defeasible
- a capable of being annulled or voided or terminated
a claim to an estate may be defeasible so long as the claimant is under 21 and unmarried
decurved
- s bent down or curved downward
the decurved bill of a curlew
decussate
- v cross or intersect so as to form a cross
this nerve decussates the other
the fibers decussate - s crossed or intersected in the form of an X
dedicated
- v give entirely to a specific person, activity, or cause
- v open to public use, as of a highway, park, or building
- v inscribe or address by way of compliment
She dedicated her book to her parents - v set apart to sacred uses with solemn rites, of a church
- a devoted to a cause or ideal or purpose
a dedicated dancer
dedicated teachers
dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal"- A.Lincoln - a solemnly dedicated to or set apart for a high purpose
a chapel dedicated to the dead of World War II
dedifferentiated
- v lose specialization in form or function
- s having experienced or undergone dedifferentiation or the loss of specialization in form or function
the hebephrenic--the most severely dedifferentiated of all schizophrenic patients