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De - Pt| English Dictionary: Depositary | by the DICT Development Group |
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| From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Depositary \De*pos"i*ta*ry\, n.; pl. {Depositaries}. [L. depositarius, fr. deponere. See {Deposit}.] 1. One with whom anything is lodged in the trust; one who receives a deposit; -- the correlative of depositor. I . . . made you my guardians, my depositaries. --Shak. The depositaries of power, who are mere delegates of the people. --J. S. Mill. 2. A storehouse; a depository. --Bp. Hurd. 3. (Law) One to whom goods are bailed, to be kept for the bailor without a recompense. --Kent. | |
