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- English Word Devove Definition To devote.
- English Word Devow Definition To give up; to devote.
- English Word Devow Definition To disavow; to disclaim.
- English Word Devulgarize Definition To free from what is vulgar, common, or narrow.
- English Word Dew Definition Moisture from the atmosphere condensed by cool bodies upon their surfaces, particularly at night.
- English Word Dew Definition Figuratively, anything which falls lightly and in a refreshing manner.
- English Word Dew Definition An emblem of morning, or fresh vigor.
- English Word Dew Definition To wet with dew or as with dew; to bedew; to moisten; as with dew.
- English Word Dew Definition Same as Due, or Duty.
- English Word Dew-point Definition The temperature at which dew begins to form. It varies with the humidity and temperature of the atmosphere.
- English Word Dewberry Definition The fruit of certain species of bramble (Rubus); in England, the fruit of R. caesius, which has a glaucous bloom; in America, that of R. canadensis and R. hispidus, species of low blackberries.
- English Word Dewberry Definition The plant which bears the fruit.
- English Word Dewclaw Definition In any animal, esp. of the Herbivora, a rudimentary claw or small hoof not reaching the ground.
- English Word Dewdrop Definition A drop of dew.
- English Word Dewed Definition of Dew
- English Word Dewfall Definition The falling of dew; the time when dew begins to fall.
- English Word Dewiness Definition State of being dewy.
- English Word Dewing Definition of Dew
- English Word Dewlap Definition The pendulous skin under the neck of an ox, which laps or licks the dew in grazing.
- English Word Dewlap Definition The flesh upon the human throat, especially when with age.
- English Word Dewlapped Definition Furnished with a dewlap.
- English Word Dewless Definition Having no dew.
- English Word Dewret Definition To ret or rot by the process called dewretting.
- English Word Dewretting Definition Dewrotting; the process of decomposing the gummy matter of flax and hemp and setting the fibrous part, by exposure on a sward to dew, rain, and sunshine.
- English Word Dewrot Definition To rot, as flax or hemp, by exposure to rain, dew, and sun. See Dewretting.
- English Word Dewworm Definition See Earthworm.
- English Word Dewy Definition Pertaining to dew; resembling, consisting of, or moist with, dew.
- English Word Dewy Definition Falling gently and beneficently, like the dew.
- English Word Dewy Definition Resembling a dew-covered surface; appearing as if covered with dew.
- English Word Dexter Definition Pertaining to, or situated on, the right hand; right, as opposed to sinister, or left.