dephlegmedness 
'. ~ft."depilatorio, < L. as if 
dephlegmednesst (de-flom'ed-nes), n. [< de- depilatory (de-pil'a-lo-ri), a. and w. [= F. de- 
/7;/7<Tpp. "f <lrplil<'!,> H , + -ncgg.-] The state '-' e ~ v " ft """ '"""" < !'' 
of bi-iiif; I'lvcd from phlegm or watery matter. 
The proportion betwixt the coralline solution and the 
spirit of wine depends . . . much upon the strength of 
the former liquor and the deplili :/./"''<!' .:> "(the latter. 
deplorer 
+ plirare, fold: sec plml. ( '1. '/<i>loy.] An un- 
folding, untwisting, or unpluiting. Bailey. 
iiilitloirr = Sp. I'K. It. ur.pilntorio, <. lj. as n >7TZli 
i depilatorius, < depilare, deprive of hair: see deplorability (de-plwr-a-bil'i-ti), n. [< aeplor- 
depilate.] 1. a. Having the property of remov- able: see -bUity.] Deplorableness. 
ing hair from the skin. Specious arguments of the deploraliility of war in gen- 
Iluyle, Works, I. 442. 
r. 
dephlogisticate (de-flo-jis'ti-kat), v. t.-, pret. 
and pp. tlcphliigisticated, ppr. deplilogisticating. 
[< dc- priv. + phlogisticate, q. v.] To deprive 
II. 
per 
lph 
human skin, as calx sulphurata. 
The effects of the depilatory were soon seen. 
T. Uook, Olllwrt Gurney. 
depiloust (dep'i-lus), a. [< L. deptlis, without 
hair, < de- pnv. + ptlus, hair.] Without hair; 
hairless. 
This animal is a kind of lizard, a quadruped corticated 
and devilous: that U, without wool, fur, or hair. 
Sir T. Brmme, Vulg. Err., ill. 14. 
of phlogiston, ^once supposed to exist as the texture of the skin; specifically, a cosmetic 
principle of inflammability. See phlogiston. employed to remove superfluous nairs from the 
Dephlogisticated air. See curl. 
Are we not authorized to conclude that water is com- 
posed of depliloifMicated air and phlogiston deprived of 
part of their latent . . . heat? 
dephlogistication (de-flo-jis-ti-ka'shon), n. A 
term applied by the older chemists to certain 
processes by which they imagined phlogiston, 
the supposed principle of inflammability, to be 
separated from bodies, 
dephosphorization (de-fos'for-i-za'shon), n. 
[< dtpKo.ii>litiri:e + -ation.] T!he act or process 
of depriving of or freeing from phosphorus, 
dephosphorize (de-fos'for-iz), . t. ; pret. and 
pp. dephosphorized, ppr. dephosphorizing. [< 
de- priv. + phosphorize."] To deprive of phos- 
phorus; eliminate phosphorus from: as, to de- 
pht>nplu>ri;e iron. 
The problem of dephosphorMwj iron ores Is one of great 
importance, as the most extensive deposits are nearly all 
contaminated witli this impurity. Ure, Diet, IV. 450. 
' n |H,mL*y7tiratThV*ere depilatory, and, if macerated *'." Ti> (London) Jan. 18, UN. 
In vinegar, wou.d take away ie bean! deplorable (de-plor'a-bl), a. [= t , I, ,,1^,1,1, 
= Sp. deplorable = Pg. deploravel = It. deplora- 
bile, < L. as if * deploralnlix, < deplorare, deplore : 
see deplore.] 1 . That may or must be deplored 
or lamented; lamentable; that demands or 
causes lamentation; hence, sad; calamitous; 
grievous; miserable; wretched: as, a deplorable 
Chamber** Cyc., art. Urtica marina, 
pi. depilatories (-riz). An applica- 
tion used to remove hair without injuring the 
calamity. 
This was the deplorable condition to which the king was 
reduced. Lord Clarendon, Great Relwllion. 
Nothing could tie more deplorable than the state even 
of the ablest men, who at that time depended for subsis- 
tence on their writings. Maca\day, Boswells Johnson. 
deulanate (dep'la-nat), a. 
" 
depict (de-pikf), v. t. [< ME. "depicten (only as 
a pp., depict), < OF. dejncter, depict, < L. depic- 
tes,pp. of depingere, paint, depict: see depaint.'] 
1. To portray; paint; form a likeness of in col- 
ors: as, to depict a lion on a shield. 
I founde a liknesse depict upon a walle, 
Armyd in vertues. as I walkyd up and downe. 
Political Poem*, etc. (ed. Furnivall), p. 28. 
2. Pitiable; contemptible: as, deplorable non- 
sense; deplorable stupidity. =8yn. 1. Distressing, 
la-nat), . [< LL. deplanntus, dismal, mournful, melancholy regrettable. 
