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Demurity
- - Demureness; also, one who is demure.
Demurral
- noun - (law) a formal objection to an opponent's pleadings
Demurred
- verb - enter a demurrer
- take exception to; "he demurred at my suggestion to work on Saturday"
Demurrer
- noun - (law) a formal objection to an opponent's pleadings
- (law) any pleading that attacks the legal sufficiency of the opponent's pleadings
- a defendant's answer or plea denying the truth of the charges against him; "he gave evidence for the defense"
Denudate
- adjective - lay bare; "denude a forest"
- without the natural or usual covering; "a bald spot on the lawn"; "bare hills"
Denuding
- verb - lay bare; "denude a forest"
Depurate
- - Depurated; cleansed; freed from impurities.
Deputies
- 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
Deputing
- 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