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demote,
demoted,
demoting,
demotes.transitive
verbs
to reduce in grade, rank or status
demotion.noun.plural.demotions
de jure.adverb
in accordance with law of a constitution
de jure.adjective
Law:.according
to law; by right;
compare de facto
de facto.adjective
not by constitutional law; actual (de facto legislation);
actually exercising power though not officially established by We
the People in accordance with the law of
United States of America original 1776 Constitution (a de facto government
such as was put into force by the cabal's concocted
Maritime/Admiralty quasi corporate
law mess of a system of rules, regulations, statutes, laid down in opposition
to the original 1776 Constitution, which they usurped)
de facto.adverb
in fact; actual; in reality or fact; actually,
but not necessarily in accordance with law, example
defame,
defamed,
defaming,
defames.transitive
verbs
if someone defames another person or thing, they
say bad and untrue things about them, so that people will have a bad opinion
of them; to malign; to disgrace;
to attack the reputation
of; slander or libel
defamatory.adjective
defamation.noun,.plural.defamations
the act of defaming; calumny
defamer.noun,.plural.defamers
defer,
deferred,
deferring,
defers.verbs
transitive verb use-to
put off; postpone; to delay
something to a later date; to draw out slowly; shelve; stay; suspend;
if you defer an event or action,
you arrange for it to happen at
some later date, rather than immediately or at the previously planned time
(corporations often defer payment for as long as possible as their raison
d'être all to often is to get as much money as possible
even at expense and/or inconvenience of others); if you defer to someone,
you accept their opinion or do what they want you to do, even when you
do not agree with it yourself, because you respect them or their authority
(doctors are encouraged to defer to experts), thinking that authority equates
with truth
intransitive
verb use.to procrastinate:.Proverbs
13:12
deferrable.adjective
deferrer.noun,.plural.deferrers
deferment.noun,.plural.deferments
the act
or an instance
of delaying
or putting
off
deferent.adjective
showing deference; deferential
deference.noun,.plural.deferences
submission or courteous yielding to the opinion,
wishes or judgment of another; courteous
respect (satanists are those who appear respectful in order to suck you
in for later disappointment, such as many government bureaucrats,
politicians and others higher up in ministries of control over We
the People do:.2Corinthians
11:14)
deferential.adjective
marked by or exhibiting deference
deferentially.adverb
defiant.adjective
marked
by defiance; boldly
resisting
defiantly.adverb
defiance.noun,.plural.defiances
open, bold resistance to opposition
defiant.adjective
challenging; openly and boldly
resisting
defy, defied,
defying,
defies.transitive
verbs
to resist
or oppose.boldly
or openly (defied the blockade by sailing straight through it); to refuse
to submit
to or cooperate
with (decided to defy all unlawful legalities
- example; played
his trumpet past midnight, defying the neighbors); to be unaffected by;
resist or withstand; to challenge
someone
deficient.adjective
lacking in some necessary quality or element (deficient
in judgment); not up to a normal standard or complement; defective (deficient
strength)
deficiently.adverb
deficient.noun,.plural.deficients
one that is deficient (a mental deficient)
deficiency.noun,.plural.deficiencies
the quality or condition of being deficient; incompleteness
or inadequacy; a lack or shortage, especially of something essential to
health; an insufficiency (a nutritional deficiency); a deficit
deficit.noun,.plural.deficits
the amount by which a sum of money falls short
of the required or expected amount; a shortage (large budget deficits);
inadequacy or insufficiency (a banking deficit; a deficit in grain production);
a deficiency or impairment in mental or physical functioning; an unfavorable
condition or position; a disadvantage (rallied
from a three-game deficit to win the playoffs)
define,
defined,
defining,
defines.verbs
transitive verb use.to
state the precise meaning of a word or sense of a word; to describe the
nature or basic qualities of; explain (define the properties
of support underlying the multiiverse); to specify.distinctly;
to serve to distinguish; characterize
intransitive verb use.to
make or write a definition
definably.adverb
definable.adjective
definement.noun,.plural.definements
definer.noun,.plural.definers
definability.noun,.plural.definabilities
definitive.adjective
precisely.defined
or explicit-(definitive
laws, laws defining measurable
occurrences);
authoritative
and apparently exhaustive;
serving as a perfect example; quintessential;
supplying or being a final settlement or decision; conclusive;
decisive;
authoritative
and complete
(a definitive biography);
conclusive;
see word 'must', it's similar to
meaning for word 'mandate'
definitively.adverb
definitive.noun,.plural.definitives
definitiveness.noun,.plural.definitivenesses
Grammar:-a
word that defines or limits, such as the definite
article or a demonstrative
pronoun
definition.noun,
plural.definitions
a statement.conveying.fundamental.character;
a statement of the meaning of a word, phrase or term, as in a dictionary
entry; the act or process of stating a precise meaning or significance;
formulation of a meaning; the act of making clear and distinct (a definition
of one's intentions); a determination of outline, extent, or limits (defining
household responsibilites); clarity
of detail in an optically produced image, such as a photograph, effected
by a combination
of resolution
and contrast);
degree
of clarity with which a televised image or broadcast signal is received
definitional.adjective
deflect,
deflected,
deflecting,
deflects.intransitive-and.transitive
verbs
to turn aside or cause
to turn aside; bend
or deviate
deflectable,-deflective.adjectives
deflector.noun,.plural.deflectors
deflection.noun,.plural.deflections
the act
of deflecting or the condition
of being deflected; deviation
or a specified
amount of deviation; the deviation of an indicator
