Depicture
(De*pic"ture) v. t. [imp. & p. p. Depictured ; p. pr. & vb. n. Depicturing.] To make a
picture of; to paint; to picture; to depict.
Several persons were depictured in caricature.
Fielding. Depilate
(Dep"i*late) v. t. [imp. & p. p. Depilated; p. pr. & vb. n. Depilating.] [L. depilatus, p. p. of
depilare to depilate; de- + pilare to put forth hairs, pilus hair.] To strip of hair; to husk. Venner.
Depilation
(Dep`i*la"tion) n. [Cf. F. dépilation.] Act of pulling out or removing the hair; unhairing. Dryden.
Depilatory
(De*pil"a*to*ry) a. [Cf. F. dépilatoire.] Having the quality or power of removing hair. — n.
An application used to take off hair.
Depilous
(Dep"i*lous) a. [Pref. de- + pilous: cf. L. depilis.] Hairless. Sir t. Browne.
Deplanate
(De*pla"nate) a. [L. deplanetus, p. p. of deplanare to make level. See Plane, v. t.] (Bot.)
Flattened; made level or even.
Deplant
(De*plant") v. t. [Pref. de- + plan: cf. F. déplanter, L. deplantare to take off a twig. See Plant,
v. t.] To take up (plants); to transplant. [R.]
Deplantation
(De`plan*ta"tion) n. [Cf. F. déplantation.] Act of taking up plants from beds.
Deplete
(De*plete") v. t. [imp. & p. p. Depleted; p. pr. & vb. n. Depleting.] [From L. deplere to
empty out; de- + plere to fill. Forined like replete, complete. See Fill, Full, a.]
1. (Med.) To empty or unload, as the vessels of human system, by bloodletting or by medicine. Copland.
2. To reduce by destroying or consuming the vital powers of; to exhaust, as a country of its strength or
resources, a treasury of money, etc. Saturday Review.
Depletion
(De*ple"tion) n. [Cf. F. déplétion.]
1. The act of depleting or emptying.
2. (Med.) the act or process of diminishing the quantity of fluid in the vessels by bloodletting or otherwise; also
excessive evacuation, as in severe diarrhea.
Depletive
(De*ple"tive) a. [Cf. F. déplétif.] Able or fitted to deplete. — n. A substance used to deplete.
Depletory
(De*ple"to*ry) a. Serving to deplete.
Deplication
(Dep`li*ca"tion) n. [LL. deplicare to unfold; L. de- + plicare to fold.] An unfolding, untwisting,
or unplaiting. [Obs.] W. Montagu.
Deploitation
(Dep`loi*ta"tion) n. [Cf. Exploitation, Deploy.] Same as Exploitation.
Deplorability
(De*plor`a*bil"i*ty) n. Deplorableness. Stormonth.
Deplorable
(De*plor"a*ble) a. [Cf. F. déplorable.] Worthy of being deplored or lamented; lamentable; causing
grief; hence, sad; calamitous; grievous; wretched; as, life's evils are deplorable.
Individual sufferers are in a much more deplorable conditious than any others.
Burke. Deplorableness
(De*plor"a*ble*ness), n. State of being deplorable.
Deplorably
(De*plor"a*bly), adv. In a deplorable manner.
