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deperdition Now rare.|diːpəˈdɪʃən|
[a. F. déperdition (Paré 16th c.), n. of action from L. dēperdĕre: see prec.]
Loss, waste, destruction by wasting away.
1607J. King Serm. Nov. 31 Wherin was prodition, perdition, deperdition, al congested and heaped vp in on. c1645Howell Lett. I. i. xxxi, The old [flesh] by continual deperdition..evaporating still out of us. 1646Sir T. Browne Pseud. Ep. ii. v. 86 It may be unjust to deny all efficacie of gold, in the non-omission of weight, or deperdition of any ponderous particles. 1795tr. Mercier's Fragments II. 63 At its horrid deperdition every citizen is alarmed. 1881Annihilation 6 Alas! who will henceforth be afraid of sin, if it only..end in painless deperdition? |