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DISARTICULATOR Dis`ar*tic"u*la`tor, n.
Defn: One who disarticulates and prepares skeletons.
DISASSENT Dis`as*sent", v. i.
Defn: To dissent. [Obs.]
DISASSENT Dis`as*sent", n.
Defn: Dissent. [Obs.] E. Hall.
DISASSENTER Dis`as*sent"er, n.
Defn: One who disassents; a dissenter. [Obs.] State Trials (1634).
DISASSIDUITY Dis*as`si*du"i*ty, n.
Defn: Want of as siduity or care. [R.] Sir H. Wotton.
DISASSIMILATE Dis`as*sim"i*late, v. t. (Physiol.)
Defn: To subject to disassimilation.
DISASSIMILATION Dis`as*sim`i*la"tion, n. (Physics)
Defn: The decomposition of complex substances, within the organism, into simpler ones suitable only for excretion, with evolution of energy, — a normal nutritional process the reverse of assimilation; downward metabolism. The breaking down of already existing chemical compounds into simpler ones, sometimes called disassimilation. Martin.
DISASSIMILATIVE Dis`as*sim"i*la*tive, a. (Physiol.)
Defn: Having power to disassimilate; of the nature of disassimilation. Disassimilative processes constitute a marked feature in the life of animal cells. McKendrick.
DISASSOCIATE Dis`as*so"ci*ate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disassociated; p. pr. & vb. n. Disassociating.]
Defn: To disconnect from things associated; to disunite; to dissociate. Florio.
DISASTER Dis*as"ter, n. Etym: [F. désastre; pref. dés- (L. dis-) + astre star, fr. L. astrum; a word of astrological origin. See Aster, Astral, Star.]
1. An unpropitious or baleful aspect of a planet or star; malevolent influence of a heavenly body; hence, an ill portent. [Obs.] Disasters in the sun. Shak.
2. An adverse or unfortunate event, esp. a sudden and extraordinary misfortune; a calamity; a serious mishap. But noble souls, through dust and heat, Rise from disaster and defeat The stronger. Longfellow.
Syn. — Calamity; misfortune; mishap; mischance; visitation; misadventure; ill luck. See Calamity.
DISASTER Dis*as"ter, v. t.
1. To blast by the influence of a baleful star. [Obs.] Sir P. Sidney.
2. To bring harm upon; to injure. [R.] Thomson.
DISASTERLY Dis*as"ter*ly, adv.
Defn: Disastrously. [Obs.] Drayton.
DISASTROUS Dis*as"trous, a. Etym: [Cf. F. désastreux. See Disaster.]
1. Full of unpropitious stellar influences; unpropitious; ill-boding. [Obs.] The moon In dim eclipse, disastrous twilight sheds. Milton.
2. Attended with suffering or disaster; very unfortunate; calamitous; ill-fated; as, a disastrous day; a disastrous termination of an undertaking. Wherein I spake of most disastrous chances. Shak. — Dis*as"trous*ly, adv. — Dis*as"trous*ness, n.
DISATTIRE Dis`at*tire", v. t. Etym: [Pref. dis- + attire: cf. OF. desatirier.]
Defn: To unrobe; to undress. Spenser.
DISAUGMENT Dis`aug*ment", v. t.
Defn: To diminish. [R.]
DISAUTHORIZE Dis*au"thor*ize, v. t.
Defn: To deprive of credit or authority; to discredit. [R.] W. Wotton.
DISAVAUNCE Dis`a*vaunce", v. t. Etym: [Cf. Disadvance.]
Defn: To retard; to repel; to do damage to. [Obs.] Chaucer.
DISAVENTURE Dis`a*ven"ture, n. Etym: [See Disadventure, Adventure.]
Defn: Misfortune. [Obs.] Spenser.
DISAVENTUROUS Dis`a*ven"tur*ous, a.
Defn: Misadventurous; unfortunate. [Obs.] Spenser.
DISAVOUCH Dis`a*vouch", v. t. Etym: [Pref. dis- + avouch. Cf. Disavow.]
Defn: To disavow. [R.] Daniel.
DISAVOW Dis`a*vow", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disavowed; p. pr. & vb. n. Disavowing.] Etym: [F. désavouer; pref. dés- (L. dis-) + avouer to avow. See Avow, and cf. Disavouch.]
1. To refuse strongly and solemnly to own or acknowledge; to deny responsibility for, approbation of, an the like; to disclaim; to disown; as, he was charged with embezzlement, but he disavows the crime. A solemn promise made and disavowed. Dryden.
2. To deny; to show the contrary of; to disprove. Yet can they never Toss into air the freedom of my birth, Or disavow my blood Plantagenet's. Ford.
DISAVOWAL Dis`a*vow"al, n.
Defn: The act of disavowing, disclaiming, or disowning; rejection and denial. An earnest disavowal of fear often proceeds from fear. Richardson.
DISAVOWANCE Dis`a*vow"ance, n.
Defn: Disavowal. [Obs.] South.
DISAVOWER Dis`a*vow"er, n.
Defn: One who disavows.
DISAVOWMENT Dis`a*vow"ment, n.
Defn: Disavowal. [R.] Wotton.
DISBAND Dis*band" (; see Dis-), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disbanded; p. pr. & vb. n. Disbanding.] Etym: [Pref. dis- + band: cf. OF. desbander, F. débander, to unbind, unbend. See Band, and cf. Disbend, Disbind.]
1. To loose the bands of; to set free; to disunite; to scatter; to disperse; to break up the organization of; especially, to dismiss from military service; as, to disband an army. They disbanded themselves and returned, every man to his own dwelling. Knolles.
2. To divorce. [Obs.] And therefore . . . she ought to be disbanded. Milton.
DISBAND Dis*band", v. i.
Defn: To become separated, broken up, dissolved, or scattered; especially, to quit military service by breaking up organization.
When both rocks and all things shall disband. Herbert. Human society would in a short space disband. Tillotson.
DISBANDMENT Dis*band"ment, n.
Defn: The act of disbanding.
DISBAR Dis*bar", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disbarred; p. pr. & vb. n. Disbarring.] (Law)
Defn: To expel from the bar, or the legal profession; to deprive (an attorney, barrister, or counselor) of his status and privileges as such. Abbott.
