v. t. [ AS. derian to hurt. ] To hurt; to harm; to injure. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Harm. [ Obs. ] Robert of Brunne.
n. [ Sp. derecho straight. ] A straight wind without apparent cyclonic tendency, usually accompanied with rain and often destructive, common in the prairie regions of the United States. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]
a. [ L. derelictus, p. p. of derelinquere to forsake wholly, to abandon; de- + relinquere to leave. See Relinquish. ]
The affections which these exposed or derelict children bear to their mothers, have no grounds of nature or assiduity but civility and opinion. Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]
They easily prevailed, so as to seize upon the vacant, unoccupied, and derelict minds of his [ Chatham's ] friends; and instantly they turned the vessel wholly out of the course of his policy. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]
A government which is either unable or unwilling to redress such wrongs is derelict to its highest duties. J. Buchanan. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Law)
n. [ L. derelictio. ]
Cession or dereliction, actual or tacit, of other powers. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]
A total dereliction of military duties. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. To make irreligious; to turn from religion. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
He would dereligionize men beyond all others. De Quincey. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Darling. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Darling. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Biochem.) the process of testing samples of mixtures which are active in a screening process, so as to recognize and eliminate from consideration those active substances already studied; -- a stage subsequent to the preliminary screening in the process of discovery of new pharmacologically active substances in mixtures of natural products; -- also called