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   depopulate
         v 1: reduce in population; "The epidemic depopulated the
               countryside" [syn: {depopulate}, {desolate}]

English Dictionary: Douay Bible by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
depopulated
adj
  1. having lost inhabitants as by war or disease; "the 15th century plagues left vast areas of Europe depopulated"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
depopulation
n
  1. the condition of having reduced numbers of inhabitants (or no inhabitants at all)
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Douay Bible
n
  1. an English translation of the Vulgate by Roman Catholic scholars
    Synonym(s): Douay Bible, Douay Version, Douay- Rheims Bible, Douay-Rheims Version, Rheims-Douay Bible, Rheims-Douay Version
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Babillard \[d8]Bab"il*lard\, n. [F., a babbler.] (Zo[94]l.)
      The lesser whitethroat of Europe; -- called also {babbling
      warbler}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Bablah \[d8]Bab"lah\, n. [Cf. Per. bab[umac]l a species of
      mimosa yielding gum arabic.]
      The ring of the fruit of several East Indian species of
      acacia; neb-neb. It contains gallic acid and tannin, and is
      used for dyeing drab.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Bibelot \[d8]Bi`be*lot"\, n. [F.]
      A small decorative object without practical utility.
  
               Her pictures, her furniture, and her bibelots. --M.
                                                                              Crawford.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Bibliotheca \[d8]Bib`li*o*the"ca\, n. [L. See {Bibliotheke}.]
      A library.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Epiblema \[d8]Ep`i*ble"ma\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] a cover; [?]
      over + [?] to throw.] (Bot.)
      The epidermal cells of rootlets, specially adapted to absorb
      liquids. --Goodale.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Epiphyllum \[d8]Ep`i*phyl"lum\, n. [NL.] (Bot.)
      A genus of cactaceous plants having flattened, jointed stems,
      and petals united in a tube. The flowers are very showy, and
      several species are in cultivation.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Epiplexis \[d8]Ep`i*plex"is\, n. [L., reproof, fr. Gr. [?],
      fr. [?] to strike at, reprove; 'epi` + [?] to strike.]
      (Rhet.)
      A figure by which a person seeks to convince and move by an
      elegant kind of upbraiding.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Epiplo94n \[d8]E*pip"lo*[94]n\, n.; pl. {Epiploa}. [NL., fr.
      Gr. [?].] (Anat.)
      See {Omentum}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Epiploce \[d8]E*pip"lo*ce\, n. [L., connection, from Gr. [?] a
      plaiting together, fr. [?] to plait or braid in; 'epi` upon +
      [?] to twist, plait.] (Rhet.)
      A figure by which one striking circumstance is added, in due
      gradation, to another; climax; e. g., [bd]He not only spared
      his enemies, but continued them in employment; not only
      continued, but advanced them.[b8] --Johnson.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Fabella \[d8]Fa*bel"la\, n.; pl. {Fabellae} (-l[?]). [NL.,
      dim. of L. faba a bean.] (Anat.)
      One of the small sesamoid bones situated behind the condyles
      of the femur, in some mammals.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Fabliau \[d8]Fa`bli`au"\, n.; pl. {Fabliaux} (-[osl]"). [F.,
      fr. OF. fablel, dim. of fable a fable.] (Fr. Lit.)
      One of the metrical tales of the Trouv[8a]res, or early poets
      of the north of France.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Favella \[d8]Fa*vel"la\, n. [NL., prob. from L. favus a
      honeycomb.] (Bot.)
      A group of spores arranged without order and covered with a
      thin gelatinous envelope, as in certain delicate red alg[91].

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Fibula \[d8]Fib"u*la\, n.; pl. {Fibul[92]}. [L., clasp,
      buckle.]
      1. A brooch, clasp, or buckle.
  
                     Mere fibul[91], without a robe to clasp.
                                                                              --Wordsworth.
  
      2. (Anat.) The outer and usually the smaller of the two bones
            of the leg, or hind limb, below the knee.
  
