DERANGEMENT, (de-ranje'-ment) n. s.
Disorder: discomposure of mind or intel-
lect.
DERAY, (de-ra') n. s. Tumult; disorder;
noise; merriment; jollity; solemnity.
DERELICT, (der'-e-likt) a. Wilfully re-

linquished.
DERELICTION, (der-e-lik ́-shun) n. s. The
act of forsaking or leaving; the state of
being forsaken.

DERELICTS, (der'-e-likts) n. s. pl. In law,
Goods wilfully thrown away, or relinquished.
To DERIDE, (de-ride') v. a. To laugh at;

to mock.

A mocker; a

DERIDER, (de-ri'-der) n. s.
scoffer.
DERIDINGLY, (de-ri'-ding-le) ad. In a
jeering manner.

DERISION, (de-rizh'-un) n. s. The act of
deriding or laughing at; contempt; scorn.
DERISIVE, (de-ri'-siv) a. Mocking; scoffing.
DERISIVELY, (de-ri-siv-le) ad. In a con-
temptuous manner.

DERISORY, (de-ri'-sur-e) a. Mocking;
ridiculing.

DERIVABLE, (de-ri'-va-bl) a. Attainable
by right of descent or derivation; deducible,
as from a root, or cause.
To DERIVATE, (der'-e-vate) v. a. To derive.
DERIVATION, (der-e-va'-shun) n. s. A
draining of water; a turning of its course;
the transmission of anything from its source.
In grammar, The tracing of a word from its
original. In medicine, The drawing of a
humour from one part of the body to an-
other; the thing deduced or derived.
DERIVATIVE, (de-riv'-a-tiv) a.
or taken from another.
DERIVATIVE, (de-riv'-a-tiv) 11. 5.
thing or word derived or taken from another.
DERIVATIVELY, (de-riv'-a-tiv-le) ad. In
a derivative manner.

Derived

The

To DERIVE, (de-rive') v. a. To turn the course of water from its channel; to deduce, as from a root or cause; to receive by transmission. In grammar, To trace a word from its origin.

DERIVER, (de-rive'-er) n. s.

One that draws or fetches, as from the source or principle.

To DEROGATE, (der'-o gate) v. a. To do an act so far contrary to a law or custom, as to diminish its former extent; to disparage; to diminish.

To DEROGATE, (der'-o-gate) v. n. To detract; to lessen reputation; to degenerate. DEROGATE, (der'-o-gate) a. Degraded; damaged.

DEROGATELY, (der-o-gate-le) ad. In a manner which lessens honour or respect. DEROGATION, (der-o-ga'-shun) n.s. The act of weakening or restraining a former law or contract; a defamation; detraction. DEROGATIVE, (de-rog'-a-tiv) a. Detracting; lessening the honour of. DEROGATORILY, (de-rog'-a-tur-e-le) ad. In a detracting manner. DEROGATORÏNESS, (de-rog -a-tur-e-ness)

n. s. The act of derogating; the state of being detracted from.

DEROGATORY, (de-rog'-a-tur-e) a. Detractious; that lessens the honour of; dishonourable.

DERVIS, (der'-vis) n. s. A Turkish priest,

or monk.

DESART. See DESERT.

DESCANT, (des'-kant) n. s. A song or tune composed in parts; a discourse; a disputation; a disquisition branched out into several divisions or heads.

To DESCANT, (des-kant') v.n. To sing in
parts; to run a division or variety upon
notes; to discourse at large; to make
speeches.

To DESCEND, (de-send') v. n. To go down-
wards; to come down; to go down, in a
figurative sense; to make an invasion; to
proceed as from an original; to be derived
from; to fall in order of inheritance to a
successor; to extend a discourse from ge-
neral to particular considerations.
To DESCEND, (de-send') v. a. To walk
downward.

DESCENDANT, (de-sen'-dant) n. s. The
offspring of an ancestor.
DESCENDENT, (de-sen'-dent) a. Falling;
sinking; descending; proceeding from an-
other as an original or ancestor.
DESCENDIBILITY, (de-sen-de-bil-e-te)
n. s. Conformity to the rules of descent.
DESCENDIBLE, (de-sen'-de-bl) a. Capable
of being descended; "transmissible by in-

heritance.

DESCENSION, (de-sen'-shun) n. s. Going downwards; descent; a declension; a degradation. In astronomy, right descension is the arch of the equator, which descends with the sign or star below the horizon of a direct sphere.

DESCENSIONAL, (de-sen'-shun-al) a. Relating to descent.

