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Act of departing; departure. [Obs.] Sudden departments from one extreme to another. Wotton.

A store keeping a great variety of goods which are arranged in several departments, esp. one with dry goods as the principal stock.

Pertaining to a department or division. Burke.

Deploration. [Obs.]

ploying; a spreading out of a body of men in order to extend their front. -Wilhelm. Deployments . . . which cause the soldier to turn his back to the enemy are not suited to war.H.L. Scott.

the courtesies and duties of life; behavior; demeanor; bearing. The gravity of his deportment carried him safe through many difficulties. Swift.

Depravity. [Obs.] Milton.

Serving to depress. [R.] "Depriment muscles." Derham.

Deprivation. [R.]

The act of deraigning. [Obs.]

The act of going off, or the state of being off, the rails of a railroad.

The act of deranging or putting out of order, or the state of being deranged; disarrangement; disorder; confusion; especially, mental disorder; insanity.

That which is derived; deduction; inference. [Obs.] I offer these derivements from these subjects. W. Montagu.

The loss or obliteration of division into segments; as, a desegmentation of the body.

The act of making unsightly; disfigurement. [R.] To substitute jury masts at whatever desightment or damage in risk. London Times.

tist's skill were shown In mingling colors, or in placing light, Yet still the fair designment was his own. Dryden.

A despising. [R.] Holland.

Despoliation. [R.]

sent from the main body on special service. Troops . . . widely scattered in little detachments. Bancroft.

Detention. [R.] Blackstone.