      3. (Surg.) A needle for sewing up wounds.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Fibulare \[d8]Fib`u*la"re\, n.; pl. {Fibularia}. [NL. See
      {Fibula}.] (Anat.)
      The bone or cartilage of the tarsus, which articulates with
      the fibula, and corresponds to the calcaneum in man and most
      mammals.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Foveola \[d8]Fo*ve"o*la\, n.; pl. {Foveol[91]}. [NL., dim. of
      L. fovea.]
      A small depression or pit; a fovea.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Opobalsam \Op`o*bal"sam\, d8Opobalsamum \[d8]Op`o*bal"sa*mum\,
      n. [L. opobalsamum, Gr. [?]; [?] vegetable juice + [?]
      balsam.] (Med.)
      The old name of the aromatic resinous juice of the
      {Balsamodendron opobalsamum}, now commonly called {balm of
      Gilead}. See under {Balm}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Papilio \[d8]Pa*pil"i*o\, n. [L., a butterfly.] (Zo[94]l.)
      A genus of butterflies.
  
      Note: Formerly it included numerous species which are now
               placed in other genera. By many writers it is now
               restricted to the swallow-tailed butterflies, like
               {Papilio polyxenes, [or] asterias}, and related
               species.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Papiliones \[d8]Pa*pil`i*o"nes\, n. pl. [NL. See {Papilio}.]
      (Zo[94]l.)
      The division of Lepidoptera which includes the butterflies.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Papilionides \[d8]Pa*pil`i*on"i*des\, n. pl. [NL.] (Zo[94]l.)
      The typical butterflies.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Papilloma \[d8]Pap`il*lo"ma\, n.; pl. {Papillomata}. [NL. See
      {Papilla}, and {-Oma}.] (Med.)
      A tumor formed by hypertrophy of the papill[91] of the skin
      or mucous membrane, as a corn or a wart. --Quain.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Papula \[d8]Pap"u*la\, n.; pl. {Papul[91]}. [L.]
      1. (Med.) A pimple; a small, usually conical, elevation of
            the cuticle, produced by congestion, accumulated
            secretion, or hypertrophy of tissue; a papule. --Quain.
  
      2. (Zo[94]l.) One of the numerous small hollow processes of
            the integument between the plates of starfishes.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Peplis \[d8]Pep"lis\, n. [L., a kind of plant, Gr. [?].]
      (Bot.)
      A genus of plants including water purslane.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Peplus \[d8]Pep"lus\, n. [L., fr. Gr. [?].]
      1. An upper garment worn by Grecian and Roman women.
  
      2. A kind of kerchief formerly worn by Englishwomen. [Obs.]
            --Fairholt.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Populares \[d8]Pop`u*la"res\, n. pl. [L.]
      The people or the people's party, in ancient Rome, as opposed
      to the optimates.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Depeople \De*peo"ple\, v. t.
      To depopulate. [Obs.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Depopulacy \De*pop"u*la*cy\, n.
      Depopulation; destruction of population. [R.] --Chapman.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Depopulate \De*pop"u*late\, v. i.
      To become dispeopled. [R.]
  
               Whether the country be depopulating or not.
                                                                              --Goldsmith.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Depopulate \De*pop"u*late\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Depopulated};
      p. pr. & vb. n. {Depopulating}.] [L. depopulatus, p. p. of
      depopulari to ravage; de- + populari to ravage, fr. populus
      people: cf. OF. depopuler, F. d[82]peupler. See {People}.]
      To deprive of inhabitants, whether by death or by expulsion;
      to reduce greatly the populousness of; to dispeople; to
      unpeople.
  
               Where is this viper, That would depopulate the city?
                                                                              --Shak.
  
