Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter D - Page 20
Defly (adv.) Deftly. [Obs.] -- Spenser.
Defoedation (n.) Defedation. [Obs.] Defoliate
Defoliate (a.) Alt. of Defoliated
Defoliated (a.) Deprived of leaves, as by their natural fall.
Defoliate (v. t.) 使落葉；除掉……的葉 To cause (a plant) to shed its leaves.
Defoliate (a.) Deprived of leaves [syn: defoliate, defoliated].
Defoliate (v.) Strip the leaves or branches from; "defoliate the trees with pesticides".
Defoliation (n.) The separation of ripened leaves from a branch or stem; the falling or shedding of the leaves.
Defoliation (n.) The act or process of causing plants to lose their leaves, especially by application of a chemical agent.
Note: The deliberate defoliation of plants has been used in war (as in Vietnam) to deprive an enemy of cover and allow attack from the air; also, to destroy narcotic-producing plants as a tactic against illegal drug production. The chemical defoliating agents are often sprayed over large areas from airplanes.
Defoliation (n.) The loss of foliage.
Defoliation (n.) Causing the leaves of trees and other plants to fall off (as by the use of chemicals).
Deforced (imp. & p. p.) of Deforce
Deforcing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Deforce
Deforce (v. t.) (Law) To keep from the rightful owner; to withhold wrongfully the possession of, as of lands or a freehold.
Deforce (v. t.) (Scots Law) To resist the execution of the law; to oppose by force, as an officer in the execution of his duty. -- Burrill.
Deforcement (n.) (Law) A keeping out by force or wrong; a wrongful withholding, as of lands or tenements, to which another has a right.
Deforcement (n.) (Law) (Scots Law) Resistance to an officer in the execution of law. -- Burrill.
Deforcement, () tort. In its most extensive sense it signifies the holding of any lands or tenements to which another person has a right; Co. Litt. 277; so that this includes, as well, an abatement, an intrusion, a disseisin, or a discontinuance, as any other species of wrong whatsoever, by which the owner of the freehold is kept out of possession. But, as contradistinguished from the former, it is only such a detainer, of the freehold, from him who has the right of property, as falls within none of the injuries above mentioned. 3 Bl. Com. 173; Archb. Civ. Pl. 13; Dane's Ab. Index, h.t.
Deforcement, () Scotch law. The opposition given, or resistance made, to messengers or other officers, while they are employed in executing the law.
Deforcement, () This crime is punished by confiscation of movables, the one half to the king, and the other to the creditor at whose suit the diligence is used. Ersk. Pr. L. Scot. 4,4,32.
Deforceor (n.) Same as Deforciant. [Obs.]
Deforciant (n.) (Eng. Law) One who keeps out of possession the rightful owner of an estate.
Deforciant (n.) (Eng. Law) One against whom a fictitious action of fine was brought. [Obs.] -- Burrill.
Deforciation (n.) (Law) Same as Deforcement, n.
Deforest (v. t.) 採伐……的森林；清除……上的樹林 To clear of forests; to disforest. -- U. S. Agric. Reports.
Deforest (v.) Remove the trees from; "The landscape was deforested by the enemy attacks" [syn: deforest, disforest, disafforest].
DeForest, WI -- U.S. village in Wisconsin
Population (2000): 7368
Housing Units (2000): 2761
Land area (2000): 4.830617 sq. miles (12.511240 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.052474 sq. miles (0.135906 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 4.883091 sq. miles (12.647146 sq. km)
FIPS code: 19350
Located within: Wisconsin (WI), FIPS 55
Location: 43.245751 N, 89.345869 W
ZIP Codes (1990):
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
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Deforestation (n.) 砍伐森林 The state of being clear of trees.
Deforestation (n.) The removal of trees [syn: deforestation, disforestation].
Deforestation (n.) A technique invented by Phil Wadler for eliminating intermediate data structures built and passed between composed functions in function languages. (1997-06-21)
Deformed (imp. & p. p.) of Deform
Deforming (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Deform
Deform (v. t.) 使成畸形；使變醜陋 To spoil the form of; to mar in form; to misshape; to disfigure.
