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Dephase
- - To put out of phase, as two parts of a single alternating current.
Deplane
- verb - get off an airplane
Deplant
- - To take up (plants); to transplant.
Deprave
- verb - corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality; "debauch the young people with wine and women"; "Socrates was accused of corrupting young men"; "Do school counselors subvert young children?"; "corrupt the morals"
Descale
- verb - remove the scales from; "scale fish"
Descant
- noun - a decorative musical accompaniment (often improvised) added above a basic melody
- sing by changing register; sing by yodeling; "The Austrians were yodeling in the mountains"
- sing in descant
- talk at great length about something of one's interest
Despair
- noun - a state in which all hope is lost or absent; "in the depths of despair"; "they were rescued from despair at the last minute"; "courage born of desperation"
- abandon hope; give up hope; lose heart; "Don't despair--help is on the way!"
- Give up hope
- the feeling that everything is wrong and nothing will turn out well; "they moaned in despair and dismay"; "one harsh word would send her into the depths of despair"
Destain
- verb - remove stain from (a laboratory specimen) to enhance contrast
Dethaws
- verb - become or cause to become soft or liquid; "The sun melted the ice"; "the ice thawed"; "the ice cream melted"; "The heat melted the wax"; "The giant iceberg dissolved over the years during the global warming phase"; "dethaw the meat"
Detract
- verb - take away a part from; diminish; "His bad manners detract from his good character"