posit or (depozitor)

[F. dépositeur, It is ordained by the sages of Hindu stan that a deposi tor shall carefully enquire into the character of his intended depositary; who, if he undertake to keep the goods, shall preserve them with care and attention. Sir W. Jones, Law of Bailments. deposit-receipt (dē-poz'it-rē-sēt"), n. A note or an acknowledgment for money lodged with a banker for a stipulated time, on which a higher rate of interest is allowed than on the balance of a current account. depostt, n. An obsolete form of deposit . depot (de-po' or depō), n. [F. dépót , a de- posit, a place of deposit, a storehouse, depot, depost , a deposit, pledge, depositum , a deposit: see deposit , n .] 1. A place of de- posit; a depository; a warehouse or store- house for receiving goods for storage, sale, or transfer, as on a railroad or other line of trans- port at i on. Whereat the rest, in depth of scorne and hate, His Diuine Truth with taunts doe deprauate . Notwithstanding this universal depravation of manners, behold how untouched he [Noah] stood, and what a char- acter he bore! Bp. Atterbury , Sermons, II. iv. 4. A depraved tendency; inclination toward evil or corruption. [Rare.] What befell Asdrubal or Cæsar Borgia is as much an il- lustration of the mind's powers and depravations as what Emerson, History. deprave (dē-prāv'), v . t .; pret. and pp. depraved , ppr. depraving . [ depraven , depra- ver , pervert, calumniate, accuse, F. dépraver = Sp. Pg. depravar = It. depravare , depra- vare , pervert, distort, corrupt, de- + pravus , crooked, mi hapen, wicked, depraved.] 1. To pervert; distort; speak evil of; misreport; ca- lumniate; vilify. See! how the stubborne damzell doth deprave My simple meaning with disdaynfull scorne. Spenser , Sonnets, xxix. Gone about to deprave and calumniate the person and writings of Quintus Horatius Flaccus. B. Jonson, Poetaster, v. 1. Unjustly thou depravest it with the name Of servitude, to serve whom God ordains. 2. To make bad or worse; pervert; vitiate; corrupt: as, to deprave the heart, mind, under- standing, will, tastes, etc.; to deprave the mor- als, government, laws, etc. Whose pryde depraves each other better part. Spenser , Sonnets, xxx i. All things proceed, and up to him return, If not depraved from good. Milton , P. L., v. 471. The ingenuity once so conspicuously displayed in every department of physical and moral science has been de- praved into a timid and servile cunning. Macaulay , Moore's Byron. The ceremony of kneeling at the Sacrament was included among the rest: but the free and glad acknowledgment of that ceremony was not to be expected from one who had notoriously depraved it. R. W. Dizon, Hist. Church of Eng., xx. 1. Perverted; vi- depraved (dē-prāvd'), p . a . tiated: as, a depraved appetite. Their taste in time became so depraved , that what was at first a poetical license not to be justified they made their choice. 2. Morally bad; destitute of moral principle; corrupt; wicked: as, a depraved nature. =Syn. 2. Illegal , Iniquitous , etc. (see criminal ) , base, profligate, abandoned, reprobate. depravedly (dē-prā'ved-li), adv . In a depraved manner; with corrupt motive or intent. The writings of both depravedly , anticipatively, coun- terfeitly imprinted. Sir T. Browne, Religio Medici, To the Reader. depravedne (dē-prā'ved-nes), n . The state of being depraved or vitiated; corruption; taint. Our original depravedne , and pronene of our eternal Hammond . part to all evil. depravement (dē-prāv'ment), n. [ deprave + -ment.] Perversion; vitiation. [Rare.] He maketh men believe that apparitions... are either Davies, Holy Roode, p. 7. deceptions of sight, or melancholy depravements of fancy. Sir T. Browne, Vulg. Err., i. 10. 2. To render depraved. [Rare.] With natures depravated , and affinities already distem depraver (de-prāver), n . 1t. One who per- verts or distorts the character of a person; a traducer; a vilifier. Bushnell, Nat. and the Super nat., p. 178. depravation (dep-ra-va's hon), n. [= F. dépra- vation = Sp. depravacion = Pg. depravação = It. depravazione , depravatio ( n- ), depravare , deprave: see deprave .] 1. The act of pervert- 2. A corrupter; one who vitiates. ing or distorting; perversion; vilification. Do not give advantage the account of it. Bp. Atterbury , Sermons, II. xiii. The judgments which we would deprecate are not re- moved. Bp . Smalridge . 2. To plead or argue earnestly against; urge reasons against; expre disapproval of: said of a scheme, purpose, and the like. Marg. Fuller , Woman in 19th Cent., p. 40. O, still as ever, friends are they Who, in the interest of outraged truth, Deprecate such rough handling of a lie! Upon the heads of these very mischievous men they deprecated no vengeance, though that of the whole nation was justly merited. Franklin, Autobiog., p. 442. deprecatingly (dep'rē-ka-ting-li), adv . By dep- recation; with expre ions or indications of protest or disapproval. deprecation (dep-re-kā'shon), n. [= OF. de- pre cation , F. déprécation = Sp. deprecacion = Pg. deprecação = It. deprecazione , catio (n-), deprecari , deprecate: see depre- cate.] 1. The act of deprecating something, as harm or disapproval; counter-prayer or pe- titi on; earnest desire for exemption or deliv- ing manner. depravity (dē-prav'i-ti), n. [Irreg. de- + pravity , q. v.; as if deprave + -ity.] 1. The state of being depraved or corrupt; cor- ruption; degeneracy: as, depravity of manners or morals. Succeeding generations change the fashion of their morals, wonder at the depravity of their ancestors. Macaulay, Machi a vell i, of war or of a severe judgment; " deprecat of death," Donne.-4t. An imprecation; a deprecative LL. deprecativus, The form itself is very ancient, consisting... of two parts, the first deprecative , the second indicative; the one intreating for pardon, the other dispensing it. Comber, Companion to the Temple, I. 752. deprecator (dep'rē-kā-tor), n. [L. deprecator , deprecari , deprecate: see deprecate .] One who deprecates. deprecatory (dep'rē-ka-to-ri), a. and n. [OF. deprecatoire, F. déprécatoire = Sp. Pg. It. deprecatorio, Humble and deprecatory letters to the Scottish king. Bacon. The eyes of his little menial turned upon him that deprecatory glance of inquiry so common to slave children. G. W. Cable , Grandi imes, p. 350. II. n. A deprecating speech or act. There the author strutted like an Hector, now he is pa ive, full of deprecatories and apologetics. Roger North , Examen, p. 343.