That is to be deprecated; very undesirable

Deprecate, v. a. [Lat. deprecor, deprecatus - de, and precor, to pray. See PRAY.] To seek to avert or ward off any evil by praying, entreating, .; to pray against; to pray or entreat that a present evil may be removed, or an expected one averted. - To regret; to have or to expre deep sorrow at a present evil, or for one that may occur. Deprecatingly, adv . By deprecation. Deprecation, n. [Fr.; Lat. deprecatio.] Act of deprecating: a praying against; a praying that an evil may be averted or removed; entreaty. - Petitioning; an excusing; a begging pardon for. Deprecative, a. Same as deprecatory. Deprecator, n. [Lat.] One who deprecates. Deprecatory, a . [L. Lat. deprecator i us , and deprecativus. That serves to deprecate; tending to remove or avert evil by prayer; having the form of a prayer. Depreciate, v. a. [Fr. déprecier ; L. Lat. deprecio, depreciatus-de, and pretium , price, q . v.] To lower or le en the price of a thing; to cry down the price or value of; to undervalue; to disparage; to decry; to lower; to detract from; to underrate; to traduce. -v. n. To fall in value; to become of le worth. Depreciation, n. [Fr.) Act of depreciating, or of le ening or crying down in price or value; a falling off in value; reduction of worth. Depreciative, Depreciatory, a. Tending to depreciate; undervaluing. Depreciator, n. One who depreciates. Dep'redable, a . That may be depredated or preyed upon. Dep'redate, v. a. [Fr. dépreder; Lat. deprædor, de prædat us -de , and præda , prey, booty. See PREY.] To prey upon; to plunder; to ravage; to rob; to pillage; to take the property of an enemy, or of a foreign country by force; to waste; to spoil. Depreda'tion, n. [Fr.; Lat. deprædatio .] Act of plundering; a robbing; a pillaging; waste; consumption; a taking away by any act of violence. Dep'redator, n. [L. Lat. deprædat or .] One who plunders or pillages; a spoiler; a waster. Dep'redatory, a. Belonging to depredation or rob bery; plundering; spoiling; consisting in pillaging. Deprehend', v. a. [Lat. deprehend ere , from de , and prehend ere, to lay hold of, to seize; O. Sp. deprehend. See PREHENSIBLE.] To catch one; to take unawares; to take in the fact. (R.) "That wretched creature being deprehended in that impiety, was held in ward." - Hooker. -To discover; to find out a thing; to come to the knowledge or understanding of. (R.) Depre ', v . a. [Lat. depre us , from deprimo -de, and premo, to prey; Fr. déprimer. See PRESS.] To pre , weigh, or cause to sink down; to pre to a lower state or position; to let fall; to bring down; to sink; to lower; to abase; to cast down; to deject; to humble; to degrade; to dispirit. Depre ed', p . a . Pre ed or forced down; lowered; dejected; dispirited; sad; humbled; sunk; rendered languid. (Zool.) Applied to the whole or part of an animal body when its vertical section is shorter than its trans verse. ( Bot .) Pre ed inward or flattened from above. Depre 'ingly, adv . In a depre ing manner. Depres's ion, (de-presh'un,)n. [Fr.; Lat. depre io .] Act of pre ing down; state of being pre ed down; a low state; a hollow; a sinking or falling in of a surface; act of humbling; abasement; a state of sadne ; humiliation; a sinking of the spirits; dejection; melancholy; a low state of strength; a sinking of strength; a low state of busine or of property. (Algebra.) The derivation from a given equation, of another lower in degree, whose roots are related in a known way to those of the first. ( Surg .) Operation for a cataract; couching. D. of the Horizon . See DIP OF THE HORIZON. Depres's ive, a. Able or tending to depre or cast down. Depres's or, n. He or that which depre es. (Anat.) The name of two or three sets of muscles, in the human body, serving to depre the part on which they act; as the depre or anguli or is, or D. of the corner of the mouth. Dep'riment, a. [Lat. deprimens, ppr. of deprimere . See DEPRESS.] ( Anat . ) Applied to muscles that depre the external ear. Depriv'able, a. Liable to deprivation. Deprivation, n. [Lat. de , and privatio , from privo , to separate.] Act of depriving; a taking away; state of being deprived; lo ; want; bereavement; deposition. "Fools, whose end is destruction, and