[< ML. <!- 
curate.] I. 
a. Removing impurities ; depurative. 
II. n. Tlmtwhich tends to remove impurilii-s. 
as a medicine. 
Meat broths and milk . 
prove excellent dejntrantH. 
arouse the emunctnrtesand 
Therapeutic Gaz., IX. 17. 
depth i " 1 !"' 
6. Profoundness; profundity; extent of pene- depurant (drp'u-rant), a. and . 
tration, or of the capacity of penetrating: as, )ii<rnii(t-).i, ppr. of depurare: seei 
/l(/itli of understanding ; depth of skill. 
He was n nirtn thut God endued with a clear and won- 
derful iteptli : a discernerof others' spirits, and very much 
a master of his own. 
Penn, Rise and Progress of Quakers, v. 
donoTix)iH)lto l n^wMtof<tiitt,oJUiuSnJlon, depurate (dep'u-rat), v. t.j pret. and pp. depu- 
of spiritual vision. rated, ppr. depurating. [< ML. depuratus, pp. 
F. T. Palgravc, Nineteenth Century, XXIII. 84. - J '-*-- J n "* m - - --- : 
7. Ill painting, darkness and richness of tone: 
as, great depth of color. 8. In logic, the quan- 
tity of comprehension ; the totality of those at- 
tributes which an idea involves in itself, and 
which cannot be taken away from it without 
ilrsiroying it. This use of the word was bor- 
rowed by Hamilton from certain late Greek 
of depurare, purify: see depitrc.] 1. To puri- 
fy ; free from impure or heterogeneous matter ; 
clarify; cleanse. 
< 'hemistry enabling us to depurate bodies, and in some 
measure to analize them. Boyle. 
I 
doubt whether 
writers. 
By the Informed depth of a term, I mean all the real impure. [Rare.] 
characters (in contradiction to mere names) which can be 
predicated of it (with logical truth on the whole) In a 
supposed state of information ; no character being count 
do not serve, as 
Kreat mini 
War, Pref. 
2. [The prefix de- taken as priv.] To render 
motion to waters, to depurate states of . . . a great num- 
ber of vices. Goldtmith, Hist. Seven Years'^" 
Priestley began by ascertaining that air depurated by 
animals was purified by plants. Nature. 
ed twice over knowingly in the supiiosed state of infor- depuratet (dep'u-rat), a. [< ML. depurates. 
nation.. The *,,/*, Ifke the breadth, may be certain or pp . ?ee the verb.] Cleansed; pure: as, "a 
very depurate oil," Boyle, Works, II. 209. 
crete form which belongs to everything of which a term 
i> preilieable with absolute truth. C. S. Peirce. 
Beyond one's depth, in water too deep for safety; hence, 
beyond one's ability or means. 
I have ventur'd. 
Like little wanton boys that swim on bladders, 
This many summers in a sea of glory ; 
But far beyond my depth. Shak., Hen. VIII., ill. 2. 
Be sure yourself and your own reach to know ; 
How far your genius, taste, and learning go; 
Launch not beyond your 
doubtful, actual or potential. By the essential depth of a 
term, 1 mean the really conceivable qualities predicated * f ---/ - * --, , 
of it In its definition. Substantial depth is the real con- depuration (dep-u-ra'shon), n. [= F. depura- 
tion = Pr. depuracio ="Sp. depuration = Pg. 
i/i/ii/racSo = It. depurazione, < ML. as if "de- 
puratio(n-),<. depurare, purify: see depurate.] 
The act of purifying, clarifying, or cleansing ; 
a freeing from feculent, impure, or heterogene- 
ous matter: as, the depuration of a fluid or of 
a wound. 
The ventilation and depuration of the blood, . . . one 
of the principal and constant uses of respiration. Boyle. 
'u, 1. 60. depurative (dep'u-ra-tiv), a. and . [= F. depu- 
ratif= Pr. depuratiu = It. depurativo; as depu- 
rate + -ire.] I. a. Cleansing; tending to or 
connected with the removal of impurities. 
The function of the segmental organ had l>een shown to 
be excretory, depurative. Micros. Science, XXVIII. 239. 
II. w. That which cleanses or purifies; spe- 
cifically, in med., formerly, a remedy supposed 
L f . j Ti^rfiT...! . to purify the blood or humors. 
.Ink used to n,T a tolJdSgT'cg depurator (dep'u-ra-tor), n. [= It. depuratore; 
A tool used by watchmakers In gaging the distances of as depurate + -or.] One who or that which 
pivot-holes in movement-plates. cleanses. Specifically -(n) In med., a depurant or de- 
depthless (depth'les), a. [< depth + -less.] puratlve. 
Wanting depth ; shallow. The remedies Indicated to correct constructive diseases 
Notions, the depthlesa abstractions of fleeting phenom- are chlefl y *""*" "< nutrients. 
Alien, and Neural., VI. 540. 
(6) An apparatus designed to assist the expulsion of mor- 
bid matter through the excretory ducts of the skin. This 
is accomplished by withdrawing from the surface of the 
body the natural pressure of the air. (e) A machine for 
cleansing and preparing cotton for spinning, invented In 
France. 
