Part 3004

<i>Mede.</i>

<h1>Desolation</h1> <Xpage=398>

<hw>Des`o*la"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>d\'82solation</ets>, L. <ets>desolatio</ets>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>The act of desolating or laying waste; destruction of inhabitants; depopulation.</def>

<blockquote>Unto the end of the war <b>desolations</b> are determined. <i>Dan. ix. 26.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The state of being desolated or laid waste; ruin; solitariness; destitution; gloominess.</def>

<blockquote>You would have sold your king to slaughter, . . . And his whole kingdom into <b>desolation</b>. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>A place or country wasted and forsaken.</def>

<blockquote>How is Babylon become a <b>desolation</b>! <i>Jer. l. 23.</i></blockquote>

<syn>Syn. -- Waste; ruin; destruction; havoc; devastation; ravage; sadness; destitution; melancholy; gloom; gloominess.</syn>

<h1>Desolator</h1> <Xpage=398>

<hw>Des"o*la`tor</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L.]</ety> <def>Same as <er>Desolater</er>.</def>

<i>Byron.</i>

<h1>Desolatory</h1> <Xpage=398>

<hw>Des"o*la*to*ry</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>desolatorius</ets>.]</ety> <def>Causing desolation.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Bp. Hall.</i>

<h1>Desophisticate</h1> <Xpage=398>

<hw>De`so*phis"ti*cate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To clear from sophism or error.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Hare.</i>

<h1>Desoxalic</h1> <Xpage=398>

<hw>Des`ox*al"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[F. pref. <ets>des-</ets> from + E. <ets>oxalic</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>Made or derived from oxalic acid; <as>as, <ex>desoxalic</ex> acid</as>.</def>

<h1>Despair</h1> <Xpage=398>

<hw>De*spair"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Despaired</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Despairing</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[OE. <ets>despeiren</ets>, <ets>dispeiren</ets>, OF. <ets>desperer</ets>, fr. L. <ets>desperare</ets>; <ets>de-</ets> + <ets>sperare</ets> to hope; akin to <ets>spes</ets> hope, and perh. to <ets>spatium</ets> space, E. <ets>space</ets>, <ets>speed</ets>; cf. OF. <ets>espeir</ets> hope, F. <ets>espoir</ets>. Cf. <er>Prosper</er>, <er>Desperate</er>.]</ety> <def>To be hopeless; to have no hope; to give up all hope or expectation; -- often with <i>of</i>.</def>

<blockquote>We <b>despaired</b> even of life. <i>2 Cor. i. 8.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Never <b>despair</b> of God's blessings here. <i>Wake.</i></blockquote>

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

<h1>Despair</h1> <Xpage=398>

<hw>De*spair"</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt>