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Formation and separation of laminæ or layers; one of the methods by which the various blastodermic layers of the ovum are differentiated.

To strip or remove the wood from; as, to delignate ramie, in the preparation of ribbons of the fiber for further working.

Having half the nature of another. [R.] Shak.

The or process of denationalizing.

To divest or deprive of national character or rights. Bonaparte's decree denationalizes, as he calls it, all ships that have touched at a British port. Cobbett. An expatriated, denationalized race. G. Eliot.

To render unnatural; to alienate from nature.

To deprive of its natural qualities; change the nature of.

Denization; denizening. Abbott.

To give a name to; to characterize by an epithet; to entitle; to name; to designate. Passions commonly denominating selfish. Hume.

The act of naming or designating.

Pertaining to a denomination, especially to a sect or society. "Denominational differences." Buckle.

A denominational or class spirit or policy; devotion to the interests of a sect or denomination.

One imbued with a denominational spirit. The Century.

In a denominational manner; by denomination or sect.

Conferring a denomination or name.

By denomination.

a name; origin or source of a name. This opinion that Aram . . . was the father and denomination of the Syrians in general. Sir W. Raleigh.

Disorder; dissoluteness. [Obs.] Excess of rideordination. Jer. Taylor.

To deoxidize. [Obs.]

The act or operation of depriving of oxygen.