Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter D - Page 37
Designedly (adv.) By design; purposely; intentionally; -- opposed to accidentally, ignorantly, or inadvertently.
Designedly (adv.) With intention; in an intentional manner; "he used that word intentionally"; "I did this by choice" [syn: intentionally, deliberately, designedly, on purpose, purposely, advisedly, by choice, by design] [ant: accidentally, by chance, circumstantially, unexpectedly, unintentionally].
Designer (n.) One who designs, marks out, or plans; a contriver.
Designer (n.) (Fine Arts) One who produces or creates original works of art or decoration.
Designer (n.) A plotter; a schemer; -- used in a bad sense.
Designer (n.) A person who specializes in designing architectural interiors and their furnishings [syn: interior designer, designer, interior decorator, house decorator, room decorator, decorator].
Designer (n.) Someone who creates plans to be used in making something (such as buildings) [syn: architect, designer].
Designer (n.) Someone who specializes in graphic design [syn: graphic designer, designer].
Designer (n.) A person who devises plots or intrigues; "he is believed to be the principal designer of the terrorist bombing attack" [syn: designer, intriguer].
Designer (n.) Someone who designs clothing [syn: couturier, fashion designer, clothes designer, designer].
Designful (a.) Full of design; scheming. [R.] -- De*sign"ful*ness, n. [R.] -- Barrow.
Designing (a.) Intriguing; artful; scheming; as, a designing man.
Designing (n.) The act of making designs or sketches; the act of forming designs or plans.
Designing (a.) Concealing crafty designs for advancing your own interest; "a selfish and designing nation obsessed with the dark schemes of European intrigue"- W.Churchill; "a scheming wife"; "a scheming gold digger" [syn: designing, scheming].
Designing (n.) The act of working out the form of something (as by making a sketch or outline or plan); "he contributed to the design of a new instrument" [syn: design, designing].
Designless (a.) Without design. [Obs.] -- De*sign"less*ly, adv. [Obs.]
Designment (n.) Delineation; sketch; design; ideal; invention. [Obs.]
For though that some mean artist's skill were shown In mingling colors, or in placing light, Yet still the fair designment was his own. -- Dryden.
Designment (n.) Design; purpose; scheme. [Obs.] -- Shak.
Desilver (v. t.) To deprive of silver; as, to desilver lead.
Desilverization (n.) The act or the process of freeing from silver; also, the condition resulting from the removal of silver.
Desilverize (v. t.) To deprive, or free from, silver; to remove silver from.
Desinence (n.) Termination; ending. -- Bp. Hall.
Desinent (a.) Ending; forming an end; lowermost. [Obs.] "Their desinent parts, fish." -- B. Jonson.
Desinential (a.) Terminal.
Furthermore, b, as a desinential element, has a dynamic function. -- Fitzed. Hall.
Desipient (a.) Foolish; silly; trifling. [R.]
Desirability (n.) The state or quality of being desirable; desirableness.
Desirability (n.) The quality of being worthy of desiring [syn: desirability, desirableness] [ant: undesirability].
Desirability (n.) Attractiveness to the opposite sex [syn: sex appeal, desirability, desirableness, oomph].
Desirable (v. t.) Worthy of desire or longing; fitted to excite desire or a wish to possess; pleasing; agreeable.
All of them desirable young men. -- Ezek. xxiii. 12.
As things desirable excite Desire, and objects move the appetite. -- Blackmore.
Desirable (a.) Worth having or seeking or achieving; "a desirable job"; "computer with many desirable features"; "a desirable outcome" [ant: undesirable, unwanted].
Desirable (a.) Worthy of being chosen especially as a spouse; "the parents found the girl suitable for their son" [syn: desirable, suitable, worthy].
Desirableness (n.) The quality of being desirable.
The desirableness of the Austrian alliance. -- Froude.
Desirableness (n.) The quality of being worthy of desiring [syn: desirability, desirableness] [ant: undesirability].
