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[Lat. detritus.] Worn out or down. dě-tri-tion, s. [Low Lat. detritio, from Lat. detritus, pa. par. of detero.] The act of wearing down or away. "The gradual detrition of time."-Stevens: Note on Shakespeare's Henry VI ., Pt . II ., v. 3. dě-tri-tus, s. [Lat., pa. par. of detero = to rub down: de down, fully, and tero =to rub.] 1. Literally : Geol.: The waste or matter worn off rocks, ., by attrition; the disintegrated materials of the earth's surface; accumulations arising from the waste or disintegration of exposed rock-surfaces. †2. Fig .: Waste, rubbish. "Words which have thus for ages preserved their exact form in the ma of detritus of which modern languages are composed."-Farrar. dě trop ( p silent), phr . [Fr. = too much, too many.] In the way, not wanted; a term applied to a person whose company is inconvenient or not wanted. One too many. dě-trû'de, v. t. [Lat. detrudo = to push down: de=down, and trudo =to push.] To push, force, or thrust down. "Such as are detruded down to hell." Davies: Immortality of the Soul , st. xxxii. 4. To expel from, to thrust out of. "The condition of devils to be detruded Heaven." Feltham: Resolves, pt. ii., No. 56. *dě-trûd'-ěd, pa . par.ora. [DETRUDE.] *dě-trûd'-ing, pr . par ., a . & s. [DETRUDE.] A. & B. As pr. par . & particip . adj .: (See the verb.) C. As subst.: The act of pushing or thrusting down; detrusion.