Deformed, unfinished, sent before my time Into this breathing world. -- Shak.
Deform (v. t.) To render displeasing; to deprive of comeliness, grace, or perfection; to dishonor.
Above those passions that this world deform. -- Thomson.
Deform (a.) Deformed; misshapen; shapeless; horrid. [Obs.]
Sight so deform what heart of rock could long Dry-eyed behold? -- Milton.
Deform (v.) (v. i.) 變畸形；變形Make formless; "the heat deformed the plastic sculpture".
Deform (v.) Twist and press out of shape [syn: contort, deform, distort, wring].
Deform (v.) Cause (a plastic object) to assume a crooked or angular form; "bend the rod"; "twist the dough into a braid"; "the strong man could turn an iron bar" [syn: flex, bend, deform, twist, turn] [ant: unbend].
Deform (v.) Become misshapen; "The sidewalk deformed during the earthquake".
Deform (v.) Alter the shape of (something) by stress; "His body was deformed by leprosy" [syn: deform, distort, strain].
Deform (v.) Assume a different shape or form [syn: change shape, change form, deform].
Deformation (n.) 毀壞；變形 [U]；變壞；變醜 [U] [C]；畸形；殘廢 [C] The act of deforming, or state of anything deformed. -- Bp. Hall.
Deformation (n.) Transformation; change of shape.
Deformation (n.) A change for the worse [syn: distortion, deformation].
Deformation (n.) Alteration in the shape or dimensions of an object as a result of the application of stress to it.
Deformation (n.) The act of twisting or deforming the shape of something (e.g., yourself) [syn: contortion, deformation].
Deformed (a.) Unnatural or distorted in form; having a deformity; misshapen; disfigured; as, a deformed person; a deformed head. -- De*form"ed*ly, adv. -- De*form"ed*ness, n.
Deformed (a.) So badly formed or out of shape as to be ugly; "deformed thalidomide babies"; "his poor distorted limbs"; "an ill-shapen vase"; "a limp caused by a malformed foot"; "misshapen old fingers" [syn: deformed, distorted, ill-shapen, malformed, misshapen].
Deformer (n.) One who deforms.
Deformities (n. pl. ) of Deformity
Deformity (n.) 畸形狀態 [U]；畸形（或殘缺）的部分 [C] The state of being deformed; want of proper form or symmetry; any unnatural form or shape; distortion; irregularity of shape or features; ugliness.
To make an envious mountain on my back, Where sits deformity to mock my body. -- Shak.
Deformity (n.) Anything that destroys beauty, grace, or propriety; irregularity; absurdity; gross deviation from order or the established laws of propriety; as, deformity in an edifice; deformity of character.
Confounded, that her Maker's eyes Should look so near upon her foul deformities. -- Milton.
Deformity (n.) An affliction in which some part of the body is misshapen or malformed [syn: deformity, malformation, misshapenness].
Deformity (n.) An appearance that has been spoiled or is misshapen; "there were distinguishing disfigurements on the suspect's back"; "suffering from facial disfiguration" [syn: disfigurement, disfiguration, deformity].
Deforser (n.) [Written also deforsor.] [律]（不動產的）非法佔有者 A deforciant. [Obs.] -- Blount.
Compare: Deforciant
Deforciant (n.) (Eng. Law) One who keeps out of possession the rightful owner of an estate.
Deforciant (n.) One against whom a fictitious action of fine was brought. [Obs.] -- Burrill.
Defoul (v. t.) To tread down. [Obs.] -- Wyclif.
Defoul (v. t.) To make foul; to defile. [Obs.] -- Wyclif.
Defrauded (imp. & p. p.) of Defraud
Defrauding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Defraud
Defraud (v. t.) 詐取，詐騙 [（+of）] To deprive of some right, interest, or property, by a deceitful device; to withhold from wrongfully; to injure by embezzlement; to cheat; to overreach; as, to defraud a servant, or a creditor, or the state; -- with of before the thing taken or withheld.