DESCENSIVE, (de-sen'-siv) a. Descending; having a descending quality or propensity. DESCENT, (de-sent) . s. The act of passing from a higher to a lower place; progress downwards; obliquity; inclination lowest place; degradation; invasion; hostile entrance into a kingdom; transmission of anything by succession and inheritance: the state of proceeding from an original or progenitor; birth; extraction; a single step in the scale of genealogy; a rank in the scale of subordination.

To DESCRIBE, (de-skribe') v. a. To delineate; to mark out; to mark out anything by the mention of its properties; to distribute into proper heads or divisions; to define. DESCRIBER, (de-skri'-ber) n. s. He that describes.

DESCRIER, (de-skri ́-er) n. s. A discoverer; a detecter.

DESCRIPTION, (de-skrip ́-shun) n. s. Delineating or expressing anything by perceptible properties; the sentence or passage in which anything is described; a definition; The qualities expressed in a description

Fate, far, fall, fat;-me, met;-pine, pin ;-no, move,

DESCRIPTIVE, (de-skrip'-tiv) a. Express-
ing anything by perceptible qualities.
To DESCRY, (de-skri) v. a. Tospy out at a
distance; to detect; to find out anything con-
cealed ; to discover ; to perceive by the
DESCRY, (de-skri) n. s. Discovery.
To DESECRATE, (des'-se-krate) v. a. To
profane by misapplication; to divert from the
purpose to which anything is consecrated.
DESECRATION, (des-se-kra'-shun) n. s.
The abolition of consecration; profanation.
DESERT, (dez'-ert) n. s. A place deserted;
a wilderness; solitude.

DESIGNABLE, (de-zine'-a-bl) a. Capable of being designed.

To

DESIGNATE, (des'-ig-nate) a. Marked out; chosen; appointed. TO DESIGNATE, (des'-ig-nate) v. a. eye. point out; to distinguish. DESIGNATION, (des-ig-na-shun) n. s. The act of pointing or marking out; appointment; direction; import; intention. DESIGNATIVE, (des'-ig-na-tiv) a. Appointing; shewing. DESIGNEDLY, (de-zi'-ned-le) ad. Purposely; intentionally.

DESERT, (dez-ert) a. Wild; waste; solitary.
To DESERT, (de-zert') v. a. To forsake; to
fall away from; to abandon; to leave.
To DESERT, (de-zert') v. n. To quit the
army in which one is enlisted.
DESERT, (de-zert') n.s. Degree of merit or
demerit; proportional merit; claim to re-
ward; excellence; right to reward; virtue.
DESERTER, (de-zer'-ter) n. s. He that has
forsaken his cause or his post; he that
leaves the army in which he is enlisted; an
abandoner.

DESERTION, (de-zer'-shun) n.s. Forsaking
or abandoning a cause or post; direliction;
quitting an army in which one is enlisted.
To DESERVE, (de-zerv') v. n. To be worthy
of either good or ill.

To DESERVE, (de-zerv') v. u. To be worthy of reward.

DESERVEDLY, (de-zer'-ved-le) ad. Worthily.

DESERVER, (de-zer'-ver) 1. A man who merits rewards.

DESERVING, (de-zer'-ving) a. Worthy.
DESERVINGLY, (de-zer'-ving-le) ad. Wor-
thily.

DESHABILLE. See DISHABILLE.
DESICCANTS, (de-sik'-kants) n. s. Appli-
cations that dry up the flow of sores.
To DESICCATE, (de-sik ́-kąte) v. a. To dry
up; to exhaust of moisture; to exhale
moisture.

To DESICCATE, (de-sik'-kate) v. n. To grow
dry.

DESICCATION, (des-ik-ka'-shun) n.s. The
act of making dry; the state of being
dried.
DESICCATIVE, (de-sik'-ką-tiv) a. Having
the power of drying.

To

TO DESIDERATE, (de-sid'-er-ate) v. a. want; to miss; to desire in absence. DESIDERATUM, (de-sid-e-ra'-tum) n. s. An object of particular desire or want. DESIDIOSE, (de-sid-e-ose') a. Idle; lazy; heavy.

To DESIGN, (de-zine') v. a. To purpose; to intend anything; to form or order with a particular purpose; to devote intentionally; to plan; to project; to form in idea; to sketch out the first draught of a picture. DESIGN, (de-zine') n. s. An intention; a purpose; a scheme; a plan of action; a scheme formed to the detriment of another; the idea which an artist endeavours to execute or express.

DESIGNER, (de-zi'-ner) n. s. One that de-
signs; a purposer; a plotter; a contriver;
one that forms the idea of anything in paint-
ing, sculpture, architecture, &c.
DESIGNING, (de-zi'-ning) part. a. Insidi-
ous; treacherous.

DESIGNING, (de-zi'-ning) n. s. The art of
delineating the appearance of natural ob-
jects.
DESIGNMENT, (de-zine'-ment) n. s.
purpose and intent; the idea or sketch of a

work.

A

DESIRABLE, (de-zi'-ra-bl) a. To be wished
with earnestness; pleasing; delightful.
DESIRABLENESS, (de-zi-ra-bl-nes) n. s.
The quality of being desirable.

DESIRE, (de-zire') n. s. Wish; eagerness
to obtain or enjoy.

To DESIRE, (de-zire') v. n. To wish; to

long for; to covet; to express wishes; to ask; to intreat; to require; to demand. DESIRER, (de-zi'-rer) n. s. One that is eager for anything.

DESIROUS, (de-zi'-rus) a. Full of desire;
eager; longing after."
DESIROUSLY, (de-zi'-rus-le) ad. Eager-
ly; with desire.

DESIROUSNESS, (de-zi'-rus-nes) n. s. Full-
ness of desire.

To DESIST, (de-sist') v.n. To cease from ;

to stop.

DESISTANCE, (de-sis'-tanse) n.s. Desist-
ing; cessation.

DESK, (desk) n. s. An inclining table for
the use of writers or readers.
DESOLATE, (des'-so-late) a. Without in-
habitants; deprived of inhabitants; laid
To de-

waste.

One

To DESOLATE, (des'-so-late) v. a.
prive of inhabitants; to lay waste.
DESOLATELY, (des'-so-late-le) ad. In a
desolate manner.
DESOLATER, (des'-so-la-ter) n. s.
who causes desolation.
DESOLATION, (des-so-la'-shun) n. s. De-
struction of inhabitants; gloominess; sad-
ness; a place wasted and forsaken.
DESOLATOR. See DESOLATER.
DESOLATORY, (des'-so-la-tur-e) a. Caus-
ing desolation.

DESPAIR, (de-spare') n. s. Hopelessness;
despondence; loss of confidence in the
mercy of God.

To DESPAIR, (de-spare') v. n. To be without hope; to despond.

ngt;-tube, tub, byll ;--qil ;-pound;—thin, THIS.

Fate, far, fall, fat;-me, met;-pine, pin;-no, move,

R. S.

DET

N. S.

DET

the quality of destroying; wasteful; bring- DETERIORATION, (de-te-re-o-ra'-shun) ing to destruction. DESTRUCTIVELY, (de-struk'-tiv-le) ad. Ruinously; mischievously. The act of making anything worse; DESTRUCTIVENESS, (de-struk'-tiv-nes) the state of growing worse. DETERMINABLE, (de-ter'-me-na-bl) a. DESTRUCTOR, (de-struk'-tur) n. s. DeThe quality of destroying or ruining. To DETERMINATE, (de-ter'-me-nate) v. a. Capable of being certainly decided. stroyer; consumer. DESUDATION, (des-u-da'-shun) n. s. A To limit; to fix. DETERMINATE, (de-ter-me-nate) a. Setprofuse and inordinate sweating. DÉSUETUDE, (des'-swe-tude) n. s. tled; definite; determined; established; sation to be accustomed; discontinuance of DETERMINATELY, settled by rule; decisive; conclusive; fixed; Cespractice or habit. resolute; resolved. DÊSULTORY, (des'-ul-tur-e) DESULTORIOUS, (des-ul-to-re-us)

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a.

Roving from thing to thing; unsettled;
immethodical; wavering; by starts and
leaps.

To DESUME, (de-sume') .a. To take from
anything; to borrow.

To DETACH, (de-tątsh') v. a. To separate; to disengage; to part from something. A military term, To send out part of a greater body of men on an expedition. DETACHMENT, (de-tatsh'-ment) n. s. The act of detaching; the thing detached; a body of troops sent out from the main army.

To DETAIL, (de-tale') v. a. To relate particularly; to display minutely. DETAIL, (de-tale) n.s. ticular account or separation. A minute and parDETAILER, (de-ta'-ler) n. s. relates particulars.

One who

To DETAIN, (de-tane') v. a.
which belongs to another; to withhold; to
To keep that
keep back; to restrain from departure; to
hold in custody.

DETAINDER, (de-tane'-der) n. s. In law,
The name of a writ for holding one in cus-
tody, properly detinue.
DETAINER, (de-ta-ner) n. s.

