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<blockquote>Her pride <b>debauched</b> her judgment and her eyes. <i>Cowley.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Debauch</h1> <Xpage=373>

<hw>De*bauch"</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>d\'82bauche</ets>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>Excess in eating or drinking; intemperance; drunkenness; lewdness; debauchery.</def>

<blockquote>The first physicians by <b>debauch</b> were made. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>An act or occasion of debauchery.</def>

<blockquote>Silenus, from his night's <b>debauch</b>, Fatigued and sick. <i>Cowley.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Debauched</h1> <Xpage=373>

<hw>De*bauched"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Dissolute; dissipated.</def> "A coarse and <i>debauched</i> look."

<i>Ld. Lytton.</i>

<h1>Debauchedly</h1> <Xpage=373>

<hw>De*bauch"ed*ly</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In a profligate manner.</def>

<h1>Debauchedness</h1> <Xpage=373>

<hw>De*bauch"ed*ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The state of being debauched; intemperance.</def>

<i>Bp. Hall.</i>

<h1>Debauchee</h1> <Xpage=373>

<hw>Deb`au*chee"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>d\'82<?/bauch\'82</ets>, <ets>n.</ets>, properly p. p. of <ets>d\'82baucher</ets>. See <er>Debauch</er>, <tt>v. t.</tt>]</ety> <def>One who is given to intemperance or bacchanalian excesses; a man habitually lewd; a libertine.</def>

<h1>Debaucher</h1> <Xpage=373>

<hw>De*bauch"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who debauches or corrupts others; especially, a seducer to lewdness.</def>

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<h1>Debauchery</h1> <Xpage=374>

<hw>De*bauch"er*y</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Debaucheries</plw> <tt>(<?/)</tt>.</plu>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>Corruption of fidelity; seduction from virtue, duty, or allegiance.</def>

<blockquote>The republic of Paris will endeavor to complete the <b>debauchery</b> of the army. <i>Burke.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Excessive indulgence of the appetites; especially, excessive indulgence of lust; intemperance; sensuality; habitual lewdness.</def>

<blockquote>Oppose . . . <b>debauchery</b> by temperance. <i>Sprat.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Debauchment</h1> <Xpage=374>

<hw>De*bauch"ment</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The act of corrupting; the act of seducing from virtue or duty.</def>

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