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Detriment (dĕtrĭm�nt), n. [L. detrimentum, fr. deterere, detritum, to rub or wear away; de + terere to rub: cf. F. détriment. See .] 1. That which injures or causes damage; mischief; harm; diminution; loss; damage; -- used very generically; as, detriments to property, religion, morals, etc.
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I can repair
That detriment, if such it be. Milton.
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2. A charge made to students and barristers for incidental repairs of the rooms they occupy. [Eng.]

Syn. -- Injury; loss; damage; disadvantage; prejudice; hurt; mischief; harm.
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Detriment (?), v. t. To do injury to; to hurt. [Archaic]
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Other might be determined thereby. Fuller.
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Detrimental (?), a. Causing detriment; injurious; hurtful.
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Neither dangerous nor detrimental to the donor. Addison.

Syn. -- Injurious; hurtful; prejudicial; disadvantageous; mischievous; pernicious.
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Detrimentalness, n. The quality of being detrimental; injuriousness.
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Detrital (?), a. (Geol.) Pertaining to, or composed of, detritus.
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Detrite (?), a. [L. detritus, p. p.] Worn out.
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Detrition (?), n. [LL. detritio. See .] A wearing off or away.
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Phonograms which by process long-continued detrition have reached a step of extreme simplicity. I. Taylor (The Alphabet).
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Detritus (?), n. [F. détritus, fr. L. detritus, p. p. of deterere. See .] 1. (Geol.) A mass of substances worn off from solid bodies by attrition, and reduced to small portions; as, diluvial detritus.
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☞ For large portions, the word débris is used.
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2. Hence: Any fragments separated from the body to which they belonged; any product of disintegration.
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The mass of detritus of which modern languages are composed. Farrar.
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Detrude (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Detruded; p. pr. & vb. n. Detruding.] [L. detrudere, detrusum; de + trudere to thrust, push.] To thrust down or out; to push down with force. Locke.
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Detruncate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Detruncated; p. pr. & vb. n. Detruncating.] [L. detruncatus, p. p. of detruncare to cut off; de + truncare to maim, shorten, cut off. See .] To shorten by cutting; to cut off; to lop off.
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Detruncation (?), n. [L. detruncatio: cf. F. détroncation.] The act of lopping or cutting off, as the head from the body.
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Detrusion (?), n. [L. detrusio. See .] The act of thrusting or driving down or outward; outward thrust. -- Detrusive, a.
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Dette (?), n. Debt. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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Detteles (?), a. Free from debt. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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Detumescence (?), n. [L. detumescere to cease swelling; de + tumescere, tumere, to swell.] Diminution of swelling; subsidence of anything swollen. [R.] Cudworth.
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Detur (?), n. [L. detur let it be given.] A present of books given to a meritorious undergraduate student as a prize. [Harvard Univ., U. S.]
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Deturb (?), v. t. [L. deturbare.] To throw down. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.
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Deturbate (?), v. t. [LL. deturbatus, p. p. of deturbare, fr. L. deturbare to thrust down.] To evict; to remove. [Obs.] Foxe.
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Deturbation (?), n. The act of deturbating. [Obs.]
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Deturn (?), v. t. [Pref. de- + turn. Cf. .] To turn away. [Obs.] Sir K. Digby.
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Deturpate (?), v. t. [L. deturpare; de + turpare to make ugly, defile, turpis ugly, foul.] To defile; to disfigure. [Obs.] Jer. Taylor.
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Deturpation (?), n. A making foul. [Obs.] Jer. Taylor.
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Deuce (dūs), n. [F. deux two, OF. deus, fr. L. duo. See .] 1. (Gaming) Two; a card or a die with two spots; as, the deuce of hearts.
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2. (Tennis) A condition of the score beginning whenever each side has won three strokes in the same game (also reckoned “40 all”), and reverted to as often as a tie is made until one of the sides secures two successive strokes following a tie or deuce, which decides the game.
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Deuce, n. [Cf. LL. dusius, Armor, dus, teûz, phantom, specter; Gael. taibhs, taibhse, apparition, ghost; or fr. OF. deus God, fr. L. deus (cf. ).] The devil; a demon. [A euphemism, written also deuse.] [Low]
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Deuced (?), a. Devilish; excessive; extreme. [Low] -- Deucedly, adv.