Depth Of a sail, the size of a sail between the head and 
the foot-rope. It is also called the drop or hoist. Depth 
Of the hold, in nhip-buUding, the depth from the upper 
side of the lower deck-beams to the upper side of the floor- 
timbers. Focal depth, the penetrating power of a lens 
that is, the vertical range through which the parta of an 
object, a scene, etc., viewed by the lens are seen with sat- 
isfactory distinctness. 
depthen (dep'thn), v. t. [< depth + -en*.] To 
Coleridge. 
depucelatet (de-pu'se-lat), v. t. [< F. depitceler 
(\ de- priv. + pucelle, a maid: see pucel, pu- 
celle) + E. -ate 2 !] To deflower; rob of virgin- 
ity. Cotgrave; Bailey. 
depudicatet (de-pu'di-kat), v. t. ; pret. and pp. , 
delineated, p^depudicating. [?LL. depuai- depuratoryt (dep'u-ra-to-ri), a. and n. [= F. 
catus, pp. of depudicare, < L. de- priv. + pudicus, &****** = ?P-_ P S- 
chaste, modest.] To deflower; ravish. Wor. 
depudoratet (de-pu'do-rat), v._ t. [< L. de- 
It, depuratorio ; as de- 
priv. + pudor, 
(ae-pu do' 
', shame, 4- 
E. -ate?.] 
void of shame. 
Partly depudorated or become so void of shame as that, 
though they do jwrceive, yet they will obstinately and 
Impudently deny the plainest things. 
Cuduvrth, Intellectual System, p. 193. 
depulper (de-pul'per), . [< de- priv. + pulp 
+ -efl.] An apparatus for freeing from pulpy 
matter. See the extract. 
That which purifies. 
Co render depuret (de-pur'), v. t._ [< 
2. depuren, < OF. 
dcpurer, F. demirer = Pr. Sp. Pg. depurar = It. 
depurare, < ML. depurare, purify, < L. de, off 
(taken as intensive), + purare, make pure. < 
purus, pure : see pure. Cf. depurate.] To make 
pure; cleanse; purge. 
Thouj breniiynge watlr be .7. tyines distillid, jltt It is 
not fully depurid fro his brennynge heete. 
Book of Quinte Kutenee (ed. Furnivall), p. 21. 
He shall yrst ... be deputed and clensed, before that 
he shall be lay le up for pure gold in the treasures of God. 
Sir T. More, Works, p. 800. 
The term depulper has been applied to a class of appa- 
ratus rendered necessary by the inability of the ordinary 
filters to completely remove the fine pulpy matters from 
the juice (of beets). Spoils' Encyc. Manuf., p. 1839. depUTgatoryt (de-per'ga-to-ri), a. [< L. as if 
depulsationt (de-pul-sa'shon), n. [< L. as if 'depurgatorius, < depuyatus, pp. of depurgare, 
*depnlsatio(n-), < depulsare, pp. depulsattts, 
drive or thrust away, < de, away, + 
drive, thrust: see pulsate. Cf. depu 
thrusting or driving away; a repelling. Bailey, loTooiaepuration. raig. 
1727. deputable (dep'u-ta-bl), o. [< ilfpute -f -able.] 
dep'ulset (de-puls'), v. t. [< L. depulsus, pp. of Capable of being or fit to be deputed. 
depcllere, drive away : see depel and pulse.] A lnan deptitable to the London Parliament 
To drive away. Coekeram. Carl y' e - Mi8C - IV - 224 - 
depulsiont (de-pul'shon), n. [<L. depulsio(n-), deputation (dep-u-ta'shon), n. [< ME. de]>u- 
a driving away, < depellere, depulsus, drive tation = D. deputdtie = ti. Dan. Sw. deputation, 
>.] A driving or thrusting < F. deputation = Sp. diputation = Pg. depu- 
taqffo = It. deputazione, < ML. as if "deputa- 
tio(n-), < deputare, pp. deputatus, select, ap- 
point: see depute.] 1. Appointment or au- 
thority to represent or act for another or others. 
away: see 
away; expulsion. 
Thc> erroiir or \veaknesse of the Burgundian Dutchesse 
anil her I'erkin, sntfering their enemy in this sort to 
imrney for his owne security and their depultn'on. 
>;,.,;, Hen. VII., IX. xx. 38. 
depulsoryt (de-pul'so-ri), a. [< L. depulsoriiiK, 
serving to avert, < depulsor, one who drives 
away, < (lepcllere, drive away: see depufse.] 
Driving or thrusting away ; averting. Xares. 
Making supplication and prayer unto the gods by the 
meanes of ccrtaiiit- ili'iniiforii' sacrlnces. 
Holland, tr. of Ammianus Marcellliius (1609). 
V\' linve . . . given his dejnttation all the organs 
Of our own power. Shot., M. for M , i 1. 
Tin' favourites that the absent king 
In deputation left behind him here, 
When he was personal in the Irish war. 
