depositor 
Savings Banks where the smallest sums are placed in 
perfect safety . . . and are paid . . . the moment they are 
demanded by the depositors. McCulloch, Com. Diet. 
depository (de-poz'i-to-ri), . ; pi. depositories 
(-riz). [<. ML. *depositorium, a place of de- 
posit, < L. depositus, pp. of deponere, deposit.] 
1. A place where anything is lodged for safe- 
keeping: as, a warehouse is a depository for 
goods. 
It may be said . . . that the Constitutional Monarch is 
only a depositor!/ of power, as an armory is a depository of 
arms ; but that those who wield the arms, and those alone, 
constitute the true governing authority. 
Gladstone, Might of Right, p. 169. 
2. [Prop, depositary.] A person to whom a 
thing is intrusted for safe-keeping; a deposi- 
tary. [Bare.] 
If I am a vain man, my gratification lies within a nar- 
row circle. I am the sole depositm-y of my own secret, 
and it shall perish with me. Junius, Letters, Ded. 
One who was the director of the national finances, and 
the depository of the gravest secrets of state, might ren- 
der inestimable services. Macaulay, Hist. Eng., xxii. 
deposit-receipt (de-poz'it-re-set"), A note 
or an acknowledgment for money lodged with a 
banker for a stipulated time, on which a higher 
rate of interest is allowed than on the balance 
of a current account. 
depostt, . An obsolete form of deposit. 
depot (de-po' or de'po), n. [< F. depot, a de- 
posit, a place of deposit, a storehouse, depot, 
< OF. depost, a deposit, pledge, < L. depositum, 
a deposit: see deposit, n.] 1. A place of de- 
posit; a depository; a warehouse or store- 
house for receiving goods for storage, sale, or 
transfer, as on a railroad or other line of trans- 
portation. 
t the 
203. 
The islands of Guernsey and Jersey are at present 
great depdts of this kingdom. British Critic (1794), p. 
Specifically 2. A railroad-station; a building 
for the accommodation and shelter of passen- 
gers and the receipt and transfer of freight by 
railroad. [U. S.] 3. Milit. : (a) A military 
magazine, as a fort, where stores, ammunition, 
etc., are deposited ; or a station where recruits 
for different regiments are received and drilled, 
and where soldiers who cannot accompany their 
regiments remain. (6) The headquarters of a 
regiment, where all supplies are received and 
whence they are distributed, (c) In Great Brit- 
ain, that portion of a battalion, generally con- 
sisting of two companies, which remains at 
home when the rest are ordered on foreign ser- 
vice. 4. In fort., a particular place at the tail 
of the trenches, out of the reach of the cannon 
of the place, where the troops generally assem- 
ble who are ordered to attack the outworks. 
Sometimes written with the French accents, 
d6] " n " 
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3. Depraved or corrupt quality or character; 
degeneracy; depravity. 
Notwithstanding this universal depravation of manners, 
behold how untouched he [Noah] stood, and what a char- 
acter he bore ! Bp. Atterbury, Sermons, II. iv. 
4. A depraved tendency; inclination toward 
evil or corruption. [Rare.] 
What befell Asdrubal or Ca?sar Borgia is as much an il- 
lustration of the mind's powers and depravations as what 
has befallen us. Emerson, History. 
= Svn Depravity, Depravation, deterioration, corruption, 
vitiation, contamination, debasement. Depravation is 
especially the act of depraving or the process of becoming 
depraved; depravity, the state resulting from the act or 
process. The use of depravation for depravity is uncom- 
mon. 
Its coarseness [that of Dryden's day] was not external, 
like that of Elizabeth's day, but the outward mark of an in- 
ward depravity. Lowell, Among my Books, 1st ser., p. 32. 
I do not believe there ever was put upon record more 
depravation of Man, and more despicable frivolity of 
thought and aim in Woman, than in the novels which pur- 
port to give the picture of English fashionable life. 
Mara. Fuller, Woman in 19th Cent., p. 139. 
deprave (de-praV ), v. t. ; pret. and pp. depraved, 
ppr. depraving. [< ME. aepraven, < OF. depra- 
ver, pervert, calumniate, accuse, F. depraver = 
Sp. Pg. depravar = It. depravare, < L. depra- 
vare, pervert, distort, corrupt, < de- + pravus, 
crooked, misshapen, wicked, depraved.] It. To 
pervert; distort; speak evil of; misreport; ca- 
lumniate; vilify. 
See ! how the stubborne damzell doth deprave 
My simple meaning with disdaynfull scorne. 
Spenser, Sonnets, xxix. 
Gone about to deprave and calumniate the person and 
writings of Quintus Horatius Flaccus. 
B. Jonson, Poetaster, v. 1. 
Unjustly thou depravest it with the name 
Of servitude, to serve whom God ordains. 
