--- title: D — The English dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 13 description: The 1197 words of the English dictionary under D, every meaning for a pupil and every example with its dependency tree and pragmatics. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/D/page/13/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/) / [English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/) / D # D — The English dictionary · page 13 [A](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/A/) · [B](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/) · [C](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/C/) · [D](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/D/) · 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*Everyday, meaning 1:* A deformity is a part of the body that has an unusual or twisted shape, from birth or after illness or injury.[↗](../../deformity/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The surgeon corrected the deformity in the baby's foot.[↗](../../deformity/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · A clubfoot is a deformity that can be treated.[↗](../../deformity/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · She was born with a hand deformity but plays the piano brilliantly.[↗](../../deformity/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The illness left him with a deformity of the spine.[↗](../../deformity/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Making fun of someone's deformity is cruel.[↗](../../deformity/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Doctors now treat many deformities in early childhood.[↗](../../deformity/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Setting aside my ugliness and deformity, is there any thing in me which displeases you?[↗](../../deformity/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · These are double, because their opposites take part in life, opposed to Life is Death; to Peace, War; to Riches, Poverty; to Beauty or Reputation, Deformity or Disrepute; to Wisdom, Ignorance; to Fruitfulness, Sterility; to Power, Slavery.[↗](../../deformity/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1887)[↗](../../deformity/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **defraud** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (law) To trick someone out of money, property or rights by lying or cheating: «He defrauded old people of their savings».[↗](../../defraud/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The fake charity defrauded people of thousands of pounds.[↗](../../defraud/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Scammers try to defraud people with fake prize emails.[↗](../../defraud/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The banker was jailed for defrauding his customers.[↗](../../defraud/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Never give your card details to strangers who might try to defraud you.[↗](../../defraud/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The company was accused of defrauding the government.[↗](../../defraud/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · He defrauded his grandmother of her savings, which made the whole family sad.[↗](../../defraud/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Friar Bacon was defrauded of his labour in producing the Brazen Head in a similar way.[↗](../../defraud/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · And they said: 'Thou hast not defrauded us, nor oppressed us, neither hast thou taken aught of any man's hand.'[↗](../../defraud/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 1SA.12.4, JPS 1917)[↗](../../defraud/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **defray** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (formal) To pay some or all of the cost of something: «to defray the costs».[↗](../../defray/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The bake sale helped defray the cost of the school trip.[↗](../../defray/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · (formal) The company will defray all travel expenses.[↗](../../defray/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Parents were asked for two pounds to defray the cost of the coach.[↗](../../defray/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Selling tickets helped defray the expenses of the play.[↗](../../defray/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · (formal) A grant was awarded to defray the costs of research.[↗](../../defray/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · If they are not claimed in seven days they are sent far away to the Neverland to defray expenses.[↗](../../defray/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **defrost** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To let frozen food become unfrozen before cooking or eating: «Defrost the chicken in the fridge».[↗](../../defrost/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To remove ice from a freezer, fridge or car windscreen: «We need to defrost the freezer».[↗](../../defrost/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To become unfrozen: «The peas will defrost in an hour».[↗](../../defrost/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Mum took the fish out of the freezer to defrost.[↗](../../defrost/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Always defrost meat in the fridge, not on the worktop.[↗](../../defrost/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Dad turned the car heater on to defrost the windscreen.[↗](../../defrost/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · We had to defrost the old freezer because it was full of ice.[↗](../../defrost/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Use the defrost setting on the microwave.[↗](../../defrost/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Leave the bread to defrost for an hour.[↗](../../defrost/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **defy** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To defy someone is to refuse openly to obey them.[↗](../../defy/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To defy something, such as a law or danger, is to face it boldly as if it cannot beat you.[↗](../../defy/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To defy someone is also to dare them to do something.[↗](../../defy/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* I defy you to catch me\![↗](../../defy/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The girl defied her teacher and stayed outside.[↗](../../defy/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The climbers defied the storm and reached the top.[↗](../../defy/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · It tends to be used of things that are marvelous, miraculous, or otherwise supernatural and extraordinary, i.e. that which defies the human ability to do or understand and must therefore be divine, e.g. \[Deuteronomy 28:59\], \[Psalm 118:23\], \[Psalm 139:6\].