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DEJERATE v.
To swear solemnly; to take an oath. [Obs.] Cockeram.
DEJERATION n.
The act of swearing solemnly. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.
DELACERATION n.
A tearing in pieces. [Obs.] Bailey.
DELIBERATE a. 5 definitions
nsequences of a step; circumspect; slow in determining; -- applied to persons; as, a deliberate judge or counselor. "These deliberate fools." Shak.
DELIBERATELY adv.
With careful consideration, or deliberation; circumspectly; warily; not hastily or rashly; slowly; as, a purpose deliberately formed.
DELIBERATENESS n.
The quality of being deliberate; calm consideration; circumspection.
DELIBERATION n. 2 definitions
The act of deliberating, or of weighing and examining the reasons for and against a choice or measure; careful consideration; mature reflection. Choosing the fairest way with a calm deliberation. W. Montagu.
DELIBERATIVE a. 3 definitions
Pertaining to deliberation; proceeding or acting by deliberation, or by discussion and examination; deliberating; as, a deliberative body. A consummate work of deliberative wisdom. Bancroft. The court of jurisdiction is to be distinguished from the deliberative body, the advisers of the crown. Hallam.…
DELIBERATIVELY adv.
In a deliberative manner; circumspectly; considerately.
DELIBERATOR n.
One who deliberates.
DELIVERABLE a.
Capable of being, or about to be, delivered; necessary to be delivered. Hale.
DELIVERANCE n. 6 definitions
elivering or freeing from restraint, captivity, peril, and the like; rescue; as, the deliverance of a captive. He hath sent me to heal the broken-hearted, to preach deliverance to the captives. Luke iv. 18. One death or one deliverance we will share. Dryden.
DEONERATE v.
To unload; to disburden. [Obs.] Cockeram.
DEPAUPERATE v. 2 definitions
To make poor; to impoverish. Liming does not depauperate; the ground will last long, and bear large grain. Mortimer. Humility of mind which depauperates the spirit. Jer. Taylor.
DERACINATE v.
To pluck up by the roots; to extirpate. [R.] While that the colter rusts That should deracinate such savagery. Shak.
DERACINATION n.
The act of pulling up by the roots; eradication. [R.]
DERAIGN; DERAIN v.
To prove or to refute by proof; to clear (one's self). [Obs.]
DERAIGNMENT; DERAINMENT n. 2 definitions
The act of deraigning. [Obs.]
DERAIL v.
To cause to run off from the rails of a railroad, as a locomotive. Lardner.
DERAILMENT n.
The act of going off, or the state of being off, the rails of a railroad.
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