deawarren 
deawarrent, r. t. [< de- priv. + *awnrrrn for 
irarren. Cf. disirarren.] To diswarren. E. D. 
Deaicarrened is when a warren is diswarrened or broke 
up and laid in common. 
W. Nelson, Laws Concerning Game (1727), p. 32. 
debacchatet (de-bak'at), v. i. [< L. debaccha- 
tiis, pp. of debacchari, rave like the Bacchan- 
tes, < de- + barchiiri, rave, revel: see bacchant.] 
To rave as a bacchanal. 
debacchationt (de-ba-ka'shon), . [< LL. de- 
baccliatin(H-), < L. debacchari, rave: see debac- 
ehate.] Bacchanalian raving. 
Such . . . who defile their holiday with most foolish 
vanities, most impure pollutions, most wicked debaccha- 
tions. Prynne, Histrio-Mastix, I. vi. 12. 
debacle (de-bak'l), . [< F. debdcle, a break- 
up, overthrow, < debdcler, break up, as ice does, 
unbar, < de- priv. (< L. dis-, apart) + Meier, 
bar, shut, < Pr. baclar, bar, < L. baculus, a stick, 
staff: see baculus.] 1. Specifically, the break- 
ing up of ice in a river in consequence of a rise 
of the water. Sometimes used by English writers on 
geology for a rush of water carrying with it debris of va- 
rious kinds, as by Lyell in describing the effect of the giv- 
ing way of an ice-barrier in the valley of Bagnes, Valais, 
Switzerland, in 1818. 
Abnormal floods and debacles, such as occur in all river 
valleys occasionally. Damson, Origin of World, p. 313. 
2. A confused rout ; an uncontrollable rush ; 
a stampede. 
debar (de-bar'), v. t.; pret. and pp. debarred, 
ppr. debarring. [< OF. debarrer, desbarrei; des- 
barer, bar out, < de-, des-, priv., + barrer, bar: 
see bar*-, v., and cf. disbar.] To bar out; shut 
out; preclude; exclude; prevent from enter- 
ing; deny right of access to; hinder from ap- 
proach, entry, use, etc. 
An inconvenience which will intrude itself, if it be not 
debarred. Bacon, Advancement of Learning, ii. 178. 
From this court I debarre all rough and violent exer- 
cises. Quoted in Strati's Sports and Pastimes, p. 16. 
She was expiring ; and yet I was debarred the small com- 
fort of weeping by her. Goldsmith, Vicar, xxviii. 
Men were debarred from books, but accustomed from 
childhood to contemplate the admirable works of art 
which, even in the thirteenth century, Italy began to 
produce. Macaulay, Petrarch. 
= Syn. To interdict, prohibit, prevent, restrain. 
debarbt (de-barb'), '. t. [< ML. debarbare, cut 
off (the beard), < L. de-, off. + barba = E. beard: 
see barb 1 .] To deprive ot the beard. 
debaret,. [<t?c- + 6cc 1 .] Bare; stripped. E.D. 
As wooddes are made debayre of leanes. 
Drant, tr. of Horace's Art of Poetry. 
debark (de-bark'), v. [< F. debarquer, formerly 
dcsbarquer, < des-, de-, de'-, from, + barque, a 
ship, bark: see bark 3 , and cf. disbark, a doub- 
let of debark.] I. trans. To land from a ship 
or boat; bring to land from a vessel; disem- 
bark : as, to debark artillery. 
Sherman debarked his troops and started out to accom- 
plish the object of the expedition. 
U. S. Grant, Personal Memoirs, I. 331. 
II. intrans. To leave a ship or boat, and go 
ashore ; disembark: as, the troops debarked at 
four o'clock. 
debarkation (de-bar-ka'shon), n. [< debark + 
-ation.] The act of disembarking. 
Ccesar seems to have hardly stirred from the first place 
of his debarkation. Barrington. 
debarkment! (de-biirk'ment), n. [< F. debarque- 
ment, < debarquer, debark : see debark and 
-ment.] Debarkation: as, a place of debark- 
ment. [Rare.] 
Our troops ought not to have shut themselves up in the 
Goleta, but have met the enemy in the open field at the 
place of debarkment. Jarvis, tr. of Don Quixote, I. iv. 12. 
debarment (de-bar'ment), n. [< debar + -ment.] 
The act of debarring or excluding; hindrance 
from approach ; exclusion. 
I groaned within myself ... at thinking of my sad de- 
baniirnt from the sight of Lorna. 
A. D. Blackmore, Lorna Doone, p. 287. 
debarrass (de-bar'as), v. t. [< F. debarrasser, 
clear up, disentangle, < de-, from, + "barrasser in 
embarrasser, entangle, embarrass, < barre, a bar: 
see embarrass.] To free from embarrassment 
or entanglement; disembarrass; disencumber. 
"But though we could not seize his person," said the 
captain, " we have debarrassed ourselves tout a fait from 
his pursuit." Mine. D'Arblay, Cecilia, vii. 5. 
Clement had time to debarrass himself of his boots and 
his hat before the light streamed in upon him. 
