Destitute (v. t.) To leave destitute; to forsake; to abandon.
Destitute (v. t.) To make destitute; to cause to be in want; to deprive; -- followed by of.
Destitute (v. t.) To disappoint.
Destitutely (adv.) In destitution.
Destituteness (n.) Destitution.
Destitution (n.) The state of being deprived of anything; the state or condition of being destitute, needy, or without resources; deficiency; lack; extreme poverty; utter want; as, the inundation caused general destitution.
Destrer (n.) Alt. of Dextrer
Dextrer (n.) A war horse.
Destrie (v. t.) To destroy.
Destroyed (imp. & p. p.) of Destroy
Destroying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Destroy
Destroy (v. t.) To unbuild; to pull or tear down; to separate virulently into its constituent parts; to break up the structure and organic existence of; to demolish.
Destroy (v. t.) To ruin; to bring to naught; to put an end to; to annihilate; to consume.
Destroy (v. t.) To put an end to the existence, prosperity, or beauty of; to kill.
Destroyable (a.) Destructible.
Destroyer (n.) One who destroys, ruins, kills, or desolates.
Destruct (v. t.) To destroy.
Destructibility (n.) The quality of being capable of destruction; destructibleness.
Destructible (a.) Liable to destruction; capable of being destroyed.
Destructibleness (n.) The quality of being destructible.
Destruction (n.) The act of destroying; a tearing down; a bringing to naught; subversion; demolition; ruin; slaying; devastation.
Destruction (n.) The state of being destroyed, demolished, ruined, slain, or devastated.
Destruction (n.) A destroying agency; a cause of ruin or of devastation; a destroyer.
Destructionist (n.) One who delights in destroying that which is valuable; one whose principles and influence tend to destroy existing institutions; a destructive.
Destructionist (n.) One who believes in the final destruction or complete annihilation of the wicked; -- called also annihilationist.
Destructive (a.) Causing destruction; tending to bring about ruin, death, or devastation; ruinous; fatal; productive of serious evil; mischievous; pernicious; -- often with of or to; as, intemperance is destructive of health; evil examples are destructive to the morals of youth.
Destructive (n.) One who destroys; a radical reformer; a destructionist.
Destructively (adv.) In a destructive manner.
Destructiveness (n.) The quality of destroying or ruining.
Destructiveness (n.) The faculty supposed to impel to the commission of acts of destruction; propensity to destroy.
Destructor (n.) A destroyer.
Destruie (v. t.) To destroy.
Desudation (n.) A sweating; a profuse or morbid sweating, often succeeded by an eruption of small pimples.
Desuete (a.) Disused; out of use.
Desuetude (n.) The cessation of use; disuse; discontinuance of practice, custom, or fashion.
Desulphurated (imp. & p. p.) of Desulphurate
Desulphurating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Desulphurate
Desulphurate (v. t.) To deprive of sulphur.
Desulphuration (n.) The act or process of depriving of sulphur.
Desulphurize (v. t.) To desulphurate; to deprive of sulphur.
Desultorily (adv.) In a desultory manner; without method; loosely; immethodically.
Desultoriness (n.) The quality of being desultory or without order or method; unconnectedness.
Desultorious (a.) Desultory.
Desultory (a.) Leaping or skipping about.
Desultory (a.) Jumping, or passing, from one thing or subject to another, without order or rational connection; without logical sequence; disconnected; immethodical; aimless; as, desultory minds.
Desultory (a.) Out of course; by the way; as a digression; not connected with the subject; as, a desultory remark.
Desume (v. t.) To select; to borrow.
Desynonymization (n.) The act of desynonymizing.
Desynonymize (v. t.) To deprive of synonymous character; to discriminate in use; -- applied to words which have been employed as synonyms.
Detached (imp. & p. p.) of Detach
Detaching (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Detach
Detach (v. t.) To part; to separate or disunite; to disengage; -- the opposite of attach; as, to detach the coats of a bulbous root from each other; to detach a man from a leader or from a party.
Detach (v. t.) To separate for a special object or use; -- used especially in military language; as, to detach a ship from a fleet, or a company from a regiment.
Detach (v. i.) To push asunder; to come off or separate from anything; to disengage.
Detachable (a.) That can be detached.
Detached (a.) Separate; unconnected, or imperfectly connected; as, detached parcels.
Detachment (n.) The act of detaching or separating, or the state of being detached.
Detachment (n.) That which is detached; especially, a body of troops or part of a fleet sent from the main body on special service.
Detachment (n.) Abstraction from worldly objects; renunciation.
Detail (n.) A minute portion; one of the small parts; a particular; an item; -- used chiefly in the plural; as, the details of a scheme or transaction.
Detail (n.) A narrative which relates minute points; an account which dwells on particulars.
Detail (n.) The selection for a particular service of a person or a body of men; hence, the person or the body of men so selected.
Detailed (imp. & p. p.) of Detail
Detailing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Detail
Detail (n.) To relate in particulars; to particularize; to report minutely and distinctly; to enumerate; to specify; as, he detailed all the facts in due order.
Detail (n.) To tell off or appoint for a particular service, as an officer, a troop, or a squadron.
Detailer (n.) One who details.
Detained (imp. & p. p.) of Detain
Detaining (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Detain
Detain (v. t.) To keep back or from; to withhold.
Detain (v. t.) To restrain from proceeding; to stay or stop; to delay; as, we were detained by an accident.
Detain (v. t.) To hold or keep in custody.
Detain (n.) Detention.
Detainder (n.) A writ. See Detinue.
Detainer (n.) One who detains.
Detainer (n.) The keeping possession of what belongs to another; detention of what is another's, even though the original taking may have been lawful. Forcible detainer is indictable at common law.
Detainer (n.) A writ authorizing the keeper of a prison to continue to keep a person in custody.
Detainment (n.) Detention.
Detect (a.) Detected.
Detected (imp. & p. p.) of Detect
Detecting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Detect
Detect (v. t.) To uncover; to discover; to find out; to bring to light; as, to detect a crime or a criminal; to detect a mistake in an account.
Detect (v. t.) To inform against; to accuse.
Detectable (a.) Alt. of Detectible
Detectible (a.) Capable of being detected or found out; as, parties not detectable.
Detecter (n.) One who, or that which, detects or brings to light; one who finds out what another attempts to conceal; a detector.
Detection (n.) The act of detecting; the laying open what was concealed or hidden; discovery; as, the detection of a thief; the detection of fraud, forgery, or a plot.
Detective (a.) Fitted for, or skilled in, detecting; employed in detecting crime or criminals; as, a detective officer.
Detective (n.) One who business it is so detect criminals or discover matters of secrecy.
Detector (n.) One who, or that which, detects; a detecter.
Detenebrate (v. t.) To remove darkness from.
Detent (n.) That which locks or unlocks a movement; a catch, pawl, or dog; especially, in clockwork, the catch which locks and unlocks the wheelwork in striking.
Detention (n.) The act of detaining or keeping back; a withholding.
Detention (n.) The state of being detained (stopped or hindered); delay from necessity.
Detention (n.) Confinement; restraint; custody.
Deterred (imp. & p. p.) of Deter
Deterring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Deter
Deter (v. t.) To prevent by fear; hence, to hinder or prevent from action by fear of consequences, or difficulty, risk, etc.
Deterged (imp. & p. p.) of Deterge
Deterging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Deterge