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Wiktionary

  1. dementnoun

    An insane person, or one afflicted with dementia

  2. dementverb

    To drive mad; to craze

  3. dementadjective

    insane, demented

Wikipedia

  1. Dement

    Dement is a surname.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Dementverb

    to deprive of reason; to make mad

  2. Dementadjective

    demented; dementate

  3. Etymology: [L. dementare, fr. demens, -mentis, out of one's mind, mad; de + mens mind. See Mental, and cf. Dementate.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Dement

    de-ment′, v.t. to drive crazy, render insane.—adj. insane, demented.—n. a demented person.—v.t. Dement′āte, to dement.—p.adj. Dement′ed, out of one's mind: insane: suffering from dementia. [L. demens, dementis, out of one's mind—de, from, and mens, the mind.]

Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. DEMENT

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Dement is ranked #7595 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Dement surname appeared 4,376 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 1 would have the surname Dement.

    92.9% or 4,068 total occurrences were White.
    2.6% or 115 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
    1.5% or 69 total occurrences were Black.
    1.4% or 62 total occurrences were of two or more races.
    0.7% or 34 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.
    0.6% or 28 total occurrences were Asian.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of dement in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of dement in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of dement in a Sentence

  1. President Pierre Nkurunziza:

    Depuis dix ans, depuis plus d'un an, jour après jour, le peuple du #Burundi prouve sa maturité, dément rumeurs et fausses prophéties

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