Deaurate De·au"rate transitive verb To gild. [ Obsolete]
Bailey.
Deauration De`au·ra"tion noun Act of gilding. [ Obsolete]
Deave Deave transitive verb [ See
Deafen .]
To stun or stupefy with noise; to deafen. [ Scot.]
Debacchate De·bac"chate intransitive verb [ Latin
debacchatus , past participle of
debacchari to rage;
de- +
bacchari to rage like a bacchant.]
To rave as a bacchanal. [ R.]
Cockeram.
Debacchation De`bac·cha"tion noun [ Latin
debacchatio .]
Wild raving or debauchery. [ R.]
Prynne.
Debacle De·ba"cle noun [ French
débâcle , from
débâcler to unbar, break loose; prefix
dé- (prob. = Latin
dis ) +
bâcler to bolt, from Latin
baculum a stick.]
(Geol.) A breaking or bursting forth; a violent rush or flood of waters which breaks down opposing barriers, and hurls forward and disperses blocks of stone and other débris.
Debacle De·ba"cle noun A sudden breaking up or breaking loose; a violent dispersion or disruption; impetuous rush; outburst.
Debar De·bar" transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Debarred ;
present participle & verbal noun Debarring .] [ Prefix
de- +
bar .]
To cut off from entrance, as if by a bar or barrier; to preclude; to hinder from approach, entry, or enjoyment; to shut out or exclude; to deny or refuse; -- with from , and sometimes with of . Yet not so strictly hath our Lord imposed
Labor, as to debar us when we need
Refreshment.
Milton. Their wages were so low as to debar them, not only from the comforts but from the common decencies of civilized life.
Buckle.
Debarb De·barb" transitive verb [ Prefix
de- + Latin
barba beard.]
To deprive of the beard. [ Obsolete]
Bailey.
Debark De"bark" transitive verb & i. [
imperfect & past participle Debarked ;
present participle & verbal noun Debarking .] [ French
débarquer ; prefix
dé- (L.
dis- ) +
barque . See
Bark the vessel, and confer
Disbark .]
To go ashore from a ship or boat; to disembark; to put ashore.
Debarkation De`bar·ka"tion noun Disembarkation. The debarkation , therefore, had to take place by small steamers.
U. S. Grant.
Debarment De·bar"ment noun Hindrance from approach; exclusion.
Debarrass De·bar"rass transitive verb [ Confer French
débarrasser . See
Embarrass .]
To disembarrass; to relieve. [ R.]
Debase De·base" transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Debased ;
present participle & verbal noun Debasing .] [ Prefix
de- +
base . See
Base ,
adjective , and confer
Abase .]
To reduce from a higher to a lower state or grade of worth, dignity, purity, station, etc.; to degrade; to lower; to deteriorate; to abase; as, to debase the character by crime; to debase the mind by frivolity; to debase style by vulgar words. The coin which was adulterated and debased .
Hale. It is a kind of taking God's name in vain to debase religion with such frivolous disputes.
Hooker. And to debase the sons, exalts the sires.
Pope. Syn. -- To abase; degrade. See
Abase .
Debased De·based" adjective (Her.) Turned upside down from its proper position; inverted; reversed.
Debasement De·base"ment noun The act of debasing or the state of being debased. Milton.
Debaser De·bas"er noun One who, or that which, debases.
Debasingly De·bas"ing·ly adverb In a manner to debase.
Debatable De·bat"a·ble adjective [ Confer Old French
debatable . See
Debate .]
Liable to be debated; disputable; subject to controversy or contention; open to question or dispute; as, a debatable question. The Debatable Land or
Ground ,
a tract of land between the Esk and the Sark, claimed by both England and Scotland; the Batable Ground.
Debate De·bate" transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Debated ;
present participle & verbal noun Debating .] [ Old French
debatre , French
débattre ; Latin
de +
batuere to beat. See
Batter ,
transitive verb , and confer
Abate .]