DISBARK Dis*bark", v. t. Etym: [Pref. dis- + bark a small ship: cf. OF. desbarquer, F. débarquer. Cf. Debark, Disembark.]
Defn: To disembark. Pope.
DISBARK Dis*bark", v. t. Etym: [Pref. dis- + bark rind.]
Defn: To strip of bark; to bark. [R.] Boyle.
DISBARMENT Dis*bar"ment, n.
Defn: Act of disbarring.
DISBASE Dis*base", v. t. Etym: [Cf. Debase.]
Defn: To debase or degrade. [Obs.] Nor you nor your house were so much as spoken of before I disbased myself. B. Jonson.
DISBECOME Dis`be*come", v. t.
Defn: To misbecome. [Obs.] Massinger.
DISBELIEF Dis*be*lief", n.
Defn: The act of disbelieving;; a state of the mind in which one is fully persuaded that an opinion, assertion, or doctrine is not true; refusal of assent, credit, or credence; denial of belief. Our belief or disbelief of a thing does not alter the nature of the thing. Tillotson. No sadder proof can be given by a man of his own littleness that disbelief in great men. Carlyle.
Syn. — Distrust; unbelief; incredulity; doubt; skepticism. — Disbelief, Unbelief. Unbelief is a mere failure to admit; disbelief is a positive rejection. One may be an unbeliever in Christianity from ignorance or want of inquiry; a unbeliever has the proofs before him, and incurs the guilt of setting them aside. Unbelief is usually open to conviction; disbelief is already convinced as to the falsity of that which it rejects. Men often tell a story in such a manner that we regard everything they say with unbelief. Familiarity with the worst parts of human nature often leads us into a disbelief in many good qualities which really exist among men.
DISBELIEVE Dis`be*lieve", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disbelieved; p. pr. & vb. n. Disbelieving.]
Defn: Not to believe; to refuse belief or credence to; to hold not to be true or actual. Assertions for which there is abundant positive evidence are often disbelieved, on account of what is called their improbability or impossibility. J. S. Mill.
DISBELIEVER Dis`be*liev"er, n.
Defn: One who disbelieves, or refuses belief; an unbeliever. Specifically, one who does not believe the Christian religion. I. Watts.
DISBENCH Dis*bench", v. t.
1. To drive from a bench or seat. [R.] Shak.
2. (Eng. Law)
Defn: To deprive (a bencher) of his privileges. Mozley & W.
DISBEND Dis*bend, v. t.
Defn: To unbend. [Obs.] Stirling.
DISBIND Dis*bind", v. t. Etym: [Cf. Disband.]
Defn: To unbind; to loosen. [Obs.] Mede.
DISBLAME Dis*blame", v. t. Etym: [OE. desblamen, OF. desblasmer; pref. des- (L. dis-) + blasmer, F. blâmer, to blame.]
Defn: To clear from blame. [Obs.] Chaucer.
DISBODIED Dis*bod"ied, a.
Defn: Disembodied. [R.]
DISBOSCATION Dis`bos*ca"tion, n. Etym: [Pref. dis- + F. bosquet grove.]
Defn: Converting forest land into cleared or arable land; removal of a forest. Sir W. Scott.
DISBOWEL Dis*bow"el, v. t. Etym: [See Bowel, v. t.]
Defn: To disembowel. [R.] Spenser.
DISBRANCH Dis*branch", v. t. Etym: [See Branch, v.]
Defn: To divest of a branch or branches; to tear off. Shak.
DISBUD Dis*bud", v. t. Etym: [See Bud, v.] (Hort.)
Defn: To deprive of buds or shoots, as for training, or economizing the vital strength of a tree.
DISBURDEN Dis*bur"den, v. t. Etym: [See Burden, v. t.] Etym: [Cf. Disburthen.]
Defn: To rid of a burden; to free from a load borne or from something oppressive; to unload; to disencumber; to relieve. He did it to disburden a conscience. Feltham. My mediations . . . will, I hope, be more calm, being thus disburdened. Hammond.
Syn. — To unload; unburden; discharge; free.
DISBURDEN Dis*bur"den, v. i.
Defn: To relieve one's self of a burden; to ease the mind. Milton.
DISBURGEON Dis*bur"geon, v. t.
Defn: To strip of burgeons or buds; to disbud. [R.] Holland.
DISBURSE Dis*burse", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disbursed; p. pr. & vb. n. Disbursing.] Etym: [OF. desbourser, F. débourser; pref. des- (L. dis- ) + bourse purse. See Burse, and cf. Dispurse.]
Defn: To pay out; to expend; — usually from a public fund or treasury. The duty of collecting and disbursing his revenues. Macaulay. Disbursing officer, an officer in any department of the public service who is charged with the duty of paying out public money.
DISBURSEMENT Dis*burse"ment, n. Etym: [Cf. F. déboursement.]
1. The act of disbursing or paying out. The disbursement of the public moneys. U. S. Statutes.
2. That which is disbursed or paid out; as, the annual disbursements exceed the income.
DISBURSER Dis*burs"er, n.
Defn: One who disburses money.
DISBURTHEN Dis*bur"then, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disburthened; p. pr. & vb. n. Disburthening.] Etym: [Cf. Disburden.]
Defn: To disburden; to relieve of a load. [Archaic]
DISC Disc, n. Etym: [See Disk, Dish.]
Defn: A flat round plate; (Biol.)
Defn: a circular structure either in plants or animals; as, a blood disc, a germinal disc, etc. Same as Disk.
DISCAGE Dis*cage", v. t.
Defn: To uncage. [R.] Tennyson.
DISCAL Disc"al, a.
Defn: Pertaining to, or resembling, a disk; as, discal cells.
DISCALCEATE Dis*cal"ce*ate, v. t. Etym: [L. discalceatus unshod; dis- + calceus shoe.]
Defn: To pull off shoes or sandals from. [Obs.] Cockeram.
DISCALCEATED Dis*cal"ce*at`ed, a.
Defn: Deprived off shoes or sandals; unshod; discalced.
DISCALCEATION Dis*cal`ce*a"tion, n.
Defn: The act of pulling off the shoes or sandals. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.
DISCALCED Dis*calced", a.
