Deess
(De"ess) n. [F. déesse, fem. of dieu god.] A goddess. [Obs.] Croft.

Deev
(||Deev) n. (Hind. & Pers. Myth.) See Dev.

Deface
(De*face") v. t. [imp. & p. p. Defaced (-fast"); p. pr. & vb. n. Defacing.] [OE. defacen to disfigure, efface, OF. desfacier; L. dis- + facies face. See Face, and cf. Efface.]

1. To destroy or mar the face or external appearance of; to disfigure; to injure, spoil, or mar, by effacing or obliterating important features or portions of; as, to deface a monument; to deface an edifice; to deface writing; to deface a note, deed, or bond; to deface a record. "This high face defaced." Emerson.

So by false learning is good sense defaced.
Pope.

2. [Cf. F. défaire.] To destroy; to make null. [Obs.]

[Profane scoffing] doth . . . deface the reverence of religion.
Bacon.

For all his power was utterly defaste [defaced].
Spenser.

Syn. — See Efface.

Defacement
(De*face"ment) n.

1. The act of defacing, or the condition of being defaced; injury to the surface or exterior; obliteration.

2. That which mars or disfigures. Bacon.

Defacer
(De*fa"cer) n. One who, or that which, defaces or disfigures.

De facto
(||De` fac"to) [L.] Actually; in fact; in reality; as, a king de facto, — distinguished from a king de jure, or by right.

Defail
(De*fail") v. t. [F. défaillir to fail; pref. dé- (L. de) + faillir. See Fail, and cf. Default.] To cause to fail. [Obs.]

Defailance
(De*fail"ance) n. [F. défaillance.] Failure; miscarriage. [Obs.]

Possibility of defailance in degree or continuance.
Comber.

Defailure
(De*fail"ure) n. Failure. [Obs.] Barrow.

Defalcate
(De*fal"cate) v. t. [imp. & p. p. Defalcated; p. pr. & vb. n. Defalcating.] [LL. defalcatus, p. p. of defalcare to deduct, orig., to cut off with a sickle; L. de- + falx, falcis, a sickle. See Falchion.] To cut off; to take away or deduct a part of; — used chiefly of money, accounts, rents, income, etc.

To show what may be practicably and safely defalcated from them [the estimates].
Burke.

Defalcate
(De*fal"cate), v. i. To commit defalcation; to embezzle money held in trust. "Some partner defalcating, or the like." Carlyle.

Defalcation
(De`fal*ca"tion) n. [LL. defalcatio: cf. F. défalcation.]

1. A lopping off; a diminution; abatement; deficit. Specifically: Reduction of a claim by deducting a counterclaim; set- off. Abbott.

2. That which is lopped off, diminished, or abated.


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