We have defrauded no man. -- 2 Cor. vii. 2.
Churches seem injured and defrauded of their rights. -- Hooker.
Defraud (v.) (v. i.) 進行詐騙 Deprive of by deceit; "He swindled me out of my inheritance"; "She defrauded the customers who trusted her"; "the cashier gypped me when he gave me too little change" [syn: victimize, swindle, rook, goldbrick, nobble, diddle, bunco, defraud, scam, mulct, gyp, gip, hornswoggle, sct of defrauding; a taking by fraud. [R.] -- Sir T. Browne.
Defrauder (n.) 詐騙者；騙子 One who defrauds; a cheat; an embezzler; a peculator.
Defrauder (n.) A person who swindles you by means of deception or fraud [syn: swindler, defrauder, chiseller, chiseler, gouger, scammer, grifter].
Defraudment (n.) Privation by fraud; defrauding. [Obs.] -- Milton.
Defrayed (imp. & p. p.) of Defray
Defraying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Defray
Defray (v. t.) 支付；支付……的費用 To pay or discharge; to serve in payment of; to provide for, as a charge, debt, expenses, costs, etc.
For the discharge of his expenses, and defraying his cost, he allowed him . . . four times as much. -- Usher.
Defray (v. t.) To avert or appease, as by paying off; to satisfy; as, to defray wrath. [Obs.] -- Spenser.
Defray (v.) Bear the expenses of.
Defrayal (n.) 支付 The act of defraying; payment; as, the defrayal of necessary costs.
Defrayal (n.) The act of paying money [syn: payment, defrayal, defrayment] [ant: evasion, nonpayment].
Defrayer (n.) One who pays off expenses.
Defrayment (n.) 支付；支出；付給 Payment of charges.
Defrayment (n.) The act of paying money [syn: payment, defrayal, defrayment] [ant: evasion, nonpayment].
Deft (a.) 靈巧的，熟練的，機敏的 Apt; fit; dexterous; clever; handy; spruce; neat. [Archaic or Poetic] "The deftest way." -- Shak. "Deftest feats." -- Gay.
Let me be deft and debonair. -- Byron.
Deft (a.) Dexterous; clever; handy; as, a deft feat of legerdemain.
The limping god, so deft at his new ministry. -- Dryden.
Deft (a.) Skillful in physical movements; especially of the hands; "a deft waiter"; "deft fingers massaged her face"; "dexterous of hand and inventive of mind" [syn: deft, dexterous, dextrous].
Deftly (adv.) Aptly; fitly; dexterously; neatly. "Deftly dancing." -- Drayton.
Thyself and office deftly show. -- Shak.
Deftly (adv.) With dexterity; in a dexterous manner; "dextrously he untied the knots" [syn: dexterously, dextrously, deftly].
Deftly (adv.) In a deft manner; "Lois deftly removed her scarf".
Deftness (n.) 熟練，靈巧 The quality of being deft. -- Drayton.
Deftness (n.) Skillful performance or ability without difficulty; "his quick adeptness was a product of good design"; "he was famous for his facility as an archer" [syn: adeptness, adroitness, deftness, facility, quickness].
Defunct (a.) 死的；非現存的；已廢止的 Having finished the course of life; dead; deceased. "Defunct organs." -- Shak.
The boar, defunct, lay tripped up, near. -- Byron.
Defunct (a.) No longer in effect or use; no longer operating; as, a defunct business; a defunct law.
Defunct (n.) 無生意的公司 A dead person; one deceased.
Defunct (a.) No longer in force or use; inactive; "a defunct law"; "a defunct organization".
Defunct (a.) Having ceased to exist or live; "the will of a defunct aunt"; "a defunct Indian tribe".
Defunct, () A term used for one that is deceased or dead. In some acts of assembly in Pennsylvania, such deceased person is called a decedent. (q.v.)
Defunction (n.) Death. [Obs.]
After defunction of King Pharamond. -- Shak.
