prop. n. [ Ar. al-debarān, fr. dabar to follow; so called because this star follows upon the Pleiades. ] (Astron.) A red star of the first magnitude, situated in the eye of Taurus; the Bull's Eye. It is the bright star in the group called the
Now when Aldebaran was mounted high
Above the shiny Cassiopeia's chair. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]
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. ]
v. t.
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.
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.
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.
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;
The Debatable Land
or Ground
v. t.
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 ]
A wise council . . . that did debate this business. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
Debate thy cause with thy neighbor himself. Prov. xxv. 9.
v. i.
Well could he tourney and in lists debate. Spenser. [ 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. ]
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 ]
Heard, noted, answer'd, as in full debate. Pope. [ 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
Debating club
adv. In the manner of a debate. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. & i.
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. ]
The first physicians by debauch were made. Dryden. [ 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.;
The republic of Paris will endeavor to complete the debauchery of the army. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]
Oppose . . . debauchery by temperance. Sprat. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The act of corrupting; the act of seducing from virtue or duty. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Debauchedness. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]