Part 3022

<hw>De*tect"or</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L., a revealer.]</ety> <def>One who, or that which, detects; a detecter.</def>

<i>Shak.</i>

<blockquote>A deathbed's <b>detector</b> of the heart. <i>Young.</i></blockquote>

<cs><col>Bank-note detector</col>, <cd>a publication containing a description of genuine and counterfeit bank notes, designed to enable persons to discriminate between them.</cd> -- <col>Detector l<?/<?/k</col>. <cd>See under <er>Lock</er>.</cd></cs>

<h1>Detenebrate</h1> <Xpage=400>

<hw>De*ten"e*brate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>de</ets> + <ets>tenebrare</ets> to make dark, fr. <ets>tenebrae</ets> darkness.]</ety> <def>To remove darkness from.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Ash.</i>

<h1>Detent</h1> <Xpage=400>

<hw>De*tent"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>d\'82tente</ets>, fr. <ets>d\'82tendre</ets> to unbend, relax; pref. <ets>d\'82-</ets> (L. <ets>dis-</ets> or <ets>de</ets>) + <ets>tendre</ets> to stretch. See <er>Distend</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Mech.)</fld> <def>That which locks or unlocks a movement; a catch, pawl, or dog; especially, in clockwork, the catch which locks and unlocks the wheelwork in striking.</def>

<h1>Detention</h1> <Xpage=400>

<hw>De*ten"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>detentio</ets>: cf. F. <ets>d\'82tention</ets>. See <er>Detain</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>The act of detaining or keeping back; a withholding.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The state of being detained (stopped or hindered); delay from necessity.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Confinement; restraint; custody.</def>

<blockquote>The archduke Philip . . . found himself in a sort of honorable <b>detention</b> at Henry's court. <i>Hallam.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Deter</h1> <Xpage=400>

<hw>De*ter"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Deterred</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Deterring</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[L. <ets>deterrere</ets>; <ets>de</ets> + <ets>terrere</ets> to frighten, terrify. See <er>Terror</er>.]</ety> <def>To prevent by fear; hence, to hinder or prevent from action by fear of consequences, or difficulty, risk, etc.</def>

<i>Addison.</i>

<blockquote>Potent enemies tempt and <b>deter</b> us from our duty. <i>Tillotson.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>My own face <b>deters</b> me from my glass. <i>Prior.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Deterge</h1> <Xpage=400>

<hw>De*terge"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Deterged</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Deterging</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[L. <ets>detergere</ets>, <ets>detersum</ets>; <ets>de</ets> + <ets>tergere</ets> to rub or wipe off: cf. F. <ets>d\'82terger</ets>.]</ety> <def>To cleanse; to purge away, as foul or offending matter from the body, or from an ulcer.</def>

<h1>Detergency</h1> <Xpage=400>

<hw>De*ter"gen*cy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A cleansing quality or power.</def>

<i>De Foe.</i>

<h1>Detergent</h1> <Xpage=400>

<hw>De*ter"gent</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>detergens</ets>, <ets>-entis</ets>, p. pr. of <ets>detergere</ets>: cf. F. <ets>d\'82tergent</ets>.]</ety> <def>Cleansing; purging.</def> -- <def2><tt>n.</tt> <def>A substance which cleanses the skin, as water or soap; a medicine to cleanse wounds, ulcers, etc.</def></def2>

<h1>Deteriorate</h1> <Xpage=400>