1. To engage in combat for; to strive for. Volunteers . . . thronged to serve under his banner, and the cause of religion was debated with the same ardor in Spain as on the plains of Palestine.
Prescott. 2. To contend for in words or arguments; to strive to maintain by reasoning; to dispute; to contest; to discuss; to argue for and against. A wise council . . . that did debate this business.
Shak. Debate thy cause with thy neighbor himself.
Prov. xxv. 9. Syn. -- To argue; discuss; dispute; controvert. See
Argue , and
Discuss .
Debate De·bate" intransitive verb 1. To engage in strife or combat; to fight. [ Obsolete]
Chaucer. Well could he tourney and in lists debate .
Spenser. 2. To contend in words; to dispute; hence, to deliberate; to consider; to discuss or examine different arguments in the mind; -- often followed by on or upon . He presents that great soul debating upon the subject of life and death with his intimate friends.
Tatler.
Debate De·bate" noun [ French
débat , from
débattre . See
Debate ,
transitive verb ]
1. A fight or fighting; contest; strife. [ Archaic]
On the day of the Trinity next ensuing was a great debate . . . and in that murder there were slain . . . fourscore.
R. of Gloucester. But question fierce and proud reply
Gave signal soon of dire debate .
Sir W. Scott. 2. Contention in words or arguments; discussion for the purpose of elucidating truth or influencing action; strife in argument; controversy; as, the debates in Parliament or in Congress. Heard, noted, answer'd, as in full debate .
Pope. 3. Subject of discussion. [ R.]
Statutes and edicts concerning this debate .
Milton.
Debateful De·bate"ful adjective Full of contention; contentious; quarrelsome. [ Obsolete]
Spenser.
Debatefully De·bate"ful·ly adverb With contention. [ Obsolete]
Debatement De·bate"ment noun [ Confer Old French
debatement a beating.]
Controversy; deliberation; debate. [ R.]
A serious question and debatement with myself.
Milton.
Debater De·bat"er noun One who debates; one given to argument; a disputant; a controvertist. Debate where leisure serves with dull debaters .
Shak.
Debating De·bat"ing noun The act of discussing or arguing; discussion. Debating society or
club ,
a society or club for the purpose of debate and improvement in extemporaneous speaking.
Debatingly De·bat"ing·ly adverb In the manner of a debate.
Debauch De·bauch" transitive verb & i. [
imperfect & past participle Debauched ;
present participle & verbal noun Debauching .] [ French
débaucher , probably originally, to entice away from the workshop; prefix
dé- (L.
dis- or
de ) + Old French
bauche ,
bauge , hut, confer French
bauge lair of a wild boar; probably from G. or Icelandic , confer Icelandic
bālkr . See
Balk ,
noun ]
To lead away from purity or excellence; to corrupt in character or principles; to mar; to vitiate; to pollute; to seduce; as, to debauch one's self by intemperance; to debauch a woman; to debauch an army. Learning not debauched by ambition.
Burke. A man must have got his conscience thoroughly debauched and hardened before he can arrive to the height of sin.
South. Her pride debauched her judgment and her eyes.
Cowley.
Debauch De·bauch" noun [ Confer French
débauche .]
1. Excess in eating or drinking; intemperance; drunkenness; lewdness; debauchery. The first physicians by debauch were made.
Dryden. 2. An act or occasion of debauchery. Silenus, from his night's debauch ,
Fatigued and sick.
Cowley.
Debauched De·bauched" adjective Dissolute; dissipated. "A coarse and
debauched look."
Ld. Lytton.
Debauchedly De·bauch"ed·ly adverb In a profligate manner.
Debauchedness De·bauch"ed·ness noun The state of being debauched; intemperance. Bp. Hall.
Debauchee Deb`au·chee" noun [ French
débauché ,
noun , properly past participle of
débaucher . See
Debauch ,
transitive verb ]
One who is given to intemperance or bacchanalian excesses; a man habitually lewd; a libertine.
Debaucher De·bauch"er noun One who debauches or corrupts others; especially, a seducer to lewdness.