Defn: Unshod; barefooted; — in distinction from calced. "The foundation of houses of discalced friars." Cardinal Manning's St. Teresa.
DISCAMP Dis*camp", v. t. Etym: [See Decamp.]
Defn: To drive from a camp. [Obs.] Holland.
DISCANDY Dis*can"dy, v. i.
Defn: To melt; to dissolve; to thaw. [Obs.]
DISCANT Dis"cant, n.
Defn: See Descant, n.
DISCAPACITATE Dis*ca*pac"i*tate, v. t.
Defn: To deprive of capacity; to incapacitate. [R.]
DISCARD Dis*card", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Discarded; p. pr. & vb. n. Discarding.]
1. (Card Playing)
Defn: To throw out of one's hand, as superfluous cards; to lay aside (a card or cards).
2. To cast off as useless or as no longer of service; to dismiss from employment, confidence, or favor; to discharge; to turn away. They blame the favorites, and think it nothing extraordinary that the queen should . . . resolve to discard them. Swift.
3. To put or thrust away; to reject. A man discards the follies of boyhood. I. Taylor.
Syn. — To dismiss; displace; discharge; cashier.
DISCARD Dis*card", v. i. (Card Playing)
Defn: To make a discard.
DISCARD Dis*card", n. (Card Playing)
Defn: The act of discarding; also, the card or cards discarded.
DISCARDURE Dis*car"dure, n.
Defn: Rejection; dismissal. [R.] Hayter.
DISCARNATE Dis*car"nate, a. Etym: [L. dis- + carnatus fleshy, fr. caro, carnis, flesh.]
Defn: Stripped of flesh. [Obs.] "Discarnate bones." Glanvill.
DISCASE Dis*case", v. t.
Defn: To strip; to undress. Shak.
DISCEDE Dis*cede", v. i. Etym: [L. discedere; dis- + cedere to yield.]
Defn: To yield or give up; to depart. [Obs.] I dare not discede from my copy a tittle. Fuller.
DISCEPT Dis*cept", v. i. Etym: [L. disceptare.]
Defn: To debate; to discuss. [R.] One dissertates, he is candid; Two must discept, — has distinguished. R. Browning.
DISCEPTATION Dis`cep*ta"tion, n. Etym: [L. disceptatio.]
Defn: Controversy; disputation; discussion. [Archaic] Verbose janglings and endless disceptations. Strype.
DISCEPTATOR Dis`cep*ta"tor, n. Etym: [L.]
Defn: One who arbitrates or decides. [R.] Cowley.
DISCERN Dis*cern", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Discerned; p. pr. & vb. n. Discerning.] Etym: [F. discerner, L. discernere, discretum; dis- + cernere to separate, distinguish. See Certain, and cf. Discreet.]
1. To see and identify by noting a difference or differences; to note the distinctive character of; to discriminate; to distinguish. To discern such buds as are fit to produce blossoms. Boyle. A counterfeit stone which thine eye can not discern from a right stone. Robynson (More's Utopia).
2. To see by the eye or by the understanding; to perceive and recognize; as, to discern a difference. And [I] beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the youths, a young man void of understanding. Prov. vii. 7. Our unassisted sight . . . is not acute enough to discern the minute texture of visible objects. Beattie. I wake, and I discern the truth. Tennyson.
Syn. — To perceive; distinguish; discover; penetrate; discriminate; espy; descry; detect. See Perceive.
DISCERN Dis*cern", v. i.
1. To see or understand the difference; to make distinction; as, to discern between good and evil, truth and falsehood. More than sixscore thousand that cannot discern between their right hand their left. Jonah iv. 11.
2. To make cognizance. [Obs.] Bacon.
DISCERNANCE Dis*cern"ance, n.
Defn: Discernment. [Obs.]
DISCERNER Dis*cern"er, n.
Defn: One who, or that which, discerns, distinguishes, perceives, or judges; as, a discerner of truth, of right and wrong. A great observer and discerner of men's natures. Clarendon.
DISCERNIBLE Dis*cern"i*ble, a. Etym: [L. discernibilis.]
Defn: Capable of being discerned by the eye or the understanding; as, a star is discernible by the eye; the identity of difference of ideas is discernible by the understanding. The effect of the privations and sufferings . . . was discernible to the last in his temper and deportment. Macaulay.
Syn. — Perceptible; distinguishable; apparent; visible; evident; manifest.
DISCERNIBLENESS Dis*cern"i*ble*ness, n.
Defn: The quality of being discernible.
DISCERNIBLY Dis*cern"i*bly, adv.
Defn: In a manner to be discerned; perceptibly; visibly. Hammond.
DISCERNING Dis*cern"ing, a.
Defn: Acute; shrewd; sagacious; sharp-sighted. Macaulay.
DISCERNINGLY Dis*cern"ing*ly, adv.
Defn: In a discerning manner; with judgment; judiciously; acutely. Garth.
DISCERNMENT Dis*cern"ment, n. Etym: [Cf. F. discernement.]
1. The act of discerning.
2. The power or faculty of the mind by which it distinguishes one thing from another; power of viewing differences in objects, and their relations and tendencies; penetrative and discriminate mental vision; acuteness; sagacity; insight; as, the errors of youth often proceed from the want of discernment.
Syn. — Judgment; acuteness; discrimination; penetration; sagacity; insight. — Discernment, Penetration, Discrimination. Discernment is keenness and accuracy of mental vision; penetration is the power of seeing deeply into a subject in spite of everything that intercepts the view; discrimination is a capacity of tracing out minute distinctions and the nicest shades of thought. A discerning man is not easily misled; one of a penetrating mind sees a multitude of things which escape others; a discriminating judgment detects the slightest differences.
DISCERP Dis*cerp", v. t. Etym: [L. discerpere, discerptum; dis- + carpere to pluck.]
1. To tear in pieces; to rend. [R.] Stukeley.
2. To separate; to disunite. [R.] Bp. Hurd.
DISCERPIBILITY; DISCERPTIBILITY Dis*cerp`i*bil"i*ty, Dis*cerp`ti*bil"i*ty, n.
Defn: Capability or liableness to be discerped. [R.] Wollaston.
DISCERPIBLE; DISCERPTIBLE Dis*cerp"i*ble, Dis*cerp"ti*ble, a. Etym: [See Discerp.]