Defunctive (a.) Funereal. [Obs.] "Defunctive music." -- Shak.
Defuse (v. t.) 拆去……的雷管；拆除（炸彈的）引信；使除去危險性；緩和 To disorder; to make shapeless. [Obs.] -- Shak.
Defuse (v. t.) To remove the fuse from; to deactivate (a bomb or other explosive device) or make it ineffective.
Syn: deactivate.
Defuse (v. t.) To make less dangerous; as, to defuse a tense confrontation between demonstrators and police.
Defuse (v.) Remove the triggering device from [ant: fuse].
Defied (imp. & p. p.) of Defy
Defying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Defy
Defy (v. t.) 公然反抗，蔑視；向……挑戰；激，惹 [O2]；使不能，使落空，抗拒 To renounce or dissolve all bonds of affiance, faith, or obligation with; to reject, refuse, or renounce. [Obs.]
I defy the surety and the bond. -- Chaucer.
For thee I have defied my constant mistress. -- Beau. & Fl.
Defy (v. t.) To provoke to combat or strife; to call out to combat; to challenge; to dare; to brave; to set at defiance; to treat with contempt; as, to defy an enemy; to defy the power of a magistrate; to defy the arguments of an opponent; to defy public opinion.
I once again Defy thee to the trial of mortal fight. -- Milton.
I defy the enemies of our constitution to show the contrary. -- Burke.
Defy (n.) 【美】【俚】挑戰，對抗 [C] [U] A challenge. [Obs.] -- Dryden.
Defy (v.) Resist or confront with resistance; "The politician defied public opinion"; "The new material withstands even the greatest wear and tear"; "The bridge held" [syn: defy, withstand, hold, hold up].
Defy (v.) Elude, especially in a baffling way; "This behavior defies explanation" [syn: defy, resist, refuse] [ant: apply, lend oneself].
Defy (v.) Challenge; "I dare you!" [syn: defy, dare].
Degarnished (imp. & p. p.) of Degarnish
Degarnishing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Degarnish
Degarnish (v. t.) To strip or deprive of entirely, as of furniture, ornaments, etc.; to disgarnish; as, to degarnish a house, etc. [R.]
Degarnish (v. t.) To deprive of a garrison, or of troops necessary for defense; as, to degarnish a city or fort. [R.] -- Washington.
Degarnishment (n.) The act of depriving, as of furniture, apparatus, or a garrison. [R.]
Degender (v. i.) Alt. of Degener
Degener (v. i.) To degenerate. [Obs.] "Degendering to hate." -- Spenser.
He degenereth into beastliness. -- Joye.
Degeneracy (n.) 退步；退化；墮落；衰亡 The act of becoming degenerate; a growing worse.
Willful degeneracy from goodness. -- Tillotson.
Degeneracy (n.) The state of having become degenerate; decline in good qualities; deterioration; meanness.
Degeneracy of spirit in a state of slavery. -- Addison.
To recover mankind out of their universal corruption and degeneracy. -- S. Clarke.
Degeneracy (n.) The state of being degenerate in mental or moral qualities [syn: degeneracy, degeneration, decadence, decadency].
Degeneracy (n.) Moral perversion; impairment of virtue and moral principles; "the luxury and corruption among the upper classes"; "moral degeneracy followed intellectual degeneration"; "its brothels, its opium parlors, its depravity"; "Rome had fallen into moral putrefaction" [syn: corruption, degeneracy, depravation, depravity, putrefaction].
Degenerate (a.) 衰退的；墮落的；【生】退化的 Having become worse than one's kind, or one's former state; having declined in worth; having lost in goodness; deteriorated; degraded; unworthy; base; low.
Faint-hearted and degenerate king. -- Shak.
A degenerate and degraded state. -- Milton.
Degenerate from their ancient blood. -- Swift.
These degenerate days. -- Pope.
I had planted thee a noble vine . . . : how then art thou turned into the degenerate plant of a strange vine unto me? -- Jer. ii. 21.
