DETUMESCENCE De`tu*mes"cence, n. Etym: [L. detumescere to cease swelling; de + tumescere, tumere, to swell.]
Defn: Diminution of swelling; subsidence of anything swollen. [R.]
Cudworth.
DETUR
De"tur, n. Etym: [L. detur let it be given.]
Defn: A present of books given to a meritorious undergraduate student as a prize. [Harvard Univ., U. S.]
DETURB
De*turb", v. t. Etym: [L. deturbare.]
Defn: To throw down. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.
DETURBATE De*tur"bate, v. t. Etym: [LL. deturbatus, p. p. of deturbare, fr. L. deturbare to thrust down.]
Defn: To evict; to remove. [Obs.] Foxe.
DETURBATION
Det`ur*ba"tion, n.
Defn: The act of deturbating. [Obs.]