Part 51

=dénaturer=, _v.a._, to alter the nature of; to deface, to disfigure; to change, to misrepresent, to pervert, to distort; (chem.) to debase.

=dendrite= (din-), _n.f._, (min.) dendrite.

=déndroïde= (din-), _adj._, (bot.) dendroid.

=dénégation=, _n.f._, denial; (law) traverse.

=dénégatoire=, _adj._, (law) traversing.

=déni=, _n.m._, (jur.) denial, refusal. _— de justice_; refusal of justice.

=déniaisé=, =-e=, _adj._, sharpened, who has had his eyes opened, cunning. _Un homme —_; a cunning, crafty man.

=déniaiser=, _v.a._, to sharpen the wits of; to cheat, to take in, to dupe, to open the eyes of.

_se_ =déniaiser=, _v.r._, to learn wit, to become sharp, to grow cunning.

=déniché=, =-e=, _part._, gone, flown. _Les oiseaux sont —s_; the birds have flown.

=dénicher=, _v.a._, to take out of its nest; to turn out; to hunt out; to find out. _— une statue_; to take a statue out of its niche.

=dénicher=, _v.n._, to forsake its nest (of a bird); to hasten away; to make off, to run away. _Allons, il faut —_; come, be off with you.

=dénicheur=, _n.m._, birds’-nester. _Un — de merles_; sharper. _Un — de fauvettes_; fortune-hunter; lady-killer.

=denier=, _n.m._, (antiq.) denarius; denier; money; farthing; mite; cash, funds; rate of interest; (pharm.) scruple; old French copper coin worth ⅟₁₃th of a farthing; (coin.) weight of a little above 1¼ grammes. _— à Dieu_; earnest money. _A beaux —s comptants_; in cash, in ready money. _Les —s publics_; the public money. ☉_Au — vingt-cinq_; four per cent. _Le — de Saint Pierre_; Peter’s pence. _Le — de la veuve_; the widow’s mite. _Cet homme n’a pas un — vaillant_; that man is not worth a farthing. _Rendre compte à livres sous et —s_; to account to the uttermost farthing.

=dénier=, _v.a._, to deny, to refuse. _Se —_; to be denied; to deny one’s self.

=dénigrant=, _adj._, disparaging.

=dénigrement=, _n.m._, vilifying, disparagement.

=dénigrer=, _v.a._, to disparage, to traduce, to vilify.

=dénombrement=, _n.m._, enumeration, census, list.

=dénombrer=, _v.a._, to number, to enumerate.

=dénominateur=, _n.m._, (arith.) denominator.

=dénominati-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, denominative.

=dénomination=, _n.f._, denomination, name.

=dénominer=, _v.a._, (jur.) to denominate, to mention by name.

=dénoncer=, _v.a._, to denounce, to inform against, to impeach, to announce, to lodge information against; to give notice, to proclaim, to declare.

=dénonciat-eur=, _n.m._, =-rice=, _n.f._, denunciator, informer, accuser.

=dénonciation=, _n.f._, denunciation, denouncement, declaration, intimation.

☉=dénotation=, _n.f._, denotation.

=dénoter=, _v.a._, to describe; to denote, to betoken.

=dénouement= _or_ =dénoûment=, _n.m._, event, issue; denouement, catastrophe, unraveling; undoing, ending (of a play).

=dénouer=, _v.a._, to untie, to loose; to give elasticity; to solve (difficulties); to unravel (plots).

_se_ =dénouer=, _v.r._, to untie, to unravel, to unfold, to clear up. _Sa langue s’est dénouée à la fin_; he has spoken out at last.

=denrée=, _n.f._, commodity, wares, provisions. _Il vend bien sa —_; he makes the most of his talents.

=dense=, _adj._, dense, close, thick.

=densité=, _n.f._, density, thickness.