C. Reade, Cloister and Hearth, Ixxxiv. 
debase (de-bas'), t). t. ; pret. and pp. debased, 
ppr. debasing. [< L. de-, down, + E. basc^.] 
1. To reduce in quality or state: impair the 
purity, worth, or credit of ; vitiate ; adulterate : 
as, to debase gold or silver by alloy. 
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Many an elegant Phrase becomes improper for a Poet 
or an Orator when it has been debased by common use. 
AdtUton, Spectator, No. 285. 
They cheated their creditors by debasing the coinage. 
H. Spencer, Social Statics, p. 463. 
2. To lower or impair morally ; degrade. 
Whether it be not a kind of taking God's name in vain 
to debase religion with such frivolous disputes, a sin to 
bestow time and labour about them. 
Hooker, Eccles. Polity, v. SO. 
= Syn. Debase, Degrade, etc. (see abase), lower, deteriorate, 
dishonor, alloy, taint, corrupt, defile. See list under de- 
grade. 
debased (de-bast'), p. a. 1. Reduced in qual- 
ity or state; lowered in purity or fineness; 
adulterated. 
Silver coins of debased Macedonian weight. 
B. V. Head, Historia Numorum, p. 207. 
2. Lowered morally ; degraded; despicable. 
3. In her., reversed. 
debasement (de-bas'ment), n. [< debase + 
-ment.] The act of debasing, or the state of 
being debased, (a) Impairment of purity, fineness, or 
value ; adulteration, (b) Degradation. 
A state of continual dependence on the generosity of 
others is a life of gradual debasement. 
Goldsmith, Citizen of the World, c. 
debaser (de-ba'ser), n. One who or that which 
debases or lowers in estimation or in value ; one 
who or that which degrades or renders mean. 
A debaser of the character of our nation. 
Major Carlwriyht, State of the Nation, p. 53. 
debashedt (de-bashf), o. [< de- + bash + -ed%, 
after abashed.] Abashed; confounded; con- 
fused. Nares. 
Fell prostrate down, debash'd with reverent shame. 
Niccols, England's Eliza, Ind. 
debasingly (de-ba'sing-li), adv. So as to de- 
base. 
debatable (de-ba'ta-bl), a. [< OF. debatable, de- 
battable, F. debattable (ML. debatabilis), < deba- 
tre, debate, + -able.] Admitting of debate or 
argument; disputable; subject to controversy 
or contention; questionable: as, a debatable 
question; debata We claims. 
No one thinks of discrediting scientific method because 
the particular conclusions of the physicist or biologist are 
often debatable and sometimes false. 
G. H. Lewes, Prohs. of Life and Mind, I. i. 11. 
Debatable land, land (or, by extension, a subject) in dis- 
pute or controversy ; specifically, a tract of land between 
the rivers Esk and Sark, formerly claimed by both Eng- 
land and Scotland, which was the haunt of thieves and 
vagabonds. 
debate 1 ( de-bat'), r. ; pret. and pp. debated, ppr. 
debating, [< ME. debaten, < OF. debatre, de- 
battre, desbatre, desbattre, fight, contend, de- 
bate (also lit. beat down, beat: see <2e&ate 2 ).F. 
debattre, contend, debate, = Sp. debatir = Pg. 
debater = It. dibattere,<. ML. "debatere (debatare, 
after Rom.), fight, contend, argue, debate, < L. 
de, down, + batuere, ML. batere, battere, beat: 
see abate and bate 1 . Hence by apheresis bate 3 . 
Cf. debate 2 .] I. intrans. 1. To engage in com- 
bat; fight; do battle. [Archaic.] 
His cote-armour 
As whyte as is a lily flour, 
In which he wol debate. 
Chaucer, Sir Thopas, 1. 157. 
Well could he tourney, and in lists debate. 
Spenser, F. Q., II. i. 6. 
It seem'd they would debate with angry swords. 
Shak., Lucrece, 1. 1421. 
2. To dispute ; contend. 
'Tis no hour now for anger, 
No wisdom to debate with fruitless choler. 
Fletcher (and another), False One, iii. 1. 
3. To deliberate together ; discuss or argue ; 
also, reflect ; consider. 
II. trans. 1 . To fight or contend for ; battle 
for, as with arms. [Archaic.] 
The cause of religion was debated with the same ardour 
in Spain as on the plains of Palestine. Prescott. 
2. To contend about in argument; argue for or 
against ; discuss ; dispute : as, the question was 
debated till a late hour. 
Debate thy cause with thy neighbour himself. 
Prov. xxv. 9. 
The Civilians nieete together at the Palace for the de- 
bating of matters of controversie. Coryat, Crudities, I. 40. 
He could not debate anything without some commotion, 
even when the argument was not of moment. Clarendon. 
3. To reflect upon ; consider ; think. 
Long time she stood debating what to do. 
William Morris, Earthly Paradise, I. 234. 
