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41. dēd adj. as n.

41 quotations in 2 senses
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(a) A dead man, a corpse; pl. dead men, corpses, the dead; dedes office, funeral service; (b) a ghost; (c) one who has died; the ded, the deceased; dedes wille, will or desire expressed by someone who…

42. dēf adj. (& n.)

79 quotations in 5 senses
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(a) Unable to hear; of a person, an ear, hearing: deaf; blind and def, def and blind, def and doumb, doumb and def; (b) as noun: deaf person(s, the deaf; (c) def boren, born deaf.

43. dēfending ger.

23 quotations in 4 senses
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(a) The act of defending; defense against physical harm, protection; the defending, defense of yourself, self-defense; (b) a means of defense; a covering; a fortification.

44. dēfens(e n.

Additional spellings: defense
122 quotations in 9 senses
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(a) Act of defending oneself (or sb. else) by fighting, defense; comen to defens, to come to someone's defense; don defens, maken defens, stonden at defens, to defend oneself; also, to fight; for (in)

45. dē̆fensī̆f n.

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(a) Med. & surg. A medicine or ointment that prevents the growth or spread of disease, venom, humors, etc. [cp. defensif medecine]; (b) an ointment that preserves corpses.

46. dē̆fensī̆f adj.

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(a) Of weapons, armor: defensive; (b) med. & surg. of a bandage: preventing the spread of pus or other fluids; of a medicine or ointments: preventing the growth or spread of disease, preventive…

47. dēfensiǒun n.

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(a) Defense against physical attack; (b) reply, refutation; (c) fig. help; protection against temptation, sorrow, etc.; (d) punishment; (e) surg. a preventive measure or medicine.

48. dē̆fensōrie n.

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(a) That which defends, defense; (b) surg. a covering, protection.

49. dēpōnen v.

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Surg. To make a statement or decision about the nature of a wound; ?also, to make a medical statement or deposition (in a court of law).

50. dēpōning ger.

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Surg. The making of a statement or decision about a wound, ?diagnosis.

51. disjunctūre n.

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Surg. Dislocation.

52. dislōcāciǒun n.

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Surg. Dislocation of a bone; also, displacement of an organ.

53. dī̆verting ger.

2 quotations in 1 sense
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Med. & surg. Diverting or drawing off of morbid humors.

54. dǒun adv.

219 quotations in 9 senses
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(a) With verbs implying motion: to a lower place, down, downward; also fig.; (b) with verbs implying rest: at a lower place, below, down; also fig.; (c) with verbs of looking, etc.: downward; casten

55. drauen v.

766 quotations in 21 senses
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(a) To pull, tug, draw; pull in harness; (b) to pull (sb. or sth.), drag, tug at; pull up (a drawbridge); (c) to draw or withdraw (a part of the body); (d) to pull (a vehicle), tow (a ship), turn…

56. drauing(e ger.

Additional spellings: drauinge
68 quotations in 7 senses
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(a) The action of pulling; pulling a plow, towing a ship, hauling with a cart; drauing bi her, tearing the hair; drauing up anker, weighing anchor; (b) drawing a sword; drawing the string of a bow…

57. drīe adj.(1)

207 quotations in 10 senses
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(a) Not humid, moist, or drenched; dry; (b) of land: not flooded or submerged; also, not wet or sodden; comen (driven) to drie lond, to come (drive) ashore; (c) not moistened or soaked; mid (with)

58. entenciǒun n.

66 quotations in 7 senses
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(a) Purpose, intention, or design; aim or object; final entencioun, ultimate purpose or goal; (b) of entencioun, on purpose, intentionally; of on entencioun, with fixed purpose; unanimously.

59. faldella n.

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Surg. A compress made of small folds of cloth.

60. ferūl n.

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(a) The giant fennel Ferula communis; (b) a rod or shoot of fennel; (c) surg. a splint.