DERELICT
\dˈɛɹɪlˌɪkt], \dˈɛɹɪlˌɪkt], \d_ˈɛ_ɹ_ɪ_l_ˌɪ_k_t]\
Definitions of DERELICT
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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By Princeton University
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Given up or forsaken by the natural owner or guardian; left and abandoned; as, derelict lands.
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Lost; adrift; hence, wanting; careless; neglectful; unfaithful.
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A thing voluntary abandoned or willfully cast away by its proper owner, especially a ship abandoned at sea.
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A tract of land left dry by the sea, and fit for cultivation or use.
By Oddity Software
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Given up or forsaken by the natural owner or guardian; left and abandoned; as, derelict lands.
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Lost; adrift; hence, wanting; careless; neglectful; unfaithful.
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A thing voluntary abandoned or willfully cast away by its proper owner, especially a ship abandoned at sea.
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A tract of land left dry by the sea, and fit for cultivation or use.
By Noah Webster.
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Abandoned; adrift; unfaithful.
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Anything left, forsaken, or cast away intentionally, as at sea; a social outcast.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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Neglectful of obligation; unfaithful.
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That which is abandoned; a deserted wreck at sea.
By James Champlin Fernald
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Left; abandoned.
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Anything thrown away, relinquished, or abandoned by the owner; a tract of land left dry by the sea, and fit for cultivation or use. Derelicts, goods found at sea which have been abandoned by the owner.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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