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Descensional (?), a. Pertaining to descension. Johnson.
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Descensive (?), a. Tending to descend; tending downwards; descending. Smart.
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Descensory (?), n. [NL. descensorium: cf. OF. descensoire. See .] A vessel used in alchemy to extract oils.
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Descent (?), n. [F. descente, fr. descendre; like vente, from vendre. See .] 1. The act of descending, or passing downward; change of place from higher to lower.
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2. Incursion; sudden attack; especially, hostile invasion from sea; -- often followed by upon or on; as, to make a descent upon the enemy.
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The United Provinces . . . ordered public prayer to God, when they feared that the French and English fleets would make a descent upon their coasts. Jortin.
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3. Progress downward, as in station, virtue, as in station, virtue, and the like, from a higher to a lower state, from a higher to a lower state, from the more to the less important, from the better to the worse, etc.
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2. Derivation, as from an ancestor; procedure by generation; lineage; birth; extraction. Dryden.
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5. (Law) Transmission of an estate by inheritance, usually, but not necessarily, in the descending line; title to inherit an estate by reason of consanguinity. Abbott.
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6. Inclination downward; a descending way; inclined or sloping surface; declivity; slope; as, a steep descent.
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7. That which is descended; descendants; issue.
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If care of our descent perplex us most,
Which must be born to certain woe. Milton.
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8. A step or remove downward in any scale of gradation; a degree in the scale of genealogy; a generation.
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No man living is a thousand descents removed from Adam himself. Hooker.
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9. Lowest place; extreme downward place. [R.]
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And from the extremest upward of thy head,
To the descent and dust below thy foot. Shak. 10. (Mus.) A passing from a higher to a lower tone.

Syn. -- Declivity; slope; degradation; extraction; lineage; assault; invasion; attack.
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Describable (?), a. That can be described; capable of description.
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Describe (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Described (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Describing.] [L. describere, descriptum; de- + scribere to write: cf. OE. descriven, OF. descrivre, F. décrire. See , and cf. .] 1. To represent by drawing; to draw a plan of; to delineate; to trace or mark out; as, to describe a circle by the compasses; a torch waved about the head in such a way as to describe a circle.
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2. To represent by words written or spoken; to give an account of; to make known to others by words or signs; as, the geographer describes countries and cities.
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3. To distribute into parts, groups, or classes; to mark off; to class. [Obs.]
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Passed through the land, and described it by cities into seven parts in a book. Josh. xviii. 9.

Syn. -- To set forth; represent; delineate; relate; recount; narrate; express; explain; depict; portray; chracterize.
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Describe, v. i. To use the faculty of describing; to give a description; as, Milton describes with uncommon force and beauty.
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Describent (?), n. [L. describens, p. pr. of describere.] (Geom.) Same as .
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Describer (?), n. One who describes.
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Descrier (?), n. One who descries.
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Description (?), n. [F. description, L. descriptio. See .] 1. The act of describing; a delineation by marks or signs.
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2. A sketch or account of anything in words; a portraiture or representation in language; an enumeration of the essential qualities of a thing or species.
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Milton has descriptions of morning. D. Webster.
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3. A class to which a certain representation is applicable; kind; sort.
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A difference . . . between them and another description of public creditors. A. Hamilton.
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The plates were all of the meanest description. Macaulay.

Syn. -- Account; definition; recital; relation; detail; narrative; narration; explanation; delineation; representation; kind; sort. See .
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Descriptive (?), a. [L. descriptivus: cf. F. descriptif.] Tending to describe; having the quality of representing; containing description; as, a descriptive figure; a descriptive phrase; a descriptive narration; a story descriptive of the age.
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Coloq. Descriptive anatomy , that part of anatomy which treats of the forms and relations of parts, but not of their textures. -- Coloq. Descriptive geometry , that branch of geometry. which treats of the graphic solution of problems involving three dimensions, by means of projections upon auxiliary planes. Davies & Peck (Math. Dict. )

-- Descriptively, adv. -- Descriptiveness, n.
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Descrive (?), v. t. [OF. descrivre. See .] To describe. [Obs.] Spenser.
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Descry (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Descried (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Descrying.] [OE. descrien, discrien, to espy, prob. from the proclaiming of what was espied, fr. OF. descrier to proclaim, cry down, decry, F. décrier. The word was confused somewhat with OF. descriven, E. describe, OF. descrivre, from L. describere. See .] 1. To spy out or discover by the eye, as objects distant or obscure; to espy; to recognize; to discern; to discover.
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And the house of Joseph sent to descry Bethel. Judg. i. 23.
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Edmund, I think, is gone . . . to descry
The strength o' the enemy. Shak.
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And now their way to earth they had descried. Milton.
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2. To discover; to disclose; to reveal. [R.]
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His purple robe he had thrown aside, lest it should descry him. Milton.

