DESTRUIE
De*struie", v. t.
Defn: To destroy. [Obs.] Chaucer.
DESUDATION Des`u*da"tion, n. Etym: [L. desudatio, fr. desudare to sweat greatly; de + sudare to sweat.] (Med.)
Defn: A sweating; a profuse or morbid sweating, often succeeded by an eruption of small pimples.
DESUETE
De*suete", a. Etym: [L. desuetus, p. p. of desuescere to disuse.]
Defn: Disused; out of use. [R.]
DESUETUDE Des"ue*tude, n. Etym: [L. desuetudo, from desuescere, to grow out of use, disuse; de + suescere to become used or accustomed: cf. F. désuétude. See Custom.]
Defn: The cessation of use; disuse; discontinuance of practice,
custom, or fashion.
The desuetude abrogated the law, which, before, custom had
established. Jer. Taylor.
DESULPHURATE
De*sul"phu*rate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Desulphurated; p. pr. & vb. n.
Desulphurating.]
Defn: To deprive of sulphur.