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Various

"The Illustrated London Reading Book"

a._ doom; devote
DE'STINY, _s._ doom; fate
DE'STITUTE, _a._ forsaken; abject; in want of
DESTRO'Y, _v.a._ lay waste; make desolate; put an end to
DESTRU'CTION, _s._ the act of destroying; the state of being destroyed;
ruin
DETA'CH, _v.a._ separate; disengage
DETA'CHMENT, _s._ a body of troops sent out from the main army
DETE'R, _v.a._ fright from anything
DETERMINA'TION, _s._ absolute direction to a certain end; the result of
deliberation; judicial decision
DETE'RMINE, _v.a._ fix; settle; resolve; decide
DETE'STABLE, _a._ hateful; abominable; odious
DETRA'CTION, _s._ the withdrawing or taking off from a thing
DETRU'DE, _v.a._ thrust down; force into a lower place
DEVASTA'TION, _s._ waste; havoc; desolation; destruction
DEVE'LOP, _v.a._ to disentangle; to disengage from something that
enfolds and conceals
DEVIA'TION, _s._ the act of quitting the right way; wandering
DEVO'TE, _v.a._ dedicate; consecrate
DE'VOTEE, _s._ one erroneously or superstitiously religious; a bigot
DEVO'TION, _s._ piety; prayer; strong affection; power
DE'XTEROUS, _a._ subtle; full of expedients; expert; active; ready
DIABO'LICAL, _a._ devilish
DI'ADEM, _s._ the mark of Royalty worn on the head
DI'AL, _s.


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