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Found: 6,960 words.
The act of debasing or the state of being debased.
One who, or that which, debases.
of Debase
In a manner to debase.
Liable to be debated; disputable; subject to controversy or contention; open to question or dispute; as, a debatable question.
Debate
7 defs
A fight or fighting; contest; strife.
of Debate
Full of contention; contentious; quarrelsome.
With contention.
Controversy; deliberation; debate.
One who debates; one given to argument; a disputant; a controvertist.
Debating
2 defs
of Debate
In the manner of a debate.
Debauch
3 defs
An act or occasion of debauchery.
Debauched
2 defs
Dissolute; dissipated.
In a profligate manner.
The state of being debauched; intemperance.
One who is given to intemperance or bacchanalian excesses; a man habitually lewd; a libertine.
One who debauches or corrupts others; especially, a seducer to lewdness.
of Debauchery
Debauchery
2 defs
Corruption of fidelity; seduction from virtue, duty, or allegiance.
of Debauch
The act of corrupting; the act of seducing from virtue or duty.
Debauchedness.
A kind of woolen or mixed dress goods.
To conquer.
To subdue; to conquer in war.
The act of conquering or subduing.
Debenture
2 defs
A customhouse certificate entitling an exporter of imported goods to a drawback of duties paid on their importation.
Entitled to drawback or debenture; as, debentured goods.
Weak.
Diminishing the energy of organs; reducing excitement; as, a debilitant drug.
To impair the strength of; to weaken; to enfeeble; as, to debilitate the body by intemperance.
of Debilitate
of Debilitate
The act or process of debilitating, or the condition of one who is debilitated; weakness.
The state of being weak; weakness; feebleness; languor.
Debit
3 defs
A debt; an entry on the debtor (Dr.) side of an account; -- mostly used adjectively; as, the debit side of an account.
of Debit
of Debit
A debtor.
The act of depriving of bitumen.
To deprive of bitumen.
The cavity from which the earth for parapets, etc. (remblai), is taken.
Characterized by courteousness, affability, or gentleness; of good appearance and manners; graceful; complaisant.
Debonairness.
Courteously; elegantly.
The quality of being debonair; good humor; gentleness; courtesy.
To debauch.
Debauchment.