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   defeated
         adj 1: beaten or overcome; not victorious; "the defeated enemy"
                  [ant: {undefeated}]
         2: disappointingly unsuccessful; "disappointed expectations and
            thwarted ambitions"; "their foiled attempt to capture
            Calais"; "many frustrated poets end as pipe-smoking
            teachers"; "his best efforts were thwarted" [syn: {defeated},
            {disappointed}, {discomfited}, {foiled}, {frustrated},
            {thwarted}]
         n 1: people who are defeated; "the Romans had no pity for the
               defeated" [syn: {defeated}, {discomfited}]

English Dictionary: divided	by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
deputation n a group of representatives or delegates [syn: deputation, commission, delegation, delegacy, mission] authorizing subordinates to make certain decisions Synonym(s): delegating, delegation, relegating, relegation, deputation
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
deviated nasal septum n abnormal shift in location of the nasal septum; a common condition causing obstruction of the nasal passages and difficulty in breathing and recurrent nosebleeds
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
deviated septum n abnormal displacement of any wall that separates two chambers (usually in the nasal cavity)
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
devoted adj zealous in devotion or affection; "a devoted husband and father"; "devoted friends" (followed by `to') dedicated exclusively to a purpose or use; "large sums devoted to the care of the poor"; "a life devoted to poetry"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
devotedly adv with devotion; "He served his master devotedly"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
devotedness n feelings of ardent love; "their devotion to each other was beautiful" Synonym(s): devotion, devotedness
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Dipodidae n Old World jerboas Synonym(s): Dipodidae, family Dipodidae
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
divided adj separated into parts or pieces; "opinions are divided" Antonym(s): united having a median strip or island between lanes of traffic moving in opposite directions; "a divided highway" Synonym(s): divided, dual-lane distributed in portions (often equal) on the basis of a plan or purpose Synonym(s): divided, divided up, shared, shared out
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
divided highway n a highway divided down the middle by a barrier that separates traffic going in different directions; "in Britain they call a divided highway a dual carriageway" Synonym(s): divided highway, dual carriageway
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
divided up adj distributed in portions (often equal) on the basis of a plan or purpose Synonym(s): divided, divided up, shared, shared out
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Apodyterium \[d8]Apod`yte"ri*um\, n. [L., fr. Gr. [?], fr. [?] to strip one's self.] (Anc. Arch.) The apartment at the entrance of the baths, or in the palestra, where one stripped; a dressing room.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Badaud \[d8]Ba`daud"\, n. [F.] A person given to idle observation of everything, with wonder or astonishment; a credulous or gossipy idler. A host of stories . . . dealing chiefly with the subject of his great wealth, an ever delightful topic to the badauds of Paris. --Pall Mall Mag.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Batatas \[d8]Bata"tas\, d8Batata \[d8]Bata"ta\, n. An aboriginal American name for the sweet potato ({Ipom[91]a batatas}).
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Batatas \[d8]Bata"tas\, d8Batata \[d8]Bata"ta\, n. An aboriginal American name for the sweet potato ({Ipom[91]a batatas}).
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Batoidei \[d8]Batoi"dei\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. ba`tos a kind of ray + -oid.] (Zo[94]l.) The division of fishes which includes the rays and skates.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Battuta \[d8]Bat*tu"ta\, n. [It. battuta, fr. battere to beat.] (Mus.) The measuring of time by beating.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Epididymis \[d8]Ep`idid"ymis\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. [?]; 'epi` upon + [?] testicle.] (Anat.) An oblong vermiform mass on the dorsal side of the testicle, composed of numerous convolutions of the excretory duct of that organ. -- {Ep`idid"ymal}, a.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Epididymitis \[d8]Ep`idid`ymi"tis\, n. [NL. See {Epididymis}, and {-itis}.] (Med.) Inflammation of the epididymis, one of the common results of gonorrhea.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Hepatitis \[d8]Hep`a*ti"tis\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. [?], [?], liver + -itis.] (Med.) Inflammation of the liver.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Pedata \[d8]Pe*da"ta\, n. pl. [NL. See {Pedate}.] (Zo[94]l.) An order of holothurians, including those that have ambulacral suckers, or feet, and an internal gill.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Petit mal \[d8]Pe*tit" mal"\ [F., lit., little sickness.] (Med.) The mildest form of epilepsy, with momentary faintness or unconsciousness, but without convulsions; -- opposed to {grand mal}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Petite \[d8]Pe*tite"\, a. [F., fem. of petit.] Small, little; of a woman or girl, of small size and trim figure.