Deprecatingly Dep"reˇca`tingˇly (-kā`tĭng*lȳ)
adverb In a deprecating manner.
Deprecation Dep`reˇca"tion (dĕp`re*kā"shŭn)
noun [ Latin
deprecatio ; confer French
déprécation .]
1. The act of deprecating; a praying against evil; prayer that an evil may be removed or prevented; strong expression of disapprobation. Humble deprecation .
Milton. 2. Entreaty for pardon; petitioning. 3. An imprecation or curse. [ Obsolete]
Gilpin.
Deprecative Dep"reˇcaˇtive adjective [ Latin
deprecativus : confer French
déprécatif .]
Serving to deprecate; deprecatory. --
Dep"re*ca*tive*ly ,
adverb
Deprecator Dep"reˇca`tor noun [ Latin ]
One who deprecates.
Deprecatory Dep"reˇcaˇtoˇry adjective [ Latin
deprecatorius .]
Serving to deprecate; tending to remove or avert evil by prayer; apologetic. Humble and deprecatory letters.
Bacon.
Depreciate Deˇpre"ciˇate transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Depreciated ;
present participle & verbal noun Depreciating .] [ Latin
depretiatus ,
depreciatus , past participle of
depretiare ,
-ciare , to depreciate;
de- +
pretiare to prize, from
pretium price. See
Price .]
To lessen in price or estimated value; to lower the worth of; to represent as of little value or claim to esteem; to undervalue. Addison. Which . . . some over-severe philosophers may look upon fastidiously, or undervalue and depreciate .
Cudworth. To prove that the Americans ought not to be free, we are obliged to depreciate the value of freedom itself.
Burke. Syn. -- To decry; disparage; traduce; lower; detract; underrate. See
Decry .
Depreciate Deˇpre"ciˇate intransitive verb To fall in value; to become of less worth; to sink in estimation; as, a paper currency will depreciate , unless it is convertible into specie.
Depreciation Deˇpre`ciˇa"tion noun [ Confer French
dépréciation .]
1. The act of lessening, or seeking to lessen, price, value, or reputation. 2. The falling of value; reduction of worth. Burke. 3. the state of being depreciated.
Depreciative Deˇpre"ciˇa`tive adjective Tending, or intended, to depreciate; expressing depreciation; undervaluing. --
De*pre"ci*a`tive*ly ,
adverb
Depreciator Deˇpre"ciˇa`tor noun [ Latin ]
One who depreciates.
Depreciatory Deˇpre"ciˇaˇtoˇry adjective Tending to depreciate; undervaluing; depreciative.
Depredable Dep"reˇdaˇble adjective Liable to depredation. [ Obsolete] "Made less
depredable ."
Bacon.
Depredate Dep"reˇdate transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Depredated ;
present participle & verbal noun Depredating .] [ Latin
depraedatus , past participle of
depraedari to plunder;
de- +
praedari to plunder,
praeda plunder, prey. See
Prey .]
To subject to plunder and pillage; to despoil; to lay waste; to prey upon. It makes the substance of the body . . . less apt to be consumed and depredated by the spirits.
Bacon.
Depredate Dep"reˇdate intransitive verb To take plunder or prey; to commit waste; as, the troops depredated on the country.
Depredation Dep`reˇda"tion noun [ Latin
depraedatio : confer French
déprédation .]
The act of depredating, or the state of being depredated; the act of despoiling or making inroads; as, the sea often makes depredation on the land.
Depredator Dep"reˇda`tor noun [ Latin
depraedator .]
One who plunders or pillages; a spoiler; a robber.
Depredatory Dep"reˇda`toˇry adjective Tending or designed to depredate; characterized by depredation; plundering; as, a depredatory incursion.
Depredicate Deˇpred"iˇcate transitive verb [ Prefix
de- (intensive) +
predicate .]
To proclaim; to celebrate. [ R.]
Deprehend Dep`reˇhend" transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Deprehended ;
present participle & verbal noun Deprehending .] [ Latin
deprehendere ,
deprehensum ;
de- +
prehendere to lay hold of, seize. See
Prehensile .]
1. To take unawares or by surprise; to seize, as a person commiting an unlawful act; to catch; to apprehend. The deprehended adulteress.Jer.
Taylor. 2. To detect; to discover; to find out. The motion . . . are to be deprehended by experience.
Bacon.