[↗](../../defy/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)[↗](../../defy/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") **degenerate** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (verb) To degenerate is to get worse, falling from a good state into a worse one.[↗](../../degenerate/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (adjective) Degenerate means having fallen to a lower or worse state than before.[↗](../../degenerate/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The game degenerated into a shouting match.[↗](../../degenerate/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Over the years the castle degenerated into ruins.[↗](../../degenerate/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The degenerate creature had lost all its old strength.[↗](../../degenerate/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Yet I had planted thee a noble vine, wholly a right seed; how then art thou turned into the degenerate plant of a strange vine unto Me?[↗](../../degenerate/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JER.2.21, JPS 1917)[↗](../../degenerate/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") **degrade** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To make something worse in quality or condition: pollution degrades the soil.[↗](../../degrade/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (science) To break down slowly into smaller, simpler parts: plastic takes hundreds of years to degrade.[↗](../../degrade/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To treat someone without respect, making them feel worthless: it degrades people to be shouted at.[↗](../../degrade/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* Something degrading is shameful and makes a person feel less worthy or respected.[↗](../../degrade/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Plastic bags take a very long time to degrade.[↗](../../degrade/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Banana peel degrades quickly in a compost heap.[↗](../../degrade/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Pollution has degraded the river.[↗](../../degrade/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · (formal) Habitat degradation threatens many animals.[↗](../../degrade/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · It is degrading to laugh at someone who is hurt.[↗](../../degrade/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Old photos degrade and fade in sunlight.[↗](../../degrade/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · “I am the son of the prime minister of a great nation, and yet see what a degrading occupation I am reduced to.”[↗](../../degrade/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **degree** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A degree is a unit for measuring how hot or cold something is.[↗](../../degree/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") Water freezes at 0 degrees Celsius.[↗](../../degree/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A degree is a unit for measuring the size of an angle.[↗](../../degree/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") A right angle is 90 degrees.[↗](../../degree/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A degree is what you get when you finish college or university.[↗](../../degree/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* «To some degree» means a bit, partly.[↗](../../degree/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* “By degrees” means gradually, little by little.[↗](../../degree/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* It was 15 degrees in the morning and 22 degrees at noon.[↗](../../degree/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The temperature fell 6 degrees.[↗](../../degree/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · A right angle is 90 degrees.[↗](../../degree/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The angles of a triangle add up to 180 degrees.[↗](../../degree/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Water boils at 100 degrees Celsius.[↗](../../degree/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Turn 360 degrees to make a full turn.[↗](../../degree/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · It is 75 degrees Fahrenheit today.[↗](../../degree/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · My sister got a degree in science.[↗](../../degree/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · The natives came by degrees to be less fearful of danger from me.[↗](../../degree/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · 3) Paths denote powers, effects, kinds, forms, degrees or stages.[↗](../../degree/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)[↗](../../degree/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · C. to denote the absence of degrees, minutes, or seconds in their sexagesi- mal notation.[↗](../../degree/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))[↗](../../degree/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · And Hezekiah answered: 'It is a light thing for the shadow to decline ten degrees; nay, but let the shadow return backward ten degrees.'[↗](../../degree/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 2KI.20.10, JPS 1917)[↗](../../degree/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · And Isaiah the prophet cried unto the LORD; and he brought the shadow ten degrees backward, by which it had gone down on the dial of Ahaz.[↗](../../degree/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 2KI.20.11, JPS 1917)[↗](../../degree/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · Men of low degree are vanity, and men of high degree are a lie; if they be laid in the balances, they are together lighter than vanity.[↗](../../degree/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.62.10, JPS 1917)[↗](../../degree/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") **dehydrated** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (of a person or animal) Having lost too much water from the body, so you feel thirsty, tired, dizzy or have a headache.[↗](../../dehydrated/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (of food) Dried, with the water taken out, so it keeps longer: dehydrated fruit, dehydrated soup.[↗](../../dehydrated/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (informal, joke) Very thirsty: «I'm so dehydrated after footy.».[↗](../../dehydrated/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Drink plenty of water so you don't get dehydrated.[↗](../../dehydrated/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · After running in the heat, he felt dizzy and dehydrated.[↗](../../dehydrated/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The vet said the puppy was dehydrated.