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<p><b>3.</b> <def>To regard as hopeless; to give up.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Bacon.</i>

<syn>Syn. -- To <er>Deplore</er>, <er>Mourn</er>, <er>Lament</er>, <er>Bewail</er>, <er>Bemoan</er>.</syn> <usage> <i>Mourn</i> is the generic term, denoting a state of grief or sadness. To <i>lament</i> is to express grief by outcries, and denotes an earnest and strong expression of sorrow. To <i>deplore</i> marks a deeper and more prolonged emotion. To <i>bewail</i> and to <i>bemoan</i> are appropriate only to cases of poignant distress, in which the grief finds utterance either in wailing or in moans and sobs. A man <i>laments</i> his errors, and <i>deplores</i> the ruin they have brought on his family; mothers <i>bewail</i> or <i>bemoan</i> the loss of their children.</usage>

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

<hw>De*plore"</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To lament.</def>

<i>Gray.</i>

<h1>Deploredly</h1> <Xpage=393>

<hw>De*plor"ed*ly</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>Lamentably.</def>

<h1>Deploredness</h1> <Xpage=393>

<hw>De*plor"ed*ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The state of being deplored or deplorable.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Bp. Hail.</i>

<h1>Deplorement</h1> <Xpage=393>

<hw>De*plore"ment</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Deploration.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Deplorre</h1> <Xpage=393>

<hw>De*plor"re</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who deplores.</def>

<h1>Deploringly</h1> <Xpage=393>

<hw>De*plor"ing*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In a deploring manner.</def>

<h1>Deploy</h1> <Xpage=393>

<hw>De*ploy"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t. & i.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Deployed</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Deploying</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[F. <ets>d\'82ployer</ets>; pref. <ets>d\'82<?/</ets> = <ets>d\'82s</ets> (L. <ets>dis</ets>) + <ets>ployer</ets>, equiv. to <ets>plier</ets> to fold, fr. L. <ets>plicare</ets>. See <er>Ply</er>, and cf. <er>Display</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Mil.)</fld> <def>To open out; to unfold; to spread out (a body of troops) in such a way that they shall display a wider front and less depth; -- the reverse of <i>ploy</i>; <as>as, to <ex>deploy</ex> a column of troops into line of battle</as>.</def>

<h1>Deploy, Deployment</h1> <Xpage=393>

<hw><hw>De*ploy"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>De*ploy"ment</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Mil.)</fld> <def>The act of deploying; a spreading out of a body of men in order to extend their front.</def>

<i>-Wilhelm.</i>

<blockquote><b>Deployments</b> . . . which cause the soldier to turn his back to the enemy are not suited to war.H.L. <i>Scott.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Deplumate</h1> <Xpage=393>

<hw>De*plu"mate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[LL. <ets>diplumatus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>deplumare</ets>. See <er>Deplume</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Destitute or deprived of features; deplumed.</def>

<h1>Deplumation</h1> <Xpage=393>

<hw>Dep`lu*ma"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Deplumate</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The stripping or falling off of plumes or feathers.</def>

<i>Bp. Stillingfleet</i>