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DEPRI'VE, _v.a._ bereave one of a thing; hinder; debar from
DE'RVISE, _s._ a Turkish priest
DESCE'NDANT, _s._ the offspring of an ancestor
DESCRI'BE, _v.a._ mark out; define
DESCRI'PTION, _s._ the sentence or pa.s.sage in which anything is described
DESCRY', _v.a._ give notice of anything suddenly discovered; detect; discover
DE'SERT, _s._ a wilderness; solitude; waste country
DESE'RVE, _v.a._ be ent.i.tled to reward or punishment
DESI'GN, _s._ an intention; a purpose; a scheme
DESIGNA'TION, _s._ appointment; direction; intention to design
DESI'RE, _v.a._ wish; long for; intreat
DE'SOLATE, _a._ without inhabitants; solitary; laid waste
DESPA'TCH, _s._ to send away hastily; to do business quickly; to put to death
DE'SPERATE, _a._ without hope; rash; mad; furious
DE'SPICABLE, _a._ worthy of scorn; contemptible
DESPI'SE, _v.a._ scorn; condemn; slight; abhor
DE'SPOTISM, _s._ absolute power
DESTINA'TION, _s._ the place where it was our destiny to go; fate; doom
DE'STINE, _v.a._ doom; devote
DE'STINY, _s._ doom; fate
DE'St.i.tUTE, _a._ forsaken; abject; in want of
DESTRO'Y, _v.a._ lay waste; make desolate; put an end to
DESTRU'CTION, _s._ the act of destroying; the state of being destroyed; ruin
DETA'CH, _v.a._ separate; disengage
DETA'CHMENT, _s._ a body of troops sent out from the main army
DETE'R, _v.a._ fright from anything
DETERMINA'TION, _s._ absolute direction to a certain end; the result of deliberation; judicial decision
DETE'RMINE, _v.a._ fix; settle; resolve; decide
DETE'STABLE, _a._ hateful; abominable; odious
DETRA'CTION, _s._ the withdrawing or taking off from a thing
DETRU'DE, _v.a._ thrust down; force into a lower place
DEVASTA'TION, _s._ waste; havoc; desolation; destruction
DEVE'LOP, _v.a._ to disentangle; to disengage from something that enfolds and conceals
DEVIA'TION, _s._ the act of quitting the right way; wandering
DEVO'TE, _v.a._ dedicate; consecrate
DE'VOTEE, _s._ one erroneously or superst.i.tiously religious; a bigot
DEVO'TION, _s._ piety; prayer; strong affection; power
DE'XTEROUS, _a._ subtle; full of expedients; expert; active; ready
DIABO'LICAL, _a._ devilish
DI'ADEM, _s._ the mark of Royalty worn on the head
DI'AL, _s._ a plate marked with lines, where a hand or shadow shows the hour
DI'ALECT, _s._ subdivision of a language; style; manner of expression
DI'ALOGUE, _s._ a discussion between two persons
DIA'METER, _s._ the straight line which, pa.s.sing through the centre of a circle, divides it into two equal parts
DI'AMOND, _s._ the most valuable and hardest of all the gems; a brilliant
DI'FFER, _v.n._ be distinguished from; contend; be of a contrary opinion
DI'FFERENT, _a._ distinct; unlike; dissimilar
DIFFICULTY, _s._ hardness; something hard to accomplish; distress; perplexity in affairs
DI'GNITY, _s._ rank of elevation; grandeur of mien; high place
DILA'TE, _v n._ widen; grow wide; speak largely
