Part 3018

<hw>Des"ue*tude</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>desuetudo</ets>, from <ets>desuescere</ets>, to grow out of use, disuse; <ets>de</ets> + <ets>suescere</ets> to become used or accustomed: cf. F. <ets>d\'82su\'82tude</ets>. See <er>Custom</er>.]</ety> <def>The cessation of use; disuse; discontinuance of practice, custom, or fashion.</def>

<blockquote>The <b>desuetude</b> abrogated the law, which, before, custom had established. <i>Jer. Taylor.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Desulphurate</h1> <Xpage=400>

<hw>De*sul"phu*rate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Desulphurated</er>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Desulphurating</er>.]</wordforms> <def>To deprive of sulphur.</def>

<h1>Desulphuration</h1> <Xpage=400>

<hw>De*sul`phu*ra"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>d\'82sulfuration</ets>.]</ety> <def>The act or process of depriving of sulphur.</def>

<h1>Desulphurize</h1> <Xpage=400>

<hw>De*sul"phur*ize</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To desulphurate; to deprive of sulphur.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>De*sul`phur*i*za"tion</wf> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Desultorily</h1> <Xpage=400>

<hw>Des"ul*to*ri*ly</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In a desultory manner; without method; loosely; immethodically.</def>

<h1>Desultoriness</h1> <Xpage=400>

<hw>Des"ul*to*ri*ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The quality of being desultory or without order or method; unconnectedness.</def>

<blockquote>The seeming <b>desultoriness</b> of my method. <i>Boyle.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Desultorious</h1> <Xpage=400>

<hw>Des`ul*to"ri*ous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Desultory.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<h1>Desultory</h1> <Xpage=400>

<hw>Des"ul*to*ry</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>desultorius</ets>, fr. <ets>desultor</ets> a leaper, fr. <ets>desilire</ets>, <ets>desultum</ets>, to leap down; <ets>de</ets> + <ets>salire</ets> to leap. See <er>Saltation</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>Leaping or skipping about.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>I shot at it [a bird], but it was so <b>desultory</b> that I missed my aim. <i>Gilbert White.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Jumping, or passing, from one thing or subject to another, without order or rational connection; without logical sequence; disconnected; immethodical; aimless; <as>as, <ex>desultory</ex> minds</as>.</def>

<i>Atterbury.</i>

<blockquote>He [Goldsmith] knew nothing accurately; his reading had been <b>desultory</b>. <i>Macaulay.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Out of course; by the way; as a digression; not connected with the subject; <as>as, a <ex>desultory</ex> remark</as>.</def>

<syn>Syn. -- Rambling; roving; immethodical; discursive; inconstant; unsettled; cursory; slight; hasty; loose.</syn>

<h1>Desume</h1> <Xpage=400>

<hw>De*sume"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>desumere</ets>; <ets>de</ets> + <ets>sumere</ets> to take.]</ety> <def>To select; to borrow.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Sir. M. Hale.</i>

<h1>Desynonymization</h1> <Xpage=400>