Depot
(De"pot) (de"po; French da*po"; 277), n. [F. dépôt, OF. depost, fr. L. depositum a deposit. See
Deposit, n.]
1. A place of deposit for the storing of goods; a warehouse; a storehouse.
The islands of Guernsey and Jersey are at present the great depots of this kingdom.
Brit. Critic 2. (Mil.) (a) A military station where stores and provisions are kept, or where recruits are assembled
and drilled. (b) (Eng. & France) The headquarters of a regiment, where all supplies are received and
distributed, recruits are assembled and instructed, infirm or disabled soldiers are taken care of, and all
the wants of the regiment are provided for.
3. A railway station; a building for the accommodation and protection of railway passengers or freight.
[U. S.]
Syn. — See Station.
Depper
(Dep"per) a. Deeper. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Depravation
(Dep`ra*va"tion) n. [L. depravitio, from depravare: cf. F. dépravation. See Deprave.]
1. Detraction; depreciation. [Obs.]
To stubborn critics, apt, without a theme,
For depravation.
Shak. 2. The act of depraving, or making anything bad; the act of corrupting.
3. The state of being depraved or degenerated; degeneracy; depravity.
The depravation of his moral character destroyed his judgment.
Sir G. C. Lewis. 4. (Med.) Change for the worse; deterioration; morbid perversion.
Syn. — Depravity; corruption. See Depravity.
Deprave
(De*prave") v. t. [imp. & p. p. Depraved (-pravd"); p. pr. & vb. n. Depraving.] [L. depravare,
depravatum; de- + pravus crooked, distorted, perverse, wicked.]
1. To speak ill of; to depreciate; to malign; to revile. [Obs.]
And thou knowest, conscience, I came not to chide
Nor deprave thy person with a proud heart.
Piers
Plowman. 2. To make bad or worse; to vitiate; to corrupt.
Whose pride depraves each other better part.
Spenser. Syn. — To corrupt; vitiate; contaminate; pollute.
Depravedly
(De*prav"ed*ly) adv. In a depraved manner.
Depravedness
(De*prav"ed*ness), n. Depravity. Hammond.
Depravement
(De*prave"ment) n. Depravity. [Obs.] Milton.
Depraver
(De*prav"er) n. One who depraves or corrupts.