Deuse (dūs), n.; Deused (dūsĕd), a. See , .
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Deuterocanonical (?), a. [Gr. � second + E. canonical.] Pertaining to a second canon, or ecclesiastical writing of inferior authority; -- said of the Apocrypha, certain Epistles, etc.
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Deuterogamist (?), n. [See .] One who marries the second time.
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Deuterogamy (?), n. [Gr. �; � second + � wedding, marriage.] A second marriage, after the death of the first husband of wife; -- in distinction from bigamy, as defined in the old canon law. See . Goldsmith.
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Deuterogenic (?), a. [Gr. � second + root of � to be born.] (Geol.) Of secondary origin; -- said of certain rocks whose material has been derived from older rocks.
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Deuteronomist (?), n. The writer of Deuteronomy.
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Deuteronomy (?), n. [Gr. �; � second + � law: cf. L. Deuteronomium.] (Bibl.) The fifth book of the Pentateuch, containing the second giving of the law by Moses.

{ Deuteropathia (?), Deuteropathy (?), } n. [NL. deuteropathia, fr. Gr. � second + � suffering, fr. �, �, to suffer: cf. F. deutéropathie.] (Med.) A sympathetic affection of any part of the body, as headache from an overloaded stomach.
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Deuteropathic (?), a. Pertaining to deuteropathy; of the nature of deuteropathy.
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Deuteroscopy (?), n. [Gr. � second + -scopy.] 1. Second sight.
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I felt by anticipation the horrors of the Highland seers, whom their gift of deuteroscopy compels to witness things unmeet for mortal eye. Sir W. Scott.
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2. That which is seen at a second view; a meaning beyond the literal sense; the second intention; a hidden signification. Sir T. Browne.
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Deuterozooid (?), n. [Gr. � second + E. zooid.] (Zoöl.) One of the secondary, and usually sexual, zooids produced by budding or fission from the primary zooids, in animals having alternate generations. In the tapeworms, the joints are deuterozooids.
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Deuthydroguret (?), n. (Chem.) Same as .

Deuto- (?) or Deut- (dūt-) [Contr. from Gr. deyteros second.] (Chem.) A prefix which formerly properly indicated the second in a regular series of compound in the series, and not to its composition, but which is now generally employed in the same sense as bi- or di-, although little used.
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Deutohydroguret (?), n. [Pref. deut-, deuto- + hydroguret.] (Chem.) A compound containing in the molecule two atoms of hydrogen united with some other element or radical. [Obs.]
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Deutoplasm (?), n. [Pref. deuto- + Gr. � form.] (Biol.) The lifeless food matter in the cytoplasm of an ovum or a cell, as distinguished from the active or true protoplasm; yolk substance; yolk.
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Deutoplastic (?), a. [Pref. deuto- + Gr. � plastic.] (Biol.) Pertaining to, or composed of, deutoplasm.
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Deutosulphuret (?), n. [Pref. deuto- + sulphuret.] (Chem.) A disulphide. [Obs.]
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Deutoxide (?; 104), n. [Pref. deut- + oxide.] (Chem.) A compound containing in the molecule two atoms of oxygen united with some other element or radical; -- usually called dioxide, or less frequently, binoxide.
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Deutzia (?), n. [NL. Named after Jan Deutz of Holland.] (Bot.) A genus of shrubs with pretty white flowers, much cultivated.

Dev (?), or Deva (�), n. [Skr. d�va. Cf. .] (Hind. Myth.) A god; a deity; a divine being; an idol; a king.
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Devanagari (?), n. [Skr. dēvanāgarī; dēva god + nagara city, i. e., divine city.] The script or characters in which Sanskrit and Hindi are written.
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Devaporation (?), n. The change of vapor into water, as in the formation of rain.
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Devast (?), v. t. [Cf. F. dévaster. See .] To devastate. [Obs.] Bolingbroke.
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Devastate (?; 277), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Devastated; p. pr. & vb. n. Devastating.] [L. devastatus, p. p. of devastare to devastate; de + vastare to lay waste, vastus waste. See .] To lay waste; to ravage; to desolate.
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Whole countries . . . were devastated. Macaulay.