Defn: Capable of being discerped. [R.]
DISCERPTION Dis*cerp"tion, n. Etym: [L. discerptio.]
Defn: The act of pulling to pieces, or of separating the parts. Bp. Hall.
DISCERPTIVE Dis*cerp"tive, a.
Defn: Tending to separate or disunite parts. Encys. Dict.
DISCESSION Dis*ces"sion, n. Etym: [L. discessio, fr. discedere, discessum. See Discede.]
Defn: Departure. [Obs.]
DISCHARGE Dis*charge", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Discharged; p. pr. & vb. n. Discharging.] Etym: [OE. deschargen, dischargen, OF. deschargier, F. décharger; pref. des- (L. dis) + chargier, F. charger. See Charge.]
1. To relieve of a charge, load, or burden; to empty of a load or cargo; to unburden; to unload; as, to discharge a vessel.
2. To free of the missile with which anything is charged or loaded; to let go the charge of; as, to discharge a bow, catapult, etc.; especially, said of firearms, — to fire off; to shoot off; also, to relieve from a state of tension, as a Leyden jar. The galleys also did oftentimes, out of their prows, discharge their great pieces against the city. Knolles. Feeling in other cases discharges itself in indirect muscular actions. H. Spencer.
3. To of something weighing upon or impeding over one, as a debt, claim, obligation, responsibility, accusation, etc.; to absolve; to acquit; to clear. Discharged of business, void of strife. Dryden. In one man's fault discharge another man of his duty. L'Estrange.
4. To relieve of an office or employment; to send away from service; to dismiss. Discharge the common sort With pay and thanks. Shak. Grindal . . . was discharged the government of his see. Milton.
5. To release legally from confinement; to set at liberty; as, to discharge a prisoner.
6. To put forth, or remove, as a charge or burden; to take out, as that with which anything is loaded or filled; as, to discharge a cargo.
7. To let fly, as a missile; to shoot. They do discharge their shot of courtesy. Shak.
8. To set aside; to annul; to dismiss. We say such an order was "discharged on appeal." Mozley & W. The order for Daly's attendance was discharged. Macaulay.
9. To throw off the obligation of, as a duty or debt; to relieve one's self of, by fulfilling conditions, performing duty, trust, and the like; hence, to perform or ex Had I a hundred tongues, a wit so large As could their hundred offices discharge. Dryden.
10. To send away (a creditor) satisfied by payment; to pay one's debt or obligation to. [Obs.] If he had The present money to discharge the Jew. Shak.
11. To give forth; to emit or send out; as, a pipe discharges water; to let fly; to give expression to; to utter; as, to discharge a horrible oath.
12. To prohibit; to forbid. [Scot. Obs.] Sir W. Scott. Discharging arch (Arch.), an arch over a door, window, or other opening, to distribute the pressure of the wall above. See Illust. of Lintel. — Discharging piece, Discharging strut (Arch.), a piece set to carry thrust or weight to a solid point of support. — Discharging rod (Elec.), a bent wire, with knobs at both ends, and insulated by a glass handle. It is employed for discharging a Leyden jar or an electrical battery. See Discharger.
Syn. — See Deliver.
DISCHARGE Dis*charge", v. i.
Defn: To throw off or deliver a load, charge, or burden; to unload; to emit or give vent to fluid or other contents; as, the water pipe discharges freely. The cloud, if it were oily or fatty, would not discharge. Bacon.
DISCHARGE Dis*charge", n. Etym: [Cf. F. décharge. See Discharge, v. t.]
1. The act of discharging; the act of relieving of a charge or load; removal of a load or burden; unloading; as, the discharge of a ship; discharge of a cargo.
2. Firing off; explosive removal of a charge; explosion; letting off; as, a discharge of arrows, of artillery.
3. Act of relieving of something which oppresses or weighs upon one, as an obligation, liability, debt, accusation, etc.; acquittance; as, the discharge of a debtor.
4. Act of removing, or getting rid of, an obligation, liability, etc.; fulfillment, as by the payment of a debt, or the performance of a trust or duty. Indefatigable in the discharge of business. Motley. Nothing can absolve us from the discharge of those duties. L'Estrange.
5. Release or dismissal from an office, employment, etc.; dismission; as, the discharge of a workman by his employer.
6. Legal release from confinement; liberation; as, the discharge of a prisoner.
7. The state of being discharged or relieved of a debt, obligation, office, and the like; acquittal. Too secure of our discharge From penalty. Milton.
8. That which discharges or releases from an obligation, liability, penalty, etc., as a price of ransom, a legal document. Death, who sets all free, Hath paid his ransom now and full discharge. Milton.
9. A flowing or issuing out; emission; vent; evacuation; also, that which is discharged or emitted; as, a rapid discharge of water from the pipe. The hemorrhage being stopped, the next occurrence is a thin serous discharge. S. Sharp.
Charge and discharge. (Equity Practice) See under Charge, n. — Paralytic discharge (Physiol.), the increased secretion from a gland resulting from the cutting of all of its nerves.
DISCHARGER Dis*char"ger, n.
Defn: One who, or that which, discharges. Specifically, in electricity, an instrument for discharging a Leyden jar, or electrical battery, by making a connection between the two surfaces; a discharging rod.
DISCHEVELE Dis*chev"ele, a.
Defn: Disheveled. [Obs.] Chaucer.
DISCHURCH Dis*church", v. t.
Defn: To deprive of status as a church, or of membership in a church. Bp. Hall.
DISCIDE Dis*cide", v. t. Etym: [L. discidere; dis- + caedere to cut.]
Defn: To divide; to cleave in two. [Obs.] Spenser.
DISCIFEROUS Dis*cif"er*ous, a. Etym: [Disc- + -ferous.]
Defn: Bearing disks.
DISCIFLORAL; DISCIFLOROUS Dis`ci*flo"ral, Dis`ci*flo"rous, a. Etym: [See Disk, and Floral.] (Bot.)
Defn: Bearing the stamens on a discoid outgrowth of the receptacle; - - said of a subclass of plants. Cf. Calycifloral.
DISCIFORM Dis"ci*form, a.
Defn: Discoid.
