Part 2951

<blockquote>Liming does not <b>depauperate</b>; the ground will last long, and bear large grain. <i>Mortimer.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Humility of mind which <b>depauperates</b> the spirit. <i>Jer. Taylor.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Depauperate</h1> <Xpage=392>

<hw>De*pau"per*ate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>depauperatus</ets>, p. p.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Falling short of the natural size, from being impoverished or starved.</def>

<i>Gray.</i>

<h1>Depauperize</h1> <Xpage=392>

<hw>De*pau"per*ize</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To free from paupers; to rescue from poverty.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<h1>Depeach</h1> <Xpage=392>

<hw>De*peach"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>d\'82p\'88cher</ets>. See <er>Dispatch</er>.]</ety> <def>To discharge.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>As soon as the party . . . before our justices shall be <b>depeached</b>. <i>Hakluyt.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Depectible</h1> <Xpage=392>

<hw>De*pec"ti*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>depectere</ets> to comb off; <ets>de-</ets> + <ets>pectere</ets> to comb.]</ety> <def>Tough; thick; capable of extension.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>Some bodies are of a more <b>depectible</b> nature than oil. <i>Bacon.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Depeculation</h1> <Xpage=392>

<hw>De*pec`u*la"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>depeculari</ets>, p. p. <ets>depeculatus</ets>, to rob. See <er>Peculate</er>.]</ety> <def>A robbing or embezzlement.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote><b>Depeculation</b> of the public treasure. <i>Hobbes.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Depeinct</h1> <Xpage=392>

<hw>De*peinct"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Depaint</er>.]</ety> <def>To paint.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Spenser.</i>

<h1>Depend</h1> <Xpage=392>

<hw>De*pend"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Depended</er>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Depending</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[F. <ets>d\'82pendre</ets>, fr. L. <ets>depend<?/re</ets>; <ets>de-</ets> + <ets>pend<?/re</ets> to hang. See <er>Pendant</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>To hang down; to be sustained by being fastened or attached to something above.</def>

<blockquote>And ever-living lamps <b>depend</b> in rows. <i>Pope.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To hang in suspense; to be pending; to be undetermined or undecided; <as>as, a cause <ex>depending</ex> in court</as>.</def>

<blockquote>You will not think it unnatural that those who have an object <b>depending</b>, which strongly engages their hopes and fears, should be somewhat inclined to superstition. <i>Burke.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To rely for support; to be conditioned or contingent; to be connected with anything, as a cause of existence, or as a necessary condition; -- followed by <i>on</i> or <i>upon</i>, formerly by <i>of</i>.</def>

<blockquote>The truth of God's word <b>dependeth</b> not of the truth of the congregation. <i>Tyndale.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>The conclusion . . . that our happiness <b>depends</b> little on political institutions, and much on the temper and regulation of our own minds. <i>Macaulay.</i></blockquote>