<i>Sir T. Browne.</i>
<h1>Deracinate</h1> <Xpage=395>
<hw>De*rac"i*nate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Deracinated</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Deracinating</er> <tt>(?)</tt>.]</wordforms> <ety>[F. <ets>d\'82raciner</ets>; pref. <ets>d\'82-</ets> (L. <ets>dis</ets>) + <ets>racine</ets> root, fr. an assumed LL. <ets>radicina</ets>, fr. L. <ets>radix</ets>, <ets>radicis</ets>, root.]</ety> <def>To pluck up by the roots; to extirpate.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>
<blockquote>While that the colter rusts That should <b>deracinate</b> such savagery. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>
<h1>Deraination</h1> <Xpage=395>
<hw>De*ra`i*na"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The act of pulling up by the roots; eradication.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>
<h1>Deraign, Derain</h1> <Xpage=395>
<hw><hw>De*raign"</hw>, <hw>De*rain"</hw><hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Darraign</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Old Law)</fld> <def>To prove or to refute by proof; to clear (one's self).</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>
<h1>Deraignment, Derainment</h1> <Xpage=395>
<hw><hw>De*raign"ment</hw>, <hw>De*rain"ment</hw><hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Darraign</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The act of deraigning.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>
<p><b>2.</b> <def>The renunciation of religious or monastic vows.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>
<i>Blount.</i>
<h1>Derail</h1> <Xpage=395>
<hw>De*rail"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Derailed</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Derailing</er>.]</wordforms> <def>To cause to run off from the rails of a railroad, as a locomotive.</def>
<i>Lardner.</i>
<h1>Derailment</h1> <Xpage=395>
<hw>De*rail"ment</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The act of going off, or the state of being off, the rails of a railroad.</def>
<h1>Derange</h1> <Xpage=395>
<hw>De*range"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Deranged</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Deranging</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[F. <ets>d\'82ranger</ets>; pref. <ets>d\'82-</ets> = <ets>d\'82s-</ets> (L. <ets>dis</ets>) + <ets>ranger</ets> to range. See <er>Range</er>, and cf. <er>Disarrange</er>, <er>Disrank</er>.]</ety>
<p><b>1.</b> <def>To put out of place, order, or rank; to disturb the proper arrangement or order of; to throw into disorder, confusion, or embarrassment; to disorder; to disarrange; <as>as, to <ex>derange</ex> the plans of a commander, or the affairs of a nation</as>.</def>
<p><b>2.</b> <def>To disturb in action or function, as a part or organ, or the whole of a machine or organism.</def>
<blockquote>A sudden fall <b>deranges</b> some of our internal parts. <i>Blair.</i></blockquote>
<p><b>3.</b> <def>To disturb in the orderly or normal action of the intellect; to render insane.</def>
<syn>Syn. -- To disorder; disarrange; displace; unsettle; disturb; confuse; discompose; ruffle; disconcert.</syn>
<h1>Deranged</h1> <Xpage=395>
<hw>De*ranged"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Disordered; especially, disordered in mind; crazy; insane.</def>
<blockquote>The story of a poor <b>deranged</b> parish lad. <i>Lamb.</i></blockquote>
<h1>Derangement</h1> <Xpage=395>
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