Syn. -- To see; behold; espy; discover; discern.
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Descry (?), n. Discovery or view, as of an army seen at a distance. [Obs.]
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Near, and on speedy foot; the main descry
Stands on the hourly thought. Shak.
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Desecate (?), v. t. [L. desecare to cut off.] To cut, as with a scythe; to mow. [Obs.]
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Desecrate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Desecrated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Desecrating (?).] [L. desecratus, p. p. of desecrare (also desacrare) to consecrate, dedicate; but taken in the sense if to divest of a sacred character; de- + sacrare to consecrate, fr. sacer sacred. See .] To divest of a sacred character or office; to divert from a sacred purpose; to violate the sanctity of; to profane; to put to an unworthy use; -- the opposite of consecrate.
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The [Russian] clergy can not suffer corporal punishment without being previously desecrated. W. Tooke.
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The founders of monasteries imprecated evil on those who should desecrate their donations. Salmon.
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Desecrater (?), n. One who desecrates; a profaner. Harper's Mag.
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Desecration (?), n. The act of desecrating; profanation; condition of anything desecrated.
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Desecrator (?), n. One who desecrates. “Desecrators of the church.” Morley.
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Desegmentation (?), n. (Anat.) The loss or obliteration of division into segments; as, a desegmentation of the body.
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desegregate v. t. to eliminate laws, regulations, or customs which prohibit members of a specific racial or national group from using (certain locations, organizations, or facilities); to introduce members of a racial or religious group into (a community, facility, or organization from which they had been barred).
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desegregation n. the action of incorporating a racial or religious group into a community; the elimination of laws, regulations, or customs which prohibit members of a specific racial or national group from using certain locations, organizations, or facilities. In the 1960's and 1970's civil rights legislation was passed by the U. S. congress, prohibiting segregation by governmental agencies and in places of public accommodation, which resulteo in widospread besegregotion of schools and places of business. Some segregation remains in privately operated organizations.
Syn. -- integration, integrating.
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desensitisation n. same as .
Syn. -- desensitization.
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desensitise v. t. same as .
Syn. -- deaden.
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desensitized adj. rendered insensitive.
Syn. -- deadened.
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desensitization n. the process of reducing or eliminating sensitivity.
Syn. -- desensitisation.
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desensitize v. t. to rendered insensitive or less sensitive. Opposite of .
Syn. -- deaden.
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desensitizing adj. making less susceptible or sensitive to either physical or emotional stimuli. Opposite of sensitizing. [Narrower terms: numbing]
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Desert (d�zẽrt), n. [OF. deserte, desserte, merit, recompense, fr. deservir, desservir, to merit. See .] That which is deserved; the reward or the punishment justly due; claim to recompense, usually in a good sense; right to reward; merit.
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According to their deserts will I judge them. Ezek. vii. 27.
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Andronicus, surnamed Pius
For many good and great deserts to Rome. Shak.
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His reputation falls far below his desert. A. Hamilton.

Syn. -- Merit; worth; excellence; due.
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Desert (dĕzẽrt), n. [F. désert, L. desertum, from desertus solitary, desert, pp. of deserere to desert; de- + serere to join together. See .] 1. A deserted or forsaken region; a barren tract incapable of supporting population, as the vast sand plains of Asia and Africa which are destitute of moisture and vegetation.
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A dreary desert and a gloomy waste. Pope.
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2. A tract, which may be capable of sustaining a population, but has been left unoccupied and uncultivated; a wilderness; a solitary place.
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He will make her wilderness like Eden, and her desert like the garden of the Lord. Is. li. 3.
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Also figuratively.
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Before her extended
Dreary and vast and silent, the desert of life. Longfellow.
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Desert, a. [Cf. L. desertus, p. p. of deserere, and F. désert. See 2d .] Of or pertaining to a desert; forsaken; without life or cultivation; unproductive; waste; barren; wild; desolate; solitary; as, they landed on a desert island.
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He . . . went aside privately into a desert place. Luke ix. 10.
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Full many a flower is born to blush unseen,
And waste its sweetness on the desert air. Gray.
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Coloq. Desert flora (Bot.), the assemblage of plants growing naturally in a desert, or in a dry and apparently unproductive place. -- Coloq. Desert hare (Zoöl.), a small hare (Lepus sylvaticus, var. Arizonæ) inhabiting the deserts of the Western United States. -- Coloq. Desert mouse (Zoöl.), an American mouse (Hesperomys eremicus), living in the Western deserts.
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Desert (d�zẽrt), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Deserted; p. pr. & vb. n. Deserting.] [Cf. L. desertus, p. p. of deserere to desert, F. déserter. See 2d .] 1. To leave (especially something which one should stay by and support); to leave in the lurch; to abandon; to forsake; -- implying blame, except sometimes when used of localities; as, to desert a friend, a principle, a cause, one's country. “The deserted fortress.” Prescott.
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2. (Mil.) To abandon (the service) without leave; to forsake in violation of duty; to abscond from; as, to desert the army; to desert one's colors.
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Desert, v. i. To abandon a service without leave; to quit military service without permission, before the expiration of one's term; to abscond.
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The soldiers . . . deserted in numbers. Bancroft.