Syn. -- To waste; ravage; desolate; destroy; demolish; plunder; pillage.
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devastated adj. same as .
Syn. -- blasted, desolate, desolated, ravaged, ruined, wasted.
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devastating adj. 1. highly critical; making light of; as, a devastating portrait of human folly.
Syn. -- annihilating, withering.
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2. causing or capable of causing complete destruction; as, a devastating hurricane.
Syn. -- annihilative.
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Devastation (?), n. [Cf. F. dévastation.] 1. The act of devastating, or the state of being devastated; a laying waste.
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Even now the devastation is begun,
And half the business of destruction done. Goldsmith.
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2. (Law) Waste of the goods of the deceased by an executor or administrator. Blackstone.

Syn. -- Desolation; ravage; waste; havoc; destruction; ruin; overthrow.
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Devastator (?), n. [L.] One who, or that which, devastates. Emerson.
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Devastavit (?), n. [L., he has wasted.] (Law) Waste or misapplication of the assets of a deceased person by an executor or an administrator. Bouvier.
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Devata (?), n. [Hind., fr. Skr. d�va god.] (Hind. Myth.) A deity; a divine being; a good spirit; an idol. [Written also dewata.]
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Deve (?), a. [See .] Deaf. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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Develin (?), n. (Zoöl.) The European swift. [Prov. Eng.]
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Develop (d�vĕlŏp), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Developed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Developing.] [F. déveloper; dé- (L. dis-) + OF. voluper, voleper, to envelop, perh. from L. volup agreeably, delightfully, and hence orig., to make agreeable or comfortable by enveloping, to keep snug (cf. ); or. perh. fr. a derivative of volvere, volutum, to roll (cf. ). Cf. .] [Written also develope.] 1. To free from that which infolds or envelops; to unfold; to lay open by degrees or in detail; to make visible or known; to disclose; to produce or give forth; as, to develop theories; a motor that develops 100 horse power.
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These serve to develop its tenets. Milner.
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The 20th was spent in strengthening our position and developing the line of the enemy. The Century.
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2. To unfold gradually, as a flower from a bud; hence, to bring through a succession of states or stages, each of which is preparatory to the next; to form or expand by a process of growth; to cause to change gradually from an embryo, or a lower state, to a higher state or form of being; as, sunshine and rain develop the bud into a flower; to develop the mind.
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The sound developed itself into a real compound. J. Peile.
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All insects . . . acquire the jointed legs before the wings are fully developed. Owen.
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3. To advance; to further; to prefect; to make to increase; to promote the growth of.
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We must develop our own resources to the utmost. Jowett (Thucyd).
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4. (Math.) To change the form of, as of an algebraic expression, by executing certain indicated operations without changing the value.
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5. (Photog.) To cause to become visible, as an invisible or latent image upon plate, by submitting it to chemical agents; to bring to view.
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Coloq. To develop a curved surface on a plane (Geom.), to produce on the plane an equivalent surface, as if by rolling the curved surface so that all parts shall successively touch the plane.

Syn. -- To uncover; unfold; evolve; promote; project; lay open; disclose; exhibit; unravel; disentangle.
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Develop (?), v. i. 1. To go through a process of natural evolution or growth, by successive changes from a less perfect to a more perfect or more highly organized state; to advance from a simpler form of existence to one more complex either in structure or function; as, a blossom develops from a bud; the seed develops into a plant; the embryo develops into a well-formed animal; the mind develops year by year.
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Nor poets enough to understand
That life develops from within. Mrs. Browning.
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2. To become apparent gradually; as, a picture on sensitive paper develops on the application of heat; the plans of the conspirators develop.
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Developable (?), a. Capable of being developed. J. Peile.
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Coloq. Developable surface (Math.), a surface described by a moving right line, and such that consecutive positions of the generator intersect each other. Hence, the surface can be developed into a plane.
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developed adj. 1. being changed over time so as to be e.g. stronger or more complete or more useful; as, the developed qualities of the Hellenic outlook; the state's well-developed industries. Oppositre of undeveloped. [Narrower terms: formulated; mature]
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2. made more useful and profitable as by building or laying out roads; -- of real estate. new houses are springing up on the developed tract of land near the river
Syn. -- improved.
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developing adj. 1. not industrialized but undergoing industrialization; -- sometimes used as a euphemism for undeveloped; -- of nations.
Syn. -- underdeveloped.
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2. [pr. p. of (WN definition 5)] becoming or arising; as, the rushing yellow of the developing day.
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developing n. the process of treating a photosensitive material with chemicals in order to make a latent image visible.
Syn. -- development.
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Developer (?), n. 1. One who, or that which, develops.
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2. (Photog.) A chemical bath or reagent used in developing photographs. By the action of the developer, the latent image on a photographic plate or film, not perceptible to the eye after exposure in the camera, is developed and becomes visible.
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3. (Dyeing) A reagent used to produce an ingrain color by its action upon some substance on the fiber.
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4. a corporation or individual who finances or organizes a real estate development{5}.
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Development (?), n. [Cf. F. développement.] [Written also developement.] 1. The act of developing or disclosing that which is unknown; a gradual unfolding process by which anything is developed, as a plan or method, or an image upon a photographic plate; gradual advancement or growth through a series of progressive changes; also, the result of developing, or a developed state.
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A new development of imagination, taste, and poetry. Channing.
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2. (Biol.) The series of changes which animal and vegetable organisms undergo in their passage from the embryonic state to maturity, from a lower to a higher state of organization.
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3. (Math.) (a) The act or process of changing or expanding an expression into another of equivalent value or meaning. (b) The equivalent expression into which another has been developed.
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4. (Mus.) The elaboration of a theme or subject; the unfolding of a musical idea; the evolution of a whole piece or movement from a leading theme or motive.
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5. A tract of land on which a number of buildings have been constructed; -- especially used for tract on which from two to hundreds of houses have been constructed by a commercial developer{4} for sale to individuals.
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Coloq. Development theory (Biol.), the doctrine that animals and plants possess the power of passing by slow and successive stages from a lower to a higher state of organization, and that all the higher forms of life now in existence were thus developed by uniform laws from lower forms, and are not the result of special creative acts. See the Note under .