Degenerated (imp. & p. p.) of Degenerate
Degenerating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Degenerate
Degenerate (v. i.) [imp. & p. p. Degenerated; p. pr. & vb. n. Degenerating.] To be or grow worse than one's kind, or than one was originally; hence, to be inferior; to grow poorer, meaner, or more vicious; to decline in good qualities; to deteriorate.
When wit transgresseth decency, it degenerates into insolence and impiety. -- Tillotson.
Degenerate (v. i.) (Biol.) To fall off from the normal quality or the healthy structure of its kind; to become of a lower type.
Degenerate (n.) 墮落者；變態性慾者 [C] A person who has declined from a high standard, especially a sexual deviate; -- usually used disparagingly or opprobriously of persons whose sexual behavior does not conform to the norms of accepted morals.
Degenerate (n.) A person or thing that has fallen from a higher to a lower state, or reverted to an earlier type or stage of development or culture. -- RHUD
Degenerate (a.) Unrestrained by convention or morality; "Congreve draws a debauched aristocratic society"; "deplorably dissipated and degraded"; "riotous living"; "fast women" [syn: debauched, degenerate, degraded, dissipated, dissolute, libertine, profligate, riotous, fast].
Degenerate (n.) A person whose behavior deviates from what is acceptable especially in sexual behavior [syn: pervert, deviant, deviate, degenerate].
Degenerate (v.) Grow worse; "Her condition deteriorated"; "Conditions in the slums degenerated"; "The discussion devolved into a shouting match" [.: devolve, deteriorate, drop, degenerate] [.: convalesce, recover, recuperate].
Degenerate (a.) Less conspicuously admirable than one's ancestors. The contemporaries of Homer were striking examples of degeneracy; it required ten of them to raise a rock or a riot that one of the heroes of the Trojan war could have raised with ease. Homer never tires of sneering at "men who live in these degenerate days," which is perhaps why they suffered him to beg his bread -- a marked instance of returning good for evil, by the way, for if they had forbidden him he would certainly have starved.
Degenerately (adv.) In a degenerate manner; unworthily.
Degenerateness (n.) Degeneracy.
Degeneration (n.) 衰退；墮落；【生】退化（作用）；【醫】變性 The act or state of growing worse, or the state of having become worse; decline; degradation; debasement; degeneracy; deterioration.
Our degeneration and apostasy. -- Bates.
Degeneration (n.) (Physiol.) That condition of a tissue or an organ in which its vitality has become either diminished or perverted; a substitution of a lower for a higher form of structure; as, fatty degeneration of the liver.
Degeneration (n.) (Biol.) A gradual deterioration, from natural causes, of any class of animals or plants or any particular organ or organs; hereditary degradation of type.
Degeneration (n.) The thing degenerated. [R.]
Cockle, aracus, . . . and other degenerations. -- Sir T. Browne.
Amyloid degeneration, Caseous degeneration, etc. See under Amyloid, Caseous, etc.
Degeneration (n.) The process of declining from a higher to a lower level of effective power or vitality or essential quality [syn: degeneration, devolution] [ant: development, evolution].
Degeneration (n.) The state of being degenerate in mental or moral qualities [syn: degeneracy, degeneration, decadence, decadency].
Degeneration (n.) Passing from a more complex to a simpler biological form [syn: degeneration, retrogression]
Degenerationist (n.) (Biol.) A believer in the theory of degeneration, or hereditary degradation of type; as, the degenerationists hold that savagery is the result of degeneration from a superior state.
Degenerative (a.) 退化的；變質的 Undergoing or producing degeneration; tending to degenerate.
Degenerative (a.) (Of illness) Marked by gradual deterioration of organs and cells along with loss of function; "degenerative diseases of old age".
Degenerative joint disease (n.) (Pathology) 退化性關節炎 The most common form of arthritis, usually occurring after middle age, marked by chronic breakdown of cartilage in the joints leading to pain, stiffness, and swelling. Also called Osteoarthritis .
Degenerative joint disease (n.) Chronic breakdown of cartilage in the joints; the most common form of arthritis occurring usually after middle age [syn: osteoarthritis, degenerative arthritis, degenerative joint disease].
