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Detinue
- - A person or thing detained; (Law) A form of action for the recovery of a personal chattel wrongfully detained.
Detrude
- - To thrust down or out; to push down with force.
Devalue
- verb - lose in value; "The dollar depreciated again"
- lower the value or quality of; "The tear devalues the painting"
- remove the value from; deprive of its value
Deviate
- adjective - a person whose behavior deviates from what is acceptable especially in sexual behavior
- be at variance with; be out of line with
- cause to turn away from a previous or expected course; "The river was deviated to prevent flooding"
- change
- markedly different from an accepted norm; "aberrant behavior"; "deviant ideas"
- turn aside; turn away from
Devisee
- noun - someone to whom property (especially realty) is devised by will
Devoice
- verb - utter with tense vocal chords
Devolve
- verb - be inherited by; "The estate fell to my sister"; "The land returned to the family"; "The estate devolved to an heir that everybody had assumed to be dead"
- grow worse; "Her condition deteriorated"; "Conditions in the slums degenerated"; "The discussion devolved into a shouting match"
- pass on or delegate to another; "The representative devolved his duties to his aides while he was in the hospital"
Devotee
- noun - an ardent follower and admirer