n. [ AS. denn; perh. akin to G. tenne floor, thrashing floor, and to AS. denu valley. ] 1. A small cavern or hollow place in the side of a hill, or among rocks; esp., a cave used by a wild beast for shelter or concealment; as, a lion's den; a den of robbers. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A squalid place of resort; a wretched dwelling place; a haunt; as, a den of vice. “Those squalid dens, which are the reproach of great capitals.” Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Any snug or close retreat where one goes to be alone. [ Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

4. [ AS. denu. ] A narrow glen; a ravine; a dell. [ Old Eng. & Scotch ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To live in, or as in, a den. [ 1913 Webster ]

The sluggish salvages that den below. G. Fletcher. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. 1. The native name for Mount McKinley in Alaska, translated as the great one.
Syn. -- Mount McKinley. [ PJC ]

2. a national park in Alaska in which Mount McKinley is located.
Syn. -- Denali national park. [ PJC ]

v. t. To deprive of narcotine; as, to denarcotize opium. -- De*nar`co*ti*za"tion n. [1913 Webster]

‖n.; pl. Denarii [ L. See 2d Denier. ] A Roman silver coin of the value of about fourteen cents; the “penny” of the New Testament; -- so called from being worth originally ten of the pieces called as. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The number ten; a division into ten. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A coin; the Anglicized form of denarius. Udall. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. denarius. See 2d Denier. ] Containing ten; tenfold; proceeding by tens; as, the denary, or decimal, scale. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. same as denationalization.
Syn. -- privatization. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Cf. F. dénationalisation. ] The act or process of denationalizing. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Denationalized p. pr. & vb. n. Denationalizing. ] [ Cf. F. dénationaliser. ] 1. To divest or deprive of national character or rights. [ 1913 Webster ]

Bonaparte's decree denationalizes, as he calls it, all ships that have touched at a British port. Cobbett. [ 1913 Webster ]

An expatriated, denationalized race. G. Eliot. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. to change (something, as an industry or business) from state to private ownership or control; as, the British denationalization of steel.
Syn. -- privatize, denationalise. [ WordNet 1.5 ]