DESERT, a. S as z [L. To sow, plant or scatter.] 1. Literally, forsaken; hence, uninhabited; as a desert isle. Hence, wild; untilled; waste; uncultivated; as a desert land or country.2. Void; emprty; unoccupied.Full many a flower is born to blush unseen, and waste its sweetness on the desert air.DESERT, n. An uninhabited tract of land; a region in its natural state; a wilderness; a solitude; particularly, a vast sandy plain, as the deserts of Arabia and Africa. But the word may be applied to an uninhabited country covered with wood. DESERT, v.t. [L. To forsake.] 1. To forsake; to leave utterly; to abandon; to quit with a view not to return to; as, to desert a friend; to desert our country; to desert a cause.2. To leave, without permission, a military band, or a ship, in which one is enlisted; to forsake the service in which one is engaged, in violation of duty; as, to desert the army; to desert ones colors; to desert a ship.DESERT, v.i. To run away; to quit a service without permission; as, to desert from the army. DESERT, n. 1. A deserving; that which gives a right to reward or demands, or which renders liable to punishment; merit or demerit; that which entitles to a recompense of equal to the offense; good conferred, or evil done, which merits an equivalent return. A wise legislature will reward or punish men according to their deserts.2. That which is deserved; reward or punishment merited. In a future life, every man will receive his desert. |
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