=dent=, _n.f._, tooth; notch; cog; prong. _—s de lait_; first teeth. _—s de sagesse_; wisdom teeth. _—s d’en haut_; upper teeth. _—s d’en bas_; lower teeth. _Faire ses —s_; to cut one’s teeth. _Les —s percent à cet enfant_; that child is cutting his teeth. _Les —s lui claquent_; his teeth chatter. _Serrer les —s_; to set the teeth. _Grincer des —s_; to gnash the teeth. _Une — qui branle_; a loose tooth. _Le mal de —s_; the toothache. _Avoir mal aux —s_; to have a toothache. _Les —s lui tombent_; he is losing his teeth. _L’alvéole d’une —_; the socket of a tooth. _Se curer les —s_; to pick one’s teeth. _Le fruit vert agace les —s_; green fruit sets the teeth on edge. _Une vieille sans —_; a toothless hag. _Armé jusqu’aux —s_; armed to the teeth. _N’avoir pas de quoi mettre sous la —_; not to have a morsel to put in one’s mouth. _Avoir une — contre quelqu’un_; to have an old grudge against one. _Déchirer à belles —s_; to tear to pieces, to rend any one. _Chacun lui donne un coup de —_; every one has a fling at him. _Être sur les —s_; to be tired out, done up. _Montrer les —s à quelqu’un_; to show one’s teeth to any one. _Ne pas desserrer les —s_; not to open one’s lips. _Parler entre ses —s_; to speak betwixt one’s teeth. _Parler des grosses —s_; to talk big. _Prendre le mors aux —s_; to run away (of horses); to be earnest in business. _Rire du bout des —s_; to sham a laugh, to pretend to laugh. _Murmurer entre ses —s_; to mutter to one’s self. _C’est vouloir prendre la lune avec les —s_; it is aiming at impossibilities. _Les —s d’une roue_; the cogs of a wheel. _Ce couteau a des —s_; that knife is notched. _Manger du bout des —s_; to eat with no appetite, to play with one’s food. _Avoir les —s bien longues_; to be very hungry.

=dentaire=, _adj._, dental.

=dentaire=, _n.f._, (bot.) dentaria, toothwort.

=dental=, =-e=, _adj._, (gram.) dental.

=dentale=, _n.m._, (conch.) dentalium, dental, tooth-shell.

=dentale=, _n.f._, (gram.) dental.

=dent-de-lion=, _n.m._, (_—s-—_) dandelion.

=denté=, =-e=, _adj._, toothed; (bot.) dentated. _Roue —e_; cogged wheel. _Feuille —e en scie_; serrated leaf.

=dentée=, _n.f._, bite from a hound; rip (of a tusk).

=dentelaire=, _n.f._, (bot.) lead-wort.

=dentelé=, =-e= (dānt-lé), _adj._, notched, jagged, denticulated, toothed, indented.

=dentelé=, _n.m._, (anat.) denticulated muscle.

=denteler=, _v.a._, to indent, to notch, to jag, to tooth, to cog.

=dentelle=, _n.f._, lace, lace-work. _Manchettes à —_; lace ruffles.

=dentelli-er=, _n.m._, =-ère=, _n.f._, lace-man, lace-woman, lace-maker.

=dentelure= (dān-tlur), _n.f._, jagging, notching, denticulation, indenting.

=denticulé=, =-e=, _adj._, (bot.) denticulated, indented.

=denticules=, _n.m.pl._, (arch.) denticles.

=dentier= (-tié), _n.m._, set of teeth (natural or artificial).

=dentifrice=, _n.m._, dentifrice. _adj._, good for the teeth. _Poudre —_; tooth-powder.

=dentiste=, _n.m._, dentist.

=dentisterie=, _n.f._, dentistry.

=dentition=, _n.f._, dentition, cutting of teeth.

=denture=, _n.f._, set of teeth; (horl.) teeth range.

=dénudation=, _n.f._, denudation.

=dénuder=, _v.a._, to denude; to lay bare; to strip.

=dénué=, =-e=, _adj._, destitute; void; devoid. _— de support_; bereft of support. _— d’esprit_; devoid of wit.

=dénuement= _or_ =dénûment=, _n.m._, destitution, deprivation, penury, want.

=dénuer=, _v.a._, to strip, to leave destitute.

_se_ =dénuer=, _v.r._, to strip one’s self; to leave one’s self destitute.