Shnk., 1 Hen. IV., iv. 3. 
Their . . . imputation to offices of power and dignity. 
Barroic, Works, II. xxi. 
deputy 
2. The person or persons authorized to repre- 
sent or act for another or others : as, the local 
societies were represented by large deputations. 
3. In Eng. forestry law, formerly, a license 
conferring the rights of a gamekeeper. See 
the extracts. 
lie ... had Inquired alxmt the manor ; would be glad 
of the deputation, certainly, but made no great point of 
it ; said he sometimes took out a gun, but never killed. 
Jane Awtten, Persuasion, iii. 
The gamekeeper was a man appointed by a document 
granted by a lord of a manor under statutory authority, 
termed a deputation. This deputation enabled him t 
kill game within the manor, and exercise the statutory 
powers of a gamekeeper under the Acts for the preserva- 
tion of game : but it was necessary that his name should 
1* entered with the clerk of the peace of the county or 
division where the manor was, who, on payment of Is., 
gave him a certificate of registration. 
S. Dovrll, Taxes In England, III. 272. 
deputatort (dep'u-ta-tor), . [< ML. as if *de- 
putator, < L. deputare, pp. deputatus, select, de- 
pute: see depute.] One who deputes ; one who 
grants deputation. Locke. 
depute (de-put'), t'. t.: pret. and pp. deputed, 
ppr. deputing. [< ME. deputen, impute, = D. 
deputercn = G. deputiren = Dan. deputere = Sw. 
deputera, < OF. deputer, F. deputer = Sp. rfi- 
putar = Pg. deputar = It. deputare, depute, < 
L. deputare, cut off, prune down, count among, 
I.I,, also destine, allot, ML. also select, ap- 
point, < de, off, + pulare, cleanse, prune, also 
estimate, think. Cf. compute, count 1 , repute.] 
1. To appoint as a substitute or agent ; appoint 
and send with a special commission or author- 
ity to act in the name of a principal. 
'I'll i re is no man deputed of the king to hear thee. 
2 Sam. xv. 3. 
The bishop may depute a priest to administer the sacra- 
ment. Aylife, Parergon. 
2f. To set aside or apart ; assign. 
The most conspicuous places in cities are usually de- 
puted for the erection of statues. Barrow. 
3. To assign to a deputy; transfer: as, he de- 
puted his authority to a substitute. 
If legislative authority Is deputed, it follows that those 
from whom it proceeds are the masters of those on whom 
it Is conferred. /;. Spencer, Social Statics, p. 231. 
4t. To impute. 
The apostil . . . shewith nelthlr thurj his rlgtfulnesse 
haue this deserued, but al what euere to )>c depute to the 
grace of God. Wyclif, Pro], to Romans. 
depute (dep'ut), n. [< depute, v. Cf. deputy.] 
A deputy: as, a sheriff depute or an advocate 
depute. [Scotch.] 
The fashion of every depute carrying his own shell on 
his back in the form of his own carriage Is a piece of very 
modem dignity. I myself rode circuits, when I was advo- 
citv-deputf, between 1807 and 1810. 
Lord Cockburn, Memoirs. 
deputize (dep'u-tiz), v. ; pret. and pp. deputized, 
ppr. deputizing. [< depute or deputy + -ize; an 
unnecessary substitute for depute.] I. trans. 
To appoint as deputy; empower to act for 
another, as a sheriff; depute. [U. S.] 
It is only learned foreigners, who desire to study our 
institutions, that suppose the affairs of the nation are 
governed by a series of deputized expressions originating 
in the town meeting and working upward. 
S. A. Rrr., CXXXIX. 106. 
II. intrant. To act as a deputy. [U. S.] 
deputy (dep'u-ti), n. and a. [Early mod. E. 
deputie, debyte, < OF. depute, F. depute = Sp. 
diputado = Pg. deputado = It. deputato, < ML. 
deputatus, a deputy, prop. pp. of deputare, de- 
pute : see depute.] I. n. ; pi. deputies (-tiz). 
1. A person appointed or elected to act for an- 
other or others ; one who exercises an office in 
another's right ; a lieutenant or substitute. 
The vicar and ./.''.//'. of Christ 
./. I'dall, On Revelations xvii. 
He hath committed this other office of preserving in 
healthful constitution the inner-man, which may lie trm'd 
the spirit of the soul, to his spiritual deputy, the minister 
of each Congregation. Hilton, Church-Government, ii. 3. 
Specifically 2. One deputed to represent a 
body of electors ; one elected to the office of 
representative: as. the deputies to the French 
Chamber of Deputies. 
Each district has now its respective deputy to the gen- 
eral diet, although the canton has but one vote, and con- 
sequently loses Its voice if the two deputiei are of different 
opinions. J. Adanu, Works, IV. 314. 
That certain men have been chosen as deputiei of the 
people that there Is a piece of paper stating such depu- 
tiei to possess certain powers these circumstances in 
themselves constitute no security for good government 
Macaulay, Utilitarian Theory of Government. 
3. In laic, one who by authority exercises an- 
other's office or some function, thereof, in the 