Degenerous (a.) Degenerate; base. [Obs.] "Degenerous passions." -- Dryden.
"Degenerous practices." -- South.
Degenerously (adv.) Basely. [Obs.]
Deglazing (n.) The process of giving a dull or ground surface to glass by acid or by mechanical means. -- Knight.
Degloried (a.) Deprived of glory; dishonored. [Obs.] "With thorns degloried." -- G. Fletcher.
Deglutinated (imp. & p. p.) of Deglutinate
Deglutinating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Deglutinate
Deglutinate (v. t.) To loosen or separate by dissolving the glue which unties; to unglue.
Deglutination (n.) The act of ungluing.
Deglutition (n.) The act or process of swallowing food; the power of swallowing.
The muscles employed in the act of deglutition. -- Paley.
Deglutition (n.) The act of swallowing; "one swallow of the liquid was enough"; "he took a drink of his beer and smacked his lips" [syn: swallow, drink, deglutition].
Deglutitious (a.) Pertaining to deglutition. [R.]
Deglutitory (a.) Serving for, or aiding in, deglutition.
Degradation (n.) 下降，降低；降級；墮落；丟臉；【地】陵削，剝蝕；【宗】革除神職 The act of reducing in rank, character, or reputation, or of abasing; a lowering from one's standing or rank in office or society; diminution; as, the degradation of a peer, a knight, a general, or a bishop.
He saw many removes and degradations in all the other offices of which he had been possessed. -- Clarendon.
Degradation (n.) The state of being reduced in rank, character, or reputation; baseness; moral, physical, or intellectual degeneracy; disgrace; abasement; debasement.
The . . . degradation of a needy man of letters. -- Macaulay.
Deplorable is the degradation of our nature. -- South.
Moments there frequently must be, when a sinner is sensible of the degradation of his state. -- Blair.
Degradation (n.) Diminution or reduction of strength, efficacy, or value; degeneration; deterioration.
The development and degradation of the alphabetic forms can be traced. -- I. Taylor (The Alphabet).
Degradation (n.) (Geol.) A gradual wearing down or wasting, as of rocks and banks, by the action of water, frost etc.
Degradation (n.) (Biol.) The state or condition of a species or group which exhibits degraded forms; degeneration.
The degradation of the species man is observed in some of its varieties. -- Dana.
Degradation (n.) (Physiol.) Arrest of development, or degeneration of any organ, or of the body as a whole.
Degradation of energy, or Dissipation of energy (Physics), The transformation of energy into some form in which it is less available for doing work.
Syn: Abasement; debasement; reduction; decline.
Degradation (n.) Changing to a lower state (a less respected state) [syn: degradation, debasement].
Degradation (n.) A low or downcast state; "each confession brought her into an attitude of abasement" -- H.L.Menchken [syn: abasement, degradation, abjection].
Degradation, () punishment, ecclesiastical law. A censure by which a clergy man is deprived of his holy orders, which he had as a priest or deacon.
Degradation (n.) One of the stages of moral and social progress from private station to political preferment.
Degraded (imp. & p. p.) of Degrade
Degrading (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Degrade
Degrade (v. t.) 使降級；降低……的地位；降低……的品格（或品質、價值等）；使丟臉；【化】使降解；【地】使陵削，剝蝕 To reduce from a higher to a lower rank or degree; to lower in rank; to deprive of office or dignity; to strip of honors; as, to degrade a nobleman, or a general officer.
Prynne was sentenced by the Star Chamber Court to be degraded from the bar. -- Palfrey.
Degrade (v. t.) To reduce in estimation, character, or reputation; to lessen the value of; to lower the physical, moral, or intellectual character of; to debase; to bring shame or contempt upon; to disgrace; as, vice degrades a man.
O miserable mankind, to what fall Degraded, to what wretched state reserved! -- Milton.
Yet time ennobles or degrades each line. -- Pope.
Her pride . . . struggled hard against this degrading passion. -- Macaulay.