Part 2964

<blockquote>I am the sole <b>depository</b> of my own secret, and it shall perish with me. <i>Junius.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Depoitum</h1> <Xpage=394>

<hw>De*po"i*tum</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L.]</ety> <def>Deposit.</def>

<h1>Depoiture</h1> <Xpage=394>

<hw>De*po"i*ture</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The act of depositing; deposition.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Sir T. Browne.</i>

<h1>Depot</h1> <Xpage=394>

<hw>De"pot</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>d\'82p\'93t</ets>, OF. <ets>depost</ets>, fr. L. <ets>depositum</ets> a deposit. See <er>Deposit</er>, <tt>n.</tt>]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>A place of deposit storing of goods; a warehouse; a storehouse.</def>

<blockquote>The islands of Guernsey and Jersey are at present the great <b>depots</b> of this kingdom. <i>Brit Critic (1794).</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Mil.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A military station where stores and provisions are kept, or where recruits are assembled and drilled.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <fld>(Eng. & France)</fld> <def>The headquarters of a regiment, where all supplies are recieved and distributed, recruits are assembled and instructed, infirm or disabled soldiers are taken care of, and all the wants of the regiment are provided for.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>A railway station; a building for the accommodation and protection of railway passenges or freight.</def> <mark>[U. S.]</mark>

<syn>Syn. -- See <er>Station</er>.</syn>

<h1>Depper</h1> <Xpage=394>

<hw>Dep"per</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Deeper.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Depravation</h1> <Xpage=394>

<hw>Dep`ra*va"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>depravitio</ets>, from depravare: cf. F. <ets>d\'82pravation</ets>. See <er>Deprave</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>Detraction; depreciation.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>To stubborn critics, apt, without a theme, For <b>depravation</b>. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The act of depraving, or making anything bad; the act of corrupting.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>The state of being depraved or degenerated; degeneracy; depravity.</def>

<blockquote>The <b>depravation</b> of his moral character destroyed his judgment. <i>Sir G. C. Lewis.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>Change for the worse; deterioration; morbid perversion.</def>

<syn>Syn. -- Depravity; corruption. See <er>Depravity</er>.</syn>

<h1>Deprave</h1> <Xpage=394>

<hw>De*prave"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Depraved</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Depraving</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[L. <ets>depravare</ets>, <ets>depravatum</ets>; <ets>de-</ets> + <ets>pravus</ets> crooked, distorted, perverse, wicked.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To speak ill of; to depreciate; to malign; to revile.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>And thou knowest, conscience, I came not to chide Nor <b>deprave</b> thy person with a proud heart. <i>Piers Plowman.</i></blockquote>