He that

In

holds back any one's right; he that detains anything; confinement; detention. law, The act of unlawfully holding back the right of another person. To DETECT, (de-tekt') v. a. to find out any crime or artifice; to disTo discover ; cover in general. DETECTER, (de-tek'-ter) n.

coverer.

A dis

Dis

DETECTION, (de-tek'-shun) n. s.
covery of guilt or fraud; discovery of any-
thing hidden.

DETENTION, (de-ten'-shun) n.s.

of keeping what belongs to another; conThe act finement; restraint.

To DETER, (de-ter') v. n. To discourage by

terrour.

DETERMENT, (de-ter-ment) n. s.

Cause

of discouragement; that by which one is deterred.

DETERGENT, (de-ter'-jent) a. the power of cleansing. DETERGENT, (de-ter-jent) n. s. which cleanses.

Having

That

TO DETERIORATE, (de-te'-re-o-rate) v. a.
To impair; to make worse.

N. S.

(de-ter-me-nate-le)

ad. Resolutely; certainly; unchangeably DETERMINATION, (de-ter-me-na-shun) Absolute direction to a certain end; the result of deliberation; resolution taken. In law, Judicial decision; expiration; end. DETERMINATIVE, (de-ter'-me-na-tiv) a DETERMINATOR, (de-ter'-me-na -tur) n.s Uncontrollably directing to a certain end; causing a limitation. To DETERMINE, (de-ter'-min) v. a. To One who determines. fix; to settle; to conclude; to fix ultimately; to bound; to confine; to adjust to limit; to define; to influence the choice; to resolve; to decide; to put an end to. TO DETERMINE, (de ter-min) v. n. conclude; to settle opinion; to end; to Το come to an end; to make a decision; to resolve concerning anything. DETERMINER, (de-ter'-min-er) n. s. One who makes a determination. DETERRATION, (de-ter-ra' shun) n. s. DETERSION, (de-ter'-shun) n. s. covery of anything by removal of the earth that hides it. DETERSIVE, (de-ter-siv) a. Having the of cleansing a sore. The act power to cleanse. DETERSIVE, (de-ter'-siv) n. s. An application that has the power of cleansing wounds. To hate; to

DETESTABLY, (de-tes'-tą-ble) a.
DETESTABLENESS, (de-tes'-ta-bl-ness) n.s.
fully; abominably;
The quality of being detestable.
DETESTATION, (de-tes-ta'-shun) n. s. Ha
tred; abhorrence; abomination.
DETESTER, (de-tes'-ter) n. 8.
hates or abhors.

One that

DETHRONEMENT, (de-throne'-ment) n. s.
To DETHRONE, (de-throne') v. a. To divest
of regality; to throw down from the throne,
The act of dethroning.
DETHRONER, (de-throne-er) n. s. One
who contributes towards depriving of regal
dignity.
DETINUE, (de-tin'-u) n. s.
that lies against him, who, having goods
In law, A writ
or chattels delivered to him to keep, refuses
to deliver them again.

To DETONATE, (det'-to-nate) v. n.
make a noise like thunder.
Το

ngt;-tube, tub, bull;-oil ;-pound ;-thin, This.

DETONATION, (det-o-na-shun) n. s. A
noise more forcible than the ordinary crack-
ling of salts in calcination.
DETORSION, (de-tor'-shun) n. S. A de-
parture from the original design.

To DETORT, (de-tort) v. a. To wrest from
the original import, meaning, or design.
To DETRACT, (de-trakt') v.a. To derogate;
to take away by envy anything from the re-
putation of another; to take away; to with-
draw.
DETRACTER, (de-trąk'-ter) n. s. One that
takes away; a slanderer.
DETRACTION, (de-trąk'-shun) n. s. The
impairing or lessening a man in point of
fame; a withdrawing; a taking away.
DETRACTIOUS, (de-trak'-she-us) a Les-
sening the honour of a thing.
DETRACTIVE, (de-trak-tiv) a.

Having

the power to take or draw away; disposed
to derogate.

DETRACTOR, (de-trak'-tur) n. s. One that
takes away another's reputation.
DETRACTORY, (de-trak'-tur-e) a. Defa-
matory; derogatory.
DETRACTRESS, (de-trak'-tres) n. s. A

censorious woman.

