deruere Save DMLBS Du Cange deruere [CL] , to tear down, demolish. V. et. diruere. manebant exterminia civitatum ab hoste ~tarum ac desertarum Bede HE I 22; ~ta, i. eversa, ahwerfde GlH D 236. DERUERE, Evertere. Papias : Deruere, Derogare, Detrahere, Vituperare. Perperam Dermere, in MS. Gloss. Lat. Græc. : Deruit, κατέστρεψεν, ἀνατρέπει. Alibi : Diruit, κατέστρεψεν.