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Depute
- verb - appoint as a substitute
- give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person)
- transfer power to someone
Deputy
- noun - a member of the lower chamber of a legislative assembly (such as in France)
- a person appointed to represent or act on behalf of others
- an assistant with power to act when his superior is absent
- someone authorized to exercise the powers of sheriff in emergencies
Derail
- verb - cause to run off the tracks; "they had planned to derail the trains that carried atomic waste"
- run off or leave the rails; "the train derailed because a cow was standing on the tracks"
Derain
- noun - French painter and exponent of fauvism (1880-1954)
Derate
- verb - lower the rated electrical capability of electrical apparatus
Derbio
- - A large European food fish (Lichia glauca).
Deride
- verb - treat or speak of with contempt; "He derided his student's attempt to solve the biggest problem in mathematics"
Derive
- verb - come from; "The present name derives from an older form"
- 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"
- develop or evolve from a latent or potential state
- obtain; "derive pleasure from one's garden"
- reason by deduction; establish by deduction
Dermal
- adjective - of or relating to a cuticle or cuticula
- of or relating to or located in the dermis
- relating to or existing on or affecting the skin; "cutaneous nerves"; "a cutaneous infection"
Dermas
- noun - the deep vascular inner layer of the skin