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<hw>Dep"i*late</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Depilated</er>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Depilating</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[L. <ets>depilatus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>depilare</ets> to depilate; <ets>de-</ets> + <ets>pilare</ets> to put forth hairs, <ets>pilus</ets> hair.]</ety> <def>To strip of hair; to husk.</def>

<i>Venner.</i>

<h1>Depilation</h1> <Xpage=393>

<hw>Dep`i*la"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>d\'82pilation</ets>.]</ety> <def>Act of pulling out or removing the hair; unhairing.</def>

<i>Dryden.</i>

<h1>Depilatory</h1> <Xpage=393>

<hw>De*pil"a*to*ry</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>d\'82pilatoire</ets>.]</ety> <def>Having the quality or power of removing hair.</def> -- <def2><tt>n.</tt> <def>An application used to take off hair.</def></def2>

<h1>Depilous</h1> <Xpage=393>

<hw>Dep"i*lous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>de-</ets> + <ets>pilous</ets>: cf. L. <ets>depilis</ets>.]</ety> <def>Hairless.</def>

<i>Sir t. Browne.</i>

<h1>Deplanate</h1> <Xpage=393>

<hw>De*pla"nate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>deplanetus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>deplanare</ets> to make level. See <er>Plane</er>, <tt>v. t.</tt>]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Flattened; made level or even.</def>

<h1>Deplant</h1> <Xpage=393>

<hw>De*plant"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>de-</ets> + <ets>plan</ets>: cf. F. <ets>d\'82planter</ets>, L. <ets>deplantare</ets> to take off a twig. See <er>Plant</er>, <tt>v. t.</tt>]</ety> <def>To take up (plants); to transplant.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<h1>Deplantation</h1> <Xpage=393>

<hw>De`plan*ta"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>d\'82plantation</ets>.]</ety> <def>Act of taking up plants from beds.</def>

<h1>Deplete</h1> <Xpage=393>

<hw>De*plete"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Depleted</er>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Depleting</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[From L. <ets>deplere</ets> to empty out; <ets>de-</ets> + <ets>plere</ets> to fill. Forined like <ets>replete</ets>, <ets>complete</ets>. See <er>Fill</er>, <er>Full</er>, <tt>a.</tt>]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>To empty or unload, as the vessels of human system, by bloodletting or by medicine.</def>

<i>Copland.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To reduce by destroying or consuming the vital powers of; to exhaust, as a country of its strength or resources, a treasury of money, etc.</def>

<i>Saturday Review.</i>

<h1>Depletion</h1> <Xpage=393>

<hw>De*ple"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>d\'82pl\'82tion</ets>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>The act of depleting or emptying.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>the act or process of diminishing the quantity of fluid in the vessels by bloodletting or otherwise; also excessive evacuation, as in severe diarrhea.</def>

<h1>Depletive</h1> <Xpage=393>

<hw>De*ple"tive</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>d\'82pl\'82tif</ets>.]</ety> <def>Able or fitted to deplete.</def> -- <def2><tt>n.</tt> <def>A substance used to deplete.</def></def2>

<h1>Depletory</h1> <Xpage=393>