Deprehensible Dep`reˇhen"siˇble adjective That may be caught or discovered; apprehensible. [ Obsolete]
Petty. --
Dep`re*hen"si*ble*ness ,
noun [ Obsolete]
Deprehension Dep`reˇhen"sion noun [ Latin
deprehensio .]
A catching; discovery. [ Obsolete]
Bp. Hall.
Depress Deˇpress" transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Depressed ;
present participle & verbal noun Depressing .] [ Latin
depressus , past participle of
deprimere ;
de- +
premere to press. See
Press .]
1. To press down; to cause to sink; to let fall; to lower; as, to depress the muzzle of a gun; to depress the eyes. "With lips
depressed ."
Tennyson. 2. To bring down or humble; to abase, as pride. 3. To cast a gloom upon; to sadden; as, his spirits were depressed . 4. To lessen the activity of; to make dull; embarrass, as trade, commerce, etc. 5. To lessen in price; to cause to decline in value; to cheapen; to depreciate. 6. (Math.) To reduce (an equation) in a lower degree. To depress the pole (Nautical) ,
to cause the sidereal pole to appear lower or nearer the horizon, as by sailing toward the equator. Syn. -- To sink; lower; abase; cast down; deject; humble; degrade; dispirit; discourage.
Depress Deˇpress" adjective [ Latin
depressus , past participle ]
Having the middle lower than the border; concave. [ Obsolete]
If the seal be depress or hollow.
Hammond.
Depressant Deˇpress"ant noun (Medicine) An agent or remedy which lowers the vital powers.
Depressed Deˇpressed" adjective 1. Pressed or forced down; lowed; sunk; dejected; dispirited; sad; humbled. 2. (Botany) (a) Concave on the upper side; -- said of a leaf whose disk is lower than the border. (b) Lying flat; -- said of a stem or leaf which lies close to the ground. 3. (Zoology) Having the vertical diameter shorter than the horizontal or transverse; -- said of the bodies of animals, or of parts of the bodies.
Depressingly Deˇpress"ingˇly adverb In a depressing manner.
Depression Deˇpres"sion noun [ Latin
depressio : confer French
dépression .]
1. The act of depressing. 2. The state of being depressed; a sinking. 3. A falling in of the surface; a sinking below its true place; a cavity or hollow; as, roughness consists in little protuberances and depressions . 4. Humiliation; abasement, as of pride. 5. Dejection; despondency; lowness. In a great depression of spirit.
Baker. 6. Diminution, as of trade, etc.; inactivity; dullness. 7. (Astron.) The angular distance of a celestial object below the horizon. 8. (Math.) The operation of reducing to a lower degree; -- said of equations. 9. (Surg.) A method of operating for cataract; couching. See Couch , transitive verb , 8. Angle of depression (Geod.) ,
one which a descending line makes with a horizontal plane. --
Depression of the dewpoint (Meteor.) ,
the number of degrees that the dew-point is lower than the actual temperature of the atmosphere. --
Depression of the pole ,
its apparent sinking, as the spectator goes toward the equator. --
Depression of the visible horizon .
(Astron.) Same as Dip of the horizon , under Dip . Syn. -- Abasement; reduction; sinking; fall; humiliation; dejection; melancholy.
Depressive Deˇpress"ive adjective Able or tending to depress or cast down. --
De*press"ive*ness ,
noun
Depressomotor Deˇpres`soˇmo"tor adjective (Medicine) Depressing or diminishing the capacity for movement, as depressomotor nerves, which lower or inhibit muscular activity. --
noun Any agent that depresses the activity of the motor centers, as bromides, etc.
Depressor Deˇpress"or noun 1. One who, or that which, presses down; an oppressor. 2. (Anat.) A muscle that depresses or tends to draw down a part. Depressor nerve (Physiol.) ,
a nerve which lowers the activity of an organ; as, the depressor nerve of the heart.
Depriment Dep"riˇment adjective [ Latin
deprimens , present participle of
deprimere . See
Depress .]
Serving to depress. [ R.] "
Depriment muscles."
Derham.
Deprisure Deˇpri"sure noun [ French
dépriser to undervalue; prefix
dé- (L.
dis- ) +
priser to prize, from
prix price, from Latin
pretium . See
Dispraise .]
Low estimation; disesteem; contempt. [ Obsolete]
Deprivable Deˇpriv"aˇble adjective Capable of being, or liable to be, deprived; liable to be deposed. Kings of Spain . . . deprivable for their tyrannies.
