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De- :: De- () A prefix from Latin de down, from, away; as in debark, decline, decease, deduct, decamp. In words from the French it is equivalent to Latin dis-apart, away; or sometimes to de. Cf. Dis-. It is negative and opposite in derange, deform, destroy, etc. It is intensive in deprave, despoil, declare, desolate, etc..

Rally :: Rally (v. i.) To recover strength after a decline in prices; -- said of the market, stocks, etc..

Inflect :: Inflect (v. t.) To vary, as a noun or a verb in its terminations; to decline, as a noun or adjective, or to conjugate, as a verb..

Measles :: Measles (n.) A contagious febrile disorder commencing with catarrhal symptoms, and marked by the appearance on the third day of an eruption of distinct red circular spots, which coalesce in a crescentic form, are slightly raised above the surface, and after the fourth day of the eruption gradually decline; rubeola..

Deny :: Deny (v. t.) To refuse (to do something or to accept something); to reject; to decline; to renounce.

Pitch :: Pitch (v. i.) To plunge or fall; esp., to fall forward; to decline or slope; as, to pitch from a precipice; the vessel pitches in a heavy sea; the field pitches toward the east..

Refuse :: Refuse (v. t.) To decline to accept; to reject; to deny the request or petition of; as, to refuse a suitor..

Detrect :: Detrect (v. t.) To refuse; to decline.

Sink :: Sink (v. i.) To fall by, or as by, the force of gravity; to descend lower and lower; to decline gradually; to subside; as, a stone sinks in water; waves rise and sink; the sun sinks in the west..

Go :: Go (v. i.) To pass away; to depart forever; to be lost or ruined; to perish; to decline; to decease; to die.

Disapprove :: Disapprove (v. t.) To refuse official approbation to; to disallow; to decline to sanction; as, the sentence of the court-martial was disapproved by the commander in chief..

Dishonor :: Dishonor (v. t.) To refuse or decline to accept or pay; -- said of a bill, check, note, or draft which is due or presented; as, to dishonor a bill exchange..

Declension :: Declension (n.) The form of the inflection of a word declined by cases; as, the first or the second declension of nouns, adjectives, etc..

Decline :: Decline (v. i.) To turn or bend aside; to deviate; to stray; to withdraw; as, a line that declines from straightness; conduct that declines from sound morals..

Decay :: Decay (v. i.) To pass gradually from a sound, prosperous, or perfect state, to one of imperfection, adversity, or dissolution; to waste away; to decline; to fail; to become weak, corrupt, or disintegrated; to rot; to perish; as, a tree decays; fortunes decay; hopes decay..

Renounce :: Renounce (v. i.) To decline formally, as an executor or a person entitled to letters of administration, to take out probate or letters..

Evening :: Evening (n.) The latter part and close of the day, and the beginning of darkness or night; properly, the decline of the day, or of the sum..

Fail :: Fail (v. i.) To fall away; to become diminished; to decline; to decay; to sink.

Declined :: Declined (imp. & p. p.) of Declin.

Declination :: Declination (n.) The act or state of falling off or declining from excellence or perfection; deterioration; decay; decline.

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