>, make level, < de, down, +pla- deplorableness (de-plor'a-bl-nes), ii. The state 
wre, Wei, < planus, level: see plane.} Flat- of being deplorable ; misery; wretchedness; a 
tened or expanded ; made level : same as expla- miserable state. 
.,!-, To discern the sadness and deplorable net* of thta estate. 
de piano (de pla'no). [L., from or on a level, 
i e not on the bench: de, from; piano, abl. of deplorably (de-plor'a-bh), adv. In a manner 
planum, a level, plane, neut. of planus, level, to be deplored; lamentably; miserably: as, 
plane : see plane, plain. The phrase de piano manners are deplorably corrupt, 
or f piano was used by the Romans with ref- Metaphysicians consider it deplorably superficial to ac- 
erence to judgments in cases so evident that cept the appearance of things for realities 
the judgment could be delivered by the pretor 0. 11. Lewe,, Proba. of Life and Mind, II. 395. 
standing on a level with the suitors, without deploratet (de-plo'rat), a. [< L. deploratus, pp. 
ascending the judgment-seat for the hearing of of deplorare, deplore : see deplore.'] Lament- 
argument.] In law, by self-evident or mani- able; hopeless, 
fest right ; clearly ; too plainly for argument. The case ls then most deplorate when reward goes over 
deplant (de-plant'), v. t. [= F. deplanter, < L. to the wrong side. 
(leplantare, take off a shoot or twig, set in the deplorationt(dep-lo-ra'shpn),n. [=f.deplora- 
ground, < de, away. + plantare, plant, < planta, tion = Pg. deplora'cSo = It. deplorazione, < L. 
.] To remove plant's ffom, as 
2. To portray in words; describe: as, to depict 
the horrors of war. 
Cesar's gout was then depicted in energetic language. 
Motley, Dutch Republic. 
Syn. To delineate, sketch, set forth, 
depicter (de-pik'ter), M. [< depict + -erl.] One 
wno depicts or portrays. 
The sculptor Canova, an accurate depicter of a certain 
low species of nature. Caroline Fox, Journal, p. 75. 
depiction (de-pik'shon), n. [= OF. depiction, < 
LL. depictio(n-), < L" depictus, pp. of depingere, 
depict: see depict.'] The act of depicting or 
portraying. 
Even here, In the very sphere where Music is summoned 
to take on the depiction of definable passions to the utmost 
of her power, the vague but powerful expression of these 
is but a fraction of what she has done and is ready to do 
for word and scene. Nineteenth Century, March, 1883. 
We must leave out of account that [instrumentality] of 
depiction, as just Instanced, because its employment be- 
SS or 
[Rare.] 
deplete (de-plef), *' t. ; pret. and pp. depleted, 
ppr. depleting. [< L. depletus, pp. of deplere, 
empty, < de- priv. + plere, fill, related topZenus, 
full, = E./: see /uH 1 , plenty, etc. Cf. com- 
deploratio(ti-),< deplorare, deplore : see deplore.] 
The act of lamenting; a lamentation. 
He will leave to those her beneficiaries the farther search 
of this argument and devloration of her fortune. 
Speed, Henry VII., IX. M. I 18. 
deplore (de-plor'), v. ; pret. and pp. deplored, 
ppr. deploring. [= OF. depleurer, deplovrer, 
F. deplorer = Sp. Pg. deplorar = It. deplorare, 
< L. deplorare, lament over, bewail, < de- + 
nlorare, wail, weep aloud; origin uncertain. 
u, = .: , , . . - morare, wuu, weep muuu, un^iu ,,,,.,.,.,.. 
nlete, replete.] 1. To empty, reduce, or ex- Cf. implore.] I. trans. 1. To lament; bewail; 
haust by drawing away, as the strength, vital 
powers, resources, etc. : as, to deplete a country 
of inhabitants. 
At no time were the Bank cellars deleted to any alarm- 
ing extent Saturday Ref. 
As a depleting outlet, therefore, of the river, the bayou 
Manchac is utterly insignificant. 
Got. Rep. on Mimimrippi River, 1861 (ed. 1876), p. 421. 
2. In med., to empty or unload, as overcharged 
vessels, by bloodletting, purgatives, or other 
means. 
To support the vital energies by suitable means, and to 
deplete the vascular system at the same time. 
Copland, Diet. Pract. Med., art. Apoplexy. 
longs to a much more advanced state of cultivation, and ... ... , 
leads the way to the Invention not of speech, but of the deplethoric (de-pletn p-nk), n. [_< "- P nv - * 
analogous and auxiliary art of writing. plethoric.'] Characterized by an absence of 
IrMMR Encyc. Brit, XVIII. 767. plethora. 
depicture (de-pik'tur), V. t. ; pret. and pp. de- Doubleday attempted to demonstrate that 
pictured, ppr'. depicturing. [X de- + picture, af- plethoric state Is favorable to fertility. 
ter depict?] To "portray"; paint ; picture. 
