| slovo | definícia |
decrepit
(encz) | decrepit,sešlý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
decrepit
(encz) | decrepit,vetchý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Decrepit
(gcide) | Decrepit \De*crep"it\, a. [L. decrepitus, perhaps orig., noised
out, noiseless, applied to old people, who creep about
quietly; de- + crepare to make a noise, rattle: cf. F.
d['e]cr['e]pit. See Crepitate.]
Broken down with age; wasted and enfeebled by the infirmities
of old age; feeble; worn out. "Beggary or decrepit age."
--Milton.
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Already decrepit with premature old age. --Motley.
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Note: Sometimes incorrectly written decrepid.
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decrepit
(wn) | decrepit
adj 1: worn and broken down by hard use; "a creaky shack"; "a
decrepit bus...its seats held together with friction
tape"; "a flea-bitten sofa"; "a run-down neighborhood";
"a woebegone old shack" [syn: creaky, decrepit,
derelict, flea-bitten, run-down, woebegone]
2: lacking bodily or muscular strength or vitality; "a feeble
old woman"; "her body looked sapless" [syn: decrepit,
debile, feeble, infirm, rickety, sapless, weak,
weakly] |
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decrepitate
(encz) | decrepitate,decrepitovat v: Zdeněk Brož |
decrepitation
(encz) | decrepitation,dekrepitace Zdeněk Brož |
decrepitude
(encz) | decrepitude,sešlost n: Zdeněk Broždecrepitude,zchátralost n: Zdeněk Brož |
decrepitovat
(czen) | decrepitovat,decrepitatev: Zdeněk Brož |
Decrepit
(gcide) | Decrepit \De*crep"it\, a. [L. decrepitus, perhaps orig., noised
out, noiseless, applied to old people, who creep about
quietly; de- + crepare to make a noise, rattle: cf. F.
d['e]cr['e]pit. See Crepitate.]
Broken down with age; wasted and enfeebled by the infirmities
of old age; feeble; worn out. "Beggary or decrepit age."
--Milton.
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Already decrepit with premature old age. --Motley.
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Note: Sometimes incorrectly written decrepid.
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Decrepitate
(gcide) | Decrepitate \De*crep"i*tate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Decrepitated; p. pr. & vb. n. Decrepitating.] [Cf. F.
d['e]cr['e]piter.]
To roast or calcine so as to cause a crackling noise; as, to
decrepitate salt.
[1913 Webster]Decrepitate \De*crep"i*tate\, v. i.
To crackle, as salt in roasting.
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Decrepitated
(gcide) | Decrepitate \De*crep"i*tate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Decrepitated; p. pr. & vb. n. Decrepitating.] [Cf. F.
d['e]cr['e]piter.]
To roast or calcine so as to cause a crackling noise; as, to
decrepitate salt.
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Decrepitating
(gcide) | Decrepitate \De*crep"i*tate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Decrepitated; p. pr. & vb. n. Decrepitating.] [Cf. F.
d['e]cr['e]piter.]
To roast or calcine so as to cause a crackling noise; as, to
decrepitate salt.
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Decrepitation
(gcide) | Decrepitation \De*crep`i*ta"tion\, n. [Cf. F.
d['e]cr['e]pitation.]
The act of decrepitating; a crackling noise, such as salt
makes when roasting.
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Decrepitness
(gcide) | Decrepitness \De*crep"it*ness\, n.
Decrepitude. [R.] --Barrow.
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Decrepitude
(gcide) | Decrepitude \De*crep"i*tude\, n. [Cf. F. d['e]cr['e]pitude.]
The broken state produced by decay and the infirmities of
age; infirm old age.
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decrepitate
(wn) | decrepitate
v 1: undergo decrepitation and crackle; "The salt decrepitated"
2: to roast or calcine so as to cause to crackle or until
crackling stops; "decrepitate salts" |
decrepitation
(wn) | decrepitation
n 1: the crackling or breaking up of certain crystals when they
are heated |
decrepitude
(wn) | decrepitude
n 1: a state of deterioration due to old age or long use [syn:
decrepitude, dilapidation] |
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