Syn. -- To abandon; forsake; leave; relinquish; renounce; quit; depart from; abdicate. See .
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deserted adj. 1. having no residents; as, deserted villages.
Syn. -- uninhabited.
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2. no longer used by people.
Syn. -- abandoned, derelict.
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3. remote from civilization; as, the victim was lured to a deserted spot.
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4. being left by another without support or assistance; left in the lurch; -- of people; as, deserted wives and children. In this sense, the label implies some level of dependence of the person(s) being deserted on those deserting them.

Deserter (d�zẽrtẽr), n. One who forsakes a duty, a cause or a party, a friend, or any one to whom he owes service; especially, a soldier or a seaman who abandons the service without leave; one guilty of desertion.
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Desertful (?), a. Meritorious. [R.] Beau. & Fl.
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Desertion (d�zẽrshŭn), n. [L. desertio: cf. F. désertion.] 1. The act of deserting or forsaking; abandonment of a service, a cause, a party, a friend, or any post of duty; the quitting of one's duties willfully and without right; esp., an absconding from military or naval service.
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Such a resignation would have seemed to his superior a desertion or a reproach. Bancroft.
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2. The state of being forsaken; desolation; as, the king in his desertion.
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3. Abandonment by God; spiritual despondency.
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The spiritual agonies of a soul under desertion. South.
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Desertless (?), a. Without desert. [R.]
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Desertlessly, adv. Undeservedly. [R.] Beau. & Fl.
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Desertness (?), n. A deserted condition. [R.] “The desertness of the country.” Udall.

{ Desertrix (?), Desertrice (?), } n. [L. desertrix.] A feminine deserter. Milton.
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Deserve (d�zẽrv), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Deserved (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Deserving.] [OF. deservir, desservir, to merit, L. deservire to serve zealously, be devoted to; de- + servire to serve. See .] 1. To earn by service; to be worthy of (something due, either good or evil); to merit; to be entitled to; as, the laborer deserves his wages; a work of value deserves praise.
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God exacteth of thee less than thine iniquity deserveth. Job xi. 6.
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John Gay deserved to be a favorite. Thackeray.
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Encouragement is not held out to things that deserve reprehension. Burke.
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2. To serve; to treat; to benefit. [Obs.]
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A man that hath
So well deserved me. Massinger.
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deserve (d�zẽrv), v. i. To be worthy of recompense; -- usually with ill or with well.
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One man may merit or deserve of another. South.
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deserved adj. properly earned; warranted; merited. Opposite of undeserved.
Syn. -- due. [WordNet 1.5 +PJC]