=dépaillage=, _n.m._, unbottoming (of chairs).

=dépailler=, _v.a._, to unbottom.

_se_ =dépailler=, _v.r._, to lose its straw-seat.

=dépaissance=, _n.f._, pasturage, high pasture ground.

=dépalissage=, _n.m._, (hort.) unpaling.

=dépalisser=, _v.a._, to unpale.

=dépaqueter= (dé-pak-té), _v.a._, to unpack.

=dépareillé=, =-e=, _adj._, unmatched, imperfect, odd.

*=dépareiller=, _v.a._, to unmatch, to spoil the pair of, to render incomplete. _— des gants_; to unmatch gloves. _Livres dépareillés_; odd goods.

=déparer=, _v.a._, to undress (altars); to strip; to disfigure, to take away the beauty; to disparage.

=déparier=, _v.a._, to take away one (of a pair); to separate.

=déparler=, _v.n._, to cease talking, to talk nonsense.

=déparquer=, _v.a._, to unpen (of oysters); to unbed.

=départ=, _n.m._, departure, setting out; (chem.) parting; (metal.), departure. _Être sur son —_; to be on the eve of setting out.

=départager=, _v.a._, to settle by a casting vote. _— les voix_, _les suffrages_; to give a casting-vote.

=département=, _n.m._, distribution; department; line, business (province or business assigned to a particular person). _Les —s de la France_; the departments of France. _— des affaires étrangères_; foreign-office. _— de l’intérieur_; home-office. _Cela n’est pas de son —_; that does not lie in his province.

=départemental=, =-e=, _adj._, departmental.

=départir=, _v.a._, to distribute, to divide, to endow, to bestow, to allot, to grant.

_se_ =départir=, _v.r._, to depart, to desist, to swerve, to deviate. _Il s’est départi de sa demande_; he has desisted from his demand. _Se — de son devoir_; to swerve from one’s duty.

=dépassement=, _n.m._, over-extension, excess.

=dépasser=, _v.a._, to go beyond; to exceed, to surpass; to outsail; to overreach, to overstep; to be higher _or_ taller; to draw out (ribbons). _— ses pouvoirs_; to exceed one’s powers. _Il me dépasse de trois pouces_; he is taller than I am by three inches.

=dépâtissage=, _n.m._, sorting (of type).

=dépâtisser=, _v.a._, (print.) to sort and distribute (type).

=dépavage=, _n.m._, unpaving.

=dépaver=, _v.a._, to unpave, to take up the pavement.

=dépaysé=, =-e=, _part._, away from home, out of one’s element. _Se trouver — dans une société_; to feel out of one’s element.

=dépayser= (-pè-i-zé), _v.a._, to take, to send from home; to remove; to put out; to put on a wrong scent.

_se_ =dépayser=, _v.r._, to leave one’s home; to go abroad; to get out of one’s element.

=dépècement= (-pès-mān), _n.m._, cutting up, cutting in pieces, carving, breaking up, tearing up; dismemberment; eating away (of the sea).

=dépecer= (dép-sé), _v.a._, to cut up, to carve, to cut in pieces; to dismember; to eat away. _— une volaille_; to cut up a fowl. _— de la viande_; to carve meat.

=dépeceur=, _n.m._, carver, cutter, meat-dresser.

=dépêche=, _n.f._, dispatch (letter on affairs of state); (com.) correspondence, mail, telegram. _Les —s_; the post-bag. _Faire les —s_; to make up the dispatches, the mails.

_à_ =dépêche-compagnon=, _adv._, hurriedly, carelessly. _Travailler à —_; to hurry over one’s work. _Se battre à —_; to give no quarter in fighting.

_se_ =dépêcher=, _v.r._, to make haste, to look sharp. _Dépêchez-vous_; make haste.

=dépêcher=, _v.a._, to send off dispatches, a courier, a messenger; to dispatch; to be quick, to do things quickly, to hasten; to make way with any one, to kill.

=dépêcher=, _v.n._, to dispatch, to hurry off, to send off a courier, _or_ messenger, in haste. _On a dépêché à Vienne_; a courier has been sent to Vienna.