eternal deprivation of body." Bentley. (Eccl. Law .) An act of censure by which a clergyman is deprived of his parsonage, vicarage, or other ecclesiastical promotion or dignity. Deprive', v. a. [Lat. de, and privo , from privas , one's own, private; Fr. privet . See PRIVATE.] To take from one something which is his peculiar property; to take away something po e ed or enjoyed; to strip; to bereave; to rob; to despoil; to hinder from po e ing or enjoying; to divest of an ecclesiastical preferment, dignity, or office. Depriv'er, n. He who, or that which, deprives. De Profun'dis. [Lat., out of the depths.) ( Eccl . ) The first words of the 130th psalm, which forms a portion of the liturgy of the Roman Catholic Church, and is sung when the bodies of the dead are committed to the grave. A tender melancholy pervades the psalm, which, however, brightens up at the close, under the conviction that with God there is "plenteous redemption." Deptford, ( děť ' fürd ,) a town in Kent, England, on the bank of the Thames, at the mouth of the Ravens bourne, 3 m. S.E. from London Bridge. It contains a royal naval school, two hospitals for pilots. It now forms part of London. Pop . 1890, 110,000. In 1698 Peter the Great acquired here the art of ship-building. Deptford, in New Jersey , a township of Gloucester co., on the Delaware River, Depth, n. [See DEEP.] Deepne ; the distance or measure of a thing from the surface to the bottom, or to the extreme part downward or inward; a deep place; the sea; the ocean; the aby ; a gulf of infinite profundity. -The middle or height of winter; the darkest or stillest part, as of the night; the inner part. (Logic.) Abstrusene ; obscurity; unsearchable ne ; infinity; profoundne ; extent of penetration, or of the capacity of penetrating. Depth'le , a. That has no depth. (R.) Depuch Islands, ( de'pook , a large collection of broken rocks lying off the N.W. coast of Australia, and attaining a height of upward of 600 feet above the level of the sea; Lat. 20° 37′45′′ N., Lon. 117° 44′ Ε. Depu'dicate, v. a. [Lat. depudicare , depudicatum , to violate.] To violate; to deflower. De Pue, in Illinois , a post-office of Bureau co. Depul's ory, a. [Lat. depulsorius , from depulsor , one who drives away, from depellere .] Putting away; averting. (R.) Dep'urate, v. a. [Fr. dépurer; Lat. de, and puro , pu ratus , from pur us , pure.] ( Med .) To purge; to purify; to free from impurities, heterogeneous matter, or feculence. Depura'tion, Depuri'tion, n. Act of purifying, or freeing fluids from heterogeneous matter; purification; clarification. (Med.) The cleansing of sound from impure matter. Dep'urator, n. He who, or that which, depures or cleanses. Dep'uratory, a . [Fr. dépuratoire .] ( Med .) Purifying, or tending to purify; cleansing. Deputation, n . [Fr. déput at i on . See DEPUTE.] Act of deputing, or of appointing or sending a deputy, substitute, or representative to act for, or to transact busine for another; a special commi ion, or authority, to act as the substitute of another; the person deputed; the person or persons authorized and sent to transact busine for another or others. Depute', v. a. [Fr. députer , from L. Lat. deputo , for dele go.] To send as a representative; to appoint as a substitute or agent to act for another, or for others; to appoint and send with a special commi ion, or authority, to transact busine in another's name. Deputies, (CHAMBER OF,) ( dep'u - tees.) ( Hist .) Under the French monarchy, the lower of the two legislative chambers in that country. Corresponding to it was the CORPS LEG IS LAT IF, q . v., and the present NAT. ASSEMBLY. Dep'utize, v. a. To depute; to employ or appoint as a deputy. Dep'uty, n. [Fr. député .] A representative; a person appointed or elected to act for another, especially a person sent with a special commi ion to act in the place of another; a lieutenant; a viceroy; a substitute; a delegate; an agent; a factor. (Law.) In general, ministerial officers can appoint deputies, unle the office is to be exercised by the ministerial officer in person; and when the office partakes of the judicial and ministerial character, although a D. may be made for the performance of ministerial acts, one cannot be