Verbs Starting With DE

Here's the list of all the 1927 Verbs Starting With DE in the English Language.

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design
1. make or work out a plan for; devise
2. plan something for a specific role or purpose or effect
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deal
1. act on verbally or in some form of artistic expression
2. take into consideration for exemplifying purposes
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develop
1. make something new, such as a product or a mental or artistic creation
2. work out
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default
1. fail to pay up
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detail
1. provide details for
2. assign to a specific task
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demand
1. request urgently and forcefully
2. require as useful, just, or proper
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determine
1. establish after a calculation, investigation, experiment, survey, or study
2. shape or influence; give direction to
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define
1. determine the essential quality of
2. give a definition for the meaning of a word
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delete
1. remove or make invisible
2. wipe out digitally or magnetically recorded information
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describe
1. give a description of
2. to give an account or representation of in words
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debate
1. argue with one another
2. think about carefully; weigh
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deliver
1. deliver (a speech, oration, or idea)
2. bring to a destination, make a delivery
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delay
1. cause to be slowed down or delayed
2. act later than planned, scheduled, or required
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demo
1. give an exhibition of to an interested audience
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decide
1. reach, make, or come to a decision about something
2. bring to an end; settle conclusively
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deposit
1. put, fix, force, or implant
2. put into a bank account
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desire
1. feel or have a desire for; want strongly
2. expect and wish
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deck
1. be beautiful to look at
2. decorate
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desert
1. leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch
2. desert (a cause, a country or an army), often in order to join the opposing cause, country, or army
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demonstrate
1. give an exhibition of to an interested audience
2. establish the validity of something, as by an example, explanation or experiment
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decrease
1. decrease in size, extent, or range
2. make become smaller
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devil
1. cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations
2. coat or stuff with a spicy paste
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decline
1. grow worse
2. not accept as true
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denied
1. declare untrue; contradict
2. refuse to accept or believe
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depend
1. be contingent upon (something that is elided)
2. have faith or confidence in
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destroy
1. do away with, cause the destruction or undoing of
2. destroy completely; damage irreparably
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debug
1. locate and correct errors in a computer program code
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detect
1. discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of by perception with the eyes
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defend
1. argue or speak in defense of
2. be on the defensive; act against an attack
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debut
1. present for the first time to the public
2. appear for the first time in public
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deny
1. declare untrue; contradict
2. refuse to accept or believe
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defeat
1. win a victory over
2. thwart the passage of
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deserve
1. be worthy or deserving
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dealt
1. act on verbally or in some form of artistic expression
2. take into consideration for exemplifying purposes
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deaf
1. make or render deaf
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delight
1. give pleasure to or be pleasing to
2. take delight in
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declare
1. state emphatically and authoritatively
2. announce publicly or officially
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deferred
1. hold back to a later time
2. yield to another's wish or opinion
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depart
1. move away from a place into another direction
2. be at variance with; be out of line with
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decay
1. lose a stored charge, magnetic flux, or current
2. fall into decay or ruin
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defect
1. desert (a cause, a country or an army), often in order to join the opposing cause, country, or army
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debit
1. enter as debit
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debugging
1. locate and correct errors in a computer program code
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delegate
1. transfer power to someone
2. give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person)
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deploy
1. to distribute systematically or strategically
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denote
1. be a sign or indication of
2. have as a meaning
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decree
1. issue a decree
2. decide with authority
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designate
1. assign a name or title to
2. give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person)
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derive
1. reason by deduction; establish by deduction
2. obtain
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dent
1. make a depression into
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deliberate
1. think about carefully; weigh
2. discuss the pros and cons of an issue
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despair
1. abandon hope; give up hope; lose heart
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detox
1. treat for alcohol or drug dependence
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decorate
1. make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc.
