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Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

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DECOMPOSITION n. 3 definitions

al or alteration of some of the ingredients of a compound; disintegration; as, the decomposition of wood, rocks, etc.

DEFECTUOSITY n.

Great imperfection. [Obs.] W. Montagu.

DENSITY n. 3 definitions

The quality of being dense, close, or thick; compactness; -- opposed to rarity.

DEPOSIT v. 10 definitions

lay down; to place; to put; to let fall or throw down (as sediment); as, a crocodile deposits her eggs in the sand; the waters deposited a rich alluvium. The fear is deposited in conscience. Jer. Taylor.

DEPOSITARY n. 3 definitions

One with whom anything is lodged in the trust; one who receives a deposit; -- the correlative of depositor. I . . . made you my guardians, my depositaries. Shak. The depositaries of power, who are mere delegates of the people.J.S. Mill.

DEPOSITION n. 6 definitions

The act of depositing or deposing; the act of laying down or thrown down; precipitation. The deposition of rough sand and rolled pebbles. H. Miller.

One who makes a deposit, especially of money in bank; -- the correlative of depository.

DEPOSITORY n. 2 definitions

A place where anything is deposited for sale or keeping; as, warehouse is a depository for goods; a clerk's office is a depository for records.

The act of depositing; deposition. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

An end or ending. [R.]

DESITIVE a. 2 definitions

Final; serving to complete; conclusive. [Obs.] "Desitive propositions." I. Watts.

Dimension. [R.] Howell.

DISCOMPOSITION n.

Inconsistency; discordance. [Obs.] Donne.

Disposed. [Obs.] Glanvill.

DISPOSITION n. 6 definitions

ng, arranging, ordering, regulating, or transferring; application; disposal; as, the disposition of a man's property by will. Who have received the law by the disposition of angels. Acts vii. 53. The disposition of the work, to put all things in a beautiful order and harmony, that the whole may be of a piece. Dryden.…

DISPOSITIONAL a.

Pertaining to disposition.

DISPOSITIONED a.

Having (such) a disposition; -- used in compounds; as, well- dispositioned.

DISPOSITIVE a. 2 definitions

Disposing; tending to regulate; decretive. [Obs.] His dispositive wisdom and power. Bates.

DISPOSITIVELY adv.

In a dispositive manner; by natural or moral disposition. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne. Do dispositively what Moses is recorded to have done literally, . . . break all the ten commandments at once. Boyle.