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<hw>De*ple"to*ry</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Serving to deplete.</def>

<h1>Deplication</h1> <Xpage=393>

<hw>Dep`li*ca"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[LL. <ets>deplicare</ets> to unfold; L. <ets>de-</ets> + <ets>plicare</ets> to fold.]</ety> <def>An unfolding, untwisting, or unplaiting.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>W. Montagu.</i>

<h1>Deploitation</h1> <Xpage=393>

<hw>Dep`loi*ta"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. <er>Exploitation</er>, <er>Deploy</er>.]</ety> <def>Same as Exploitation.</def>

<h1>Deplorability</h1> <Xpage=393>

<hw>De*plor`a*bil"i*ty</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Deplorableness.</def>

<i>Stormonth.</i>

<h1>Deplorable</h1> <Xpage=393>

<hw>De*plor"a*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>d\'82plorable</ets>.]</ety> <def>Worthy of being deplored or lamented; lamentable; causing grief; hence, sad; calamitous; grievous; wretched; <as>as, life's evils are deplorable</as>.</def>

<blockquote>Individual sufferers are in a much more <b>deplorable</b> conditious than any others. <i>Burke.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Deplorableness</h1> <Xpage=393>

<hw>De*plor"a*ble*ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>State of being deplorable.</def>

<h1>Deplorably</h1> <Xpage=393>

<hw>De*plor"a*bly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In a deplorable manner.</def>

<h1>Deplorate</h1> <Xpage=393>

<hw>De*plo"rate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>deploratus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>deplorare</ets>. See <er>Deplore</er>.]</ety> <def>Deplorable.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>A more <b>deplorate</b> estate. <i>Baker.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Deploration</h1> <Xpage=393>

<hw>Dep`lo*ra"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>deploratio</ets>: cf. F. <ets>d\'82ploration</ets>.]</ety> <def>The act of deploring or lamenting; lamentation.</def>

<i>Speed.</i>

<h1>Deplore</h1> <Xpage=393>

<hw>De*plore"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Deplored</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Deploring</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[L. <ets>deplorare</ets>; <ets>de-</ets> + <ets>plorare</ets> to cry out, wail, lament; prob. akin to <ets>pluere</ets> to rain, and to E. flow: cf. F. d\'82plorer. Cf. Flow.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To feel or to express deep and poignant grief for; to bewail; to lament; to mourn; to sorrow over.</def>

<blockquote>To find her, or forever to <b>deplore</b> Her loss. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>As some sad turtle his lost love <b>deplores</b>. <i>Pope.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To complain of.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Shak.</i>

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