Desirableness (n.) Attractiveness to the opposite sex [syn: sex appeal, desirability, desirableness, oomph].
Desirably (adv.) In a desirable manner.
Desired (imp. & p. p.) of Desire.
Desiring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Desire.
Desire (v. t.) To long for; to wish for earnestly; to covet.
Neither shall any man desire thy land. -- Ex. xxxiv. 24.
Ye desire your child to live. -- Tennyson.
Desire (v. t.) To express a wish for; to entreat; to request.
Then she said, Did I desire a son of my lord? -- 2 Kings iv. 28.
Desire him to go in; trouble him no more. -- Shak.
Desire (v. t.) To require; to demand; to claim. [Obs.]
A doleful case desires a doleful song. -- Spenser.
Desire (v. t.) To miss; to regret. [Obs.]
She shall be pleasant while she lives, and desired when she dies. -- Jer. Taylor.
Syn: To long for; hanker after; covet; wish; ask; request; solicit; entreat; beg.
Usage: To Desire, Wish. In desire the feeling is usually more eager than in wish. "I wish you to do this" is a milder form of command than "I desire you to do this," though the feeling prompting the injunction may be the same. -- C. J. Smith.
Desire (n.) The natural longing that is excited by the enjoyment or the thought of any good, and impels to action or effort its continuance or possession; an eager wish to obtain or enjoy.
Unspeakable desire to see and know. -- Milton.
Desire (n.) An expressed wish; a request; petition.
And slowly was my mother brought To yield consent to my desire. -- Tennyson.
Desire (n.) Anything which is desired; an object of longing.
The Desire of all nations shall come. -- Hag. ii. 7.
Desire (n.) Excessive or morbid longing; lust; appetite.
Desire (n.) Grief; regret. [Obs.] -- Chapman.
Syn: Wish; appetency; craving; inclination; eagerness; aspiration; longing.
Desire (n.) The feeling that accompanies an unsatisfied state.
Desire (n.) An inclination to want things; "a man of many desires."
Desire (n.) Something that is desired.
Desire (v.) Feel or have a desire for; want strongly; "I want to go home now"; "I want my own room" [syn: desire, want].
Desire (v.) Expect and wish; "I trust you will behave better from now on"; "I hope she understands that she cannot expect a raise" [syn: hope, trust, desire].
Desire (v.) Express a desire for.
DESIRE, () DEsign by Simulation and REndering om parallel architectures [project] (ESPRIT)
Desireful (a.) Filled with desire; eager. [R.]
The desireful troops. -- Godfrey (1594).
Desirefulness (n.) The state of being desireful; eagerness to obtain and possess. [R.]
The desirefulness of our minds much augmenteth and increaseth our pleasure. -- Udall.
Desireless (a.) Free from desire. -- Donne.
Desirer (n.) One who desires, asks, or wishes.
Desirous (n.) Feeling desire; eagerly wishing; solicitous; eager to obtain; covetous.
Jesus knew that they were desirous to ask him. -- John xvi. 19.
Be not desirous of his dainties. -- Prov. xxiii. 3.
Desirous (a.) Having or expressing desire for something; "desirous of high office"; "desirous of finding a quick solution to the problem" [syn: desirous, wishful] [ant: undesiring, undesirous].
Desirously (adv.) With desire; eagerly.
Desirousness (n.) The state of being desirous.
Desisted (imp. & p. p.) of Desist.
Desisting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Desist.
Desist (v. i.) To cease to proceed or act; to stop; to forbear; -- often with from.
Never desisting to do evil. -- E. Hall.
To desist from his bad practice. -- Massinger.
Desist (thou art discern'd, And toil'st in vain). -- Milton.
Desist (v.) Choose not to consume; "I abstain from alcohol" [syn: abstain, refrain, desist] [ant: consume, have, ingest, take, take in].
Desistance (n.) The act or state of desisting; cessation. [R.] -- Boyle.
If fatigue of body or brain were in every case followed by desistance . . . then would the system be but seldom out of working order. -- H. Spencer.
