deauration (dear ash on)

[F. déaura tion; and prov. Eng.] If mair they deave us wi' their din, Or patronage intrusion. Burns, The Ordination. "You know my name; how is that?" "Foolish boy, was it not cried at the gate loud enough to deave one?"। C. Reade, Cloister and Hearth, ii. II. in trans. To become deaf. IMG:content-2130.png:[blocks in formation] = Syn. Debase , Degrade , etc. (see abase ), lower, deteriorate, dishonor, alloy, taint, corrupt, defile. See list under de- grade. debased (dē-bāst'), p . a. 1. Reduced in qual- ity or state; lowered in purity or finene ; adulterated. by apheresis bate3 .] 1. Strife; contention; contest; fight; quarrel. [Archaic.] Behold, ye fast for strife and debate . Isa. lviii. 4. On the day of the Trinitie next suyng was a gret debaat , & in that murther ther were sleye iiii skore. Robert of Gloucester , p. 690. Scott . But question fierce and proud reply Gave signal soon of dire debate. 2. Contention by argument; discu ion; dis- pute; controversy: as, forensic debates . Of all his wordes he remembryd wele, And with hym self he was helf atte debate . Generydes (E. E. T. S.), L. 1663. The matter in debate was, whether the late French king was most August us Cæsar or Nero. Add is on, Coffee House Politicians. -ment .] The act of debasing, being debased. (a) Impairment of purity, finene , or value; adulteration. (b) Degradation. A state of continual dependence on the generosity of others is a life of gradual debasement . bat table , F. débat table (ML. debatabilis ), deb a- tre, debate, + -able .] Admitting of debate or argument; disputable; subject to controversy or contention; questionable: as, a debatable question; debatable claims. No one thinks of discrediting scientific method because the particular conclusions of the physicist or biologist are often debatable and sometimes false. Debatable land, land (or, by extension, a subject) in dis- pute or controversy; specifically, a tract of land between the rivers Esk and Sark, formerly claimed by both Eng. land and Scotland, which was the haunt of thieves and vagabonds. desbattre , beat down, beat, strike (also, in de- flected sense, fight, contend, debate: see de- batel ), de , down, + batuere , ML. batere , battere , beat: see abate and batel . Cf. debate1 .] I. trans. To abate; lower. The same wyse thir Rutulianis, as he wald, Gan at command debait thare voce and ceice, To here the Kyngis mynd, and hald thare peace. Gavin Douglas , tr. of Virgil, p. 459. II. in trans. To abate; fall off. Artes,. when they are at the full perfection, doo de . bate and decrease againe. W. Webbe, Eng. Poetry, p. 94. To she we pyte, and cause hir owen debate , Of suche pyte cometh dispetous rage, And of the love also right dedly hate. IMG:content-2131.png:[blocks in formation] Without debatement further, more or le , He should the bearers put to sudden death. debatel (dē-bāt'), v .; pret. and pp. debated , ppr. debating . [ debaten , debatre , de- battre , desbatre, desbattre, fight, contend, de- bate (also lit. beat down, beat: see debate2 ), F. débattre , contend, debate, = Sp. debatir = Pg. debater (de-ba'ter), n . [ debate + -er1; cf. OF. debater = It. dibattere , debatere ( debatare , debate or, debateur , disputant.] 11. One who after Rom.), fight, contend, argue, debate, de , down, + batuere , ML. batere , battere , beat: see abate and batel . Hence by apheresis bates , Cf. debate2 .] I. in trans. 1. To engage in com- bat; fight; do battle. [Archaic.] As whyte as is a lily flour, In which he wol debate . It seem'd they would debate with angry swords. Shak ., Lucrece, 1. 1421. The cause of religion was debated with the same ardour in Spain as on the plains of Palestine. Pre scott , 2. To contend about in argument; argue for or against; discu ; dispute: as, the question was debated till a late hour. William Morris, Earthly Paradise, I. 234. Debating society, a society for the purpose of improve- ment in extemporaneous discu ion. =Syn. 2. Argue , Dis- pute , Debate , etc. See arque . debatel (de-bat'), n. [ debate , deb at , desbat , F. débat = Sp. Pg. debate = It. dibatto (ML. debatum ), debate; from the verb. Hence IMG:content-2132.png:[blocks in formation] Deb a to use: con tens ios us, contumeliosus, di idiosus. Catholicum Anglicum . debauch (dē-bach'), v . [Formerly also debosh , deboish ; desbaucher , F. débaucher , cor- rupt, seduce, mislead, appar. a fig. use of OF. desbaucher, hew away, chip, rough-hew, as a piece of timber, des- priv., away, off, + bau- cher , hew, chip, rough-hew, square, as a piece of timber, bauch , bauc , balc , m., a beam, log, bauche , f., a beam, later also a row or course of stones in masonry (cf. bauche , bauge , a hut); of Teut. origin: OD. balke , D. balk = mLG. balke = OHG. balcho , balko , MHG. balke , G. balke , balken = Icel. balkr = Sw. Norw. Dan. balk , a beam, balk: see balk1 , n.] I. trans. 1. To corrupt the morals or principles of; entice into improper conduct, as exce ive indul- gence, treason, etc.; lead astray, as from mo- rality, duty, or allegiance: as, to debauch a youth by evil instruction and example; to de- bauch an army. debauch 41. Figuratively, to spoil; dismantle; render unserviceable. Last year his barks and gallies were deboshed. J. Fisher, Fuimus Troes, vii. 503. II. in trans. To riot; revel. debauch (dē-bâch'), n . [F. débauche , > It. deboscia ; from the verb.] 1. Exce in eat 1477 de bene e e (dē bē'nē es'ē). [Law L., for what it is worth, as if valid; lit., for being well: de , of, for; bene , well; e e , be, inf. as a noun, being.] In law , for what it is worth; conditionally: as, to take an order or test i gluttony; lewdne . The first physicians by debauch were made; Exce began, and sloth sustains the trade. Dryden. 2. An act or a period of debauchery. Syn. Revel , Orgy, etc. See car ous all . for the present, but sub or disallowed on a further or full examination). debenture (dē-ben'tūr), n. [ subject to be suppre e boshed, debosh'd, debost: see debauch, v.] 1. Corrupt; vitiated in morals or purity of character; given to debauchery; profligate. They should stand in more fear of their lives & goods (in short time) from this wicked & deboste crue, then from ye salvages them selves. Bradford, Plymouth Plantation, p. 240. What pity 'tis, so civil a young man should haunt this debauched company! B. Jonson, Bartholomew Fair, ii. 1. 2. Characterized by or characteristic of debauchery: as, a debauched look; a man of de bauched principles. debauchedly (de-bached-li), adv. In a profligate manner.