<hw>De*pend"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who depends; a dependent.</def>
<h1>Dependingly</h1> <Xpage=392>
<hw>De*pend"ing*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>As having dependence.</def>
<i>Hale.</i>
<h1>Depeople</h1> <Xpage=392>
<hw>De*peo"ple</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To depopulate.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>
<h1>Deperdit</h1> <Xpage=392>
<hw>De*per"dit</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[LL. <ets>deperditum</ets>, fr. L. <ets>deperditus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>deperdere</ets>; <ets>de-</ets> + <ets>perdere</ets> to lose, destroy.]</ety> <def>That which is lost or destroyed.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>
<i>Paley.</i>
<h1>Deperditely</h1> <Xpage=392>
<hw>De*per"dite*ly</hw> <tt>(?)</tt><def>, adv. Hopelessly; despairingly; in the manner of one ruined; <as>as, <ex>deperditely</ex> wicked</as>.</def> <mark>[Archaic]</mark>
<h1>Deperdition</h1> <Xpage=392>
<hw>Dep`er*di"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>d\'82perdition</ets>.]</ety> <def>Loss; destruction.</def> <mark>[Archaic]</mark>
<i>Sir T. Browne.</i>
<h1>Depertible</h1> <Xpage=392>
<hw>De*per"ti*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Depart</er>.]</ety> <def>Divisible.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>
<i>Bacon.</i>
<h1>Dephlegm</h1> <Xpage=392>
<hw>De*phlegm"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>de-</ets> + <ets>phlegm</ets> water; cf. F. <ets>d\'82phlegmer</ets>, <ets>d\'82flegmer</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(O. Chem.)</fld> <def>To rid of phlegm or water; to dephlegmate.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>
<i>Boyle.</i>
<h1>Dephlegmate</h1> <Xpage=392>
<hw>De*phleg"mate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Dephlegmated</er>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Dephlegmating</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[See <er>Dephlegm</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>To deprive of superabundant water, as by evaporation or distillation; to clear of aqueous matter; to rectify; -- used of spirits and acids.</def>
<h1>Dephlegmation</h1> <Xpage=392>
<hw>De`phleg*ma"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>d\'82flegmation</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>The operation of separating water from spirits and acids, by evaporation or repeated distillation; -- called also <altname>concentration</altname>, especially when acids are the subject of it.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>
<h1>Dephlegmator</h1> <Xpage=392>
<hw>De*phleg"ma*tor</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>An instrument or apparatus in which water is separated by evaporation or distillation; the part of a distilling apparatus in which the separation of the vapors is effected.</def>
<h1>Dephlegmatory</h1> <Xpage=392>
<hw>De*phleg"ma*to*ry</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Pertaining to, or producing, dephlegmation.</def>
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