=dépeçoir=, _n.m._, chopping-knife.

=dépeindre=, _v.a._, to depict; to describe; to portray; to paint; to represent.

=dépelotonner=, _v.a._, to unwind.

_se_ =dépelotonner=, _v.r._, to become unwound.

*=dépenaillé=, =-e=, _adj._, (fam.) tattered, ragged, in rags; ill-clad; slatternly; emaciated.

*=dépenaillement=, _n.m._, raggedness; faded appearance (of the face).

=dépendamment= (-da-mān), _adv._, (l.u.) dependently.

=dépendance=, _n.f._, dependence; appendage; out-house; offices; out-building. _Être dans la — de quelqu’un_; to be dependent on any one. _Tenir quelqu’un dans la —_; to keep any one in a state of dependancy.

=dépendant=, =-e=, _adj._, dependent. _En —_; (nav.) edging off.

=dépendre=, _v.a._, to take down; to unhang.

=dépendre=, _v.n._, to depend; to be dependent; to rest. _Cela dépend de moi_; that depends on, rests with, me.

=dépens=, _n.m.pl._, expense, cost. _Vivre aux — d’autrui_; to live at other people’s expense. _Faire la guerre à ses —_; to play a losing game. _Il a gagné son procès avec —_; (jur.) he gained his lawsuit with costs.

=dépense=, _n.f._, expense; expenditure; outlay, waste, flow; steward’s office; pantry. _pl._, supplies. _Comité des —s_; committee of supplies. _De folles —s_; extravagant expense. _—s de bouche_; living expenses. _La — du ménage_; household expense. _Sa — excède ses revenus_; his expenditure exceeds his income. _Ne pas plaindre la —_; not to spare expense. _Faire de la —_; to spend money. _Faire la —_; to do the housekeeping. _Aimer la —_; to like spending money.

=dépenser=, _v.a._, to spend, to expend; to consume; (b.s.) to waste. _Il aime à —_; he is fond of spending. _Se —_; to be spent.

=dépensi-er=, =-ère=, _n._, _adj._, extravagant person, spendthrift; extravagant.

=dépensier=, _n.m._, burser; (nav.) purser’s steward.

=déperdition=, _n.f._, deperdition, loss, waste; (med.) discharge.

=dépérir=, _v.n._, to perish, to decline, to pine away, to waste, to wither, to dwindle, to waste away, to decay, to go to ruin.

=dépérissement= (-ris-mān), _n.m._, wasting away, decay, withering, falling away.

=dépersuader=, _v.a._, to dissuade.

=dépêtrer=, _v.a._, to disentangle, to extricate, to disengage, to clear, to free.

_se_ =dépêtrer=, _v.r._, to get out of; to rid one’s self of, to get clear of.

=dépeuplement=, _n.m._, depopulation; thinning (of forests).

=dépeupler=, _v.a._, to unpeople, to depopulate, to unstock, to thin. _— un colombier_; to unstock a pigeon-house. _— une forêt_; to thin a forest.

_se_ =dépeupler=, _v.r._, to be depopulated, to be unstocked.

=dépiécer=, _v.a._ _V._ =dépecer=.

=dépilage=, _n.m._, taking off the hair _or_ the fleece (of hides).

=dépilati-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, depilatory.

=dépilation=, _n.f._, depilation.

=dépilatoire=, _n.m._, depilatory.

_se_ =dépiler=, _v.r._, to lose the hair (of animals).

=dépiquage=, _n.m._, (agri.) treading out (corn, etc.).

=dépiquer=, _v.a._, to unquilt, to unstitch; to cheer up. _— quelqu’un_; to cheer any one; to put any one in a better humor; (gard.) to transplant.

_se_ =dépiquer=, _v.r._, to recover one’s good humor; to recoup one’s self.

=dépister=, _v.a._, (hunt.) to track; to ferret out, to hunt out; to throw off the scent.

