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- English Word Descrying Definition of Descry
- English Word Desecate Definition To cut, as with a scythe; to mow.
- English Word Desecrate Definition To divest of a sacred character or office; to divert from a sacred purpose; to violate the sanctity of; to profane; to put to an unworthy use; -- the opposite of consecrate.
- English Word Desecrated Definition of Desecrate
- English Word Desecrater Definition One who desecrates; a profaner.
- English Word Desecrating Definition of Desecrate
- English Word Desecration Definition The act of desecrating; profanation; condition of anything desecrated.
- English Word Desecrator Definition One who desecrates.
- English Word Desegmentation Definition The loss or obliteration of division into segments; as, a desegmentation of the body.
- English Word Desert Definition That which is deserved; the reward or the punishment justly due; claim to recompense, usually in a good sense; right to reward; merit.
- English Word Desert Definition A deserted or forsaken region; a barren tract incapable of supporting population, as the vast sand plains of Asia and Africa are destitute and vegetation.
- English Word Desert Definition A tract, which may be capable of sustaining a population, but has been left unoccupied and uncultivated; a wilderness; a solitary place.
- English Word Desert Definition Of or pertaining to a desert; forsaken; without life or cultivation; unproductive; waste; barren; wild; desolate; solitary; as, they landed on a desert island.
- English Word Desert Definition To leave (especially something which one should stay by and support); to leave in the lurch; to abandon; to forsake; -- implying blame, except sometimes when used of localities; as, to desert a friend, a principle, a cause, one's country.
- English Word Desert Definition To abandon (the service) without leave; to forsake in violation of duty; to abscond from; as, to desert the army; to desert one's colors.
- English Word Desert Definition To abandon a service without leave; to quit military service without permission, before the expiration of one's term; to abscond.
- English Word Deserted Definition of Desert
- English Word Deserter Definition One who forsakes a duty, a cause or a party, a friend, or any one to whom he owes service; especially, a soldier or a seaman who abandons the service without leave; one guilty of desertion.
- English Word Desertful Definition Meritorious.
- English Word Deserting Definition of Desert