DISCINA Dis*ci"na, n. Etym: [NL., fr. L. discus disk, Gr. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A genus of Branchiopoda, having a disklike shell, attached by one valve, which is perforated by the peduncle.
DISCINCT Dis*cinct, a. Etym: [L. discinctus, p. p. of discingere to ungird; dis- + cingere to gird.]
Defn: Ungirded; loosely dressed. [R.] Sir W. Scott.
DISCIND Dis*cind", v. t. Etym: [L. discindere; dis- + scindere to cut, split.]
Defn: To part; to divide. [Obs.] Boyle.
DISCIPLE Dis*ci"ple, n. Etym: [OE. disciple, deciple, OF. disciple, fr. L. discipulus, fr. discere to learn (akin to docere to teach; see Docile) + prob. a root meaning to turn or drive, as in L. pellere to drive (see Pulse).]
Defn: One who receives instruction from another; a scholar; a learner; especially, a follower who has learned to believe in the truth of the doctrine of his teacher; an adherent in doctrine; as, the disciples of Plato; the disciples of our Savior. The disciples, or The twelve disciples, the twelve selected companions of Jesus; — also called the apostles. — Disciples of Christ. See Christian, n., 3, and Campbellite.
Syn. — Learner; scholar; pupil; follower; adherent.
DISCIPLE Dis*ci"ple, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Discipled; p. pr. & vb. n. Discipling.]
1. To teach; to train. [Obs.] That better were in virtues discipled. Spenser.
2. To punish; to discipline. [Obs.] B. Jonson.
3. To make disciples of; to convert to doctrines or principles. [R.] Sending missionaries to disciple all nations. E. D. Griffin.
DISCIPLESHIP Dis*ci"ple*ship, n.
Defn: The state of being a disciple or follower in doctrines and precepts. Jer. Taylor.
DISCIPLESS Dis*ci"pless, n.
Defn: A female disciple. [Obs.]
DISCIPLINABLE Dis"ci*plin*a*ble, a. Etym: [Cf. F. disciplinable. See Discipline.]
1. Capable of being disciplined or improved by instruction and training.
2. Liable or deserving to be disciplined; subject to disciplinary punishment; as, a disciplinable offense.
DISCIPLINABLENESS Dis"ci*plin*a*ble*ness, n.
Defn: The quality of being improvable by discipline. Sir M. Hale.
DISCIPLINAL Dis"ci*plin*al, a.
Defn: Relating to discipline. Latham.
DISCIPLINANT Dis"ci*plin*ant, n. Etym: [See Discipline.] (Eccl. Hist.)
Defn: A flagellant. See Flagellant.
DISCIPLINARIAN Dis`ci*plin*a"ri*an, a.
Defn: Pertaining to discipline. "Displinarian system." Milman.
DISCIPLINARIAN Dis`ci*plin*a"ri*an, n.
1. One who disciplines; one who excels in training, especially with training, especially with regard to order and obedience; one who enforces rigid discipline; a stickler for the observance of rules and methods of training; as, he is a better disciplinarian than scholar.
2. A Puritan or Presbyterian; — because of rigid adherence to religious or church discipline. [Obs.]
DISCIPLINARY Dis"ci*plin*a*ry, a. Etym: [LL. disciplinarius flogging: cf. F. disciplinaire.]
Defn: Pertaining to discipline; intended for discipline; corrective; belonging to a course of training. Those canons . . . were only disciplinary. Bp. Ferne. The evils of the . . . are disciplinary and remedial. Buckminster.
DISCIPLINE Dis`ci*pline, n. Etym: [F. discipline, L. disciplina, from discipulus. See Disciple.]
1. The treatment suited to a disciple or learner; education; development of the faculties by instruction and exercise; training, whether physical, mental, or moral. Wife and children are a kind of discipline of humanity. Bacon. Discipline aims at the removal of bad habits and the substitution of good ones, especially those of order, regularity, and obedience. C. J. Smith.
2. Training to act in accordance with established rules; accustoming to systematic and regular action; drill. Their wildness lose, and, quitting nature's part, Obey the rules and discipline of art. Dryden.
3. Subjection to rule; submissiveness to order and control; habit of obedience. The most perfect, who have their passions in the best discipline, are yet obliged to be constantly on their guard. Rogers.
4. Severe training, corrective of faults; instruction by means of misfortune, suffering, punishment, etc. A sharp discipline of half a century had sufficed to educate Macaulay.
5. Correction; chastisement; punishment inflicted by way of correction and training. Giving her the discipline of the strap. Addison.
6. The subject matter of instruction; a branch of knowledge. Bp. Wilkins.
7. (Eccl.)
Defn: The enforcement of methods of correction against one guilty of ecclesiastical offenses; reformatory or penal action toward a church member.
8. (R. C. Ch.)
Defn: Self- inflicted and voluntary corporal punishment, as penance, or otherwise; specifically, a penitential scourge.
9. (Eccl.)
Defn: A system of essential rules and duties; as, the Romish or Anglican discipline.
Syn. — Education; instruction; training; culture; correction; chastisement; punishment.
DISCIPLINE Dis"ci*pline, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disciplined; p. pr. & vb. n. Disciplining.] Etym: [Cf. LL. disciplinarian to flog, fr. L. disciplina discipline, and F. discipliner to discipline.]
1. To educate; to develop by instruction and exercise; to train.
2. To accustom to regular and systematic action; to bring under control so as to act systematically; to train to act together under orders; to teach subordination to; to form a habit of obedience in; to drill. Ill armed, and worse disciplined. Clarendon. His mind . . . imperfectly disciplined by nature. Macaulay.
3. To improve by corrective and penal methods; to chastise; to correct. Has he disciplined Aufidius soundly Shak.
4. To inflict ecclesiastical censures and penalties upon.
Syn. — To train; form; teach; instruct; bring up; regulate; correct; chasten; chastise; punish.
DISCIPLINER Dis"ci*plin*er, n.
Defn: One who disciplines.
DISCLAIM Dis*claim", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disclaimed; p. pr. & vb. n. Disclaiming.]
1. To renounce all claim to deny; ownership of, or responsibility for; to disown; to disavow; to reject. He calls the gods to witness their offense; Disclaims the war, asserts his innocence. Dryden. He disclaims the authority of Jesus. Farmer.