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Phototaxis \[d8]Pho`totax"is\, Phototaxy \Pho"totax`y\, n. [NL. phototaxis; photo- + Gr. [?] an arranging.] (Biol.) The influence of light on the movements of low organisms, as various infusorians, the zo[94]spores of certain alg[91], etc.; also, the tendency to follow definite directions of motion or assume definite positions under such influence. If the migration is toward the source of light, it is termed {positive phototaxis}; if away from the light, {negative phototaxis}. -- {Pho`totac"tic}, a. -- {Pho`totac"tically}, adv.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Podetium \[d8]Pode"tium\, n.; pl. {Podetia}, E. {Podetiums}. [NL., fr. Gr. [?], [?], foot.] (Bot.) A stalk which bears the fructification in some lichens, as in the so-called reindeer moss.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Podotheca \[d8]Pod`o*the"ca\, n.; pl. {Podothec[91]}. [NL., fr. Gr. poy`s, podo`s, foot + [?] case.] (Zo[94]l.) The scaly covering of the foot of a bird or reptile.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Typothet91 \[d8]Typoth"et[91]\, n. pl. [NL., fr. E. type + Gr. [?] to put, set.] Printers; -- used in the name of an association of the master printers of the United States and Canada, called The United Typothet[91] of America.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Debate \De*bate"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Debated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Debating}.] [OF. debatre, F. d[82]battre; L. de + batuere to beat. See {Batter}, v. t., and cf. {Abate}.] 1. To engage in combat for; to strive for. Volunteers . . . thronged to serve under his banner, and the cause of religion was debated with the same ardor in Spain as on the plains of Palestine. --Prescott. 2. To contend for in words or arguments; to strive to maintain by reasoning; to dispute; to contest; to discuss; to argue for and against. A wise council . . . that did debate this business. --Shak. Debate thy cause with thy neighbor himself. --Prov. xxv. 9. Syn: To argue; discuss; dispute; controvert. See {Argue}, and {Discuss}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Debit \Deb"it\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Debited}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Debiting}.] 1. To charge with debt; -- the opposite of, and correlative to, credit; as, to debit a purchaser for the goods sold. 2. (Bookkeeping) To enter on the debtor (Dr.) side of an account; as, to debit the amount of goods sold.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Debted \Debt"ed\, p. a. Indebted; obliged to. [R.] I stand debted to this gentleman. --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Defd2dation \Def`[d2]*da"tion\, n. Defedation. [Obs.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Defeat \De*feat"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Defeated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Defeating}.] [From F. d[82]fait, OF. desfait, p. p. ofe d[82]faire, OF. desfaire, to undo; L. dis- + facere to do. See {Feat}, {Fact}, and cf. {Disfashion}.] 1. To undo; to disfigure; to destroy. [Obs.] His unkindness may defeat my life. --Shak. 2. To render null and void, as a title; to frustrate, as hope; to deprive, as of an estate. He finds himself naturally to dread a superior Being that can defeat all his designs, and disappoint all his hopes. --Tillotson. The escheators . . . defeated the right heir of his succession. --Hallam. In one instance he defeated his own purpose. --A. W. Ward. 3. To overcome or vanquish, as an army; to check, disperse, or ruin by victory; to overthrow. 4. To resist with success; as, to defeat an assault. Sharp reasons to defeat the law. --Shak. Syn: To baffle; disappoint; frustrate.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Defedation \Def`e*da"tion\, n. [L. defoedare, defoedatum, to defile; de- + foedare to foul, foedus foul.] The act of making foul; pollution. [Obs.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Deputation \Dep`u*ta"tion\, n. [Cf. F. d[82]putation. See {Depute}.] 1. The act of deputing, or of appointing or commissioning a deputy or representative; office of a deputy or delegate; vicegerency. The authority of conscience stands founded upon its vicegerency and deputation under God. --South. 2. The person or persons deputed or commissioned by another person, party, or public body to act in his or its behalf; delegation; as, the general sent a deputation to the enemy to propose a truce. {By deputation}, or {In deputation}, by delegated authority; as substitute; through the medium of a deputy. [Obs.] Say to great C[91]sar this: In deputation I kiss his conquering hand. --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Deputator \Dep"u*ta`tor\, n. One who deputes, or makes a deputation. [R.] --Locke.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Depute \De*pute"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Deputed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Deputing}.] [F. d[82]puter, fr. L. deputare to esteem, consider, in LL., to destine, allot; de- + putare to clean, prune, clear up, set in order, reckon, think. See {Pure}.] 1. To appoint as deputy or agent; to commission to act in one's place; to delegate. There is no man deputed of the king to hear thee. --2. Sam. xv. 3. Some persons, deputed by a meeting. --Macaulay. 2. To appoint; to assign; to choose. [R.] The most conspicuous places in cities are usually deputed for the erection of statues. --Barrow.