Detestable De·test"a·ble adjective [ Latin
detestabilis : confer French
détestable .]
Worthy of being detested; abominable; extremely hateful; very odious; deserving abhorrence; as, detestable vices. Thou hast defiled my sanctuary will all thy detestable things, and with all thine abominations.
Ezek. v. 11. Syn. -- Abominable; odious; execrable; abhorred.
Detestableness De·test"a·ble·ness noun The quality or state of being detestable.
Detestably De·test"a·bly adverb In a detestable manner.
Detestate De·tes"tate transitive verb To detest. [ Obsolete]
Udall.
Detestation Det`es·ta"tion noun [ Latin
detestatio : confer French
détestation .]
The act of detesting; extreme hatred or dislike; abhorrence; loathing. We are heartily agreed in our detestation of civil war.
Burke.
Detester De·test"er noun One who detests.
Dethrone De·throne" (de*thrōn")
transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Dethroned (-thrōnd");
present participle & verbal noun Dethroning .] [ Prefix
de- +
throne : confer French
détrôner ; prefix
dé- (L.
dis- ) +
trône throne. See
Throne .]
To remove or drive from a throne; to depose; to divest of supreme authority and dignity. "The Protector was
dethroned ."
Hume.
Dethronement De·throne"ment noun [ Confer French
détrônement .]
Deposal from a throne; deposition from regal power.
Dethroner De·thron"er noun One who dethrones.
Dethronization De·thron`i·za"tion noun Dethronement. [ Obsolete]
Speed.
Dethronize De·thron"ize transitive verb [ Confer Late Latin
dethronizare .]
To dethrone or unthrone. [ Obsolete]
Cotgrave.
Detinue Det"i·nue noun [ Old French
detinu ,
detenu , past participle of
detenir to detain. See
Detain .]
A person or thing detained ;
(Law) A form of action for the recovery of a personal chattel wrongfully detained. Writ of detinue (Law) ,
one that lies against him who wrongfully detains goods or chattels delivered to him, or in possession, to recover the thing itself, or its value and damages, from the detainer. It is now in a great measure superseded by other remedies.
Detonate Det"o·nate intransitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Detonated ;
present participle & verbal noun Detonating .] [ Latin
detonare , intransitive verb , to thunder down;
de +
tonare to thunder; akin to English
thunder . See
Thunder , and confer
Detonize .]
To explode with a sudden report; as, niter detonates with sulphur.
Detonate Det"o·nate transitive verb To cause to explode; to cause to burn or inflame with a sudden report.
Detonating Det"o·na`ting adjective & noun from Detonate . Detonating gas ,
a mixture of two volumes of hydrogen with one volume of oxygen, which explodes with a loud report upon ignition. --
Detonating powder ,
any powder or solid substance, as fulminate of mercury, which when struck, explodes with violence and a loud report. --
Detonating primer ,
a primer exploded by a fuse; -- used to explode gun cotton in blasting operations. --
Detonating tube ,
a strong tube of glass, usually graduated, closed at one end, and furnished with two wires passing through its sides at opposite points, and nearly meeting, for the purpose of exploding gaseous mixtures by an electric spark, as in gas analysis, etc.
Detonation Det`o·na"tion (-nā"shŭn)
noun [ Confer French
détonation .]
An explosion or sudden report made by the instantaneous decomposition or combustion of unstable substances; as, the detonation of gun cotton.
Detonator Det"o·na`tor (dĕt"o*nā`tẽr)
noun One who, or that which, detonates.
Detonator Det"o·na`tor noun One that detonates ; specif.:
(a) An explosive whose action is practically instantaneous. (b) Something used to detonate a charge, as a detonating fuse. (c) A case containing detonating powder, the explosion of which serves as a signal, as on railroads. (d) A gun fired by a percussion cap. [ Obsolete]
Detonization Det`o·ni·za"tion (dĕt`o*nĭ*zā"shŭn)
noun The act of detonizing; detonation.
Detonize Det"o·nize (dĕt"o*nīz)
transitive verb & i. [ See
Detonate .] [
imperfect & past participle Detonized ;
present participle & verbal noun Detonizing .]
To explode, or cause to explode; to burn with an explosion; to detonate.
Detorsion De·tor"sion noun Same as Detortion .
Detort De·tort" transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Detorted ;
present participle & verbal noun Detorting .] [ Latin
detortus , past participle of
detorquere to turn away;
de +
torquere to turn about, twist: confer French
détorquer ,
détordre .]
To turn form the original or plain meaning; to pervert; to wrest. Hammond.
Detortion De·tor"tion noun The act of detorting, or the state of being detorted; a twisting or warping.
Detour De`tour" noun [ French
détour , from
détourner to turn aside; prefix
dé- (L.
dis- ) +
tourner to turn. See
Turn .]
A turning; a circuitous route; a deviation from a direct course; as, the detours of the Mississippi.
Detract De·tract" transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Detracted ;
present participle & verbal noun Detracting .] [ Latin
detractus , past participle of
detrahere to detract;
de +
trahere to draw: confer French
détracter . See
Trace .]
