deploy 
deploy (ile-ploi'), t'. [< F. deployer, unroll, un- 
fold, < Of. desployer, earlier despleicr, displrier, 
> ME. displayen, E. display, which is thus a 
doublet of deploy : see display, and ef. depli- 
cation.] I. trans. Milit., to expand; display; 
extend in a line of small depth, as a division or 
a battalion which has been previously formed 
in one or more columns. 
Carr's division was deployed on our right, Lawler's bri- 
gade forming his extreme right and reaching through 
these woods to the river above. 
U. S. Grant, Personal Memoirs, I. 524. 
II. intrans. Milit., to open out ; extend; move 
so as to form a more extended front or line : as, 
the regiment deployed to the right. 
A column is said to deploy when it makes a flank march 
or unfolds itself, so as to display its front. Sullivan. 
deploy (de-ploi'), [< deploy, v.] Milit.,' the 
expansion or opening out of a body of troops 
previously compacted into a column, so as to 
present a more extended front. 
deployment (de-ploi 'ment), n. [< F. deploie- 
ment, < deployer', deploy: see deploy and -ment.'] 
The act of deploying. 
deplumate (de-plo'mat), a. [< ML. deplumatus, 
pp. of deplumare, pluck of feathers: see de- 
plume.] In ornith., bare or stripped of fea- 
thers; denudated. 
deplumation (de-plij-ma'shon), n. [< ML. *de- 
plumatio(n-), < deplumare, 'pluck of feathers: 
see deplume.] 1. In ornith., the stripping or 
falling off of plumes or feathers ; molting. 
The violence of her moulting, or deplumation. 
Stttlingfleet, Origines Sacrre, iii. 3. 
2. In pathol., an affection of the eyelids in 
which the eyelashes drop out. 
deplume (de-plom'), v. t. ; pret. and pp. de- 
plumed, ppr. depluming. [< ME. deplumen = F. 
deplumer = Sp. Pg. desplumar = It. spiumare, 
< ML. deplumare, pluck of feathers, < L. de, 
off, + plmnare, cover with feathers, < pluma, a 
feather, plume : see p lume.] To strip or pluck 
the feathers from ; deprive of plumage ; pluck. 
And twies a yere deplumed may thai [geese] be. 
Palladius, Husbondrie (E. E. T. S.), p. 26. 
Fortune and Time fettered at their feet with adaman- 
tine chains, their wings deplumed for starting from them. 
B. Jonson, Love's Welcome at Bolsover. 
depolarization (de-p6"la-ri-za'shgn), n. [= 
F. depolarisation = It. depolarlzzazione ; as de- 
polarize + -ation.] The act of depriving of 
polarity or removing the effects of polarization. 
Specifically (a) In optics, the change in the direction of 
the plane of polarization, as by a section of a crystal, so 
that the polarized ray before arrested can pass through the 
analyzer. (6) In elect., the removal of the polarizing film 
of gas from the negative plate of a voltaic cell, (c) In 
magnetism, the destruction of magnetic polarity in a mass 
of iron or steel. See polarization. Also spelled dtpolari- 
sation. 
depolarize (de-po'la-riz), v. t. ; pret. and pp. 
depolarized, ppr. depolarising. [= F. depola- 
riser = It. depolarizzare ; as de- priv. + polar- 
ise."] To deprive of polarity; remove the ef- 
fects of polarity from, (a) In optics, to cause to re- 
appear, as a polarized ray before arrested by the analyzer. 
(6) To destroy that polarity in (metallic electrodes im- 
mersed in an electrolytic substance, or the metal plates 
of a battery) which results from the passage of a current, 
and opposes and weakens the current to which it is due. 
(c) To deprive of magnetic polarity. Also spelled depo- 
larise. 
depolarizer (de-pp'la-rl-zer), n. That which 
depolarizes; specifically, in elect., a substance 
used in a battery-cell for the purpose of pre- 
venting polarization. Depolarizers usually act by 
entering into combination with the gases liberated, and 
thus preventing their accumulating on the battery-plates 
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What basins, most capacious of their kind, 
Enclose her, while the obedient clement 
Lifts or depones its burthen. Southey. 
2f. To lay down as a pledge ; wager. 
On this I would depone 
As much as any cause I've known. 
S. Butler, Hudihras. 
3. To testify ; state in a deposition. 
Farther Sprat deponeth, that he entered himself there- 
after in conference with Bour. 
State Trials, George Sprot, an. 1606. 
II. intrans. In Scots &nd old Eng. law, to give 
testimony; bear witness; depose. 
deponent (de-po'nent), a. and w. [< L. depo- 
nen(t-)s, ppr.' of deponere, lay aside (LL. depo- 
nen(t-)s, adj., also as a noun (sc. terbum), a 
verb that 'lays aside' its proper passive sense: 
tr. Gr. airoftrfKOf: see apothesis), ML. also tes- 
tify: see depone.] I. a. Laying down Depo- 
nent verb, in Latin gram., a verb which has a passive 
form with an active signification, as logui, to speak : so 
called because such verbs were regarded as having laid 
down or dispensed with an active form and a passive 
sense. 