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Deviate \De"vi*ate\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Deviated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Deviating}.] [L. deviare to deviate; de + viare to go, travel, via way. See {Viaduct}.] To go out of the way; to turn aside from a course or a method; to stray or go astray; to err; to digress; to diverge; to vary. Thus Pegasus, a nearer way to take, May boldly deviate from the common track. --Pope. Syn: To swerve; stray; wander; digress; depart; deflect; err.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Devitation \Dev`i*ta"tion\, n. [L. devitatio.] An avoiding or escaping; also, a warning. [Obs.] --Bailey.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Devoted \Devot"ed\, a. Consecrated to a purpose; strongly attached; zealous; devout; as, a devoted admirer. -- {Devot"edly}, adv. -- {Devot"ed*ness}, n.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Devote \De*vote"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Devoted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Devoting}.] [L. devotus, p. p. of devovere; de + vovere to vow. See {Vow}, and cf. {Devout}, {Devow}.] 1. To appropriate by vow; to set apart or dedicate by a solemn act; to consecrate; also, to consign over; to doom; to evil; to devote one to destruction; the city was devoted to the flames. No devoted thing that a man shall devote unto the Lord . . . shall be sold or redeemed. --Lev. xxvii. 28. 2. To execrate; to curse. [Obs.] 3. To give up wholly; to addict; to direct the attention of wholly or compound; to attach; -- often with a reflexive pronoun; as, to devote one's self to science, to one's friends, to piety, etc.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Devoted \Devot"ed\, a. Consecrated to a purpose; strongly attached; zealous; devout; as, a devoted admirer. -- {Devot"edly}, adv. -- {Devot"ed*ness}, n.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Devoted \Devot"ed\, a. Consecrated to a purpose; strongly attached; zealous; devout; as, a devoted admirer. -- {Devot"edly}, adv. -- {Devot"ed*ness}, n.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Diptote \Dip"tote\, n. [Gr. [?]; di- = di`s- twice + [?] falling, fr. [?] to fall: cf. F. diptote.] (Gram.) A noun which has only two cases. --Andrews.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Divide \Divide"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Divided}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Dividing}.] [L. dividere, divisum; di- = dis- + root signifying to part; cf. Skr. vyadh to pierce; perh. akin to L. vidua widow, and E. widow. Cf. {Device}, {Devise}.] 1. To part asunder (a whole); to sever into two or more parts or pieces; to sunder; to separate into parts. Divide the living child in two. --1 Kings iii. 25. 2. To cause to be separate; to keep apart by a partition, or by an imaginary line or limit; as, a wall divides two houses; a stream divides the towns. Let it divide the waters from the waters. --Gen. i. 6. 3. To make partition of among a number; to apportion, as profits of stock among proprietors; to give in shares; to distribute; to mete out; to share. True justice unto people to divide. --Spenser. Ye shall divide the land by lot. --Num. xxxiii. 54. 4. To disunite in opinion or interest; to make discordant or hostile; to set at variance. If a kingdom be divided* against itself, that kingdom can not stand. --Mark iii. 24. Every family became now divided within itself. --Prescott. 5. To separate into two parts, in order to ascertain the votes for and against a measure; as, to divide a legislative house upon a question. 6. (Math.) To subject to arithmetical division. 7. (Logic) To separate into species; -- said of a genus or generic term. 8. (Mech.) To mark divisions on; to graduate; as, to divide a sextant. 9. (Music) To play or sing in a florid style, or with variations. [Obs.] --Spenser. Syn: To sever; dissever; sunder; cleave; disjoin; disunite; detach; disconnect; part; distribute; share.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Divided \Di*vid"ed\, a. 1. Parted; disunited; distributed. 2. (Bot.) Cut into distinct parts, by incisions which reach the midrib; -- said of a leaf.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dividedly \Divid"edly\, adv. Separately; in a divided manner.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dubitate \Du"bi*tate\, v. i. [L. dubitatus, p. p. of dubitare. See {Doubt}.] To doubt. [R.] If he . . . were to loiter dubitating, and not come. --Carlyle.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dubitation \Du`bi*ta"tion\, n. [L. dubitatio.] Act of doubting; doubt. [R.] --Sir T. Scott.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dubitative \Du"bitative\, a. [L. dubitativus: cf. F. dubitatif.] Tending to doubt; doubtful. [R.] -- {Du"bitative*ly}, adv. [R.] --. Eliot.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dubitative \Du"bitative\, a. [L. dubitativus: cf. F. dubitatif.] Tending to doubt; doubtful. [R.] -- {Du"bitative*ly}, adv. [R.] --. Eliot.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Defeated, TN Zip code(s): 37030
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
depeditate /dee-ped'*-tayt/ n. [by (faulty) analogy with `decapitate'] Humorously, to cut off the feet of. When one is using some computer-aided typesetting tools, careless placement of text blocks within a page or above a rule can result in chopped-off letter descenders. Such letters are said to have been depeditated.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
depeditate /dee-ped'*-tayt/ [by (faulty) analogy with "decapitate"] Humorously, to cut off the feet of. When one is using some computer-aided typesetting tools, careless placement of text blocks within a page or above a rule can result in chopped-off letter descenders. Such letters are said to have been depeditated. [{Jargon File}]