Milton, P. L., vi. 174. 
2. To make bad or worse ; pervert ; vitiate ; 
' : as, to deprave the heart, mind, under- 
' i. ; to deprave the mor- 
depreeative 
emove the offender, to preserve society from those 
ble depravity, is often one of the ends of punishment. 
Macaulay, Hallam's Const. Hist. 
Specifically 2. In tkeal, the hereditary ten- 
dency of mankind, derived from Adam through 
his descendants, to commit sin ; original sin. By 
many theologians depravity is distinguished from actual 
sin, which they regard as consisting wholly in voluntary 
action. Total depravity, in theol., the total unntuess of 
man for the me iral purposes of his being until born again by 
the influence of the Spirit of God. In defining the nature 
of this unfltness theologians disagree. Some consider man 
as "utterly indisposed, disabled, and made opposed unto 
all that is spiritually good, and wholly inclined to evil 
and that continually " ( West. Conf. of Faith). Others con- 
cede to man certain natural traits of character which 
are innocent, amiable, or even commendable, but hold 
that the moral character is determined by the controlling 
energy and disposition, which is by nature totally indif- 
ferent or averse to the law of God. = Syn. 1 and 2. De- 
Cvity, Depravation. See depravation. 2. Profligacy, 
iness, degeneracy, vice, demoralization. 
deprecable (dep're-ka-bl), a. [= It. depreca- 
bile, < LL. deprecabilis, that may be entreated, 
< L. deprecari, pray against, pray for: see dep- 
recate.] That is to be deprecated. 
I look upon the temporal destruction of the greatest 
king as far less deprecable than the eternal damnation of 
the meanest subject. Eilmn Jiasilike. 
Whose pryde depraves each other better part. 
Spenser, Sonnets, xxxi. 
All things proceed, and up to him return, 
If not depraved from good. Milton, P. L., v. 471. 
The ingenuity once so conspicuously displayed in every 
department of physical and moral science has been de- 
praved into a timid and servile cunning. 
Macaulay, Moore's Byron. 
The ceremony of kneeling at the Sacrament was included 
among the rest : but the free and glad acknowledgment 
of that ceremony was not to be expected from one who 
had notoriously depraved it. 
R. W. Dixon, Hist. Church of Eng., xx. 
depraved (de-pravd'), p. a. 1. Perverted; vi- 
tiated: as, a' depraved appetite. 
Their taste in time became so depraved, that what was 
pp. of deprecari (> Sp. Pg. deprecar), pray 
against (a present or impending evil), pray for, 
intercede for (that which is in danger), rarely 
imprecate, < de, off, + precari, pray: see pray.] 
1. To pray against; pray or entreat the re- 
moval or prevention of ; pray or desire deliver- 
ance from. 
We are met here to acknowledge our sin, to express our 
public detestation of it, and to deprecate the vengeance 
which hath pursued, and doth still, I fear, pursue us on 
the account of it. Bp. Atterbury, Sermons, II. xiii. 
The judgments which we would deprecate are not re- 
moved. Bp. Smalridge. 
2. To plead or argue earnestly against ; urge 
reasons against ; express disapproval of : said 
_r ~ i .......,,. ..^ and the like. 
States, at first the places for landing railroad-passengers 
and -freight were called depots, passenger-depots, freight- 
depots; but the use of station for the landing-place of pas- 
sengers is gradually increasing, while freight-house is the 
most common word for a separate storage-place. 
depotentiate (de-po-ten'shi-at), v. t. ; pret. and 
pp. depotentiated, ppr. depotentiating. [< L. de- 
priv. + potentia, power: see potency.] To de- 
prive of potency or power. 
The gospel of Christ himself we may therefore expect to 
see greatly depotentiated. Bibliotheca Sacra, XLV. 175. 
depravate (dep'ra-vat), v. t.; pret. and pp. 
depravated, ppr. depravating. [< L. depravatus, 
pp. of depravare, deprave: see deprave.] It. 
To defame ; vilify. 
Whereat the rest, in depth of scorne and hate, 
His Diuine Truth with taunts doe deprauate. 
Davies, Holy Roode, p. 7. 
2. To render depraved. [Bare.] 
With natures depravated, and affinities already distem- 
pered by the sin of progenitors. 
Bushnell, Nat. and the Supernat., p. 178. 
depravation (dep-ra-va'shpn), re. [= F. depra- 
vation = Sp. depravacion = Pg. depravagao == It. 
depravazione, < L. depravatio(n-), < depravare, 
deprave : see deprave.] It. The act of pervert- 
ing or distorting ; perversion ; vilification. 