II. n. 1. In Latin gram., a deponent verb. 
2. One who deposes or makes a deposition, 
especially under oath ; one who makes an affi- 
davit; one who gives written testimony to be 
used as evidence in a court of justice, or for 
any other purpose. Abbreviated dpi. 
He observed how the testimony of the other deponents 
confirmed that of Houseman. Bulwer, Eugene Aram, vi. 5. 
depopulacyt (de-pop'u-la-si), n. [< depopulate : 
see -acy.] Depopulation. 
Mars answered : Jove, neither she nor I, 
With both our aids, can keep depopulacy 
From off the frogs. 
Chapman, tr. of Homer'a Batrachomyomachia. 
depopularize (de-pop'u-la-riz), v. t. ; pret. and 
pp. depopularized, ppr. depopularizing. [= F. 
depopulariser = Pg. depopularizar; as de- priv. 
+ popularize.] To render unpopular. West- 
minster Eev. [Rare.] 
depopulate (de-pop'u-lat), v.; pret. and pp. 
depopulated, ppr. depopulating. [< L. depopu- 
latus, pp. of depopulari, ML. also depopulure (> 
It. depopwlare = Sp. "depopular, despoblar = 
Pg. depopular = Pr. depopular = OF. depopuler, 
deppopuler, despopuler, also depeupler, depopler, 
despeupler, F. depeupler, > E. depeople, dispeo- 
ple), lay waste, ravage, plunder, ML. also de- 
prive of people, dispeople, < de- + populari, 
lay waste, ravage, plunder, destroy, a word 
usually derived from populus, people, and ex- 
plained as "prop, to spread or pour put in a 
multitude over a region," or "to fill with (hos- 
tile) people," or otherwise, in the comp. de- 
s, alter t. aepoiir = fg. aepolir, depolish.] 
To destroy the polish of; remove the glaze 
from; dull. 
The surface should now appear somewhat depolished. 
Ure, Diet., II. 639. 
depolishing (de-pol'ish-ing), n. The process 
of removing polish or glaze ; specifically, in 
ceram., a process whereby the glaze on ware is 
removed. Ware with the resulting dull surface 
is called ivory porcelain. It corresponds to the 
deglazing of glass. 
depone (de-pon'), v. ; pret. and pp. deponed, 
ppr. deponing. [= Sp. deponer = Pg. depor = 
It. deporre, diporre = D. deponereii = G. depo- 
niren = Dan. deponere Sw. deponera, < L. de- 
ponere, pp. depositus, lay down or aside, give 
in charge, intrust, ML. also testify, < de, down, 
away, + ponere, lay, place : see ponent and 
pose%, and cf. depose, deposit, etc.] I.f trans. 
1. To lay down; deposit. 
depeople and dispeople). But the uses of the L. 
populari throw doubt on the assumed original 
connection with populus, people, and the word 
is by some regarded as a kind of freq. of spoli- 
are, spoil, despoil, plunder, being in this view 
reduplicated (*spo-, *spol-) from the base *spol- 
of spolium, spoil : see spoil.] I. trans. To de- 
prive of inhabitants, wholly or in part, whether 
by death or by expulsion; dispeople; reduce 
the population of. 
Many towns and villages upon the sea coasts are, of late 
years, wonderfully decayed, and some wonderfully depopu- 
lated. Privy Council (Arber's Eng. Garner, I. 301). 
Grim death, in different shapes, 
Depopulates the nations ; thousands fall 
His victims. Philips. 
II. intrans. To become dispeopled. [Bare 
or obsolete.] 
This is not the place to enter into an inquiry whether 
the country be depopulating or not. 
Goldsmith, Des. ViL, Ded. 
depopulate (de-pop'u-lat), a. [< L. depopula- 
tus, pp.: see the verb.]' Depopulated. [Kare.] 
When the sea-mew 
Flies, as once before it flew, 
O'er thine isles depopulate. 
Shelley, Written among the Euganean Hills, 
depopulation (de-pop-u-la'shon), re. [= F. depo- 
pulation = Sp. depopulacion = Pg. depopulaqdo 
= It. depopulazione, < L. depopulatio(n-), a lay- 
ing waste, plundering, < depopulari, lay waste : 
see depopulate, v.] The act of depopulating, or 
the state of being depopulated ; reduction of 
population ; destruction or expulsion of inhab- 
itants. 
It [Milan] hath suffered many devastations and depopu- 
lations. Coryat, Crudities, I. 130. 
The only remedy and amends against the depopulation 
and thinnesse of a Land within, is the borrow'd strength 
of flrnie alliance from without. 