2. To deny, as a claim; to refuse. The payment was irregularly made, if not disclaimed. Milman.
3. (Law)
Defn: To relinquish or deny having a claim; to disavow another's claim; to decline accepting, as an estate, interest, or office. Burrill.
Syn. — To disown; disavow; renounce; repudiate.
DISCLAIM Dis*claim", v. t.
Defn: To disavow or renounce all part, claim, or share. Blackstone. Disclaim in, Disclaim from, to disown; to disavow. [Obs.] "Nature disclaims in thee." Shak.
DISCLAIMER Dis*claim"er, n.
1. One who disclaims, disowns, or renounces.
2. (Law)
Defn: A denial, disavowal, or renunciation, as of a title, claim, interest, estate, or trust; relinquishment or waiver of an interest or estate. Burrill.
3. A public disavowal, as of pretensions, claims, opinions, and the like. Burke.
DISCLAMATION Dis`cla*ma"tion, n.
Defn: A disavowing or disowning. Bp. Hall.
DISCLAME Dis*clame", v. t.
Defn: To disclaim; to expel. [Obs.] "Money did love disclame." Spenser.
DISCLAUNDER Dis*claun"der, v. t. Etym: [From OE. disclaundre, n., for sclandre, esclandre, OF. esclandre. See Sclaundre, Slander.]
Defn: To injure one's good name; to slander. [Obs.]
DISCLOAK Dis*cloak", v. t.
Defn: To take off a cloak from; to uncloak. [Obs.] B. Jonson.
DISCLOSE Dis*close", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disclosed; p. pr. & vb. n. Disclosing.] Etym: [OE. desclosen, disclosen, fr. disclos, desclos, not shut in, open, OF. desclos, p. p. of desclore to open, F. déclore; pref. des- (L. dis-) + clore to shut, fr. L. claudere to shut. See Close, and cf. Disclusion.]
1. To unclose; to open; — applied esp. to eggs in the sense of to hatch. The ostrich layeth her eggs under sand, where the heat of the discloseth them. Bacon.
2. To remove a cover or envelope from;; to set free from inclosure; to uncover. The shells being broken, . . . the stone included in them is thereby disclosed and set at liberty. Woodward.
3. To lay open or expose to view; to cause to appear; to bring to light; to reveal. How softly on the Spanish shore she plays, Disclosing rock, and slope, and forest brown! Byron. Her lively looks a sprightly mind disclose. Pope.
4. To make known, as that which has been kept secret or hidden; to reveal; to expose; as, events have disclosed his designs. If I disclose my passion, Our friendship 's an end. Addison.
Syn. — To uncover; open; unveil; discover; reveal; divulge; tell; utter.
DISCLOSE Dis*close", n.
Defn: Disclosure. [Obs.] Shak. Young.
DISCLOSED Dis*closed", p. a. (Her.)
Defn: Represented with wings expanded; — applied to doves and other birds not of prey. Cussans.
DISCLOSER Dis*clos"er, n.
Defn: One who discloses.
DISCLOSURE Dis*clo"sure, n. Etym: [See Disclose, v. t., and cf. Closure.]
1. The act of disclosing, uncovering, or revealing; bringing to light; exposure. He feels it [his secret] beating at his heart, rising to his throat, and demanding disclosure. D. Webster.
2. That which is disclosed or revealed. Were the disclosures of 1695 forgotten Macaulay.
DISCLOUD Dis*cloud", v. t.
Defn: To clear from clouds. [Archaic] Fuller.
DISCLOUT Dis*clout", v. t.
Defn: To divest of a clout. [R.]
DISCLUSION Dis*clu"sion, n. Etym: [L. disclusio, fr. discludere, disclusum, to separate. See Disclose.]
Defn: A shutting off; exclusion. [Obs.] Dr. H. More.
DISCOAST Dis*coast", v. i. Etym: [Pref. dis- + coast: cf. It. discostare.]
Defn: To depart; to quit the coast (that is, the side or border) of anything; to be separated. [Obs.] As far as heaven and earth discoasted lie. G. Fletcher. To discoast from the plain and simple way of speech. Barrow.
DISCOBLASTIC Dis`co*blas"tic, a. Etym: [Gr. (Biol.)
Defn: Applied to a form of egg cleavage seen in osseous fishes, which occurs only in a small disk that separates from the rest of the egg.
DISCOBOLUS Dis*cob"o*lus, n.; pl. Discoboli. Etym: [L., fr. Gr. (Fine Arts) (a) A thrower of the discus. (b) A statue of an athlete holding the discus, or about to throw it
Note: The Discobolus of Myron was a famous statue of antiquity, and several copies or imitations of it have been preserved.
DISCODACTYL Dis`co*dac"tyl, n. Etym: [See Discodactylia.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: One of the tree frogs.
DISCODACTYLIA Dis`co*dac*tyl"i*a, n. pl. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A division of amphibians having suctorial disks on the toes, as the tree frogs.
DISCODACTYLOUS Dis`co*dac"tyl*ous, a. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Having sucking disks on the toes, as the tree frogs.
DISCOHERENT Dis`co*her"ent, a.
Defn: Incoherent. [R.]
DISCOID Dis"coid, a. Etym: [Gr. discoïde. See Disk.]
Defn: Having the form of a disk, as those univalve shells which have the whorls in one plane, so as to form a disk, as the pearly nautilus. Discoid flower (Bot.), a compound flower, consisting of tubular florets only, as a tansy, lacking the rays which are seen in the daisy and sunflower.
DISCOID Dis"coid, n.
Defn: Anything having the form of a discus or disk; particularly, a discoid shell.
DISCOIDAL Dis*coid"al, a. Etym: [Cf. F. discoïdal.]
Defn: Disk-shaped; discoid.
DISCOLITH Dis"co*lith, n. Etym: [Gr. -lith.] (Biol.)
Defn: One of a species of coccoliths, having an oval discoidal body, with a thick strongly refracting rim, and a thinner central portion. One of them measures about
DISCOLOR Dis*col"or, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Discolored; p. pr. & vb. n. Discoloring.] Etym: [OE. descolouren, OF. descolorer, F. décolorer, fr. L. dis- + cololare, coloratum, to color, color color. See Color.] [Written also discolour.]
