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e; tending to remove or avert evil by prayer; apologetic. Humble and deprecatory letters. Bacon.

Liable to depredation. [Obs.] "Made less depredable." Bacon.

es the substance of the body . . . less apt to be consumed and depredated by the spirits. Bacon.

o detect; to discover; to find out. The motion . . . are to be deprehended by experience. Bacon.

to dispossess of dignity, especially ecclesiastical. A miniser deprived for inconformity. Bacon.

es meats, skins, woolens, and furs. The most common species is D. lardarius, known as the bacon beetle.

to preserve by drying; as, to desiccate fish or fruit. Bodies desiccated by heat or age. Bacon.

The state or quality of being desidiose, or indolent. [Obs.] N. Bacon.

To leave destitute; to forsake; to abandon. [Obs.] To forsake or destitute a plantation. Bacon.

end; to finish. The knowledge of men hitherto hath been determined by the view or sight. Bacon. Now, where is he that will not stay so long Till his friend sickness hath determined me Shak.

A taking away or withdrawing. [Obs.] The detraction of the eggs of the said wild fowl. Bacon.

ffair; adroitness. His wisdom . . . was turned . . . into a dexterity to deliver himself. Bacon. He had conducted his own defense with singular boldness and dexterity. Hallam.

lasting for one day; as, a diary fever. [Obs.] "Diary ague." Bacon.

One who dichotomizes. Bacon.

said by another. Sylla could not skill of letters, and therefore knew not how to dictate. Bacon.

Office of a dictator; dictatorship. [R.] Bacon.

Diduction; separation into distinct parts. Bacon.

. . . diet in such places, where there is good company of the nation, where he traveleth. Bacon.

Difficult; hard to manage; stubborn. [Obs.] -- Dif"fi*cile*ness, n. [Obs.] Bacon.

Clear; lucid. [Obs.] Bacon. -- Di*lu"cid*ly, adv. [Obs.] -- Di`lu*cid"i*ty, n. [Obs.]