Debating society, a society for the purpose of improve- 
ment in extemporaneous discussion. =Syn. 2. Argue, Dis- 
pute, Debate, etc. See argue. 
debate 1 (de-bat'), n. '[< ME. debate, < OF. debat, 
desbat, F. debat = Sp. Pg. debate = It. dibatto 
(ML. debatum), debate ; from the verb. Hence 
debauch 
by apheresis bate 3 .] 1. Strife ; contention ; 
contest; fight; quarrel. [Archaic.] 
Behold, ye fast for strife and debate. Isa. Iviii. 4. 
On the day of the Trinitie next suyng was a gret debaat, 
... & in that murther ther were sleye . . . iiii skore. 
Robert oj' Gloucester, p. 690. 
But question fierce and proud reply 
Gave signal soon of dire debate. Scott. 
2. Contention by argument; discussion; dis- 
pute ; controversy : as, forensic debates. 
Of all his wordes he remembryd wele, 
And with hym self he was helf atte debate. 
Generydes (E. E. T. S.), 1. 1663. 
The matter in debate was, whether the late French king 
was most Augustus Caesar or Nero. 
Addinon, Coffee House Politicians. 
3f. Subject of discussion. 
Statutes and edicts concerning this debate. Milton. 
debate 2 !, v. [< OF. debatre, debattre, desbatre, 
desbattre, beat down, beat, strike (also, in de- 
flected sense, fight, contend, debate: see de- 
bate 1 ), < L. de, down, + batuere, ML. batere, 
battere, beat : see abate and bate 1 . Cf. debate 1 .] 
1. trans. To abate ; lower. 
The same wyse thir Rutnlianis, as he wald, 
Gan at command debait thare voce and ceice, 
To here the Kyiigis mynd, and hald thare peace. 
Gavin Douglas, tr. of Virgil, p. 459. 
II. intrans. To abate ; iall off. 
Artes, . . . when they are at the full perfection, doo de- 
bate and decrease againe. W. Webbe, Eng. Poetry, p. 94. 
debate 2 !, [ME. ; from the verb.] Debase- 
ment ; degradation. 
Yf a lady doo soo grete outrage 
To shewe pyte, and cause Mr owen debate, 
Of MII-III- pyte cometh dispetous rage, 
And of the love also right dedly hate. 
Political Poems, etc. (ed. Furnivall), p. 67. 
debatefult (de-bat'ful), a. [< debate + -ful.] 
Abounding in or inclined to debate; quarrel- 
some. 
Debate/till strife, and cruell enmity, 
The famous name of knighthood fowly shend. 
Spenser, F. Q., II. vi. 35. 
If ye be so debatefnl and contentious. 
J. Udall, On 1 Cor. vi. 
debatefullyt (de-bat'ful-i), adv. With conten- 
tion. 
debatementt (de-bat'ment), n. [< OF. debate- 
ment, debattement, < debatre, debate : see debate 1 
and -ment.] Controversy; deliberation; dis- 
cussion. 
Without debatement further, more or less. 
He should the bearers put to sudden death. 
Shalt., Hamlet, v. 2. 
debater (de-ba'ter), n. [< debate + -er* ; cf. OF. 
debateor, debateur, disputant.] If. One who 
strives or contends ; a fighter ; a quarreler. 
2. One who debates; a disputant; a wran- 
gler. 
debatingly(de-ba'ting-li), adv. In the manner 
of debate. 
debatoust, [ME., < debate + -ous.] Quarrel- 
some ; contentious. 
Debatouse: contensiosus, contumeliosus, dissidiosus. 
Catholicum Anylicum. 
debauch (de-bach'), v. [Formerly also debosh, 
deboish; < OF. desbaucher, F. debaucher, cor- 
rupt, seduce, mislead, appar. a fig. use of OF. 
desbaucher, hew away, chip, rough-hew, as a 
piece of timber, < des- priv., away, off, + bau- 
clier, hew, chip, rough-hew, square, as a piece 
of timber, < bauch, bauc, bale, m., a beam, log, 
bauctte, f., a beam, later also a row or course 
of stones in masonry (cf. bauche, bauge, a hut) ; 
of Teut. origin : OD. balke, D. balk = MLG. 
balke = OHG. balclio, balko, MHG. balke, G. 
balke, balken = Icel. bailer = Sw. Norw. Dan. 
balk, a beam, balk: see balk^, n.] I. trans. 1. 
To corrupt the morals or principles of ; entice 
into improper conduct, as excessive indul- 
gence, treason, etc. ; lead astray, as from mo- 
rality, duty, or allegiance : as, to debauch a 
youth by evil instruction and example ; to de- 
bauch an army. 
This it is to counsel things that are unjust; first, to de- 
bauch a king to break his laws, and then to seek protec- 
tion. Dryden, Spanish Friar. 
These rogues, whom I had picked up, debauched my 
other men, and they all formed a conspiracy to seize the 
ship. Sici.ft, Gulliver's Travels, iv. 1. 
2. Specifically, to corrupt with lewdness ; bring 
to be guilty of uiichastity ; deprave ; seduce : as, 
to debauch a woman. 3. To lower or impair in 
quality ; corrupt or vitiate ; pervert. 
Natural taste is apt to be seduced and debauched by 
vicious precept aud bad example. Goldsmith, Taste. 