=dépit=, _n.m._, spite, vexation. _Avoir du —_; to be vexed. _Il pleurait de —_; he wept for vexation. _Faire quelque chose par —_; to do a thing out of spite. _En — de_; in spite of. _Ecrire en — du bon sens_; to write nonsense.

=dépiter=, _v.a._, to vex, to spite.

_se_ =dépiter=, _v.r._, to be vexed, to be in a pet, to get out of temper.

=déplacé=, =-e=, _part._, displaced, misplaced, ill-timed, unbecoming. _Discours —_; uncalled for speech.

=déplacement= (dé-plas-mān), _n.m._, displacement, change of place; removal.

=déplacer=, _v.a._, to displace, to misplace, to remove, to change.

_se_ =déplacer=, _v.r._, to change one’s place, to leave one’s place, one’s residence; (of things) to be displaced.

=déplaire=, _v.n._, to displease, to offend; to incur the displeasure of any one; to be unpleasant, disagreeable, to give offense. _Ne vous en déplaise_; with your leave, if you don’t mind. _N’en déplaise à_; with all due deference to.

_se_ =déplaire=, _v.r._, to dislike, to be displeased with, to displease each other; not to thrive (of animals, plants). _Je ne me déplairais pas ici_; I should not dislike living here. _Les troupeaux se déplaisent dans ce lieu-là_; the flocks do not thrive in that place.

=déplaisance=, _n.f._, dislike, aversion.

=déplaisant=, =-e=, _adj._, unpleasant, disagreeable, annoying, obnoxious.

=déplaisir=, _n.m._, displeasure, dislike, annoyance, grief, sorrow, trouble, affliction.

=déplantage=, _n.m._, _or_ =déplantation=, _n.f._, displanting.

=déplanter=, _v.a._, to displant.

=déplantoir=, _n.m._, (gard.) trowel.

=déplâtrage=, _n.m._, unplastering.

=déplâtrer=, _v.a._, (mas.) to unplaster.

=dépleurer=, _v.n._, to cease weeping.

=déplier=, _v.a._, to unfold, to open; to lay out, display (goods).

=déplissage=, _n.m._, unplaiting.

=déplisser=, _v.a._, to unplait.

_se_ =déplisser=, _v.r._, to come out of plait.

=déploiement= _or_ =déploîment= (dé-ploa-mān), _n.m._, display, unfolding; (milit.) deployment.

=déplombage=, _n.m._, unstopping; unsealing.

=déplomber=, _v.a._, to unlead, to unload (a stick); to unstop (a tooth).

=déplorable=, _adj._, deplorable, lamentable, wretched.

=déplorablement=, _adv._, deplorably, lamentably, wretchedly.

=déplorer=, _v.a._, to deplore, to bewail, to lament, to mourn; to regret.

=déployé=, =-e=, _adj._, unfolded, displayed, open. _Voguer à voiles —es_; (nav.) to be under full sail. _À gorge —e_; at the top of one’s voice, lustily, with all one’s might.

=déployer=, _v.a._, to unfold, to unroll, to unfurl, to set out, to display, to open, to show, to stretch, to spread; (milit.) to deploy. _— les voiles_; to spread the sails. _— toute son éloquence_; to put forth all one’s eloquence.

_se_ =déployer=, _v.r._, to unroll, to display one’s self; (milit.) to deploy.

=déplumé=, =-e=, _adj._, unplumed, unfeathered.

=déplumer=, _v.a._, to unplume, to deprive of feathers; to pluck, to pick.

_se_ =déplumer=, _v.r._, to molt, to shed feathers.

=dépocher=, _v.a.n._, to take out of one’s pocket; to fork out, stump up.

=dépolir=, _v.a._, to take off the polish. _— du verre_; to rough glass. _Le feu dépolit le marbre_; fire takes the polish off marble.

=dépolissage=, _n.m._, (of glass) roughing.

=déponent=, _adj._, _n.m._, (gram.) deponent.

=dépopulariser=, _v.a._, to render unpopular.

_se_ =dépopulariser=, _v.r._, to become unpopular.

=dépopulation=, _n.m._, depopulation.

=déport=, _n.m._, delay; (jur.) challenging one’s self; (on change) backwardation.

