Depend upon. See depend on.
Depict, v. a.
- 1. Paint, sketch, portray, delineate, pencil.
- 2. Describe, set forth, portray, delineate, represent.
Deplete, v. a. Exhaust, drain, reduce, empty, evacuate.
Depletion, n. Exhausting, exhaustion, reducing, reduction, draining, emptying, evacuation.
Deplorable, a. Lamentable, pitiable, sad, calamitous, grievous, miserable, wretched, distressing, mournful, melancholy, to be deplored.
Deplore, v. a. Mourn, bewail, lament, bemoan, grieve for, sorrow over.
Deploy, v. a. (Mil.) Open, unfold, extend, expand, display.
Deploy, v. n. (Mil.) Open, display.
Depone, v. n. (Old Eng. and Scotch law.) Depose, testify, affirm, state, bear witness.
Deponent, n. Witness (who makes oath to a written statement).
Depopulate, v. a. Dispeople, unpeople, deprive of inhabitants.
Deportment, n. Demeanor, behavior, carriage, conduct, bearing, manner, air, breeding.
Deport one’s self. Behave, act, conduct one’s self, demean one’s self, acquit or quit one’s self, bear one’s self, comport one’s self.
Depose, v. a. Dethrone, dismiss, oust, cashier, displace, break, degrade.
Depose, v. n. Testify, declare, bear witness, depone (Old Eng. and Scotch).
Deposit, v. a.
- 1. Drop, let fall, throw down, precipitate.
- 2. Lay, lay down, put, place, put down.
- 3. Lodge, put, store, hoard, save, lay up, lay by.
- 4. Intrust, commit, put for safe keeping.
Deposit, n.
- 1. Precipitate, sediment.