1. To alter the natural hue or color of; to change to a different color; to stain; to tinge; as, a drop of wine will discolor water; silver is discolored by sea water.
2. To alter the true complexion or appearance of; to put a false hue upon. To discolor all your ideas. Wat
DISCOLORATE Dis*col"or*ate, v. t.
Defn: To discolor. [R.] Fuller.
DISCOLORATION Dis*col`or*a"tion, n. Etym: [Cf. F. decoloration.]
1. The act of discoloring, or the state of being discolored; alteration of hue or appearance. Darwin.
2. A discolored spot; a stain. Arbuthnot.
DISCOLORED Dis*col"ored, a.
1. Altered in color;
2. Variegated; of divers colors. [R.] That ever wore discolored arms. Chapman.
DISCOMFIT Dis*com"fit, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Discomfited; p. pr. & vb. n. Discomfiting.] Etym: [OF. desconfit, p. p. of desconfire, F. déconfire; fr. L. dis- + conficere to make ready, prepare, bring about. See Comfit, Fact.]
1. To scatter in fight; to put to rout; to defeat. And his proud foes discomfit in victorious field. Spenser.
2. To break up and frustrate the plans of; to balk Well, go with me and be not so discomfited. Shak.
Syn. — To defeat; overthrow; overpower; vanquish; conquer; baffle; frustrate; confound; discourage.
DISCOMFIT Dis*com"fit, a.
Defn: Discomfited; overthrown. [Obs.]
DISCOMFIT Dis*com"fit, n.
Defn: Rout; overthrow; discomfiture. Such as discomfort as shall quite despoil him. Milton.
DISCOMFITURE Dis*com"fi*ture, n. Etym: [OF. desconfiture, F. déconfiture. See Discomfort, v. t., and cf. Comfiture.]
Defn: The act of discomfiting, or the state of being discomfited; rout; overthrow; defeat; frustration; confusion and dejection. Every man's sword was against his fellow, and there was a very great discomfiture. 1 Sam. xiv. 20. A hope destined to end . . . in discomfiture and disgrace. Macaulay.
DISCOMFORT Dis*com"fort, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Discomforted; p. pr. & vb. n. Discomforting.] Etym: [OF. desconforter, F. déconforter, to discourage; pref. des- (L dis-) + conforter. See Comfort.]
1. To discourage; to deject. His funeral shall not be in our camp, Lest it discomfort us. Shak.
2. To destroy or disturb the comfort of; to deprive oas, a smoky chimney discomforts a family.
DISCOMFORT Dis*com"fort, n. Etym: [OF. desconfort, F. déconfort. See Discomfort, v. t.]
1. Discouragement. [Obs.] Shak.
2. Want of comfort; uneasiness, mental or physical; disturbance of peace; inquietude; pain; distress; sorrow. "An age of spiritual discomfort." M. Arnold. Strive against all the discomforts of thy sufferings. Bp. Hall.
DISCOMFORTABLE Dis*com"fort*a*ble, a. Etym: [Cf. OF. desconfortable.]
1. Causing discomfort; occasioning uneasiness; making sad. [Obs.] Sir P. Sidney.
2. Destitute of comfort; uncomfortable. [R.] A labyrinth of little discomfortable garrets. Thackeray. — Dis*com"fort*a*ble*ness, n. [Obs.]
DISCOMMEND Dis`com*mend", v. t.
1. To mention with disapprobation; to blame; to disapprove. [R.] Spenser. By commending something in him that is good, and discommending the same fault in others. Jer. Taylor.
2. To expose to censure or ill favor; to put out of the good graces of any one. A compliance will discommend me to Mr. Coventry. Pepys.
DISCOMMENDABLE Dis`com*mend"a*ble, a.
Defn: Deserving, disapprobation or blame. — Dis`com*mend"a*ble*ness, n.
DISCOMMENDATION Dis*com`men*da"tion, n.
Defn: Blame; censure; reproach. [R.] Ayliffe.
DISCOMMENDER Dis`com*mend"er, n.
Defn: One who discommends; a dispraiser. Johnson.
DISCOMMISSION Dis`com*mis"sion, v. t.
Defn: To deprive of a commission or trust. [R.] Laud.
DISCOMMODATE Dis*com"mo*date, v. t. Etym: [L. dis- + commodatus, p. p. of commodare to make fit or suitable, fr. commodus fit, commodious. See Commodious, and cf. Discommode.]
Defn: To discommode. [Obs.] Howell.
DISCOMMODE Dis`com*mode", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Discommoded; p. pr. & vb. n. Discommoding.] Etym: [See Discommodate.]
Defn: To put inconvenience; to incommode; to trouble. [R.]
Syn. — To incommode; annoy; inconvenience.
DISCOMMODIOUS Dis`com*mo"di*ous, a.
Defn: Inconvenient; troublesome; incommodious. [R.] Spenser. — Dis`com*mo"di*ous*ly, adv. — Dis`com*mo"di*ous*ness, n.
DISCOMMODITY Dis`com*mod"i*ty, n.
Defn: Disadvantage; inconvenience. Bacon.
DISCOMMON Dis*com"mon, v. t.
1. To deprive of the right of common. [R.] Bp. Hall.
2. To deprive of privileges. [R.] T. Warton.
3. (Law)
Defn: To deprive of commonable quality, as lands, by inclosing or appropriating. Burrill.
DISCOMMUNITY Dis`com*mu"ni*ty, n.
Defn: A lack of common possessions, properties, or relationship. Community of embryonic structure reveals community of descent; but dissimilarity of embryonic development does not prove discommunity of descent. Darwin.
DISCOMPANY Dis*com"pa*ny, v. t.
Defn: To free from company; to dissociate. [R.] It she be alone now, and discompanied. B. Jonson.
DISCOMPLEXION Dis`com*plex"ion, v. t.
Defn: To change the complexion or hue of. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl.
DISCOMPLIANCE Dis`com*pli"ance, n.
Defn: Failure or refusal to comply; noncompliance. A compliance will discommend me to Mr. Coventry, and a discompliance to my lord chancellor. Pepys.
DISCOMPOSE Dis`com*pose", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Discomposed; p. pr. & vb. n. Discomposing.] Etym: [Pref. dis- + compose: cf. OF. decomposer, F. décomposer.]
