deride
— Verb
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~ treat or speak of with contempt; "He derided his student's attempt to solve the biggest problem in mathematics"
derive
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~ obtain; "derive pleasure from one's garden"
derive
— Verb
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~ come from; "The present name derives from an older form"
derive
— Verb
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~ come from; be connected by a relationship of blood, for example; "She was descended from an old Italian noble family"; "he comes from humble origins"
derive
— Verb
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~ develop or evolve from a latent or potential state
derive
— Verb
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~ reason by deduction; establish by deduction
derivere
— Verb
– Danish
~ danne et nyt ord af en anden ord- el. rodform, isæ ...
derogate
— Verb
– English
~ cause to seem less serious; play down; "Don't belittle his influence"
desacralize
— Verb
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~ transfer from ecclesiastical to civil possession, use, or control
desalinate
— Verb
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~ remove salt from; "desalinate water"
desalinise
— Verb
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~ remove salt from; "desalinate water"
desalinize
— Verb
– English
~ remove salt from; "desalinate water"
desalt
— Verb
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~ remove salt from; "desalinate water"
descale
— Verb
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~ remove the scales from; "scale fish"
descant
— Verb
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~ talk at great length about something of one's interest
descant
— Verb
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~ sing by changing register; sing by yodeling; "The Austrians were yodeling in the mountains"
descend
— Verb
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~ come from; be connected by a relationship of blood, for example; "She was descended from an old Italian noble family"; "he comes from humble origins"
descend
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~ do something that one considers to be below one's dignity
descend
— Verb
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~ move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way; "The temperature is going down"; "The barometer is falling"; "The curtain fell on the diva"; "Her hand went up and then fell again"