      Note: It is not synonymous with laying waste or destroying,
               being limited to the loss of inhabitants; as, an army
               or a famine may depopulate a country. It rarely
               expresses an entire loss of inhabitants, but often a
               great diminution of their numbers; as, the deluge
               depopulated the earth.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Depopulate \De*pop"u*late\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Depopulated};
      p. pr. & vb. n. {Depopulating}.] [L. depopulatus, p. p. of
      depopulari to ravage; de- + populari to ravage, fr. populus
      people: cf. OF. depopuler, F. d[82]peupler. See {People}.]
      To deprive of inhabitants, whether by death or by expulsion;
      to reduce greatly the populousness of; to dispeople; to
      unpeople.
  
               Where is this viper, That would depopulate the city?
                                                                              --Shak.
  
      Note: It is not synonymous with laying waste or destroying,
               being limited to the loss of inhabitants; as, an army
               or a famine may depopulate a country. It rarely
               expresses an entire loss of inhabitants, but often a
               great diminution of their numbers; as, the deluge
               depopulated the earth.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Depopulate \De*pop"u*late\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Depopulated};
      p. pr. & vb. n. {Depopulating}.] [L. depopulatus, p. p. of
      depopulari to ravage; de- + populari to ravage, fr. populus
      people: cf. OF. depopuler, F. d[82]peupler. See {People}.]
      To deprive of inhabitants, whether by death or by expulsion;
      to reduce greatly the populousness of; to dispeople; to
      unpeople.
  
               Where is this viper, That would depopulate the city?
                                                                              --Shak.
  
      Note: It is not synonymous with laying waste or destroying,
               being limited to the loss of inhabitants; as, an army
               or a famine may depopulate a country. It rarely
               expresses an entire loss of inhabitants, but often a
               great diminution of their numbers; as, the deluge
               depopulated the earth.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Depopulation \De*pop`u*la"tion\, n. [L. depopulatio pillaging:
      cf. F. d[82]population depopulation.]
      The act of depopulating, or condition of being depopulated;
      destruction or explusion of inhabitants.
  
               The desolation and depopulation [of St.Quentin] were
               now complete.                                          --Motley.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Depopulator \De*pop"u*la`tor\, n. [L., pillager.]
      One who depopulates; a dispeopler.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Douay Bible \Dou"ay Bi"ble\ [From Douay, or Douai, a town in
      France.]
      A translation of the Scriptures into the English language for
      the use of English-speaking Roman Catholics; -- done from the
      Latin Vulgate by English scholars resident in France. The New
      Testament portion was published at Rheims, A. D. 1582, the
      Old Testament at Douai, A. D. 1609-10. Various revised
      editions have since been published. [Written also {Doway
      Bible}. Called also the {Rheims and Douay version}.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
  
  
      {Bible Society}, an association for securing the
            multiplication and wide distribution of the Bible.
  
      {Douay Bible}. See {Douay Bible}.
  
      {Geneva Bible}. See under {Geneva}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Dove plant \Dove" plant`\ (Bot.)
      A Central American orchid ({Peristeria elata}), having a
      flower stem five or six feet high, with numerous globose
      white fragrant flowers. The column in the center of the
      flower resembles a dove; -- called also {Holy Spirit plant}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Douay Bible \Dou"ay Bi"ble\ [From Douay, or Douai, a town in
      France.]
      A translation of the Scriptures into the English language for
      the use of English-speaking Roman Catholics; -- done from the
      Latin Vulgate by English scholars resident in France. The New
      Testament portion was published at Rheims, A. D. 1582, the
      Old Testament at Douai, A. D. 1609-10. Various revised
      editions have since been published. [Written also {Doway
      Bible}. Called also the {Rheims and Douay version}.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Dupable \Dup"a*ble\, a.
      Capable of being duped.

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   D-type flip-flop
  
      A digital logic device that stores the status of
      its "D" input whenever its clock input makes a certain
      transition (low to high or high to low).   The output, "Q",
      shows the currently stored value.
  
      Compare {J-K flip-flop}.
  
      (1995-03-28)
  
  
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