made for the performance of a judicial act. A sheriff cannot, therefore, make a D. to hold an inquisition, under a writ of inquiry, though he may appoint a D. to serve a writ. In general, a D. may have power to do every act which his principal might do; but a D. cannot make a D. Deputy District Attorney, n. An officer appointed by the District Attorney of the United States, to act for him in certain cases. De Quin'cey, THOMAS, an English author, B. in Manchester, 1785. He received a cla ical education at the grammar-school of Bath, and entered the university of Oxford in 1803, where he remained until 1808. Whilst there he contracted the habit of eating opium, to which he remained a bounden slave for many years. In 1809, after leaving Oxford, he took up his abode at Grasmere, where he resided for more than 27 years. Here he cultivated the friendship of Words worth, Cole ridge, Southey, Charles Lloyd, and other distinguished authors. Hemade German literature and philosophy his special study, and translated some of the works of Kant, Fichte, Schelling, Le ing, and Richter. At first he took opium only once a week, but gradually the evil habit grew upon him, and at last he took the horrid drug daily. But the consequences were fearful, as he himself relates in his principal work, The Confe ions of an English Opium - eater . In 1823 he went to London, where he published his Sus piria de Pro fund is , his Templar's Dialogues , and other works. In 1843 he settled at La wade, near Edinburgh. His works evince profound learning and deep speculation, together with great critical powers and tersene of diction. D. 1859. See Life of , by H. A. Page (1877). Derac'inate, v. a. [Fr. déraciner -de, and racine, root; from Lat. radiz , radius , root.] To pluck or tear up the leaves; to destroy. (R.) Deracina'tion, n. A plucking up by the roots. Dera Ghaʼzee Khan, a town of Afghanistan, 40 m. from Bhaulpoor; Lat. 30° 5' N., Lon. 70° 52′ E. It belongs to the English. Pop . 25,000. Dera Ismael Khan, a town of Afghanistan, 16 m. from Bukkur; Lat. 31° 5' N., Lon. 70° 58′ E. Derail', v. a. ( Mach .) To run off from the rails of a railway, as a locomotive. Derail'ment, n. ( Mach .) The act of a locomotive which runs off from the rails. Derange', v . a. [Fr. déranger- de , and ranger , to set in order, from rang , rank.] To put out of the proper rank, array, order, or arrangement; to disturb the regular order of; to throw into confusion or disorder; to disorder the intellect; to disturb the regular operations of reason; to disarrange; to unsettl; to displace; to disturb; to discompose; to ruffle; to disconcert. Deranged', p . a. Put out of order; disturbed; embarra ed; confused; disordered in mind; delirious; distracted. Derangement, n. [Fr. dérange ment .] A putting out of order; disturbance of regularity, or regular course; disorder; irregularity; confusion; disturbance; disorder of the intellect or reason; insanity. Derayeh, El, ( dai - rah - yai " ,) a town of Arabia, prov. Nedjd, at the foot of Mount Khoar; Lat. 25° 15′ N., Lon. 56° 80′ E.; formerly cap. of the Wahabees. In 1819 it was captured and destroyed by Ibrahim Pasha, of Egypt. Pop . 12,000. Derbe. ( Anc . Geog .) A small town of Lycaonia, Asia Minor, at the N. foot of the Taurus Mountains, abt. 18 m. E. of Lystra. Paul and Barnabas fled there from Lystra. Derbend', DERBENT, a fortified maritime town of Ru ian Daghestan, on the W. shore of the Caspian Sea; Lat. 42° 12′ N., Lon. 48° 25′ E. It is fortified by walls of great strength. In 1722 it was taken by Ru ia, in 1735 restored to Persia, and recaptured by Ru ia in 1795. Pop . 11,431. Derby, ( dar'be ,) EDWARD GEOFFREY SMITH-STANLEY, K.G., 14TH EARL OF, an English statesman, orator, and author, B. in Lancashire, 1799. He was educated at Eton and Oxford, and, in 1821, entered the British House of Commons, being then Mr. Stanley. In that arena, he soon distinguished himself by the brilliancy of his oratorical powers; and on the formation of Lord Grey's govt., he was named Chief Secr'y of State for Ireland. During the Reform Bill crisis, 1830-2, D.'s singular genius for debate became still more prominent. In 1833 he carried the Church Temporalities Bill, and the Measure for the