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a.
Of or pertaining to a desert; forsaken; without life or cultivation; unproductive; waste; barren; wild; desolate; solitary; as, they landed on a desert island.
v. t.
To leave (especially something which one should stay by and support); to leave in the lurch; to abandon; to forsake; -- implying blame, except sometimes when used of localities; as, to desert a friend, a principle, a cause, one's country.
v. t.
To throw away; to cast off; to reject; to desert.
n.
The act of deserting or forsaking; abandonment of a service, a cause, a party, a friend, or any post of duty; the quitting of one's duties willfully and without right; esp., an absconding from military or naval service.
n.
A deserted or forsaken region; a barren tract incapable of supporting population, as the vast sand plains of Asia and Africa are destitute and vegetation.
n.
A feminine deserter.
n.
One who flees from one side to another; hence, a deserter; a turncoat; an apostate.
n.
A deserted condition.
a.
Without desert.
n.
The state of being forsaken; desolation; as, the king in his desertion.
imp. & p. p.
of Desert
superl.
Waste; desert; desolate; lonely.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Desert
n.
Alt. of Desertrice
v. t.
To desert; to abandon.
n.
One who forsakes a duty, a cause or a party, a friend, or any one to whom he owes service; especially, a soldier or a seaman who abandons the service without leave; one guilty of desertion.
v. t.
To praise below desert.
v. t.
To abandon (the service) without leave; to forsake in violation of duty; to abscond from; as, to desert the army; to desert one's colors.
a.
To pay to the extent of claims or deserts; to give what is due to; as, to satisfy a creditor.
v. t.
To weigh, estimate, or rate below desert; to undervalue.
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