Do not give advantage 
To stubborn critics, apt, without a theme, 
For depravation. Shak., T. and C., v. 2. depravmgly (de-pra vmg-h), adv. In a deprav- 
That learning should undermine the reverence of laws in S manner. 
and government . . . is assuredly a mere depravation and depravity (de-prav i-ti), n. [irreg. \ Ite- 
calumny. Bacon, Advancement of Learning, i. 23. -'*- - --*'** >*.,,, -i- .*..! 
2. The act of making or becoming bad or worse ; 
the act or process of debasement; deteriora- 
tion. 
His purpose was deprecated by all around him, and he 
was with difficulty induced to abandon it. Scott. 
The self-dependence which was honored in me is dep- 
recated as a fault in most women. 
Marg. Fuller, Woman in 19th Cent., p. 40. 
O, still as ever, friends are they 
Who, in the interest of outraged truth, 
Deprecate such rough handling of a lie ! 
Browning, Ring and Book, II. 227. 
3t. To imprecate ; invoke. 
Upon the heads of these very mischievous men they 
deprecated no vengeance, though that of the whole nation 
was justly merited. Franklin, Autobiog., p. 442. 
deprecatingly (dep're-ka-ting-li), adv. By dep- 
*:,. . ,.-;*ti nvTwic,oir\TiQ or indications of 
2. Morally bad; destitute of moral principle; 
corrupt; wicked: as, a depraved nature. =Syn. 
2. Illegal, Iniquitous, etc. (see criminal'), base, profligate, 
abandoned, reprobate. 
depravedly (de-pra'ved-li), adv. In a depraved 
manner; with corrupt motive or intent. 
The writings of both depravedly, anticipatively, coun- ^M>.J *.. *" V ,~v ~- ~j., -- 
terfeitly imprinted. as harm or disapproval ; counter-prayer or pe- 
Sir T. Browne, Religio Medici, To the Reader. tjt; on . earnest desire for exemption or deliv- 
depravedness (de-pra'ved-nes), n. The state 
of being depraved or vitiated; corruption; 
taint. 
uG*u.e^cui.t (dep-re-ka'shon), n. [= OF. de- 
precation, F. deprecation = Sp. deprecacion = 
Pg. deprecaqao = It. deprecazione, < L. depre- 
catio(n-), < deprecari, deprecate : see depre- 
cate.] 1. The act of deprecating something, 
inal depravedness, and proneness of our eternal 
evil. Hammond. 
depravement (de-prav'meut), n. [< deprave + 
-ment.] Perversion; vitiation. [Bare.] 
He maketh men believe that apparitions . . . are either 
deceptions of sight, or melancholy depravements of fancy. 
Sir T. Browne, Vulg. Err., i. 10. 
depraver (de-pra'ver), re. It. One who per- 
verts or distorts the character of a person ; a 
traducer; a vilifier. 
Do you think I urge any comparison against you? no, I 
am not so ill-bred as to be a depraver of your worthiness. 
B. Jonson, Case is Altered, i. 2. 
2. A corrupter ; one who vitiates. 
For depravers of the Prayer-Book it was ten pounds fine 
or three months for the first offence. 
I, with leave of speech implored, 
And humble deprecation, thus replied. 
Milton, P. L., viii. 378. 
Sternutation they generally conceived to be a good sign, 
or a bad one ; and so, upon this motion, they commonly 
used a gratulation for the one, and a deprecation for the 
other. Sir T. Browne. 
They use no deprecations nor complaints, 
Nor suit for mercy. 
Chapman, Byron's Tragedy, iv. 1. 
Specifically 2. In litanies, a petition to be 
delivered from some evil, temporal or spiritual. 
In Latin litanies each single deprecation is usually fol- 
lowed by the response, " Libera nos, Domine " (Deliver us, 
O Lord). In the Anglican litany the deprecations begin, 
" From all evil and mischief," and end, "From hardness 
of heart and contempt of thy Word and Commandment, 
and are collected in groups, after each of which comes 
the response, "Good Lord, deliver us." The obsecrations, 
which succeed, have the same response. See litany. 
3. A praying for removal or prevention; en- 
treaty or earnest desire for an averting or 
It is to these . . . [circumstances] that the depravation 
of ancient polite learning is principally to be ascribed. 
Goldsmith, Polite Learning, ii. 
_ x- -- .. L o 
pravity, q. v. ; as if < E. deprave + -ity.] 1. 
The state of being depraved or corrupt; cor- 
ruption ; degeneracy : as, depravity of manners 
or morals. 
Succeeding generations change the fashion of their 
morals, . , . wonder at the depravity of their ancestors. 
Macaulay, Machiavelli, 
We may, with too much justice, apply to him the Scrip- 
tural deprecation "He that withholdeth his corn, the 
people shall curse him." "'. Gilpin, Sermons, III. xi. 
leprecative (dep're-ka-tiv), a. [= OF. depre- 
catif, F. deprecatif '= Sp. Pg. It. J 