Milton, Reformation in Eng., ii. 
depose 
depopulator (de-pop'u-la-tor), it. [= F. dfpo- 
/ni/(itciir= Sp. depopulador = It. depopulatore, < 
L. depopulator, a plunderer, marauder, < depo- 
pulari, plunder: see depopulate.] One who de- 
populates. 
Our puny depopulators allege for their doings the king's 
and country's good. Fuller, Holy State, p. 237. 
deport (de-port'), r. t. [< OF. deporter, bear, 
suffer, banish, refl. cease, desist, forbear, F. de- 
porter = Pr. Sp. Pg. deportar = It. diportare = 
D. deporteren = G. deportiren = Dan. deportere 
= Sw. deportera, < L. departure, carry away, get, 
acquire, carry off, banish, ML. also bear, suffer, 
favor, forbear, < de, away, + portare, carry : 
see port 3 , and cf. apport, comport, export, im- 
port, report, transport, and see esp. disport.] 
1. To transport or carry off; carry away, or 
from one country to another; specifically, to 
transport forcibly, as to a penal colony or a 
place of exile. 
The only sure way of bringing about a healthy relation 
between the two countries [England and America] is for 
Englishmen to clear their minds of the notion that we are 
always to be treated as a kind of inferior and deported 
Englishman whose nature they perfectly understand. 
Lowell, Study Windows, p. 81. 
2. To carry; demean; behave: with a reflexive 
pronoun. 
Let an ambassador deport himself in the most graceful 
manner before a prince. Pope. 
How do the Christians here deport them, keep 
Their robes of white unspotted by the world? 
Browning, Ring and Book, II. 212. 
deportt (de-port'), n. [< OF. deport, depport, 
m., deporte, f., deportment : from the verb.] 
Deportment; mien. 
But Delia's self 
In gait surpass'.!, and goddess-like deport. 
Hilton, f. L., ix. 389. 
deportation (de-por-ta'shon), n. [< F. depor- 
tation = Sp. deportation = Pg. deportagao = It. 
deportazione = D. deportatie = G. Dan. Sw. de- 
portation, < L. deportatio(n-), a carrying away, 
< departure, carry away: see deport.] A car- 
rying away; a removing from one country to 
another, or to a distant place ; transportation ; 
specifically, forcible transportation, especially 
to a penal colony. 
The wings seemed to be like the wings of a stork ; an- 
other expression of that sudden transmigration and de- 
portation. D. Stokes, Twelve Minor Prophets, p. 497. 
In their [the Jews'] depttrtations, they had often the 
favour of their conquerors. 
B Bp. Atterbury, Sermons, III. v. 
Emancipation [of the slaves], even without deportation, 
would probably enhance the wages of white labor. 
Lincoln, in Raymond, p. 325. 
deportatort (de'por-ta-tor), H. [L. as if "depor- 
tator, < deportare, deport : see deport.] One who 
deports or transports. Davies. 
This island of ours, within these late days, hath bred a 
great number of these field-briers, . . . oppressors, en- 
closers, depopulators, deportators, depravators. 
Rev. T. Adams, Works, II. 481. 
deportment (de-port'ment), n. [< OF. deporte- 
ment, F. deporiement = 'It. diportamento, < ML. 
as if "deportamentum, < L. deportare, deport: 
see deport.] Carriage or bearing in intercourse ; 
manner of acting toward or before others ; be- 
havior; demeanor; conduct; management. 
What's a fine person, or a beauteous face, 
Unless deportment gives them decent grace? 
Churchill, The Rosciad. 
This produced such a change in his whole deportment, 
that his neighbours took him to be a new man, and were 
amazed at his conversion from prodigious profaneness to 
a moral and religious life. Soitthey, Bunyan, p. 16. 
At these primitive tea-parties the utmost propriety ami 
dignity of deportment prevailed. 
Irving, Knickerbocker, p. 170. 
= Syn. Carriage, Conduct, etc. See behavior. 
deporturet (de-por'tur), n. [< deport + -lire.] 
Deportment. Speed. 
deposable (de-po'za-bl), a. [= F. deposdblc; 
as depose + -able.] Capable of being deposed 
or deprived of office. 
deposalt (de-po'zal), . [< depose + -al.] The 
act of deposing or divesting of office. 
The short interval between the deposal and death of 
princes is become proverbial. Fox, Hist. James II., p. 14. 
depose (de-poz'), v. ; pret. and pp. deposed, 
ppr. deposing. [< ME. deposen, lay aside, de- 
prive of office, also intrust, < OF. deposer, F. 
deposer (= OSp. deposar), lay down, deposit, 
testify, with senses of L. deponere, pp. deposi- 
tus, lay down, etc. (see depone), but in form 
confused with OF. poser, ML. pausare, place ; 
so with the other compounds, oppose, compose, 
expose, impose, propose, repose, suppose, trans- 
