Part 2789

<i>Cockeram.</i>

<h1>Debacchation</h1> <Xpage=373>

<hw>De`bac*cha"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>debacchatio</ets>.]</ety> <def>Wild raving or debauchery.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Prynne.</i>

<h1>Debacle</h1> <Xpage=373>

<hw>De*ba"cle</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>d\'82b\'83cle</ets>, fr. <ets>d\'82b\'83cler</ets> to unbar, break loose; pref. <ets>d\'82-</ets> (prob. = L. <ets>dis</ets>) + <ets>b\'83cler</ets> to bolt, fr. L. <ets>baculum</ets> a stick.]</ety> <fld>(Geol.)</fld> <def>A breaking or bursting forth; a violent rush or flood of waters which breaks down opposing barriers, and hurls forward and disperses blocks of stone and other d\'82bris.</def>

<h1>Debar</h1> <Xpage=373>

<hw>De*bar"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Debarred</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Debarring</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[Pref. <ets>de-</ets> + <ets>bar</ets>.]</ety> <def>To cut off from entrance, as if by a bar or barrier; to preclude; to hinder from approach, entry, or enjoyment; to shut out or exclude; to deny or refuse; -- with <i>from</i>, and sometimes with <i>of</i>.</def>

<blockquote>Yet not so strictly hath our Lord imposed Labor, as to <b>debar</b> us when we need Refreshment. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Their wages were so low as to <b>debar</b> them, not only from the comforts but from the common decencies of civilized life. <i>Buckle.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Debarb</h1> <Xpage=373>

<hw>De*barb"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>de-</ets> + L. <ets>barba</ets> beard.]</ety> <def>To deprive of the beard.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Bailey.</i>

<h1>Debark</h1> <Xpage=373>

<hw>De"bark"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t. & i.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Debarked</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Debarking</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[F. <ets>d\'82barquer</ets>; pref. <ets>d\'82-</ets> (L. <ets>dis-</ets>) + <ets>barque</ets>. See <er>Bark</er> the vessel, and cf. <er>Disbark</er>.]</ety> <def>To go ashore from a ship or boat; to disembark; to put ashore.</def>

<h1>Debarkation</h1> <Xpage=373>

<hw>De`bar*ka"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Disembarkation.</def>

<blockquote>The <b>debarkation</b>, therefore, had to take place by small steamers. <i>U. S. Grant.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Debarment</h1> <Xpage=373>

<hw>De*bar"ment</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Hindrance from approach; exclusion.</def>

<h1>Debarrass</h1> <Xpage=373>

<hw>De*bar"rass</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>d\'82barrasser</ets>. See <er>Embarrass</er>.]</ety> <def>To disembarrass; to relieve.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<h1>Debase</h1> <Xpage=373>

<hw>De*base"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Debased</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Debasing</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[Pref. <ets>de-</ets> + <ets>base</ets>. See <er>Base</er>, <tt>a.</tt>, and cf. <er>Abase</er>.]</ety> <def>To reduce from a higher to a lower state or grade of worth, dignity, purity, station, etc.; to degrade; to lower; to deteriorate; to abase; <as>as, to <ex>debase</ex> the character by crime; to <ex>debase</ex> the mind by frivolity; to <ex>debase</ex> style by vulgar words.</as></def>

<blockquote>The coin which was adulterated and <b>debased</b>. <i>Hale.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>It is a kind of taking God's name in vain to <b>debase</b> religion with such frivolous disputes. <i>Hooker.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>And to <b>debase</b> the sons, exalts the sires. <i>Pope.</i></blockquote>

<syn>Syn. -- To abase; degrade. See <er>Abase</er>.</syn>