Part 2847

<i>Bacon.</i>

<h1>Defacer</h1> <Xpage=380>

<hw>De*fa"cer</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who, or that which, defaces or disfigures.</def>

<h1>De facto</h1> <Xpage=380>

<hw>De` fac"to</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <ety>[L.]</ety> <def>Actually; in fact; in reality; <as>as, a king <ex>de facto</ex>, -- distinguished from a king <ex>de jure</ex>, or by right</as>.</def>

<h1>Defail</h1> <Xpage=380>

<hw>De*fail"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>d\'82faillir</ets> to fail; pref. <ets>d\'82-</ets> (L. <ets>de</ets>) + <ets>faillir</ets>. See <er>Fail</er>, and cf. <er>Default</er>.]</ety> <def>To cause fail.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Defailance</h1> <Xpage=380>

<hw>De*fail"ance</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>d\'82faillance</ets>.]</ety> <def>Failure; miscarriage.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>Possibility of <b>defailance</b> in degree or continuance. <i>Comber.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Defailure</h1> <Xpage=380>

<hw>De*fail"ure</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Failure.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Barrow.</i>

<h1>Defalcate</h1> <Xpage=380>

<hw>De*fal"cate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Defalcated</er>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Defalcating</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[LL. <ets>defalcatus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>defalcare</ets> to deduct, orig., to cut off with a sickle; L. <ets>de-</ets> + <ets>falx</ets>, a sickle. See <er>Falchion</er>.]</ety> <def>To cut off; to take away or deduct a part of; -- used chiefly of money, accounts, rents, income, etc.</def>

<blockquote>To show what may be practicably and safely <b>defalcated</b> from the [the estimates]. <i>Burke.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Defalcate</h1> <Xpage=380>

<hw>De*fal"cate</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To commit defalcation; to embezzle money held in trust.</def> "Some partner <i>defalcating</i>, or the like."

<i>Carlyle.</i>

<h1>Defalcation</h1> <Xpage=380>

<hw>De`fal*ca"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[LL. <ets>defalcatio</ets>: cf. F. <ets>d\'82falcation</ets>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>A lopping off; a diminution; abatement; deficit. Specifically: Reduction of a claim by deducting a counterclaim; set-off.</def>

<i>Abbott.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>That which is lopped off, diminished, or abated.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>An abstraction of money, etc., by an officer or agent<?/ having it in trust; an embezzlement.</def>

<h1>Defalcator</h1> <Xpage=380>

<hw>Def"al*ca`tor</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A defaulter or embezzler.</def> <mark>[Modern]</mark>

<h1>Defalk</h1> <Xpage=380>