Part 2874

<i>G. Fletcher.</i>

<h1>Deglutinate</h1> <Xpage=383>

<hw>De*glu"ti*nate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Deglutinated</er>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Deglutinating</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[L. <ets>deglutinatus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>deglutinare</ets> to deglutinate; <ets>de-</ets> + <ets>glutinare</ets> to glue, <ets>gluten</ets> glue.]</ety> <def>To loosen or separate by dissolving the glue which unties; to unglue.</def>

<h1>Deglutination</h1> <Xpage=383>

<hw>De*glu`ti*na"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The act of ungluing.</def>

<h1>Deglutition</h1> <Xpage=383>

<hw>Deg`lu*ti"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>deglutire</ets> to swallow down; <ets>de-</ets> + <ets>glutire</ets> to swallow: cf. F. <ets>d\'82glutition</ets>. See <er>Glut</er>.]</ety> <def>The act or process of swallowing food; the power of swallowing.</def>

<blockquote>The muscles employed in the act of <b>deglutition</b>. <i>Paley.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Deglutitious</h1> <Xpage=383>

<hw>Deg`lu*ti"tious</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Pertaining to deglutition.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<h1>Deglutitory</h1> <Xpage=383>

<hw>De*glu"ti*to*ry</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Serving for, or aiding in, deglutition.</def>

<h1>Degradation</h1> <Xpage=383>

<hw>Deg`ra*da"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[LL. <ets>degradatio</ets>, from <ets>degradare</ets>: cf. F. <ets>d\'82gradation</ets>. See <er>Degrade</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>The act of reducing in rank, character, or reputation, or of abasing; a lowering from one's standing or rank in office or society; diminution; <as>as, the <ex>degradation</ex> of a peer, a knight, a general, or a bishop</as>.</def>

<blockquote>He saw many removes and <b>degradations</b> in all the other offices of which he had been possessed. <i>Clarendon.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The state of being reduced in rank, character, or reputation; baseness; moral, physical, or intellectual degeneracy; disgrace; abasement; debasement.</def>

<blockquote>The . . . <b>degradation</b> of a needy man of letters. <i>Macaulay.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Deplorable is the <b>degradation</b> of our nature. <i>South.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Moments there frequently must be, when a si<?/<?/er is sensible of the <b>degradation</b> of his state. <i>Blair.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Diminution or reduction of strength, efficacy, or value; degeneration; deterioration.</def>

<blockquote>The development and <b>degradation</b> of the alphabetic forms can be traced. <i>I. Taylor (The Alphabet).</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <fld>(Geol.)</fld> <def>A gradual wearing down or wasting, as of rocks and banks, by the action of water, fro<?/<?/ etc.</def>

<p><b>5.</b> <fld>(Biol.)</fld> <def>The state or condition of a species or group which exhibits degraded forms; degeneration.</def>

<blockquote>The <b>degradation</b> of the species man is observed in some of its varieties. <i>Dana.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>6.</b> <fld>(Physiol.)</fld> <def>Arrest of development, or degeneration of any organ, or of the body as a whole.</def>

<cs><mcol><col>Degradation of energy</col>, &or; <col>Dissipation of energy</col></mcol> <fld>(Physics)</fld>, <cd>the transformation of energy into some form in which it is less available for doing work.</cd></cs>

<syn>Syn. -- Abasement; debasement; reduction; decline.</syn>