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Addicted to pleasure; luxurious; voluptuous; alluring. [R.] Dives, for his delicate life, to the devil went. Piers Plowman. Haarlem is a very delicate town. Evelyn.

In a delicate manner.

The quality of being delicate.

Relishes for the table; dainties; delicacies. "A dealer in delicatessen". G. H. Putnam.

The formation of a delta or of deltas. [R.]

To mark by bounds; to set the limits of; to separate; to discriminate. Wilkinson.

f ascertaining and setting a limit; separation; distinction. The speculative line of demarcation, where obedience ought to end and resistance must begin, is faint, obscure, and not easily definable. Burke.

The act or process of freeing from nitrogen; also, the condition resulting from the removal of nitrogen.

deprive of phlogiston, or the supposed principle of inflammability. Priestley. Dephlogisticated air, oxygen gas; -- so called by Dr. Priestly and others of his time. -- De`phlo*gis`ti*ca"tion, n.

An unfolding, untwisting, or unplaiting. [Obs.] W. Montagu.

verance from; to express deep regret for; to disapprove of strongly. His purpose was deprecated by all round him, and he was with difficulty induced to adandon it. Sir W. Scott.

In a deprecating manner.

The act of deprecating; a praying against evil; prayer that an evil may be removed or prevented; strong expression of disapprobation. Humble deprecation. Milton.

Serving to deprecate; deprecatory. -- Dep"re*ca*tive*ly, adv.

One who deprecates.

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

To proclaim; to celebrate. [R.]

To deflour; to dishonor. [Obs.]

To cut, as with a scythe; to mow. [Obs.]

To dry up; to deprive or exhaust of moisture; to preserve by drying; as, to desiccate fish or fruit. Bodies desiccated by heat or age. Bacon.