Syn. -- Unfolding; disclosure; unraveling; evolution; elaboration; growth.
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Developmental (?), a. Pertaining to, or characteristic of, the process of development; as, the developmental power of a germ. Carpenter.
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Devenustate (?), v. t. [L. devenustatus, p. p. of devenustare to disfigure; de + venustus lovely, graceful.] To deprive of beauty or grace. [Obs.]

{ Devergence (?), Devergency (?), } n. See . [Obs.]
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Devest (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Devested; p. pr. & vb. n. Devesting.] [L. devestire to undress; de + vestire to dress: cf. OF. devestir, F. dévêtir. Cf. .] 1. To divest; to undress. Shak.
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2. To take away, as an authority, title, etc., to deprive; to alienate, as an estate.
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☞ This word is now generally written divest, except in the legal sense.
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Devest, v. i. (Law) To be taken away, lost, or alienated, as a title or an estate.
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Devex (?), a. [L. devexus, from devehere to carry down.] Bending down; sloping. [Obs.]
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Devex, n. Devexity. [Obs.] May (Lucan).
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Devexity (?), n. [L. devexitas, fr. devexus. See , a.] A bending downward; a sloping; incurvation downward; declivity. [R.] Davies (Wit's Pilgr.)
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Devi (?), n.; fem. of . A goddess.
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deviance n. 1. an aberrant state or condition.
Syn. -- aberrance, aberrancy, aberration.
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2. deviate behavior.
Syn. -- deviation.
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Deviant (?), a. 1. Deviating. [Obs.]
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2. having behavior or characteristics differing from that which is normal or expected, especially in an undesirable or socially disapproved manner; as, deviant behavior.
Syn. -- deviate. [PJC]

Deviate (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Deviated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Deviating (?).] [L. deviare to deviate; de + viare to go, travel, via way. See .] To go out of the way; to turn aside from a course or a method; to stray or go astray; to err; to digress; to diverge; to vary.
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Thus Pegasus, a nearer way to take,
May boldly deviate from the common track. Pope.

Syn. -- To swerve; stray; wander; digress; depart; deflect; err.
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Deviate, v. t. To cause to deviate. [R.]
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To deviate a needle. J. D. Forbes.
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deviate (dēv�ĭt), a. having behavior differing from that which is normal or expected, especially in an undesirable or socially disapproved manner; as, deviate behavior.
Syn. -- deviant. [PJC]

deviate (dēv�ĭt), n. a person having behavior differing from that which is normal or socially acceptable; -- used especially to characterize persons whose sexual behavior is considered morally unacceptable.
Syn. -- deviant. [PJC]

deviation (?), n. [LL. deviatio: cf. F. déviation.] 1. The act of deviating; a wandering from the way; variation from the common way, from an established rule, etc.; departure, as from the right course or the path of duty.
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2. The state or result of having deviated; a transgression; an act of sin; an error; an offense.
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