Part 3003

<hw>Des*mol"o*gy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <grk>desmo`s</grk> ligament + <ets>-logy</ets>.]</ety> <def>The science which treats of the ligaments.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<h1>Desmomyaria</h1> <Xpage=398>

<hw>Des`mo*my*a"ri*a</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n. pl.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <?/ bond + <?/ muscle.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>The division of Tunicata which includes the Salp\'91. See <er>Salpa</er>.</def>

<h1>Desolate</h1> <Xpage=398>

<hw>Des"o*late</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>desolatus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>desolare</ets> to leave alone, forsake; <ets>de-</ets> + <ets>solare</ets> to make lonely, <ets>solus</ets> alone. See <er>Sole</er>, <tt>a.</tt>]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>Destitute or deprived of inhabitants; deserted; uninhabited; hence, gloomy; <as>as, a <ex>desolate</ex> isle; a <ex>desolate</ex> wilderness; a <ex>desolate</ex> house.</as></def>

<blockquote>I will make Jerusalem . . . a den of dragons, and I will make the cities of Judah <b>desolate</b>, without an inhabitant. <i>Jer. ix. 11.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>And the silvery marish flowers that throng The <b>desolate</b> creeks and pools among. <i>Tennyson.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Laid waste; in a ruinous condition; neglected; destroyed; <as>as, <ex>desolate</ex> altars</as>.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Left alone; forsaken; lonely; comfortless.</def>

<blockquote>Have mercy upon, for I am <b>desolate</b>. <i>Ps. xxv. 16.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Voice of the poor and <b>desolate</b>. <i>Keble.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>Lost to shame; dissolute.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>Destitute of; lacking in.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>I were right now of tales <b>desolate</b>. <i>Chaucer.</i></blockquote>

<syn>Syn. -- Desert; uninhabited; lonely; waste.</syn>

<h1>Desolate</h1> <Xpage=398>

<hw>Des"o*late</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Desolated</er>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Desolating</er>.]</wordforms>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>To make desolate; to leave alone; to deprive of inhabitants; <as>as, the earth was nearly <ex>desolated</ex> by the flood</as>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To lay waste; to ruin; to ravage; <as>as, a fire <ex>desolates</ex> a city</as>.</def>

<blockquote>Constructed in the very heart of a <b>desolating</b> war. <i>Sparks.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Desolately</h1> <Xpage=398>

<hw>Des"o*late*ly</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In a desolate manner.</def>

<h1>Desolateness</h1> <Xpage=398>

<hw>Des"o*late*ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The state of being desolate.</def>

<h1>Desolater</h1> <Xpage=398>

<hw>Des"o*la`ter</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who, or that which, desolates or lays waste.</def>