Desistive (a.) Final; conclusive; ending. [R.]
Desition (n.) An end or ending. [R.]
Desitive (a.) Final; serving to complete; conclusive. [Obs.] "Desitive propositions." -- I. Watts.
Desitive (n.) (Logic) A proposition relating to or expressing an end or conclusion. [Obs.] -- I. Watts.
Desk (n.) A table, frame, or case, usually with sloping top, but often with flat top, for the use writers and readers. It often has a drawer or repository underneath.
Desk (n.) A reading table or lectern to support the book from which the liturgical service is read, differing from the pulpit from which the sermon is preached; also (esp. in the United States), a pulpit. Hence, used symbolically for "the clerical profession."
Desked (imp. & p. p.) of Desk.
Desking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Desk.
Desk (v. t.) To shut up, as in a desk; to treasure.
Desk (n.) A piece of furniture with a writing surface and usually drawers or other compartments.
Deskwork (n.) Work done at a desk, as by a clerk or writer. -- Tennyson.
Desman (n.) (Zool.) An amphibious, insectivorous mammal found in Russia ({Myogale moschata). It is allied to the moles, but is called muskrat by some English writers. [Written also d[ae]sman.] Desmid
Desmid (n.) Alt. of Desmidian.
Desmidian (n.) (Bot.) A microscopic plant of the family Desmidiae, a group of unicellular algae in which the species have a greenish color, and the cells generally appear as if they consisted of two coalescing halves.
Desmid (n.) Freshwater green algae.
Compare: Stilbite
Stilbite (n.) (Min.) A common mineral of the zeolite family, a hydrous silicate of alumina and lime, usually occurring in sheaflike aggregations of crystals, also in radiated masses. It is of a white or yellowish color, with pearly luster on the cleavage surface. Called also desmine.
Desmine (n.) (Min.) Same as Stilbite. It commonly occurs in bundles or tufts of crystals.
Desmobacteria (n. pl.) See Microbacteria.
Desmodont (n.) (Zool.) A member of a group of South American blood-sucking bats, of the genera Desmodus and Diphylla. See Vampire.
Desmognathous (a.) (Zool.) Having the maxillo-palatine bones united; -- applied to a group of carinate birds ({Desmognathae), including various wading and swimming birds, as the ducks and herons, and also raptorial and other kinds.
Desmoid (a.) (Anat.) Resembling, or having the characteristics of, a ligament; ligamentous.
Desmology (n.) The science which treats of the ligaments. [R.]
Desmomyaria (n. pl.) (Zool.) The division of Tunicata which includes the Salpae. See Salpa.
Desolate (a.) 荒蕪的，無人煙的；孤寂的，淒涼的，被遺棄的 Destitute or deprived of inhabitants; deserted; uninhabited; hence, gloomy; as, a desolate isle; a desolate wilderness; a desolate house.
I will make Jerusalem . . . a den of dragons, and I will make the cities of Judah desolate, without an inhabitant. -- Jer. ix. 11.
And the silvery marish flowers that throng The desolate creeks and pools among. -- Tennyson.
Desolate (a.) Laid waste; in a ruinous condition; neglected; destroyed; as, desolate altars.
Desolate (a.) Left alone; forsaken; lonely; comfortless.
Have mercy upon, for I am desolate. -- Ps. xxv. 16.
Voice of the poor and desolate. -- Keble.
Desolate (a.) Lost to shame; dissolute. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Desolate (a.) Destitute of; lacking in. [Obs.]
I were right now of tales desolate. -- Chaucer.
Syn: Desert; uninhabited; lonely; waste.
Desolated (imp. & p. p.) of Desolate.
Desolating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Desolate.
Desolate (v. t.) 使荒蕪；使孤寂 [H] To make desolate; to leave alone; to deprive of inhabitants; as, the earth was nearly desolated by the flood.
Desolate (v. t.) To lay waste; to ruin; to ravage; as, a fire desolates a city.