Several persons were depictured in caricature. 
Fielding, Journey from this World to the Next. 
Anacreon depictures in glowing colours the uninter- 
rupted felicity of this creature (the cicada). 
Donovan, Insects of China, p. 397. 
the de- 
Pop. Set. Mo., XXII. 39. 
depletion (de-ple'shon), n. [= F. depiction = 
Sp. depletion^ < L. as if 'depletio(n-), < deplere, 
pp. depletus, empty : see deplete.'] 1. The act 
of emptying, reducing, or exhausting: as, the 
depletion of the national resources. Specifically 
2. In med., the act of relieving congestion 
By painting salntship I depicture sin, 
Besfde the V^g^^^^^ , plethora by any remedial means, as"blood- 
letting, purging, sweating, vomiting, etc. ; also, 
any general reduction of fullness, as by absti- 
nence. 
Abstinence and a slender diet attenuates, because deple- 
tion of the vessels gives room to the fluid to expand itself. 
Arbuthnot. 
depilate (dep'i-lat), r. t. ; pret. and pp. depi- 
lated, ppr. depilating. K L. depilatus, pp. of 
depilare (> F. dtpiler = Pr. depilar = It. depe- 
lare, dipelare), pull out the hair, < de, away_, + 
pilare, put forth hair, also deprive of hair, < 
piltts, a hair: seepite-*.] To strip o* ^i*" *- 
move the hair from. 
The treatment [In tinea sycosis] consists In shaving producing depletion 
every second or third day, together with the extraction of 
the diseased hairs, for which purpose ;> pair "t '(./"''"'''".'' 
forceps should be used. Dii/m/w, Skin Diseases. 
depletive (de-ple'tiv), a. and . [= F. depUtif; deploredlyt (de-plor'ed-li), adv. 
as deplete + -ive.'] I. a. Tending to deplete ; w ay; lamentably. Jer. Taylor. 
mourn ; feel or express deep and poignant grief 
for or in regard to. 
But if Arcite thus deplore 
His sufferings, Palamon yet suffers more. 
Dryden, Pal. and Arc., I. 442. 
I learn 'd at last submission to my lot, 
But, though I less deplor'd thee, ne'er forgot. 
Cowper, My Mother's Picture. 
I have no dreams of a golden age ; there will always be 
more than enough to deplure, more than enough to mend. 
Oladitone, Might of Right. 
2f. To despair of; regard or give up as des- 
perate. 
The physicians do make a kind of scruple and religion 
to stay with the patient after the disease Is deplored. 
Bacon, Advancement of Learning, II. 
In short, he Is an animal of a most <fcpfari understand- 
ing, without reading and conversation. 
Dryden, Pref. to Notes on Empress of Morocco. 
A true Poetick State we had deplor'd. 
Gangrene, To Lord Halifax. 
St. To tell of sympathetically. 
Never more 
Will I my master's tears to you deplore. 
Shot., T. N., lit L 
-gyn. 1. To bemoan, grieve for, sorrow over. 
fl. i n trans. To utter lamentations ; lament; 
moan. [Rare.] 
All Nature mourns ; the Floods and Rocks deplore. 
Conarece, Death of Queen Mary. 
Twas when the sea was roaring 
Witli hollow blasts of wind, 
A damsel lay deploring. 
All on a rock reclined. 
Gay, The What d'ye Call 't, II. 8. 
In a deplored 
depilation (dep-i-la'shon), n. [= F. depilation 
= Pr. drpilacio = Pg. depilacSo = It. depila- 
r>e, < L. as if *tlfi>ilittio(ii-), (.depilare, deprive 
of hair: see depilate.] The act or process of 
removing hair from the skill or from a hide; depletory (de-ple'to-ri), a. [< 
loss of hair. Tending to deplete ; depletive. 
Depletive treatment is contralndicated. 
Wardrop, Bleeding. 
II. That which depletes ; specifically, any 
medical agent of depletion. 
She had been exhausted by depletive*. 
Wardrop, Bleeding. 
[< dejtletf + -ory.'] 
depilator (dep'i-la-tor), 
pulling out hairs. 
An instrument for deplication (dep-li-ka'shon), n. 
*Oeplicatio(H-), < deplicare, unfold, 
[< ML. as if 
< L. de- priv. 
deplorednesst (de-plor'ed-nes), n. The state 
of being deplored'; deplorableness. 
But for thee, O blessed Jesu, so ardent was thy love to 
us that it was not in the power of our extreme misery to 
abate it; yea, so as that the deplorednei of our condition 
did but hightcn that holy flame. 
Bp. Hall, A Pathetlcal Meditation. I 2. 
deplorer (de-plor'er), n. One who deplores or 
deeply laments ; a deep mourner. 
Not to be a mere spectator, or a laiy deplorer of the 
,l;,,,t:,.| Coniidrratioia about Ruuon and Reltmm 
10*75), Pref., p. vit 