The act

DETRIMENT, (det'-tre-ment) n. s. Loss;
damage; mischief.
DETRIMENTAL, (det-tre-men'-tal) a. Mis-
chievous; harmful; causing loss.
DETRITION, (de-trish'-un) n. s.
of wearing away.
To DETRUDE, (de-trood') v. a. To thrust
down; to force into a lower place.
To DETRUNCATE, (de-trung'-kate) v. a.
To lop; to cut.

DETRUŃCATION, (de-trung-ka'-shun) n. s.
The act of lopping or cutting.
DETRUSION, (de-troo'-zhun) n. s. The act
of thrusting or forcing down.
To DEVASTATE, (de-vas'-tate) v. a.
lay waste.

To

n. s.

DEVASTATION, (dev-as-ta'-shun)
Waste; havock; desolation.
DEUCE, (duse) n. s. Two; a word used
for a card or die with two spots; the devil.
See DEUSE.

To DEVELOPE, (dẹ-veľ ́-up) v. a. To dis-
engage; to disentangle; to clear from its
covering.

DEVELOPEMENT, (de-vel'-up-ment) n. s.
The act of minutely shewing; an exhi-
bition.
DEVERGENCE, (de-ver'-jense) n. s. De-
clivity; declination.

To DEVEST, (de-vest') v. a. More frequently
divest. To strip; to deprive of clothes; to
take away any thing good.
DEVEX, (de-veks') a. Bending down; de-
clivous.

DEVEXITY, (de-vek'-se-te) n. s. Incurva-
tion downwards; declivity.

established rule; offence; obliquity of con-
duct.

DEVICE, (de-vice') n. s. A contrivance; a
stratagem; a design; a scheme formed; the
emblem on a shield; the ensign armorial;
invention; a spectacle; a show.
DEVICEFUL, (de-vise'-ful) a. Full of spec-
tacles; inventive; full of speculation.
DEVIL, (dev'-vl) n.s. A fallen angel; the
tempter and spiritual enemy of mankind;
an evil spirit; a cant term for mischief.
DEVILING, (dev'-vl-ing) n. s. A young
devil.

DEVILISH, (dev'-vl-ish) a. Partaking of
the qualities of the devil; diabolical; hav-
ing communication with the devil; an epithet
of abhorrence or contempt; excessive, in
a ludicrous sense.

DEVILISHLY, (dev ́-vl-ish-lẹ) ad. Diabol-
lically.

DEVILISHNESS, (dev'-vl-ish-nes) n. s. The
quality of the devil.
DEVILISM, (dev'-vl-izm) n. s.

of devils.

DEVILKIN, (dev'-vl-kin) n. s.
devil.

DEVILSHIP, (dev-vl-ship) n. sa
racter of a devil.

The state

A little

The cha

DEVIOUS, (de'-ve-us) a. Out of the com-
mon track; wandering; roving; rambling;
erring.

To DEVIRGINATE, (de-ver-je-nate) v.a.
To deflour; to deprive of virginity.
DEVISABLE, (de-vi-za-bl) a. Capable of
being contrived or invented; possible to bo
excogitated. In law, Capable of being
granted by will.

To DEVISE, (de-vize') v. a. To contrive;
to form by art; to invent; to plan; to
scheme. In law, To bequeath, applied to
real property.

To DEVISE, (de-vize) v. n. To consider ;
to contrive.

DEVISE, (de vize') n.s. A gift of lands by
will.

DEVISEE, (dev'-e-ze') n. s. He to whom
something is bequeathed by will.
DEVISER, (de-vi'-zer) n. s. A contriver;
an inventer.

DEVISOUR, (dev-e-zor') n. s. He that gives
by will.

DEVOCATION, (dev-e-ka'-shun) n. s. A
calling away; a seduction.
DEVOID, (de-void') a. Empty; vacant;
void; free from; in want of.
DEVOIR, (dev-wor') n. s. Service; act of
civility or obsequiousness.

To DEVOLVE, (de-volv′) v. a. To roll

down; to move from one hand to another.
To DEVOLVE, (de-volv') v. n. To roll

down; to fall in succession into new hands.
DEVOLUTION, (dev-o-lu'-shun) n. s. The
act of rolling down; successive removal
from hand to hand.
DEVORATION, (de-vo-ra'-shun) n. s. The
act of devouring.
DEVOTARY, (dev'-o-ta-re) n. s. One de-
voted to a particular worship; a votary.
Fate, far, fall, fat;-me, met;-pine, pin ;-no, move,

To DEVIATE, (de'-ve-ate) v.n. To wander
from the right or common way; to go astray;
to err; to sin.
DEVIATION, (de-ve-a-shun) n.s. The act
of quitting the right way; variation from