[↗](../../dehydrated/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · We took dehydrated meals on the camping trip.[↗](../../dehydrated/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Dehydrated apple slices are crunchy.[↗](../../dehydrated/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Signs of being dehydrated include a dry mouth and dark wee.[↗](../../dehydrated/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · (informal) Pass the water, I'm totally dehydrated\![↗](../../dehydrated/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **dehydration** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Dehydration is when your body does not have enough water, which can make you thirsty, tired, dizzy and give you a headache.[↗](../../dehydration/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* In science and cooking, dehydration is removing water from something, such as drying fruit.[↗](../../dehydration/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Drink plenty of water to avoid dehydration on hot days.[↗](../../dehydration/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The runner was treated for dehydration after the race.[↗](../../dehydration/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Headaches can be a sign of dehydration.[↗](../../dehydration/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Raisins are made by the dehydration of grapes.[↗](../../dehydration/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The lost hikers were suffering from dehydration.[↗](../../dehydration/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Babies with tummy bugs can get dehydration quickly.[↗](../../dehydration/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · In the Australian outback, dehydration can be dangerous.[↗](../../dehydration/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **deign** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To deign is to agree to do something that you think is beneath your dignity; a grand person may deign to do a small thing (old use).[↗](../../deign/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Will the queen deign to visit our school?[↗](../../deign/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · He would not deign to answer such a silly question.[↗](../../deign/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Deign to follow me, and you shall have a room.[↗](../../deign/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **deinonychus** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A meat-eating dinosaur about 3 metres long that ran on two legs and had a large curved claw on each foot.[↗](../../deinonychus/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") The name means «terrible claw».[↗](../../deinonychus/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Deinonychus had a big curved claw on each foot.[↗](../../deinonychus/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Its name means «terrible claw».[↗](../../deinonychus/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Scientists think Deinonychus had feathers.[↗](../../deinonychus/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Deinonychus lived in North America long before people.[↗](../../deinonychus/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The museum has a Deinonychus skeleton in a running pose.[↗](../../deinonychus/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The raptors in films are partly based on Deinonychus.[↗](../../deinonychus/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Deinonychus was about as long as a car.[↗](../../deinonychus/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **deity** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A deity is a god or goddess.[↗](../../deity/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Zeus was the chief deity of the Greeks.[↗](../../deity/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The Egyptians had many deities.[↗](../../deity/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Ganesh is a Hindu deity with an elephant head.[↗](../../deity/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The temple was built for a sea deity.[↗](../../deity/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Christians believe there is one God, not many deities.[↗](../../deity/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Thor was a Norse deity of thunder.[↗](../../deity/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The incensed deities now combined to punish the offender.[↗](../../deity/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · "The Deity, it is thought by some, was distinguished by the P3'thagoreans as absolute unity, from unity conceived."[↗](../../deity/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") {A (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))[↗](../../deity/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Thus, the Sefer Yetzirah may have believed two di- bits, 0 and j , a tilting symbolization of the creation, out of chaos or nothing, of the universe, by the power of the Deity.[↗](../../deity/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))[↗](../../deity/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **dejected** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Sad and without hope, often after a failure or a disappointment; low in spirits.[↗](../../dejected/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The team walked off the pitch looking dejected.[↗](../../dejected/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Toad sat dejected in his prison cell.[↗](../../dejected/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · She felt dejected when she wasn't picked for the play.[↗](../../dejected/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The dejected puppy lay by the door.[↗](../../dejected/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · After losing the spelling bee he looked dejected.[↗](../../dejected/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Mole followed the Rat in a dejected way.[↗](../../dejected/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Don't look so dejected, you can try again\![↗](../../dejected/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The dejected children walked home in the rain.[↗](../../dejected/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · A WAYFARING MAN, traveling in the desert, met a woman standing alone and terribly dejected.[↗](../../dejected/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **dejection** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Dejection is a feeling of sadness and low spirits, with no hope or energy.[↗](../../dejection/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* After losing the match she sat in dejection.[↗](../../dejection/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · His dejection lifted when his friend came back.