of a measuring instrument from zero or from its normal position; the movement
of a structure or structural part as a result of stress
defunct.adjective
no longer living, existing or functioning (the
committee is now defunct); dead
deft,
defter,
deftest.adjective
quick and skillful; adroit;
dexterous
deftly.adverb
deftness.noun,.plural.deftnesses
degenerate.adjective
having declined, as in function or nature, from
a former or original state (acid rock shows music can degenerate from lifting
one's spirit, to a level of dissonance.commensurate
with emotions produced); having fallen to an inferior
or undesirable state, especially in mental or moral
qualities
degenerate,
degenerated,
degenerating,
degenerates.intransitive
verbs
degenerately.adverb
degeneration-noun,.plural.degenerations
the process of degenerating
degenerateness.noun,.plural.degeneratenesses
degeneracy.noun,.plural.degeneracies
the processof
degenerating; the state
of being degenerate; corrupt,
vulgar,
vicious.behavior,
perversion
degeneration.noun,.plural.degenerations
the process of degenerating;
the state
of being degenerate
disgrace.noun,.plural.disgraces
loss of honor,
respect
or reputation;
shame;
the condition
of being strongly and generally.disapproved;
one that brings disfavor or discredit
(your handwriting is a disgrace)
disgrace, disgraced,
disgracing,
disgraces.transitive
verbs
to bring shame or dishonor
on (gossiping disgraces others unfairly;
disgraced the entire community with his attitude, words and actions)
disgracer.noun,.plural.disgracers
disgraceful.adjective
bringing or warranting
disgrace; shameful
disgracefully.adverb
disgracefulness.noun,.plural.disgracefulnesses
degrade, degraded,
degrading,
degrades.transitive
verbs
to reduce in grade, rank or status; demote;
to lower in dignity; dishonor or
disgrace.(a
scandal
that degraded the participants;
to lower in moral or intellectual character;
debase;
to reduce in worth or value (degrade a currency)
degrader.noun,.plural.degraders
degradation.noun,.plural.degradations
the act or process of degrading;
the state of being degraded; degeneration; a decline to a lower condition,
quality or level
deism.noun,.plural.deisms
the belief, based solely on reason,
in a God who created the universe and then abandoned it, assuming no control
over life, exerting no influence on natural phenomena and giving no supernatural
revelation; a 'dead' God in otherwords
deistic.adjective
deistically.adverb
deist.noun,.plural.deists
deity.noun,.plural.deities
the rank or essential
nature of God; Divinity; Supreme
Being
deific.adjective
making or tending
to make divine; of or characterized
by divine or Godlike nature or made as such by the minds of man, as was
Ishtar
deify, deified,
deifying,
deifies.transitive
verbs
to make a God of; raise to the condition of a
God; to worship or revere
as a God (deify an entertainment figure); to idealize;
exalt.(deifying
success)
deifier.noun,.plural.deifiers
delectable.adjective
greatly pleasing; delightful; greatly pleasing
to the taste; delicious
delectable, delectability.or.delectableness-nouns
something delightful or delicious (a feast of
homecooked delectables)
delectably.adverb
draft.noun.also
spelt.draught.noun,.plural..and
used as a verb or.adjective
a current
of air in an enclosed area (close the window, it's drafty in here); a device
that regulates
the flow or circulation
of air; the act of pulling loads; traction;
something
that is pulled
or drawn;
a load; a team of animals used to pull loads (draft
animals); a preliminary
outline of a plan, document or picture (the first draft of a bill);
a written order directing the payment of money from an account or fund
(a bank draft); the drawing of a liquid, as from a cask or keg (draft beer);
an amount drawn (ordered two drafts of ale please); the process or method
of selecting one or more individuals from a group, as for a service or
duty (a candidate who did not pursue the nomination, but accepted a draft
by the party convention; a hockey draft system in which the exclusive rights
to new players are distributed among professional teams); compulsory
enrolment in the armed forces; conscription;
a body of people selected or conscripted (here comes the new draft off
the bus); a draftee; the act of drawing in a fishnet; the quantity of fish
caught (this day we got a good draft of fish); an allowance made for loss
in weight of merchandise
Nautical:.the
depth of a vessel's keel below the water line, especially when loaded (a
river vessel of shallow draft)
draftee.noun,.plural.draftees
one who is drafted for military.service
draft, drafted,
drafting,
drafts.verbs
transitive verb use.to
draw up a preliminary version
of or plan for; to create by thinking and writing; compose (draft a speech);
to select from a group for some usually compulsory service (drafted into
the army)
intransitive verb use.to
drive close behind another vehicle to take advantage of the reduced air
pressure in its wake
draft.adjective
suited for or used for drawing heavy loads (oxen
and other draft animals); drawn from a cask or tap (draft beer)
on draft.idiom
drawn from a large container, such as a keg
(from Old English 'dragan', 'to draw')
drafty, draftier,
draftiest.adjective
having or exposed to drafts of air
draftily.adverb
draftiness.noun,.plural.
delegate.noun,.plural.delegates
an individual authorized
to act as representative
for another; a deputy
or an agent;
a representative to a conference
or convention;
a member of a House of Delegates, the lower house of the Maryland, Virginia
or West Virginia legislature;
an elected or appointed representative of a U.S. territory in the House
of Representatives who is entitled to speak but not vote
delegate, delegated,
delegating,
delegates.transitive
verbs
to authorize and send another individual as one's
representative; to commit or entrust to another (delegate a task to a subordinate)
delegator.noun,.plural.delegators
delegation.noun,.plural.delegations
an individual or group
of individuals elected or appointed
to represent another or others; the act
of delegating; the condition
of being delegated
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