1. To take away; to withdraw. Detract much from the view of the without.
Sir H. Wotton. 2. To take credit or reputation from; to defame. That calumnious critic . . .
Detracting what laboriously we do.
Drayton. Syn. -- To derogate; decry; disparage; depreciate; asperse; vilify; defame; traduce. See
Decry .
Detract De·tract" intransitive verb To take away a part or something, especially from one's credit; to lessen reputation; to derogate; to defame; -- often with from . It has been the fashion to detract both from the moral and literary character of Cicero.
V. Knox.
Detracter De·tract"er noun One who detracts; a detractor. Other detracters and malicious writers.
Sir T. North.
Detractingly De·tract"ing·ly adverb In a detracting manner.
Detraction De·trac"tion noun [ French
détraction , Latin
detractio .]
1. A taking away or withdrawing. [ Obsolete]
The detraction of the eggs of the said wild fowl.
Bacon. 2. The act of taking away from the reputation or good name of another; a lessening or cheapening in the estimation of others; the act of depreciating another, from envy or malice; calumny. Syn. -- Depreciation; disparagement; derogation; slander; calumny; aspersion; censure.
Detractious De·trac"tious adjective Containing detraction; detractory. [ R.]
Johnson.
Detractive De·tract"ive adjective 1. Tending to detract or draw. [ R.]
2. Tending to lower in estimation; depreciative.
Detractiveness De·tract"ive·ness noun The quality of being detractive.
Detractor De·tract"or noun [ Latin : confer French
détracteur .]
One who detracts; a derogator; a defamer. His detractors were noisy and scurrilous.
Macaulay. Syn. -- Slanderer; calumniator; defamer; vilifier.
Detractory De·tract"o·ry adjective Defamatory by denial of desert; derogatory; calumnious. Sir T. Browne.
Detractress De·tract"ress noun A female detractor. Addison.
Detrain De·train" intransitive verb & t. To alight, or to cause to alight, from a railway train. [ Eng.]
London Graphic.
Detrect De·trect" transitive verb [ Latin
detrectare ;
de +
tractare , intens. of
trahere to draw.]
To refuse; to decline. [ Obsolete] "To
detrect the battle."
Holinshed.
Detriment Det"ri·ment (dĕt"rĭ*m
e nt)
noun [ Latin
detrimentum , from
deterere ,
detritum , to rub or wear away;
de +
terere to rub: confer French
détriment . See
Trite .]
1. That which injures or causes damage; mischief; harm; diminution; loss; damage; -- used very generically; as, detriments to property, religion, morals, etc. I can repair
That detriment , if such it be.
Milton. 2. A charge made to students and barristers for incidental repairs of the rooms they occupy. [ Eng.]
Syn. -- Injury; loss; damage; disadvantage; prejudice; hurt; mischief; harm.
Detriment Det"ri·ment transitive verb To do injury to; to hurt. [ Archaic]
Other might be determined thereby.
Fuller.
Detrimental Det`ri·men"tal adjective Causing detriment; injurious; hurtful. Neither dangerous nor detrimental to the donor.
Addison. Syn. -- Injurious; hurtful; prejudicial; disadvantageous; mischievous; pernicious.
Detrimentalness Det`ri·men"tal·ness noun The quality of being detrimental; injuriousness.
Detrital De·tri"tal adjective (Geol.) Pertaining to, or composed of, detritus.
Detrite De·trite" adjective [ Latin
detritus , past participle ]
Worn out.
Detrition De·tri"tion noun [ Late Latin
detritio . See
Detriment .]
A wearing off or away. Phonograms which by process long-continued detrition have reached a step of extreme simplicity.
I. Taylor (The Alphabet).
Detritus De·tri"tus noun [ French
détritus , from Latin
detritus , past participle of
deterere . See
Detriment .]
1. (Geol.) A mass of substances worn off from solid bodies by attrition, and reduced to small portions; as, diluvial detritus . » For large portions, the word
débris is used.
2. Hence: Any fragments separated from the body to which they belonged; any product of disintegration. The mass of detritus of which modern languages are composed.
Farrar.
Detrude De·trude" transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Detruded ;
present participle & verbal noun Detruding .] [ Latin
detrudere ,
detrusum ;
de +
trudere to thrust, push.]
To thrust down or out; to push down with force. Locke.
Detruncate De·trun"cate transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Detruncated ;
present participle & verbal noun Detruncating .] [ Latin
detruncatus , past participle of
detruncare to cut off;
de +
truncare to maim, shorten, cut off. See
Truncate .]
To shorten by cutting; to cut off; to lop off.
Detruncation De`trun·ca"tion noun [ Latin
detruncatio : confer French
détroncation .]
The act of lopping or cutting off, as the head from the body.
Detrusion De·tru"sion noun [ Latin
detrusio . See
Detrude .]
The act of thrusting or driving down or outward; outward thrust. --
De*tru"sive ,
adjective
Dette Dette noun Debt. [ Obsolete]
Chaucer.
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