DEPRI"VE, _v.a._ bereave one of a thing; hinder; debar from
DE"RVISE, _s._ a Turkish priest
DESCE"NDANT, _s._ the offspring of an ancestor
DESCRI"BE, _v.a._ mark out; define
DESCRI"PTION, _s._ the sentence or pa.s.sage in which anything is described
DESCRY", _v.a._ give notice of anything suddenly discovered; detect; discover
DE"SERT, _s._ a wilderness; solitude; waste country
DESE"RVE, _v.a._ be ent.i.tled to reward or punishment
DESI"GN, _s._ an intention; a purpose; a scheme
DESIGNA"TION, _s._ appointment; direction; intention to design
DESI"RE, _v.a._ wish; long for; intreat
DE"SOLATE, _a._ without inhabitants; solitary; laid waste
DESPA"TCH, _s._ to send away hastily; to do business quickly; to put to death
DE"SPERATE, _a._ without hope; rash; mad; furious
DE"SPICABLE, _a._ worthy of scorn; contemptible
DESPI"SE, _v.a._ scorn; condemn; slight; abhor
DE"SPOTISM, _s._ absolute power
DESTINA"TION, _s._ the place where it was our destiny to go; fate; doom
DE"STINE, _v.a._ doom; devote
DE"STINY, _s._ doom; fate
DE"St.i.tUTE, _a._ forsaken; abject; in want of
DESTRO"Y, _v.a._ lay waste; make desolate; put an end to
DESTRU"CTION, _s._ the act of destroying; the state of being destroyed; ruin
DETA"CH, _v.a._ separate; disengage
DETA"CHMENT, _s._ a body of troops sent out from the main army
DETE"R, _v.a._ fright from anything
DETERMINA"TION, _s._ absolute direction to a certain end; the result of deliberation; judicial decision
DETE"RMINE, _v.a._ fix; settle; resolve; decide
DETE"STABLE, _a._ hateful; abominable; odious
DETRA"CTION, _s._ the withdrawing or taking off from a thing
DETRU"DE, _v.a._ thrust down; force into a lower place
DEVASTA"TION, _s._ waste; havoc; desolation; destruction
DEVE"LOP, _v.a._ to disentangle; to disengage from something that enfolds and conceals
DEVIA"TION, _s._ the act of quitting the right way; wandering
DEVO"TE, _v.a._ dedicate; consecrate
DE"VOTEE, _s._ one erroneously or superst.i.tiously religious; a bigot
DEVO"TION, _s._ piety; prayer; strong affection; power
DE"XTEROUS, _a._ subtle; full of expedients; expert; active; ready
DIABO"LICAL, _a._ devilish
DI"ADEM, _s._ the mark of Royalty worn on the head
DI"AL, _s._ a plate marked with lines, where a hand or shadow shows the hour
DI"ALECT, _s._ subdivision of a language; style; manner of expression
DI"ALOGUE, _s._ a discussion between two persons
DIA"METER, _s._ the straight line which, pa.s.sing through the centre of a circle, divides it into two equal parts
DI"AMOND, _s._ the most valuable and hardest of all the gems; a brilliant
DI"FFER, _v.n._ be distinguished from; contend; be of a contrary opinion
DI"FFERENT, _a._ distinct; unlike; dissimilar
DIFFICULTY, _s._ hardness; something hard to accomplish; distress; perplexity in affairs
DI"GNITY, _s._ rank of elevation; grandeur of mien; high place
DILA"TE, _v n._ widen; grow wide; speak largely