Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Dictionary: DE-STRUCT'I-BLE-NESS – DE-TAIL'ED
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The state of being destructible.
DE-STRUC'TION, n. [L. destructio. See Destroy.]
- The act of destroying; demolition; a pulling down; subversion; ruin, by whatever means; as, the destruction of buildings, or of towns. Destruction consists in the annihilation of the form of any thing, that form of parts which constitutes it what it is; as the destruction of grass or herbage by eating; of a forest, by cutting down the trees; or it denotes a total annihilation; as, the destruction of a particular government; the destruction of happiness.
- Death; murder; slaughter; massacre. There was a deadly destruction throughout all the city. – 1 Sam. v.
- Ruin. Destruction and misery are in their ways. – Rom. iii.
- Eternal death. Broad is the way that leadeth to destruction. – Matth.vii.
- Cause of destruction; a consuming plague; a destroyer. The destruction that wasteth at noon-day. – Ps. xci.
One aiming to destroy.
DE-STRUCT'IVE, a.
Causing destruction; having the quality of destroying; ruinous; mischievous; pernicious; with of or to; as, a destructive fire or famine. Intemperance is destructive of health; evil examples are destructive to the morals of youth.
DE-STRUCT'IVE-LY, adv.
With destruction; ruinously; mischievously; with power to destroy; as, destructively lewd or intemperate.
The quality of destroying or ruining.
DE-STRUCT'OR, n.
A destroyer; a consumer. [Not used.] – Boyle.
DES-U-DA'TION, n. [L. desudo; de and sudo, to sweat.]
A sweating; a profuse or morbid sweating, succeeded by an eruption of pustules, called heat-pimples. – Coxe. Encyc.
DES'UE-TUDE, n. [L. desuetudo, from desuesco; de and suesco, to accustom one's self.]
The cessation of use; disuse; discontinuance of practice, custom, or fashion. Habit is contracted by practice, and lost by desuetude. Words in every language are lost by desuetude.
DE-SUL'PHUR-ATE, v.t. [de and sulphurate, or sulphur.]
To deprive of sulphur. – Chimistry.
DE-SUL'PHUR-A-TED, pp.
Deprived of sulphur.
DE-SUL'PHUR-A-TING, ppr.
Depriving of sulphur.
The act or operation of depriving of sulphur.
DES'UL-TO-RI-LY, adv. [See Desultory.]
In a desultory manner; without method; loosely.
A desultory manner; unconnectedness; a passing from one thing to another without order or method.
DE-SUL-TO'RI-OUS, a.
Desultory. – Barrow.
DES'UL-TO-RY, a. [L. desultorius, from desilio; de and salio, to leap.]
- Leaping; passing from one thing or subject to another, without order or natural connection; unconnected; immethodical; as, a desultory conversation.
- Coming suddenly; started at the moment; not proceeding from natural order or connection with what precedes; as, a desultory thought.
DE-SUME', v.t. [L. desumo.]
To take from; to borrow. [Not in use.] – Hale.
DE-TACH', v.t. [Fr. detacher; Arm. distaga; Sp. and Port. destacar; It. staccarre; de and the root of Eng. tack. See Attach.]
- To separate or disunite; to disengage; to part from; as, to detach the coats of a bulbous root from each other; to detach a man from the interest of the minister, or from a party.
- To separate men from their companies or regiments; to draw from companies or regiments, as a party of men, and send them on a particular service.
- To select ships from a fleet, and send them on a separate service.
DE-TACH'ED, pp.
- Separated; parted from; disunited; drawn and sent on a separate service.
- adj. Separate; as, detached parcels or portions.
DE-TACH'ING, ppr.
Separating; parting from; drawing and sending on a separate employment.
DE-TACH'MENT, n.
- The act of detaching or separating.
- A body of troops, selected or taken from the main army, and employed on some special service or expedition.
- A number of ships, taken from a fleet, and sent on a separate service.
DE-TAIL', n. [Fr.]
- A narration or report of particulars; a minute and particular account. He related the story in detail. He gave a detail of all the transactions.
- A selecting of officers or soldiers from the rosters.
DE-TAIL', v.t. [Fr. detailler, to cut in pieces; de and tailler, to cut, Sp. tallar, It. tagliarie.]
- To relate, report, or narrate in particulars; to recite the particulars of; to particularize; to relate minutely and distinctly; as, he detailed all the facts in due order.
- To select, as an officer or soldier from a division, brigade, regiment, or battalion. – Law of Massachusetts.
DE-TAIL'ED, pp.
Related in particulars; minutely recited; selected.