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De bene esse
() Of well being; of formal sufficiency for the time; conditionally; provisionally.
Debenture
() A writing acknowledging a debt; a writing or certificate signed by a public officer, as evidence of a debt due to some person; the sum thus due.
Debenture
() A customhouse certificate entitling an exporter of imported goods to a drawback of duties paid on their importation.
Debentured
() Entitled to drawback or debenture; as, debentured goods.
Debile
() Weak.
Debilitant
() Diminishing the energy of organs; reducing excitement; as, a debilitant drug.
Debilitated
() of Debilitate
Debilitating
() of Debilitate
Debilitate
() To impair the strength of; to weaken; to enfeeble; as, to debilitate the body by intemperance.
Debilitation
() The act or process of debilitating, or the condition of one who is debilitated; weakness.
Debility
() The state of being weak; weakness; feebleness; languor.
Debit
() A debt; an entry on the debtor (Dr.) side of an account; -- mostly used adjectively; as, the debit side of an account.
Debited
() of Debit
Debiting
() of Debit
Debit
() To charge with debt; -- the opposite of, and correlative to, credit; as, to debit a purchaser for the goods sold.
Debit
() To enter on the debtor (Dr.) side of an account; as, to debit the amount of goods sold.
Debitor
() A debtor.
Debituminization
() The act of depriving of bitumen.
Debituminize
() To deprive of bitumen.
Deblai
() The cavity from which the earth for parapets, etc. (remblai), is taken.
Debonair
() Characterized by courteousness, affability, or gentleness; of good appearance and manners; graceful; complaisant.
Debonairity
() Debonairness.
Debonairly
() Courteously; elegantly.
Debonairness
() The quality of being debonair; good humor; gentleness; courtesy.
Debosh
() To debauch.
Deboshment
() Debauchment.
Debouched
() of Debouch
Debouching
() of Debouch
Debouch
() To march out from a wood, defile, or other confined spot, into open ground; to issue.
Debouche
() A place for exit; an outlet; hence, a market for goods.
Debouchure
() The outward opening of a river, of a valley, or of a strait.
Debris
() Broken and detached fragments, taken collectively; especially, fragments detached from a rock or mountain, and piled up at the base.
Debris
() Rubbish, especially such as results from the destruction of anything; remains; ruins.
Debruised
() Surmounted by an ordinary; as, a lion is debruised when a bend or other ordinary is placed over it, as in the cut.
Debt
() That which is due from one person to another, whether money, goods, or services; that which one person is bound to pay to another, or to perform for his benefit; thing owed; obligation; liability.
Debt
() A duty neglected or violated; a fault; a sin; a trespass.
Debt
() An action at law to recover a certain specified sum of money alleged to be due.
Debted
() Indebted; obliged to.
Debtee
() One to whom a debt is due; creditor; -- correlative to debtor.
Debtless
() Free from debt.
Debtor
() One who owes a debt; one who is indebted; -- correlative to creditor.
Debulliate
() To boil over.
Debulition
() A bubbling or boiling over.
Deburse
() To disburse.
Debuscope
() A modification of the kaleidoscope; -- used to reflect images so as to form beautiful designs.
Debut
() A beginning or first attempt; hence, a first appearance before the public, as of an actor or public speaker.
Debutant
() Alt. of Debutante
Debutante
() A person who makes his (or her) first appearance before the public.
Deca-
() A prefix, from Gr. de`ka, signifying ten; specifically (Metric System), a prefix signifying the weight or measure that is ten times the principal unit.
Decacerata
() The division of Cephalopoda which includes the squids, cuttlefishes, and others having ten arms or tentacles; -- called also Decapoda. [Written also Decacera.] See Dibranchiata.