Definition of desert

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Desert (v. i.) To abandon a service without leave; to quit military service without permission, before the expiration of one's term; to abscond..

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Overgrace :: Overgrace (v. t.) To grace or honor exceedingly or beyond desert.
Transfugitive :: Transfugitive (n.) One who flees from one side to another; hence, a deserter; a turncoat; an apostate..
Vast :: Vast (superl.) Waste; desert; desolate; lonely.
Worthy :: Worthy (n.) A man of eminent worth or value; one distinguished for useful and estimable qualities; a person of conspicuous desert; -- much used in the plural; as, the worthies of the church; political worthies; military worthies..
Reclaim :: Reclaim (v. t.) Hence: To reduce to a desired state by discipline, labor, cultivation, or the like; to rescue from being wild, desert, waste, submerged, or the like; as, to reclaim wild land, overflowed land, etc..
Desolate :: Desolate (a.) Destitute or deprived of inhabitants; deserted; uninhabited; hence, gloomy; as, a desolate isle; a desolate wilderness; a desolate house..
Lifeless :: Lifeless (a.) Destitute of life, or deprived of life; not containing, or inhabited by, living beings or vegetation; dead, or apparently dead; spiritless; powerless; dull; as, a lifeless carcass; lifeless matter; a lifeless desert; a lifeless wine; a lifeless story..
Desertion :: Desertion (n.) The state of being forsaken; desolation; as, the king in his desertion..
Desert :: Desert (n.) A deserted or forsaken region; a barren tract incapable of supporting population, as the vast sand plains of Asia and Africa are destitute and vegetation..
Wild :: Wild (n.) An uninhabited and uncultivated tract or region; a forest or desert; a wilderness; a waste; as, the wilds of America; the wilds of Africa..
Merit :: Merit (v. i.) To acquire desert; to gain value; to receive benefit; to profit.
Desertrice :: Desertrice (n.) A feminine deserter.
Forsaker :: Forsaker (n.) One who forsakes or deserts.
Desertion :: Desertion (n.) Abandonment by God; spiritual despondency.
Retribution :: Retribution (n.) That which is given in repayment or compensation; return suitable to the merits or deserts of, as an action; commonly, condign punishment for evil or wrong..
Casualty :: Casualty (n.) Numerical loss caused by death, wounds, discharge, or desertion..
Forsake :: Forsake (v. t.) To quit or leave entirely; to desert; to abandon; to depart or withdraw from; to leave; as, false friends and flatterers forsake us in adversity..
Bedouin :: Bedouin (n.) One of the nomadic Arabs who live in tents, and are scattered over Arabia, Syria, and northern Africa, esp. in the deserts..
Oasis :: Oasis (n.) A fertile or green spot in a waste or desert, esp. in a sandy desert..
Underpraise :: Underpraise (v. t.) To praise below desert.
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