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v. i. [ L. debacchatus, p. p. of debacchari to rage; de- + bacchari to rage like a bacchant. ] To rave as a bacchanal. [ R. ] Cockeram. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. debacchatio. ] Wild raving or debauchery. [ R. ] Prynne. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. débâcle, fr. débâcler to unbar, break loose; pref. dé- (prob. = L. dis) + bâcler to bolt, fr. L. baculum a stick. ] 1. (Geol.) A breaking or bursting forth; a violent rush or flood of waters which breaks down opposing barriers, and hurls forward and disperses blocks of stone and other débris. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A sudden breaking up or breaking loose; a violent dispersion or disruption; impetuous rush; outburst. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

3. a complete and ludicrous failure; a rout, as of an army; a great disaster; a fiasco. [ PJC ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Debarred p. pr. & vb. n. Debarring. ] [ Pref. de- + bar. ] To cut off from entrance, as if by a bar or barrier; to preclude; to hinder from approach, entry, or enjoyment; to shut out or exclude; to deny or refuse; -- with from, and sometimes with of. [ 1913 Webster ]

Yet not so strictly hath our Lord imposed
Labor, as to debar us when we need
Refreshment. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

Their wages were so low as to debar them, not only from the comforts but from the common decencies of civilized life. Buckle. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ Pref. de- + L. barba beard. ] To deprive of the beard. [ Obs. ] Bailey. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. & i. [ imp. & p. p. Debarked p. pr. & vb. n. Debarking. ] [ F. débarquer; pref. dé- (L. dis-) + barque. See Bark the vessel, and cf. Disbark. ] To go ashore from a ship or boat; to disembark; to put ashore. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Disembarkation. [ 1913 Webster ]

The debarkation, therefore, had to take place by small steamers. U. S. Grant. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Hindrance from approach; exclusion. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ Cf. F. débarrasser. See Embarrass. ] To disembarrass; to relieve. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Debased p. pr. & vb. n. Debasing. ] [ Pref. de- + base. See Base, a., and cf. Abase. ] To reduce from a higher to a lower state or grade of worth, dignity, purity, station, etc.; to degrade; to lower; to deteriorate; to abase; as, to debase the character by crime; to debase the mind by frivolity; to debase style by vulgar words. [ 1913 Webster ]

The coin which was adulterated and debased. Hale. [ 1913 Webster ]

It is a kind of taking God's name in vain to debase religion with such frivolous disputes. Hooker. [ 1913 Webster ]

And to debase the sons, exalts the sires. Pope.

Syn. -- To abase; degrade. See Abase. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Her.) Turned upside down from its proper position; inverted; reversed. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of debasing or the state of being debased. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who, or that which, debases. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a manner to debase. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. OF. debatable. See Debate. ] Liable to be debated; disputable; subject to controversy or contention; open to question or dispute; as, a debatable question. [ 1913 Webster ]

The Debatable Land or
or Ground, a tract of land between the Esk and the Sark, claimed by both England and Scotland; the Batable Ground. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Debated; p. pr. & vb. n. Debating. ] [ OF. debatre, F. débattre; L. de + batuere to beat. See Batter, v. t., and cf. Abate. ] 1. To engage in combat for; to strive for. [ 1913 Webster ]

Volunteers . . . thronged to serve under his banner, and the cause of religion was debated with the same ardor in Spain as on the plains of Palestine. Prescott. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To contend for in words or arguments; to strive to maintain by reasoning; to dispute; to contest; to discuss; to argue for and against. [ 1913 Webster ]

A wise council . . . that did debate this business. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Debate thy cause with thy neighbor himself. Prov. xxv. 9.

Syn. -- To argue; discuss; dispute; controvert. See Argue, and Discuss. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. 1. To engage in strife or combat; to fight. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

Well could he tourney and in lists debate. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To contend in words; to dispute; hence, to deliberate; to consider; to discuss or examine different arguments in the mind; -- often followed by on or upon. [ 1913 Webster ]

He presents that great soul debating upon the subject of life and death with his intimate friends. Tatler. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. débat, fr. débattre. See Debate, v. t. ] 1. A fight or fighting; contest; strife. [ Archaic ] [ 1913 Webster ]

On the day of the Trinity next ensuing was a great debate . . . and in that murder there were slain . . . fourscore. R. of Gloucester. [ 1913 Webster ]

But question fierce and proud reply
Gave signal soon of dire debate. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Contention in words or arguments; discussion for the purpose of elucidating truth or influencing action; strife in argument; controversy; as, the debates in Parliament or in Congress. [ 1913 Webster ]

Heard, noted, answer'd, as in full debate. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Subject of discussion. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Statutes and edicts concerning this debate. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Full of contention; contentious; quarrelsome. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. With contention. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. OF. debatement a beating. ] Controversy; deliberation; debate. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

A serious question and debatement with myself. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who debates; one given to argument; a disputant; a controvertist. [ 1913 Webster ]

Debate where leisure serves with dull debaters. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of discussing or arguing; discussion. [ 1913 Webster ]

Debating society or
Debating club, a society or club for the purpose of debate and improvement in extemporaneous speaking. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In the manner of a debate. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. & i. [ imp. & p. p. Debauched p. pr. & vb. n. Debauching. ] [ F. débaucher, prob. originally, to entice away from the workshop; pref. dé- (L. dis- or de) + OF. bauche, bauge, hut, cf. F. bauge lair of a wild boar; prob. from G. or Icel., cf. Icel. bālkr. See Balk, n. ] To lead away from purity or excellence; to corrupt in character or principles; to mar; to vitiate; to pollute; to seduce; as, to debauch one's self by intemperance; to debauch a woman; to debauch an army. [ 1913 Webster ]

Learning not debauched by ambition. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

A man must have got his conscience thoroughly debauched and hardened before he can arrive to the height of sin. South. [ 1913 Webster ]

Her pride debauched her judgment and her eyes. Cowley. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. débauche. ] 1. Excess in eating or drinking; intemperance; drunkenness; lewdness; debauchery. [ 1913 Webster ]

The first physicians by debauch were made. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An act or occasion of debauchery. [ 1913 Webster ]

Silenus, from his night's debauch,
Fatigued and sick. Cowley. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Dissolute; dissipated. “A coarse and debauched look.” Ld. Lytton. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a profligate manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state of being debauched; intemperance. Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. débauché, n., properly p. p. of débaucher. See Debauch, v. t. ] One who is given to intemperance or bacchanalian excesses; a man habitually lewd; a libertine. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who debauches or corrupts others; especially, a seducer to lewdness. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Debaucheries 1. Corruption of fidelity; seduction from virtue, duty, or allegiance. [ 1913 Webster ]

The republic of Paris will endeavor to complete the debauchery of the army. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Excessive indulgence of the appetites; especially, excessive indulgence of lust; intemperance; sensuality; habitual lewdness. [ 1913 Webster ]

Oppose . . . debauchery by temperance. Sprat. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of corrupting; the act of seducing from virtue or duty. [ 1913 Webster ]