[↗](../../dejection/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The king's dejection was clear to all his sons.[↗](../../dejection/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **delay** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A delay is a time when something happens later than planned.[↗](../../delay/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To delay means to make something happen later, or to make someone late.[↗](../../delay/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To delay means to wait before doing something.[↗](../../delay/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Our flight had a two-hour delay.[↗](../../delay/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The train was delayed by snow.[↗](../../delay/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Don't delay; do your homework now.[↗](../../delay/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Call for help without delay if someone is hurt.[↗](../../delay/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Sorry for the delay in answering.[↗](../../delay/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The rain delayed the start of the match.[↗](../../delay/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The bus should arrive at 3:00 but has a 15-minute delay, so it arrives at 3:15.[↗](../../delay/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · In this way she will be delayed.[↗](../../delay/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Thou shalt not delay to offer of the fulness of thy harvest, and of the outflow of thy presses.[↗](../../delay/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.22.29, JPS 1917)[↗](../../delay/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · And he said unto them: 'Delay me not, seeing the LORD hath prospered my way; send me away that I may go to my master.'[↗](../../delay/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.24.56, JPS 1917)[↗](../../delay/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · Distribution was delayed unril this year (1922) by a supplement aiming at a solution of the Pythagorean philosophy.[↗](../../delay/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))[↗](../../delay/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · I made haste, and delayed not, to observe Thy commandments.[↗](../../delay/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.119.60, JPS 1917)[↗](../../delay/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · Therefore say unto them: Thus saith the Lord GOD: There shall none of My words be delayed any more, but the word which I shall speak shall be performed, saith the Lord GOD.'[↗](../../delay/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets EZK.12.28, JPS 1917)[↗](../../delay/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · For the vision is yet for the appointed time, and it declareth of the end, and doth not lie; though it tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not delay.'[↗](../../delay/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets HAB.2.3, JPS 1917)[↗](../../delay/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") **delectable** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Delectable means very pleasing, especially to the taste or the eye.[↗](../../delectable/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (old use) Delectable means lovely and delightful to be in, said of a place.[↗](../../delectable/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The cake looked delectable.[↗](../../delectable/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Neverland is a delectable island full of adventure.[↗](../../delectable/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · We ate a delectable meal of fish and fruit.[↗](../../delectable/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · They that fashion a graven image are all of them vanity, and their delectable things shall not profit; and their own witnesses see not, nor know; that they may be ashamed.[↗](../../delectable/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets ISA.44.9, JPS 1917)[↗](../../delectable/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") **delegate** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (noun) A person chosen to speak, vote or act for a group, especially at a meeting or conference.[↗](../../delegate/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (verb) To give part of your work, power or a task to someone else to do for you.[↗](../../delegate/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (verb, formal) To choose someone to act for a group.[↗](../../delegate/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Each class chose one delegate for the school council.[↗](../../delegate/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Delegates from many countries met to talk about the oceans.[↗](../../delegate/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · A good captain knows how to delegate jobs.[↗](../../delegate/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Mum delegated the washing-up to me.[↗](../../delegate/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The teacher delegated the job of handing out books to Priya.[↗](../../delegate/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Our delegate reported back to the class.[↗](../../delegate/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The manager delegated the planning to her team.[↗](../../delegate/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **delete** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To delete means to take away or wipe out something, like a photo, a file or a word.[↗](../../delete/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* In writing, to delete is to cross out or remove words.[↗](../../delete/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* She deleted 12 photos from her phone.[↗](../../delete/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · He had 80 songs and deleted 15.[↗](../../delete/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · How many emails are left after she deletes 9?[↗](../../delete/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Each day he deletes 5 old messages.[↗](../../delete/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Press delete to remove the letter.[↗](../../delete/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Delete the extra word in the sentence.[↗](../../delete/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Things you post online can be hard to delete.[↗](../../delete/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · I have had greater confidence in my young friends, and have deleted the fairy who did not exist in the tale as told to me.[↗](../../delete/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/D/) … 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