4. That which is deep; a deep, or the deepest, part or place; the deep; the middle part; as, the depth of
night, or of winter.
From you unclouded depth above.
Keble.
The depth closed me round about.
Jonah ii. 5. 5. (Logic) The number of simple elements which an abstract conception or notion includes; the comprehension
or content.
6. (Horology) A pair of toothed wheels which work together. [R.]
Depth of a sail (Naut.),
the extent of a square sail from the head rope to the foot rope; the length of
the after leach of a staysail or boom sail; — commonly called the drop of a sail.
Depthen
(Depth"en) v. t. To deepen. [Obs.]
Depthless
(Depth"less), a.
1. Having no depth; shallow.
2. Of measureless depth; unfathomable.
In clouds of depthless night.
Francis. Depucelate
(De*pu"ce*late) v. t. [L. de + LL. pucella virgin, F. pucelle: cf. F. dépuceler.] To deflour; to
deprive of virginity. [Obs.] Bailey.
Depudicate
(De*pu"di*cate) v. t. [L. depudicatus, p. p. of depudicare.] To deflour; to dishonor. [Obs.]
Depulse
(De*pulse") v. t. [L. depulsus, p. p. of depellere to drive out; de- + pellere to drive.] To
drive away. [Obs.] Cockeram.
Depulsion
(De*pul"sion) n. [L. depulsio.] A driving or thrusting away. [R.] Speed.
Depulsory
(De*pul"so*ry) a. [L. depulsorius.] Driving or thrusting away; averting. [R.] Holland.
Depurant
(Dep"u*rant) a. & n. (Med.) Depurative.
Depurate
(Dep"u*rate) a. [LL. depuratus, p. p. of depurare to purify; L. de- + purare to purify, purus
clean, pure. Cf. Depure.] Depurated; cleansed; freed from impurities. Boyle.
Depurate
(Dep"u*rate) v. t. [imp. & p. p. Depurated ; p. pr. & vb. n. Depurating ] To free from
impurities, heterogeneous matter, or feculence; to purify; to cleanse.
To depurate the mass of blood.
Boyle. Depuration
(Dep`u*ra"tion) n. [Cf. F. dépuration.] The act or process of depurating or freeing from
foreign or impure matter, as a liquid or wound.
Depurative
(Dep"u*ra*tive) a. [Cf. F. dépuratif.] (Med.) Purifying the blood or the humors; depuratory.
— n. A depurative remedy or agent; or a disease which is believed to be depurative.
Depurator
(Dep"u*ra`tor) n. One who, or that which, cleanses.
Depuratory
(Dep"u*ra*to*ry) a. [Cf. F. dépuratoire.] Depurating; tending to depurate or cleanse; depurative.