| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| deface | verb t. | To destroy or mar the face or external appearance of; to disfigure; to injure, spoil, or mar, by effacing or obliterating important features or portions of; as, to deface a monument; to deface an edifice; to deface writing; to deface a note, deed, or bond; to deface a record., To destroy; to make null. |
| defail | verb t. | To cause to fail. |
| defalk | verb t. | To lop off; to abate. |
| defame | verb t. | To harm or destroy the good fame or reputation of; to disgrace; especially, to speak evil of maliciously; to dishonor by slanderous reports; to calumniate; to asperse., To render infamous; to bring into disrepute., To charge; to accuse., Dishonor. |
| defeat | verb t. | To undo; to disfigure; to destroy., To render null and void, as a title; to frustrate, as hope; to deprive, as of an estate., To overcome or vanquish, as an army; to check, disperse, or ruin by victory; to overthrow., To resist with success; as, to defeat an assault., An undoing or annulling; destruction., Frustration by rendering null and void, or by prevention of success; as, the defeat of a plan or design., An overthrow, as of an army in battle; loss of a battle; repulse suffered; discomfiture; — opposed to victory. |
| defect | noun | Want or absence of something necessary for completeness or perfection; deficiency; — opposed to superfluity., Failing; fault; imperfection, whether physical or moral; blemish; as, a defect in the ear or eye; a defect in timber or iron; a defect of memory or judgment., To fail; to become deficient., To injure; to damage. |
| defend | verb t. | To ward or fend off; to drive back or away; to repel., To prohibit; to forbid., To repel danger or harm from; to protect; to secure against; attack; to maintain against force or argument; to uphold; to guard; as, to defend a town; to defend a cause; to defend character; to defend the absent; — sometimes followed by from or against; as, to defend one’s self from, or against, one’s enemies., To deny the right of the plaintiff in regard to (the suit, or the wrong charged); to oppose or resist, as a claim at law; to contest, as a suit. |
| defier | noun | One who dares and defies; a contemner; as, a defier of the laws. |
| defile | verb i. | To march off in a line, file by file; to file off., Same as Defilade., Any narrow passage or gorge in which troops can march only in a file, or with a narrow front; a long, narrow pass between hills, rocks, etc., The act of defilading a fortress, or of raising the exterior works in order to protect the interior. See Defilade., To make foul or impure; to make filthy; to dirty; to befoul; to pollute., To soil or sully; to tarnish, as reputation; to taint., To injure in purity of character; to corrupt., To corrupt the chastity of; to debauch; to violate., To make ceremonially unclean; to pollute. |
| define | verb t. | To fix the bounds of; to bring to a termination; to end., To determine or clearly exhibit the boundaries of; to mark the limits of; as, to define the extent of a kingdom or country., To determine with precision; to mark out with distinctness; to ascertain or exhibit clearly; as, the defining power of an optical instrument., To determine the precise signification of; to fix the meaning of; to describe accurately; to explain; to expound or interpret; as, to define a word, a phrase, or a scientific term., To determine; to decide. |
| deflow | verb i. | To flow down. |
| deflux | noun | Downward flow. |
| deform | verb t. | To spoil the form of; to mar in form; to misshape; to disfigure., To render displeasing; to deprive of comeliness, grace, or perfection; to dishonor., Deformed; misshapen; shapeless; horrid. |
| defoul | verb t. | To tread down., To make foul; to defile. |
| defray | verb t. | To pay or discharge; to serve in payment of; to provide for, as a charge, debt, expenses, costs, etc., To avert or appease, as by paying off; to satisfy; as, to defray wrath. |
| deftly | adverb | Aptly; fitly; dexterously; neatly. |
| defuse | verb t. | To disorder; to make shapeless. |
| defied | imp. & past participle | of Defy |