Dictionary: DE-SIST'ING – DE-SPEC'TION

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DE-SIST'ING, ppr.

Ceasing to act or proceed.

DES'I-TIVE, a. [L. desitus.]

Final; conclusive. [Obs.] Watts.

DESK, n. [D. disch, a table, a dish; Sax. disc; G. tisch; Dan. and Sw. disk; Russ. doska; L. discus; Gr. δισκος. See Dish.]

  1. An inclining table for the use of writers and readers; usually made with a box or drawer underneath, and sometimes with a book-case above. – Pope.
  2. The pulpit in a church, and figuratively, the clerical profession. The man appears well in the desk. He intends one son for the bar, and another for the desk.

DESK, v.t.

To shut up in a desk; to treasure. – J. Hall.

DESK'ED, pp.

Shut up in a desk.

DESK'ING, ppr.

Shutting up in a desk.

DES'MINE, n.

A mineral that crystalizes in little silken tufts, which accompany spinellane in the lava of extinct volcanoes on the banks of the Rhine. – Lucas.

DES'O-LATE, a. [L. desolatus. See the Verb.]

  1. Destitute or deprived of inhabitants; desert; uninhabited; denoting either stripped of inhabitants, or never having been inhabited; as, a desolate isle; a desolate wilderness. I will make the cities of Judah desolate, without an inhabitant. – Jer. ix.
  2. Laid waste; in a ruinous condition; neglected; destroyed; as, desolate altars; desolate towers. – Ezek. Zeph.
  3. Solitary; without a companion; afflicted. Tamar remained desolate in Absalom's house. – 2 Sam. xiii. Have mercy on me, for I am desolate. – Ps. xxv.
  4. Deserted by God; deprived of comfort. My heart within me is desolate. – Ps. cxliii.

DES'O-LATE, v.t. [L. desolo, desolatus; de and solo, to lay waste, solus, alone; Sp. desolar; Fr. desoler; It. desolare.]

  1. To deprive of inhabitants; to make desert. The earth was nearly desolated by the flood.
  2. To lay waste; to ruin; to ravage; to destroy improvements or works of art. An inundation desolates fields. Whole countries have been desolated by armies.

DES'O-LA-TED, pp.

Deprived of inhabitants; wasted; ruined.

DES'O-LATE-LY, adv.

In a desolate manner.

DES'O-LATE-NESS, n.

A state of being desolate.

DES'O-LA-TER, n.

One who lays waste or desolates; that which desolates.

DES'O-LA-TING, ppr.

Depriving of inhabitants; wasting; ravaging.

DES-O-LA'TION, n.

  1. The act of desolating; destruction or expulsion of inhabitants; destruction; ruin; waste. Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation. – Matth.xii.
  2. A place deprived of inhabitants, or otherwise wasted, ravaged and ruined. How is Babylon become a desolation among the nations. – Jer. i.
  3. A desolate state; gloominess; sadness; destitution. – Shak. Thomson. The abomination of desolation, Roman armies which ravaged and destroyed Jerusalem. – Matth. xxiv.

DES'O-LA-TO-RY, a.

Causing desolation.

DE-SPAIR', n. [Fr. desespoir. See the Verb.]

  1. Hopelessness; a hopeless state; a destitution of hope or expectation. We are perplexed, but not in despair. – 2 Cor. iv. All safety in despair of safety placed. Denham.
  2. That which causes despair; that of which there is no hope. The mere despair of surgery, he cures. – Shak.
  3. Loss of hope in the mercy of God. Sprat.

DE-SPAIR', v.i. [Fr. desesperer; des and esperer, to hope; It. disperare; Sp. desesperar; Arm. disesperi; from L. despero; de and spero, to hope.]

To be without hope; to give up all hope or expectation; followed by of. We despaired even of life. – 2 Cor. i. Never despair of God's blessings here, or of his reward hereafter. – Wake.

DE-SPAIR'ER, n.

One without hope. – Dryden.

DE-SPAIR'FUL, a.

Hopeless. Sidney.

DE-SPAIR'ING, ppr.

Giving up all hope or expectation.

DE-SPAIR'ING-LY, adv.

In a despairing manner; in a manner indicating hopelessness; as, he speaks despairingly of the sick man's recovery.

DE-SPAIR'ING-NESS, n.

State of being despairing.

DES-PATCH', v. [or n. See DISPATCH.]

DE-SPEC'TION, n. [L. despectio.]

A looking down; a despising. [Little used.]