Syn. — Substitute; representative; legate; delegate; envoy; agent; factor.
Dequantitate
(De*quan"ti*tate) v. t. [L. de- + quantitas, -atis. See Quantity.] To diminish the quantity
of; to disquantity. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.
Deracinate
(De*rac"i*nate) v. t. [imp. & p. p. Deracinated (-na`ted); p. pr. & vb. n. Deracinating ] [F.
déraciner; pref. dé- (L. dis) + racine root, fr. an assumed LL. radicina, fr. L. radix, radicis, root.] To
pluck up by the roots; to extirpate. [R.]
While that the colter rusts
That should deracinate such savagery.
Shak. Deracination
(De*rac`i*na"tion) n. The act of pulling up by the roots; eradication. [R.]
Deraign
(De*raign", De*rain") v. t. [See Darraign.] (Old Law) To prove or to refute by proof; to clear
[Obs.]
Deraignment
(De*raign"ment, De*rain"ment) n. [See Darraign.]
1. The act of deraigning. [Obs.]
2. The renunciation of religious or monastic vows. [Obs.] Blount.
Derail
(De*rail") v. t. [imp. & p. p. Derailed ; p. pr. & vb. n. Derailing.] To cause to run off from
the rails of a railroad, as a locomotive. Lardner.
Derailment
(De*rail"ment) n. The act of going off, or the state of being off, the rails of a railroad.
Derange
(De*range") v. t. [imp. & p. p. Deranged ; p. pr. & vb. n. Deranging.] [F. déranger; pref.
dé- = dés- (L. dis) + ranger to range. See Range, and cf. Disarrange, Disrank.]
1. To put out of place, order, or rank; to disturb the proper arrangement or order of; to throw into disorder,
confusion, or embarrassment; to disorder; to disarrange; as, to derange the plans of a commander, or the
affairs of a nation.
2. To disturb in action or function, as a part or organ, or the whole of a machine or organism.
A sudden fall deranges some of our internal parts.
Blair. 3. To disturb in the orderly or normal action of the intellect; to render insane.
Syn. — To disorder; disarrange; displace; unsettle; disturb; confuse; discompose; ruffle; disconcert.
