Dictionary: DEEP'LY – DE-FAC'ING

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DEEP'LY, adv.

  1. At or to a great depth; far below the surface; as, a passion deeply rooted in our nature; precepts deeply engraven on the heart.
  2. Profoundly; thoroughly; as, deeply skilled in ethics or anatomy.
  3. To or from the inmost recesses of the heart; with great sorrow; most feelingly. He sighed deeply in his spirit. – Mark viii. He was deeply affected at the sight. – Anon.
  4. To a great degree; as, he has deeply offended. They have deeply corrupted themselves. – Hos. ix.
  5. With a dark hue, or strong color; as, a deeply red liquor; deeply colored.
  6. Gravely; as, a deeply toned instrument.
  7. With profound skill; with art or intricacy; as, a deeply laid plot or intrigue. This word can not easily be defined in all its various applications. In general, it gives emphasis or intensity to the word which it qualifies.

DEEP'-MOUTH-ED, a.

Having a hoarse, loud, hollow voice; as, a deep-mouthed dog. – Shak.

DEEP'-MUS-ING, a.

Contemplative; thinking closely or profoundly. – Pope.

DEEP'NESS, n.

  1. Depth; remoteness from the surface in a descending line; interior distance from the surface; profundity. And forthwith they sprung up, because they had no deepness of earth. – Matt. xiii.
  2. Craft; insidiousness. [Unusual.]

DEEP'-READ, a.

Having fully read; profoundly versed. – L'Estrange.

DEEP'-RE-VOLV'ING, a.

Profoundly revolving or meditating. – Shak.

DEEP-SCAR-RED, a.

Having deep scars.

DEEP-SEAT-ED, a.

Seated deeply.

DEEP'-SOUND-ING, a.

Having a low sound.

DEEP'-THINK-ING, a.

Thinking profoundly.

DEEP'-THROAT-ED, a.

With deep throats. – Milton.

DEEP-THROAT-ED, a.

Having a deep throat or voice.

DEEP'-TON-ED, a.

Having a very low or grave tone.

DEEP'-VAULT-ED, a.

Formed like a deep vault or arch. – Milton.

DEEP'-WAIST-ED, a.

Having a deep waist, as a ship when the quarter deck and forecastle are raised from four to six feet above the level of the main deck. – Mar. Dict.

DEEP-WORN, a.

Worn to great depth. – Hopkinson.

DEER, n. [sing. and plur.; Sax. deor; D. dier; G. thier; Sw. diur; Dan. dyr; Polish zwiers; Gr. θηρ, a wild beast. The primary sense is simply roving, wild, untamed; hence, a wild beast.]

A quadruped of the genus Cervus, of several species, as the stag, the fallow deer, the roe-buck, the rane or rane-deer, &c. These animals are wild and hunted in the forest, or kept in parks. Their flesh, called venison, is deemed excellent food.

DEER'-STEAL-ER, n.

One who steals deer.

DEER'-STEAL-ING, n.

The act or crime of stealing deer.

DE'ESS, n. [Fr. deesse.]

A goddess. [Not in use.] – Croft.

DE-FACE', v.t. [Arm. difaçza; de and L. facio; Fr. defaire, to undo or unmake.]

  1. To destroy or mar the face or surface of a thing; to injure the superficies or beauty; to disfigure; as, to deface a monument; to deface an edifice.
  2. To injure any thing; to destroy, spoil or mar; to erase or obliterate; as, to deface letters or writing; to deface a note, deed or bond; to deface a record.
  3. To injure the appearance; to disfigure.

DE-FAC'ED, pp.

Injured on the surface; disfigured; marred; erased.

DE-FACE'MENT, n.

Injury to the surface or beauty; rasure; obliteration; that which mars beauty, or disfigures.

DE-FAC'ER, n.

He or that which defaces; one who injures, mars or disfigures.

DE-FAC'ING, ppr.

Injuring the face or surface; marring; disfiguring; erasing.