Part 3036

<h1>Deutoxide</h1> <Xpage=402>

<hw>Deu*tox"ide</hw> <tt>(?; 104)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>deut-</ets> + <ets>oxide</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A compound containing in the molecule two atoms of oxygen united with some other element or radical; -- usually called <i>dioxide</i>, or less frequently, <i>binoxide</i>.</def>

<h1>Deutzia</h1> <Xpage=402>

<hw>Deut"zi*a</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL. Named after Jan <ets>Deutz</ets> of Holland.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A genus of shrubs with pretty white flowers, much cultivated.</def>

<mhw><h1>Dev, &or; Deva</h1> <Xpage=402>

<hw>Dev</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, &or; <hw>De"va</hw> (<?/)</mhw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Skr. <ets>d<?/va</ets>. Cf. <er>Deity</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Hind. Myth.)</fld> <def>A god; a deity; a divine being; an idol; a king.</def>

<h1>Devanagari</h1> <Xpage=402>

<hw>De`va*na"ga*ri</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Skr. <ets>d<?/van\'begar\'c6</ets>; <ets>d<?/va</ets> god + <ets>nagara</ets> city, <ets>i</ets>. <ets>e</ets>., divine city.]</ety> <def>The character in which Sanskrit is written.</def>

<h1>Devaporation</h1> <Xpage=402>

<hw>De*vap`o*ra"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The change of vapor into water, as in the formation of rain.</def>

<h1>Devast</h1> <Xpage=402>

<hw>De*vast"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>d\'82vaster</ets>. See <er>Devastate</er>.]</ety> <def>To devastate.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Bolingbroke.</i>

<h1>Devastate</h1> <Xpage=402>

<hw>Dev"as*tate</hw> <tt>(?; 277)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Devastated</er>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Devastating</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[L. <ets>devastatus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>devastare</ets> to devastate; <ets>de</ets> + <ets>vastare</ets> to lay waste, <ets>vastus</ets> waste. See <er>Vast</er>.]</ety> <def>To lay waste; to ravage; to desolate.</def>

<blockquote>Whole countries . . . were <b>devastated</b>. <i>Macaulay.</i></blockquote>

<syn>Syn. -- To waste; ravage; desolate; destroy; demolish; plunder; pillage.</syn>

<h1>Devastation</h1> <Xpage=402>

<hw>Dev`as*ta"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>d\'82vastation</ets>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>The act of devastating, or the state of being devastated; a laying waste.</def>

<blockquote>Even now the <b>devastation</b> is begun, And half the business of destruction done. <i>Goldsmith.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>Waste of the goods of the deceased by an executor or administrator.</def>

<i>Blackstone.</i>

<syn>Syn. -- Desolation; ravage; waste; havoc; destruction; ruin; overthrow.</syn>

<h1>Devastator</h1> <Xpage=402>

<hw>Dev"as*ta`tor</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L.]</ety> <def>One who, or that which, devastates.</def>

<i>Emerson.</i>

<h1>Devastavit</h1> <Xpage=402>