Prynne.
Deprivation Dep`riˇva"tion noun [ Late Latin
deprivatio .]
1. The act of depriving, dispossessing, or bereaving; the act of deposing or divesting of some dignity. 2. The state of being deprived; privation; loss; want; bereavement. 3. (Eccl. Law) the taking away from a clergyman his benefice, or other spiritual promotion or dignity. »
Deprivation may be
a beneficio or
ab officio ; the first takes away the living, the last degrades and deposes from the order.
Deprive Deˇprive" transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Deprived ;
present participle & verbal noun Depriving .] [ Late Latin
deprivare ,
deprivatium , to divest of office; Latin
de- +
privare to bereave, deprive: confer Old French
depriver . See
Private .]
1. To take away; to put an end; to destroy. [ Obsolete]
'Tis honor to deprive dishonored life.
Shak. 2. To dispossess; to bereave; to divest; to hinder from possessing; to debar; to shut out from; -- with a remoter object, usually preceded by of. God hath deprived her of wisdom.
Job xxxix. 17. It was seldom that anger deprived him of power over himself.
Macaulay. 3. To divest of office; to depose; to dispossess of dignity, especially ecclesiastical. A minister deprived for inconformity.
Bacon. Syn. -- To strip; despoil; rob; abridge.
Deprivement Deˇprive"ment noun Deprivation. [ R.]
Depriver Deˇpriv"er noun One who, or that which, deprives.
Deprostrate Deˇpros"trate adjective Fully prostrate; humble; low; rude. [ Obsolete]
How may weak mortal ever hope to file
His unsmooth tongue, and his deprostrate style.
G. Fletcher.
Deprovincialize De`proˇvin"cialˇize transitive verb To divest of provincial quality or characteristics.
Depth Depth (sĕpth)
noun [ From
Deep ; akin to Dutch
diepte , Icelandic
dȳpt ,
dȳpđ , Goth.
diupiþa .]
1. The quality of being deep; deepness; perpendicular measurement downward from the surface, or horizontal measurement backward from the front; as, the depth of a river; the depth of a body of troops. 2. Profoundness; extent or degree of intensity; abundance; completeness; as, depth of knowledge, or color. Mindful of that heavenly love
Which knows no end in depth or height.
Keble. 3. Lowness; as, depth of sound. 4. That which is deep; a deep, or the deepest, part or place; the deep; the middle part; as, the depth of night, or of winter. From you unclouded depth above.
Keble. The depth closed me round about.
Jonah ii. 5. 5. (Logic) The number of simple elements which an abstract conception or notion includes; the comprehension or content. 6. (Horology) A pair of toothed wheels which work together. [ R.]
Depth of a sail (Nautical) ,
the extent of a square sail from the head rope to the foot rope; the length of the after leach of a staysail or boom sail; -- commonly called the drop of a sail .
Depth Depth noun (Aëronautics) The perpendicular distance from the chord to the farthest point of an arched surface.
Depthen Depth"en transitive verb To deepen. [ Obsolete]
Depthless Depth"less adjective 1. Having no depth; shallow. 2. Of measureless depth; unfathomable. In clouds of depthless night.
Francis.
Depucelate Deˇpu"ceˇlate transitive verb [ Latin
de + Late Latin
pucella virgin, French
pucelle : confer French
dépuceler .]
To deflour; to deprive of virginity. [ Obsolete]
Bailey.
Depudicate Deˇpu"diˇcate transitive verb [ Latin
depudicatus , past participle of
depudicare .]
To deflour; to dishonor. [ Obsolete]
Depulse Deˇpulse" transitive verb [ Latin
depulsus , past participle of
depellere to drive out;
de- +
pellere to drive.]
To drive away. [ Obsolete]
Cockeram.
Depulsion Deˇpul"sion noun [ Latin
depulsio .]
A driving or thrusting away. [ R.]
Speed.
Depulsory Deˇpul"soˇry adjective [ Latin
depulsorius .]
Driving or thrusting away; averting. [ R.]
Holland.
Depurant Dep"uˇrant adjective & noun (Medicine) Depurative.
Depurate Dep"uˇrate adjective [ Late Latin
depuratus , past participle of
depurare to purify; Latin
de- +
purare to purify,
purus clean, pure. Confer
Depure .]
Depurated; cleansed; freed from impurities. Boyle.
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