2. be beautiful to look at
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deter
1. try to prevent; show opposition to
2. turn away from by persuasion
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devote
1. give entirely to a specific person, activity, or cause
2. dedicate
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demise
1. transfer by a lease or by a will
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decode
1. convert code into ordinary language
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depict
1. show in, or as in, a picture
2. give a description of
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deem
1. keep in mind or convey as a conviction or view
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devise
1. come up with (an idea, plan, explanation, theory, or principle) after a mental effort
2. arrange by systematic planning and united effort
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deduct
1. make a subtraction
2. retain and refrain from disbursing; of payments
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despatch
1. send away towards a designated goal
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defer
1. hold back to a later time
2. yield to another's wish or opinion
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descend
1. move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way
2. come from; be connected by a relationship of blood, for example
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dedicate
1. give entirely to a specific person, activity, or cause
2. open to public use, as of a highway, park, or building
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degrade
1. reduce the level of land, as by erosion
2. reduce in worth or character, usually verbally
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degenerate
1. grow progressively worse
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deepen
1. make more intense, stronger, or more marked
2. become more intense
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defy
1. resist or confront with resistance
2. elude, especially in a baffling way
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deceive
1. be false to; be dishonest with
2. cause someone to believe an untruth
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despise
1. look down on with disdain
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detour
1. travel via a detour
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decipher
1. convert code into ordinary language
2. read with difficulty
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deprive
1. take away possessions from someone
2. keep from having, keeping, or obtaining
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decrypt
1. convert code into ordinary language
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delve
1. turn up, loosen, or remove earth
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deviate
1. turn aside; turn away from
2. be at variance with; be out of line with
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deduce
1. reason by deduction; establish by deduction
2. conclude by reasoning; in logic
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detach
1. cause to become detached or separated; take off
2. separate (a small unit) from a larger, especially for a special assignment
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desist
1. choose not to consume
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desolate
1. leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch
2. reduce in population
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deteriorate
1. become worse or disintegrate
2. grow progressively worse
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detract
1. take away a part from; diminish
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decoy
1. lure or entrap with or as if with a decoy
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detain
1. deprive of freedom; take into confinement
2. stop or halt
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denounce
1. speak out against
2. to accuse or condemn or openly or formally or brand as disgraceful
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degas
1. remove gas from
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deactivate
1. remove from active military status or reassign
2. make inactive
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deluge
1. fill quickly beyond capacity; as with a liquid
2. charge someone with too many tasks
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devour
1. to consume
2. enjoy avidly
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delineate
1. show the form or outline of
2. determine the essential quality of
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defrost
1. make or become free of frost or ice
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deflect
1. prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening; to protect from or to keep away anything undesirable; to ward off
2. turn from a straight course, fixed direction, or line of interest
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demolish
1. destroy completely
2. ruin or destroy
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decompose
1. separate (substances) into constituent elements or parts
2. lose a stored charge, magnetic flux, or current
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depress
1. lower someone's spirits; make downhearted
2. lower (prices or markets)
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defray
1. bear the expenses of
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defied
1. resist or confront with resistance
2. elude, especially in a baffling way
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defraud
1. deprive of by deceit
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derail
1. cause to run off the tracks
2. run off or leave the rails
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deterred
1. try to prevent; show opposition to
2. turn away from by persuasion
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declassified
1. lift the restriction on and make available again
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destruct
1. destroy (one's own missile or rocket)
2. do away with, cause the destruction or undoing of
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deport
1. behave in a certain manner
2. hand over to the authorities of another country
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defuse
1. remove the triggering device from
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deflate
1. collapse by releasing contained air or gas
2. release contained air or gas from
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decompress
1. restore to its uncompressed form
2. decrease the pressure of
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deplete
1. use up (resources or materials)
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deferring
1. hold back to a later time
2. yield to another's wish or opinion
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deterring
1. try to prevent; show opposition to
2. turn away from by persuasion
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decry
1. express strong disapproval of
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detest
1. dislike intensely; feel antipathy or aversion towards
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destabilize
1. become unstable
2. make unstable
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detonate
1. cause to burst with a violent release of energy
2. burst and release energy as through a violent chemical or physical reaction
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detoxify
1. remove poison from
2. treat for alcohol or drug dependence
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deforest
1. remove the trees from
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debunk
1. expose while ridiculing; especially of pretentious or false claims and ideas
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defame
1. charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone
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demystified
1. make less mysterious or remove the mystery from
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deform
1. make formless
2. twist and press out of shape
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defile
1. place under suspicion or cast doubt upon
2. make dirty or spotty, as by exposure to air; also used metaphorically
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debrief
1. put someone through a debriefing and make him report
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debugged
1. locate and correct errors in a computer program code
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devastate
1. cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly
2. overwhelm or overpower
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deconstruct
1. interpret (a text or an artwork) by the method of deconstructing
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devolve
1. pass on or delegate to another
2. be inherited by
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decried
1. express strong disapproval of
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deface
1. mar or spoil the appearance of
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debarred
1. bar temporarily; from school, office, etc.
2. prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening; to protect from or to keep away anything undesirable; to ward off
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demean
1. reduce in worth or character, usually verbally
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denigrate
1. cause to seem less serious; play down
2. charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone
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depreciate
1. belittle
2. lower the value of something
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deplore
1. express strong condemnation of
2. regret strongly
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depose
1. force to leave (an office)
2. make a deposition; declare under oath
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delimit
1. determine the essential quality of
2. be opposite to; of angles and sides, in geometry
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devalue
1. remove the value from; deprive of its value
2. lower the value or quality of
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decease
1. pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
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demystify
1. make less mysterious or remove the mystery from
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decouple
1. disconnect or separate
2. regard as unconnected
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