Constructed in the very heart of a desolating war. -- Sparks.
Desolate (a.) Providing no shelter or sustenance; "bare rocky hills"; "barren lands"; "the bleak treeless regions of the high Andes"; "the desolate surface of the moon"; "a stark landscape" [syn: {bare}, {barren}, {bleak}, {desolate}, {stark}].
Desolate (a.) Crushed by grief; "depressed and desolate of soul"; "a low desolate wail".
Desolate (v.) Leave someone who
needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch; "The mother deserted her
children" [syn: {abandon}, {forsake}, {desolate}, {desert}].
Desolate (v.) Reduce in population; "The epidemic
depopulated the countryside" [syn: {depopulate}, {desolate}].
Desolate (v.) Cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly; "The enemy lay waste to the countryside after the invasion" [syn: {lay waste to}, {waste}, {devastate}, {desolate}, {ravage}, {scourge}].
Desolately (adv.) In a desolate manner.
Desolately (adv.) In grief-stricken loneliness; without comforting circumstances or prospects [syn: desolately, disconsolately].
Desolateness (n.) The state of being desolate.
Desolater (n.) One who, or that which, desolates or lays waste. -- Mede.
Desolation (n.) The act of desolating or laying waste; destruction of inhabitants; depopulation.
Unto the end of the war desolations are determined. -- Dan. ix. 26.
Desolation (n.) The state of being desolated or laid waste; ruin; solitariness; destitution; gloominess.
You would have sold your king to slaughter, . . . And his whole kingdom into desolation. -- Shak.
Desolation (n.) A place or country wasted and forsaken.
How is Babylon become a desolation! -- Jer. l. 23.
Syn: Waste; ruin; destruction; havoc; devastation; ravage; sadness; destitution; melancholy; gloom; gloominess.
Desolation (n.) The state of being decayed or destroyed [syn: devastation, desolation].
Desolation (n.) A bleak and desolate atmosphere; "the nakedness of the landscape" [syn: bleakness, desolation, bareness, nakedness].
Desolation (n.) Sadness resulting from being forsaken or abandoned [syn: forlornness, loneliness, desolation].
Desolation (n.) An event that results in total destruction [syn: devastation, desolation].
Desolator (n.) [L.] Same as Desolater. -- Byron.
Desolatory (a.) [L. desolatorius.] Causing desolation. [R.] -- Bp. Hall.
Desophisticate
(v. t.)
To clear from sophism or error. [R.] -- Hare.
Desoxalic (a.) (Chem.) Made or derived from oxalic acid;
as, desoxalic acid.
Despaired (imp. & p. p.) of Despair.
Despairing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Despair.
Despair (v. i.) To be hopeless; to have no hope; to give up all hope or expectation; -- often with of.
We despaired even of life. -- 2 Cor. i. 8.
Never despair of God's blessings here. -- Wake.
Syn: See Despond.
Despair (v. t.) To give up as beyond hope or expectation; to despair of. [Obs.]
I would not despair the greatest design that could be attempted. -- Milton.
Despair (v. t.) To cause to despair. [Obs.] -- Sir W. Williams.
Despair (n.) Loss of hope; utter hopelessness; complete despondency.
We in dark dreams are tossing to and fro, Pine with regret, or sicken with despair. -- Keble.
Before he [Bunyan] was ten, his sports were interrupted by fits of remorse and despair. -- Macaulay.
Despair (n.) That which is despaired of. "The mere despair of surgery he cures." -- Shak.
Syn: Desperation; despondency; hopelessness.
Despair (n.) A state in which all hope is lost or absent; "in the depths of despair"; "they were rescued from despair at the last minute"; "courage born of desperation" [syn: despair, desperation].
Despair (n.) The feeling that everything is wrong and nothing will turn out well; "they moaned in despair and dismay"; "one harsh word would send her into the depths of despair" [ant: hope].
Despair (v.) Abandon hope; give up hope; lose heart; "Don't despair -- help is on the way!" [ant: hope].