=déportation=, _n.f._, deportation (transportation), exile, banishment.

=déporté=, _n.m._, person sentenced to deportation; transport, convict.

=déportements=, _n.m.pl._, misconduct; evil-doings.

=déporter=, _v.a._, to deport, to transport for life; to banish, to exile.

_se_ =déporter=, _v.r._, to desist from. _Se — de ses prétentions_; to withdraw one’s claims.

=déposant=, =-e=, _adj._, depositing; giving evidence.

=déposant=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, deponent; witness; bailer.

=déposer=, _v.a._, to lay down; to lay aside; to strip, to divest, to depose; to deposit; to give evidence; to lodge (a complaint). _On le déposa de sa charge_; he was removed from office. _— son bilan_; to file one’s schedule.

=déposer=, _v.n._, to settle, to leave a sediment (of liquids); to give evidence.

=dépositaire=, _n.m._, depositary, trustee, guardian; consignee.

=déposition=, _n.f._, deposition, deprivation; deposing; évidence. _La — porte que_; the evidence says that.

=déposséder=, _v.a._, to dispossess, to oust.

=dépossesseur=, _n.m._, dispossessor.

=dépossession=, _n.f._, dispossession, deprivation.

=déposter=, _v.a._, to drive from a post, to dislodge.

=dépôt=, _n.m._, depositing, deposit, trust; lodgment (of money); depository, warehouse; depot, agency; sediment, settling. _— de mendicité_; poorhouse, workhouse. _Faire un —_; to make a deposit. _En —_; as a deposit in trust; (com.) on sale.

=dépotage=, _n.m._, decanting.

=dépoter=, _v.a._, to take out of a pot; to decant.

=dépotoir=, _n.m._, general deposit of night-soil.

=dépoudrer=, _v.a._, to unpowder.

_se_ =dépoudrer=, _v.r._, to unpowder one’s hair.

*=dépouille=, _n.f._, spoil; slough, skin, hide; wardrobe (of persons deceased); remains; spoils, booty; crop; exuviæ. _— mortelle_; mortal remains. _La — d’un serpent_; the slough of a serpent. _L’âme quitta sa — mortelle_; the soul forsook its earthly tenement. _Il a laissé sa — à un tel_; he left his wardrobe to such a one. _—s opimes_; spolia opima. _Il s’enrichit des —s d’autrui_; he enriches himself with the spoils of others.

*=dépouillé=, =-e=, _part._, stripped; naked. _Jouer au roi —_; (fig. and fam.) to compass the ruin of any one.

*=dépouillement= (dé-poo-i-mān), _n.m._, spoliation; despoiling; privation; scrutiny (of a ballot-box); abstract (of an account). _Au — du scrutin_; on the counting of the votes.

*=dépouiller=, _v.a._, to unclothe; to strip; to skin, to lay bare; to despoil, to deprive; to throw off; to cast off (of insects); to lay aside; to gather (crops); to inspect (a ballot-box); to present an abstract (of accounts). _— ses vêtements_; to throw off one’s clothes. _— une anguille_; to skin an eel.

_se_ *=dépouiller=, _v.r._, to shed its skin (of insects and animals); to molt; to divest one’s self of; to strip one’s self of; to throw off; to dispense with; to renounce.

=dépouilleur=, _n.m._, teller (of votes by ballot).

=dépourvoir=, _v.a._, to leave unprovided _or_ destitute.

_se_ =dépourvoir=, _v.r._, to leave one’s self unprovided. _Se — d’argent_; to leave one’s self without cash.

=dépourvu=, =-e=, _adj._, destitute, unprovided, devoid. _Au —_; unawares. _Pris au —_; caught napping.

=dépravation=, _n.f._, depravity, depravement; depravation.

=dépravé=, =-e=, _adj._, vitiated, depraved. _Goût —_; depraved taste.

=dépraver=, _v.a._, to vitiate, to deprave.

_se_ =dépraver=, _v.r._, to become vitiated, depraved. _Son goût se déprave_; his taste is becoming vitiated.

