Emily Dickinson Lexicon

depreciate, v. [L. dēpretiāt-, lower in price]

Discount; minimize; devalue; cheapen; reduce; downgrade.

depredation, n. [Fr. déprédation < L. dēpreædātiōn-em, plundering]

Waste; consumption; pillaging.

deprive (-d), v. [OFr depriver < late L. dēprīvāre, deprive.] (webplay: debar, face, man, wisdom).

Rob; dispossess; strip; take; bereave; (see Genesis 27:45).

depth (-s), n. [ON dýpt.] (webplay: compass, face, feet, height, infinite, men, night, rear, stillest, unfathomable).

1. Deepness; distance; measure from surface to bottom; (see Exodus 15:8).
2. Profoundness; profundity; extent of penetration; (see Revelations 2:24).

depute (-d), v. [Fr. députer < L. dēputāre, consider as, destine, allot.] (webplay: man, more, name).

Appoint; assign; send with a special commission; (see 2 Samuel 15:3).

deputy (deputies), n. [Fr. député; see depute, v.] (webplay: may, send).

Representative; law enforcer; person appointed or elected.

deride, v. [L. dērīdē-re, laugh to scorn, scoff at]

Mocking; ridiculing; laughing at with contempt; (see Luke 16:14).

derided, verbal adj. [see deride, v.]

Sneered; mocked, ridiculed; laughed at in contempt.

deriding, adv. [see deride, v.] (webplay: turn).

derision, n. [Fr. dérision; see deride, v.] (webplay: religion, turn, who).

Ridicule; mockery; contemptuous laughter; deriding to scorn; (see Psalms 2:4).