Despairer (n.) One who despairs.
Despairful (a.) Hopeless. [Obs.] -- Spenser.
Despairing (a.) Feeling or expressing despair; hopeless. -- De*spair"ing*ly, adv. -- De*spair"ing*ness, n.
Despairing (a.) Arising from or marked by despair or loss of hope; "a despairing view of the world situation"; "the last despairing plea of the condemned criminal"; "a desperate cry for help"; "helpless and desperate--as if at the end of his tether"; "her desperate screams" [syn: despairing, desperate].
Desparple (v. t. & i.) To scatter; to disparkle. [Obs.] -- Mandeville.
Despatch (n. & v.) Same as Dispatch.
Dispatch (v. t.) [imp. & p. p. Dispatched; p. pr. & vb. n. Dispatching.] [Written also despatch.] To dispose of speedily, as business; to execute quickly; to make a speedy end of; to finish; to perform.
Ere we put ourselves in arms, dispatch we The business we have talked of. -- Shak.
[The] harvest men . . . almost in one fair day dispatcheth all the harvest work. -- Robynson (More's Utopia).
Dispatch (v. t.) To rid; to free. [Obs.]
I had clean dispatched myself of this great charge. -- Udall.
Dispatch (v. t.) To get rid of by sending off; to send away hastily.
Unless dispatched to the mansion house in the country . . . they perish among the lumber of garrets. -- Walpole.
Dispatch (v. t.) To send off or away; -- particularly applied to sending off messengers, messages, letters, etc., on special business, and implying haste.
Even with the speediest expedition I will dispatch him to the emperor's cou. -- Shak.
Dispatch (v. t.) To send out of the world; to put to death.
The company shall stone them with stones, and dispatch them with their swords. -- Ezek. xxiii. 47.
Syn: To expedite; hasten; speed; accelerate; perform; conclude; finish; slay; kill.
Dispatch (n.) [Written also despatch.] The act of sending a message or messenger in haste or on
important business.
Dispatch (n.) Any sending away; dismissal; riddance.
To the utter dispatch of all their most beloved comforts. -- Milton.
Dispatch (n.) The finishing up of a business; speedy performance, as of business; prompt execution; diligence; haste.
Serious business, craving quick dispatch. -- Shak.
To carry his scythe . . . with a sufficient dispatch through a sufficient space. -- Paley.
Dispatch (n.) A message dispatched or sent with speed; especially, an important official letter sent from one public officer to another; -- often used in the plural; as, a messenger has arrived with dispatches for the American minister; naval or military dispatches.
Dispatch (n.) A message transmitted by telegraph. [Modern]
Dispatch boat, A swift vessel for conveying dispatches; an advice boat.
Dispatch box, A box for carrying dispatches; a box for papers and other conveniences when traveling.
Syn: Haste; hurry; promptness; celerity; speed. See Haste.
Despatch (n.) An official report (usually sent in haste) [syn: dispatch, despatch, communique].
Despatch (n.) The property of being prompt and efficient; "it was done with dispatch" [syn: dispatch, despatch, expedition, expeditiousness].
Despatch (n.) Killing a person or animal [syn: dispatch, despatch].
Despatch (n.) The act of sending off something [syn: dispatch, despatch, shipment].
Despatch (v.) Send away towards a designated goal [syn: dispatch, despatch, send off].
Despecificate (v. t.) To discriminate; to separate according to specific signification or qualities; to specificate; to desynonymize. [R.]
Inaptitude and ineptitude have been usefully despecificated. -- Fitzed. Hall.
Despecification (n.) Discrimination.
Despect (n.) Contempt. [R.] -- Coleridge.
Despection (n.) A looking down; a despising. [R.] -- W. Montagu.
Despeed (v. t.) To send hastily. [Obs.]
Despeeded certain of their crew. -- Speed.
Despend (v. t.) To spend; to squander. See Dispend. [Obs.]
Some noble men in Spain can despend [pounds] 50,000. -- Howell.