=déprécati-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, (theol.) deprecatory.

=déprécation=, _n.f._, deprecation.

=dépréciat-eur=, _n.m._, =-rice=, _n.f._, depreciator.

=dépréciation=, _n.f._, dépréciation.

=déprécier=, _v.a._, to depreciate, to undervalue, to slight; to run down, to disparage; to underrate.

_se_ =déprécier=, _v.r._, to depreciate one’s self; (of things) to fall in value.

=déprédat-eur=, _n.m._, =-rice=, _n.f._, depredator.

=déprédat-eur=, =-rice=, _adj._, predatory.

=déprédation=, _n.f._, plundering, depredation, malversation.

=dépréder=, _v.a._, (l.u.) to depredate, to plunder.

=déprendre=, _v.a._, to loosen, to part.

_se_ =déprendre=, _v.r._, to get detached _or_ loose; to give up, to renounce.

=dépression=, _n.f._, hollow, depression, falling in; (astron., anat., surg.) depression.

=déprier=, _v.a._, to disinvite.

=déprimer=, _v.a._, to press down, to depress; to underrate.

_se_ =déprimer=, _v.a._, to be flattened, depressed.

=déprisant=, =-e=, _adj._, depreciating.

=dépriser=, _v.a._, to undervalue, to underrate; to disparage.

=de profundis= (-fon-dis), _n.m._, (c.rel.) de profundis.

=dépuceler=, _v.a._, to deflower.

=depuis=, _adv._, since, afterwards, ever after, since that time. _Je ne l’ai point vu —_; I have not seen him since.

=depuis=, _prep._, since, from, after, for the last. _— la création du monde_; since the creation of the world. _— peu_; lately. _— quand?_ how long since? _— deux ans_; two years since. _— longtemps_; for a long time. _— ce temps-là_; ever after; since then. _— quelque temps_; for some time.

=depuis que=, _conj._, since. _— — vous êtes parti_; since you went away.

=dépurati-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, depurative.

=dépuration=, _n.f._, depuration.

=dépuratoire=, _adj._, depuratory.

=dépurer=, _v.a._, to depurate.

=députation=, _n.f._, deputation; deputyship.

=député=, _n.m._, deputy, delegate; M.P.

=députer=, _v.a._, to depute, to send.

=députer=, _v.n._, to send a deputation.

=déracinement= (-si-n-mān), _n.m._, rooting up, eradication.

=déraciner=, _v.a._, to root up, to pluck up, to pull up by the root, to eradicate, extirpate. _— un cor_; to cut out a corn. _— un mal_; to eradicate an evil.

_se_ =déraciner=, _v.r._, to unroot, to be torn up by the roots.

=dérader=, _v.n._, (nav.) to be driven out to sea.

=déraidir=, _v.a._, to unstiffen, to make pliant, to soften.

_se_ =déraidir=, _v.r._, to grow pliant, soft, supple.

*=déraillement=, _n.m._, running off the rails.

*=dérailler=, _v.n._, to run off the rails, to leave the metals.

*=dérailler=, _v.a._, to throw off the rails.

=déraison=, _n.f._, unreasonableness, folly, irrationality, preposterousness.

=déraisonnable=, _adj._, senseless, unreasonable, void of reason, preposterous.

=déraisonnablement=, _adv._, unreasonably, irrationally, preposterously.

=déraisonnement=, _n.m._, irrational talk.

=déraisonner=, _v.n._, to reason falsely, to talk nonsense, to talk irrationally.

=dérangé=, =-e=, _adj._, out of order, deranged, crazy; unwell, out of sorts. _Estomac —_; disordered stomach.

=dérangement= (dé-rānj-mān), _n.m._, derangement, discomposure, trouble, embarrassment; disorder, disturbance.

=déranger=, _v.a._, to derange, to put out of its place, out of order, to displace; to discompose; to disconcert, to incommode, to put out of sorts, to unsettle, to disturb, to upset. _Cela m’a tout dérangé_; that has quite disconcerted me. _La moindre chose le dérange_; the least thing in the world unsettles _or_ upsets him.