Defn: To diminish the quantity of; to disquantity. [Obs.] Sir T.
Browne.
DEQUEEN
De*queen", v. t. (Apiculture)
Defn: To remove the queen from (a hive of bees).
DERACINATE
De*rac"i*nate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Deracinated; p. pr. & vb. n.
Deracinating.] Etym: [F. déraciner; pref. dé- (L. dis) + racine root,
fr. an assumed LL. radicina, fr. L. radix, radicis, root.]
Defn: To pluck up by the roots; to extirpate. [R.]
While that the colter rusts That should deracinate such savagery.
Shak.
DERACINATION
De*rac`i*na"tion, n.
Defn: The act of pulling up by the roots; eradication. [R.]
DERAIGN; DERAIN
De*raign", De*rain", v. t. Etym: [See Darraign.] (Old Law)
Defn: To prove or to refute by proof; to clear (one's self). [Obs.]
DERAIGNMENT; DERAINMENT
De*raign"ment, De*rain"ment, n. Etym: [See Darraign.]