deservedly (d�zẽrvĕdl�), adv. According to desert (whether good or evil); justly.
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Deservedness, n. Meritoriousness.
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Deserver (?), n. One who deserves.
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Deserving, n. Desert; merit.
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A person of great deservings from the republic. Swift.
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Deserving, a. Meritorious; worthy; as, a deserving person or act. -- Deservingly, adv.
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desex v. t. to make infertile, especially by removing or incapacitating the sexual organs; -- used of both males and females.
Syn. -- sterilize, unsex, desexualize, fix.
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desexualize v. i. & t. to direct one's libidinous urges into another direction.
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2. same as .
Syn. -- sterilize, desex, unsex, fix, make infertile.
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Deshabille (?), n. [F. déshabillé, fr. déshabiller to undress; pref. dés- (L. dis-) + habiller to dress. See , and cf. .] An undress; a careless toilet.
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desicate v. t. variant spelling of .
Syn. -- dehydrate, dry up, dessicate.
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dessicate v. t. variant spelling of .
Syn. -- dehydrate, dry up, desicate.
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Desiccant (?), a. [L. desiccans, p. pr. of desiccare. See .] Drying; desiccative. -- n. (Med.) A medicine or application for drying up a sore. Wiseman.
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Desiccate (?; 277), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Desiccated; p. pr. & vb. n. Desiccating.] [L. desiccatus, p. p. of desiccare to dry up; de- + siccare to dry, siccus dry. See wine.] To dry up; to deprive or exhaust of moisture; to preserve by drying; as, to desiccate fish or fruit.
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Bodies desiccated by heat or age. Bacon.
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Desiccate, v. i. To become dry.
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Desiccation (?), n. [Cf. F. dessiccation.] The act of desiccating, or the state of being desiccated.
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Desiccative (?), a. [Cf. F. dessicatif.] Drying; tending to dry. Ferrand. -- n. (Med.) An application for drying up secretions.
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Desiccator (?), n. 1. One who, or that which, desiccates.
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2. (Chem.) A short glass jar fitted with an air-tight cover, and containing some desiccating agent, as sulphuric acid, phosphorus pentoxide, or calcium chloride, above which is supported on a perforated platform the material to be dried, or preserved from moisture.
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3. A machine or apparatus for drying fruit, milk, etc., usually by the aid of heat; an evaporator.
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Desiccatory (?), a. Desiccative.
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Desiderable (?), a. Desirable. [R.] “Good and desiderable things.” Holland.
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Desiderata (?), n. pl. See .
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Desiderate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Desiderated; p. pr. & vb. n. Desiderating.] [L. desideratus, p. p. of desiderare to desire, miss. See , and cf. .] To desire; to feel the want of; to lack; to miss; to want.
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Pray have the goodness to point out one word missing that ought to have been there -- please to insert a desiderated stanza. You can not. Prof. Wilson.
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Men were beginning . . . to desiderate for them an actual abode of fire. A. W. Ward.
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Desideration (?), n. [L. desideratio.] Act of desiderating; also, the thing desired. [R.] Jeffrey.
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Desiderative (?), a. [L. desiderativus.] Denoting desire; as, desiderative verbs.
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Desiderative, n. 1. An object of desire.
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2. (Gram.) A verb formed from another verb by a change of termination, and expressing the desire of doing that which is indicated by the primitive verb.
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Desideratum (?), n.; pl. Desiderata (#). [L., fr. desideratus, p. p. See .] Anything desired; that of which the lack is felt; a want generally felt and acknowledge.

{ Desidiose (?), Desidious (?), } a. [L. desidiosus, fr. desidia a sitting idle, fr. desid�re to sit idle; de- + sed�re to sit.] Idle; lazy. [Obs.]
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Desidiousness, n. The state or quality of being desidiose, or indolent. [Obs.] N. Bacon.
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Desight (?), n. [Pref. de- + sight.] An unsightly object. [Obs.]
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Desightment (?), n. The act of making unsightly; disfigurement. [R.]
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To substitute jury masts at whatever desightment or damage in risk. London Times.
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Design (?; 277), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Designed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Designing.] [F. désigner to designate, cf. F. dessiner to draw, dessin drawing, dessein a plan or scheme; all, ultimately, from L. designare to designate; de- + signare to mark, mark out, signum mark, sign. See , and cf. , n., .] 1. To draw preliminary outline or main features of; to sketch for a pattern or model; to delineate; to trace out; to draw. Dryden.
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2. To mark out and exhibit; to designate; to indicate; to show; to point out; to appoint.
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We shall see
Justice design the victor's chivalry. Shak.
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Meet me to-morrow where the master
And this fraternity shall design. Beau. & Fl.
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3. To create or produce, as a work of art; to form a plan or scheme of; to form in idea; to invent; to project; to lay out in the mind; as, a man designs an essay, a poem, a statue, or a cathedral.
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4. To intend or purpose; -- usually with for before the remote object, but sometimes with to.
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Ask of politicians the end for which laws were originally designed. Burke.
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He was designed to the study of the law. Dryden.

Syn. -- To sketch; plan; purpose; intend; propose; project; mean.
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Design, v. i. To form a design or designs; to plan.
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Coloq. Design for , to intend to go to. [Obs.] “From this city she designed for Collin [Cologne].” Evelyn.
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