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‖ n. [ From Gr. 'a`noplos unarmed ('an priv. + 'o`plon an implement, weapon) + qhri`on beast. ] (Paleon.) A genus of extinct quadrupeds of the order Ungulata, whose were first found in the gypsum quarries near Paris; characterized by the shortness and feebleness of their canine teeth (whence the name). [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. 1 the type genus of the family Aplodontiidae, comprising the mountain beavers.
Syn. -- genus Aplodontia. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. 1 a family of mammals comprising the mountain beavers.
Syn. -- family Aplodontiidae. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖n. [ F., lit. perpendicularity; &unr_; to + plomb lead. See Plumb. ] Assurance of manner or of action; self-possession. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; simple + &unr_; a cutting. ] (Surg.) Simple incision. Dunglison. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Applotted; p. pr. & vb. n. Applotting. ] [ Pref. ad- + plot. ] To divide into plots or parts; to apportion. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Apportionment. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. A kind of plow, driven by the breast of the workman; -- used to cut or pare turf. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. complot, prob. for comploit, fr.L. complicitum, prop. p. p. of complicare, but equiv. to complicatio complication, entangling. See Complicate, and cf. Plot. ] A plotting together; a confederacy in some evil design; a conspiracy. [ 1913 Webster ]

I know their complot is to have my life. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. & i. [ imp. & p. p. Complotted; p. pr. & vb. n. Complotting. ] [ Cf. F. comploter, fr. complot. ] To plot or plan together; to conspire; to join in a secret design. [ 1913 Webster ]

We find them complotting together, and contriving a new scene of miseries to the Trojans. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A plotting together. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One joined in a plot. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Counterplotted; p. pr. & vb. n. Counterplotting. ] To oppose, as another plot, by plotting; to attempt to frustrate, as a stratagem, by stratagem. [ 1913 Webster ]

Every wile had proved abortive, every plot had been counterplotted. De Quinsey. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A plot or artifice opposed to another. L'Estrange. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. Exploitation, Deploy. ] Same as Exploitation. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Deplorableness. Stormonth. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. déplorable. ] Worthy of being deplored or lamented; lamentable; causing grief; hence, sad; calamitous; grievous; wretched; as, life's evils are deplorable. [ 1913 Webster ]

Individual sufferers are in a much more deplorable conditious than any others. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. State of being deplorable. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a deplorable manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. deploratus, p. p. of deplorare. See Deplore. ] Deplorable. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

A more deplorate estate. Baker. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. deploratio: cf. F. déploration. ] The act of deploring or lamenting; lamentation. Speed. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To lament. Gray. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Deplored p. pr. & vb. n. Deploring. ] [ L. deplorare; de- + plorare to cry out, wail, lament; prob. akin to pluere to rain, and to E. flow: cf. F. déplorer. Cf. Flow. ] 1. To feel or to express deep and poignant grief for; to bewail; to lament; to mourn; to sorrow over. [ 1913 Webster ]

To find her, or forever to deplore
Her loss. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

As some sad turtle his lost love deplores. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To complain of. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To regard as hopeless; to give up. [ Obs. ] Bacon.

Syn. -- To Deplore, Mourn, Lament, Bewail, Bemoan. Mourn is the generic term, denoting a state of grief or sadness. To lament is to express grief by outcries, and denotes an earnest and strong expression of sorrow. To deplore marks a deeper and more prolonged emotion. To bewail and to bemoan are appropriate only to cases of poignant distress, in which the grief finds utterance either in wailing or in moans and sobs. A man laments his errors, and deplores the ruin they have brought on his family; mothers bewail or bemoan the loss of their children. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Lamentably. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state of being deplored or deplorable. [ R. ] Bp. Hail. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Deploration. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who deplores. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a deploring manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. & i. [ imp. & p. p. Deployed p. pr. & vb. n. Deploying. ] [ F. déployer; pref. dé&unr_; = dés (L. dis) + ployer, equiv. to plier to fold, fr. L. plicare. See Ply, and cf. Display. ] (Mil.) To open out; to unfold; to spread out (a body of troops) in such a way that they shall display a wider front and less depth; -- the reverse of ploy; as, to deploy a column of troops into line of battle. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To place (people or other resources) into a position so as to be ready to for action or use. [ PJC ]

{ } n. (Mil.) The act of deploying; a spreading out of a body of men in order to extend their front. Wilhelm. [ 1913 Webster ]

Deployments . . . which cause the soldier to turn his back to the enemy are not suited to war. H. L. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. the arrangement or distribution (of resources such as people or equipment), in preparation for battle or work. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_; doublet + -blast + -ic. ] (Biol.) Characterizing the ovum when it has two primary germinal layers. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_; double + E. cardiac. ] (Anat.) Having the heart completely divided or double, one side systemic, the other pulmonary. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Diplococci [ NL., fr. Gr. diplo`os twofold + ko`kkos grain, seed. ] (Biol.) A form of micrococcus in which cocci are united in a binary manner. See Micrococcus. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; fold, fr. &unr_; twofold, double. ] (Anat.) The soft, spongy, or cancellated substance between the plates of the skull. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Anat.) Diploic. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_; double + the root of &unr_; to produce. ] Partaking of the nature of two bodies; producing two substances. Wright. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; double + -graph. ] An instrument used for double writing, as one for producing embossed writing for the blind and ordinary writing at the same time. -- Dip`lo*graph"ic*al a. -- Dip*log"ra*phy n. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the diploë. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. diplo`os twofold + -oid. ] 1. (Crystallog.) A solid bounded by twenty-four similar quadrilateral faces. It is a hemihedral form of the hexoctahedron. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Biol.) a cell or organism having a number of chromosomes corresponding to two copies of each chromosome; a diploid cell or organism. [ PJC ]

A: I'm not interested in diploids.
B: Oh, how I wish your parents had felt the same way!

a. [ Gr. diplo`os twofold + -oid. ] (Biol.) having a number of chromosomes corresponding to two copies of each chromosome; having double the basic number of chromosomes, as seen in a haploid cell. Contrasted to haploid and polyploid. in diploid cells, although the number of chromosomes is double that in haploid cells, it is not always true that there are two copies of every chromosome, since the two sex chromosomes in males will differ from each other. In females, and for other chromosomes, however, there are generally two copies of each, giving rise to the classical hereditary and sorting patterns of Mendelian genetics. [ PJC ]

n.; pl. Diplomas [ L., fr. Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_; to double, fr. diplo`os twofold. See Double. ] A letter or writing, usually under seal, conferring some privilege, honor, or power; a document bearing record of a degree conferred by a literary society or educational institution. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. diplomatie. This word, like supremacy, retains the accent of its original. See Diploma. ] 1. The art and practice of conducting negotiations between nations (particularly in securing treaties), including the methods and forms usually employed. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Dexterity or skill in securing advantages; tact. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The body of ministers or envoys resident at a court; the diplomatic body. [ R. ] Burke.

{ , n. [ F. diplomate. ] A diplomatist. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To invest with a title or privilege by diploma. [ R. ] Wood. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Diplomatic. [ R. ]

n. A minister, official agent, or envoy to a foreign court; a diplomatist. [ 1913 Webster ]