Debauchery De·bauch"er·y noun ;
plural Debaucheries 1. Corruption of fidelity; seduction from virtue, duty, or allegiance. The republic of Paris will endeavor to complete the debauchery of the army.
Burke. 2. Excessive indulgence of the appetites; especially, excessive indulgence of lust; intemperance; sensuality; habitual lewdness. Oppose . . . debauchery by temperance.
Sprat.
Debauchment De·bauch"ment noun The act of corrupting; the act of seducing from virtue or duty.
Debauchness De·bauch"ness noun Debauchedness. [ Obsolete]
Debeige De·beige" noun [ French
de of +
beige the natural color of wool.]
A kind of woolen or mixed dress goods. [ Written also
debage .]
Debel De·bel" transitive verb [ Confer French
débeller . See
Debellate .]
To conquer. [ Obsolete]
Milton.
Debellate De·bel"late transitive verb [ Latin
debellatus , past participle of
debellare to subdue;
de- +
bellum war.]
To subdue; to conquer in war. [ Obsolete]
Speed.
Debellation Deb`el·la"tion noun [ Late Latin
debellatio .]
The act of conquering or subduing. [ Obsolete]
Debenture De·ben"ture noun [ Latin
debentur they are due, from
debere to owe; confer French
debentur . So called because these receipts began with the words
Debentur mihi .]
1. A writing acknowledging a debt; a writing or certificate signed by a public officer, as evidence of a debt due to some person; the sum thus due. 2. A customhouse certificate entitling an exporter of imported goods to a drawback of duties paid on their importation. Burrill. It is applied in England to deeds of mortgage given by railway companies for borrowed money; also to municipal and other bonds and securities for money loaned.
Debenture De·ben"ture noun Any of various instruments issued, esp. by corporations, as evidences of debt. Such instruments (often called debenture bonds ) are generally, through not necessarily, under seal, and are usually secured by a mortgage or other charge upon property; they may be registered or unregistered. A debenture secured by a mortgage on specific property is called a mortgage debenture ; one secured by a floating charge (which see), a floating debenture ; one not secured by any charge a naked debenture . In general the term debenture in British usage designates any security issued by companies other than their shares, including, therefore, what are in the United States commonly called bonds . When used in the United States debenture generally designates an instrument secured by a floating charge junior to other charges secured by fixed mortgages, or, specif., one of a series of securities secured by a group of securities held in trust for the benefit of the debenture holders.
Debenture stock Debenture stock (Finance) The debt or series of debts, collectively, represented by a series of debentures; a debt secured by a trust deed of property for the benefit of the holders of shares in the debt or of a series of debentures. By the terms of much debenture stock the holders are not entitled to demand payment until the winding up of the company or default in payment; in the winding up of the company or default in payment; in the case of railway debentures, they cannot demand payment of the principal, and the debtor company cannot redeem the stock, except by authority of an act of Parliament. [ Eng.]
Debentured De·ben"tured adjective Entitled to drawback or debenture; as, debentured goods.
Debile Deb"ile adjective [ Latin
debilis : confer French
débile . See
Debility .]
Weak. [ Obsolete]
Shak.
Debilitant De·bil"i·tant adjective [ Latin
debilitants , present participle]
(Medicine) Diminishing the energy of organs; reducing excitement; as, a debilitant drug.
Debilitate De·bil"i·tate transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Debilitated ;
present participle & verbal noun Debilitating .] [ Latin
debilitatus , past participle of
debilitare to debilitate, from
debilis . See
Debility .]
To impair the strength of; to weaken; to enfeeble; as, to debilitate the body by intemperance. Various ails debilitate the mind.
Jenyns. The debilitated frame of Mr. Bertram was exhausted by this last effort.
Sir W. Scott.
Debilitation De·bil`i·ta"tion noun [ Latin
debilitatio : confer French
débilitation .]
The act or process of debilitating, or the condition of one who is debilitated; weakness.
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