Part 2824

<hw>De*col"ling</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Beheading.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<blockquote>By a speedy dethroning and <b>decolling</b> of the king. <i>Parliamentary History (1648).</i></blockquote>

<h1>Decolor</h1> <Xpage=377>

<hw>De*col"or</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>d\'82colorer</ets>, L. <ets>decolorare</ets>. Cf. <er>Discolor</er>.]</ety> <def>To deprive of color; to bleach.</def>

<h1>Decolorant</h1> <Xpage=377>

<hw>De*col"or*ant</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>d\'82colorant</ets>, p. pr.]</ety> <def>A substance which removes color, or bleaches.</def>

<h1>Decolorate</h1> <Xpage=377>

<hw>De*col"or*ate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>decoloratus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>decolorare</ets>.]</ety> <def>Deprived of color.</def>

<h1>Decolorate</h1> <Xpage=377>

<hw>De*col"or*ate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To decolor.</def>

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<h1>Decoloration</h1> <Xpage=378>

<hw>De*col`or*a"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>decoloratio</ets>: cf. F. <ets>d\'82coloration</ets>.]</ety> <def>The removal or absence of color.</def>

<i>Ferrand.</i>

<h1>Decolorize</h1> <Xpage=378>

<hw>De*col"or*ize</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To deprive of color; to whiten.</def> <i>Turner</i>. -- <wordforms><wf>De*col`or*i*za"tion</wf> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Decomplex</h1> <Xpage=378>

<hw>De"com*plex`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>de-</ets> (intens.) + <ets>complex</ets>.]</ety> <def>Repeatedly compound; made up of complex constituents.</def>

<h1>Decomposable</h1> <Xpage=378>

<hw>De`com*pos"a*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Capable of being resolved into constituent elements.</def>

<h1>Decompose</h1> <Xpage=378>

<hw>De`com*pose"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Decomposed</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Decomposing</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>d\'82composer</ets>. Cf. <er>Discompose</er>.]</ety> <def>To separate the constituent parts of; to resolve into original elements; to set free from previously existing forms of chemical combination; to bring to dissolution; to rot or decay.</def>

<h1>Decompose</h1> <Xpage=378>

<hw>De`com*pose"</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To become resolved or returned from existing combinations; to undergo dissolution; to decay; to rot.</def>

<h1>Decomposed</h1> <Xpage=378>

<hw>De`com*posed"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Separated or broken up; -- said of the crest of birds when the feathers are divergent.</def>

<h1>Decomposite</h1> <Xpage=378>

<hw>De`com*pos"ite</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>de-</ets> (intens.) + <ets>composite</ets>.]</ety>