.) That which is devised, or formed by design; a contrivance; an invention; a project; a scheme; often, a scheme to deceive; a stratagem; an artifice.

Device (n.) Power of devising; invention; contrivance.

Device (n.) An emblematic design, generally consisting of one or more figures with a motto, used apart from heraldic bearings to denote the historical situation, the ambition, or the desire of the person adopting it. See Cognizance.

Device (n.) Improperly, an heraldic bearing.

Device (n.) Anything fancifully conceived.

Device (n.) A spectacle or show.

Device (n.) Opinion; decision.

Deviceful (a.) Full of devices; inventive.

Devicefully (adv.) In a deviceful manner.

Devil (n.) The Evil One; Satan, represented as the tempter and spiritual of mankind.

Devil (n.) An evil spirit; a demon.

Devil (n.) A very wicked person; hence, any great evil.

Devil (n.) An expletive of surprise, vexation, or emphasis, or, ironically, of negation.

Devil (n.) A dish, as a bone with the meat, broiled and excessively peppered; a grill with Cayenne pepper.

Devil (n.) A machine for tearing or cutting rags, cotton, etc.

Deviled (imp. & p. p.) of Devil

Devilled () of Devil

Deviling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Devil

Devilling () of Devil

Devil (v. t.) To make like a devil; to invest with the character of a devil.

Devil (v. t.) To grill with Cayenne pepper; to season highly in cooking, as with pepper.

Devil-diver (n.) Alt. of Devil bird

Devil bird (n.) A small water bird. See Dabchick.

Deviless (n.) A she-devil.

Devilet (n.) A little devil.

Devilfish (n.) A huge ray (Manta birostris / Cephaloptera vampyrus) of the Gulf of Mexico and Southern Atlantic coasts. Several other related species take the same name. See Cephaloptera.

Devilfish (n.) A large cephalopod, especially the very large species of Octopus and Architeuthis. See Octopus.

Devilfish (n.) The gray whale of the Pacific coast. See Gray whale.

Devilfish (n.) The goosefish or angler (Lophius), and other allied fishes. See Angler.

Deviling (n.) A young devil.

Devilish (a.) Resembling, characteristic of, or pertaining to, the devil; diabolical; wicked in the extreme.

Devilish (a.) Extreme; excessive.

Devilism (n.) The state of the devil or of devils; doctrine of the devil or of devils.

Devilize (v. t.) To make a devil of.

Devilkin (n.) A little devil; a devilet.

Devilment (n.) Deviltry.

Devilries (pl. ) of Devilry

Devilry (n.) Conduct suitable to the devil; extreme wickedness; deviltry.

Devilry (n.) The whole body of evil spirits.

Devil's darning-needle () A dragon fly. See Darning needle, under Darn, v. t.

Devilship (n.) The character or person of a devil or the devil.

Deviltries (pl. ) of Deviltry

Deviltry (n.) Diabolical conduct; malignant mischief; devilry.

Devilwood (n.) A kind of tree (Osmanthus Americanus), allied to the European olive.

Devious (a.) Out of a straight line; winding; varying from directness; as, a devious path or way.

Devious (a.) Going out of the right or common course; going astray; erring; wandering; as, a devious step.

Devirginate (a.) Deprived of virginity.

Devirginate (v. t.) To deprive of virginity; to deflour.

Devirgination (n.) A deflouring.

Devisable (a.) Capable of being devised, invented, or contrived.

Devisable (a.) Capable of being bequeathed, or given by will.

Devisal (n.) A devising.

Devised (imp. & p. p.) of Devise

Devising (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Devise

Devise (v. t.) To form in the mind by new combinations of ideas, new applications of principles, or new arrangement of parts; to formulate by thought; to contrive; to excogitate; to invent; to plan; to scheme; as, to devise an engine, a new mode of writing, a plan of defense, or an argument.

Devise (v. t.) To plan or scheme for; to purpose to obtain.

Devise (v. t.) To say; to relate; to describe.

Devise (v. t.) To imagine; to guess.

Devise (v. t.) To give by will; -- used of real estate; formerly, also, of chattels.

Devise (v. i.) To form a scheme; to lay a plan; to contrive; to consider.

Devise (n.) The act of giving or disposing of real estate by will; -- sometimes improperly applied to a bequest of personal estate.

Devise (n.) A will or testament, conveying real estate; the clause of a will making a gift of real property.

Devise (n.) Property devised, or given by will.

Devise (n.) Device. See Device.

Devisee (n.) One to whom a devise is made, or real estate given by will.

Deviser (n.) One who devises.

Devisor (n.) One who devises, or gives real estate by will; a testator; -- correlative to devisee.

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