1. To disarrange; to interfere with; to disturb; to disorder; to unsettle; to break up. Or discomposed the headdress of a prude. Pope.
2. To throw into disorder; to ruffle; to destroy the composure or equanimity; to agitate. Opposition . . . discomposeth the mind's serenity. Glanvill.
3. To put out of place or service; to discharge; to displace. [Obs.] Bacon.
Syn. — To disorder; derange; unsettle; disturb; disconcert; agitate; ruffle; fret; vex.
DISCOMPOSED Dis`com*posed", a.
Defn: Disordered; disturbed; disquieted. — Dis`com*pos"ed*ly, adv. — Dis`com*pos"ed*ness, n.
DISCOMPOSITION Dis*com`po*si"tion, n.
Defn: Inconsistency; discordance. [Obs.] Donne.
DISCOMPOSURE Dis`com*po"sure, n.
1. The state of being discomposed; disturbance; disorder; agitation; perturbation. No discomposure stirred her features. Akenside.
2. Discordance; disagreement of parts. [Obs.] Boyle.
DISCOMPT Dis*compt", v. t. Etym: [See Discount.]
Defn: To discount. See Discount. Hudibras.
DISCONCERT Dis`con*cert", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disconcerted; p. pr. & vb. n. Disconcerting.] Etym: [Pref. dis- + concert: cf. OF. desconcerter, F. déconcerter.]
1. To break up the harmonious progress of; to throw into disorder or confusion; as, the emperor disconcerted the plans of his enemy.
2. To confuse the faculties of; to disturb the composure of; to discompose; to abash. The embrace disconcerted the daughter-in-law somewhat, as the caresses of old gentlemen unshorn and perfumed with tobacco might well do. Thackeray.
Syn. — To discompose; derange; ruffle; confuse; disturb; defeat; frustrate.
DISCONCERT Dis`con*cert", n.
Defn: Want of concert; disagreement. Sir W. Temple.
DISCONCERTION Dis`con*cer"tion, n.
Defn: The act of disconcerting, or state of being disconcerted; discomposure; perturbation. [R.] State Trials (1794).
DISCONDUCIVE Dis`con*du"cive, a.
Defn: Not conductive; impeding; disadvantageous. [R.]
DISCONFORMABLE Dis`con*form"a*ble, a.
Defn: Not conformable. Disconformable in religion from us. Stow (1603).
DISCONFORMITY Dis`con*form"i*ty, n.
Defn: Want of conformity or correspondence; inconsistency; disagreement. Those . . . in some disconformity to ourselves. Milton. Disagreement and disconformity betwixt the speech and the conception of the mind. Hakewill.
DISCONGRUITY Dis`con*gru"i*ty, n.
Defn: Incongruity; disagreement; unsuitableness. Sir M. Hale.
DISCONNECT Dis`con*nect", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disconnected; p. pr. & vb. n. Disconnecting.]
Defn: To dissolve the union or connection of; to disunite; to sever; to separate; to disperse. The commonwealth itself would . . . be disconnected into the dust and powder of individuality. Burke. This restriction disconnects bank paper and the precious metals. Walsh.
DISCONNECTION Dis`con*nec"tion, n.
Defn: The act of disconnecting, or state of being disconnected; separation; want of union. Nothing was therefore to be left in all the subordinate members but weakness, disconnection, and confusion. Burke.
DISCONSECRATE Dis*con"se*crate, v. t.
Defn: To deprive of consecration or sacredness. [R.]
DISCONSENT Dis`con*sent", v. i.
Defn: To differ; to disagree; to dissent. [Obs.] Milton.
DISCONSOLACY Dis*con"so*la`cy, n.
Defn: The state of being disconsolate. [Obs.] Barrow.
DISCONSOLATE Dis*con"so*late, n.
Defn: Disconsolateness. [Obs.] Barrow.
DISCONSOLATE Dis*con"so*late, a. Etym: [LL. disconsolatus; L. dis- + consolatus, p. p. of consolari to console. See Console, v. t.]
1. Destitute of consolation; deeply dejected and dispirited; hopelessly sad; comfortless; filled with grief; as, a bereaved and disconsolate parent. One morn a Peri at the gate Of Eden stood disconsolate. Moore. The ladies and the knights, no shelter nigh, Were dropping wet, disconsolate and wan. Dryden.
2. Inspiring dejection; saddening; cheerless; as, the disconsolate darkness of the winter nights. Ray.
Syn. — Forlorn; melancholy; sorrowful; desolate; woeful; hopeless; gloomy. — Dis*con"so*late*ly, adv. — Dis*con"so*late*ness, n.
DISCONSOLATED Dis*con"so*la`ted, a.
Defn: Disconsolate. [Obs.] A poor, disconsolated, drooping creature. Sterne.
DISCONSOLATION Dis*con`so*la"tion, n.
Defn: Dejection; grief. [R.] Bp. Hall.
DISCONTENT Dis`con*tent", a.
Defn: Not content; discontented; dissatisfied. Jer. Taylor. Passion seemed to be much discontent, but Patience was very quiet. Bunyan.
DISCONTENT Dis`con*tent", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Discontented; p. pr. & vb. n. Discontenting.]
Defn: To deprive if content; to make uneasy; to dissatisfy. Suckling.
DISCONTENT Dis`con*tent", n.
1. Want of content; uneasiness and inquietude of mind; dissatisfaction; disquiet. Now is the winter of our discontent Made glorious summer by this sun of York. Shak. The rapacity of his father's administration had excited such universal discontent. Hallam
2. A discontented person; a malcontent. [R.] Thus was the Scotch nation full of discontents. Fuller.
DISCONTENTATION Dis*con`ten*ta"tion, n.
Defn: Discontent. [Obs.] Ascham.
DISCONTENTED Dis`con*tent"ed, p. p. & a.
Defn: Dissatisfied; uneasy in mind; malcontent. And every one that was in distress, and every one that was in debt, and every one that was discontented, gathered themselves unto him. 1 Sam. xxii. 2. — Dis`con*tent"ed*ly, adv. — Dis`con*tent"ed*ness, n.
DISCONTENTFUL Dis`con*tent"ful, a.
Defn: Full of discontent. [R.]
DISCONTENTING Dis`con*tent"ing, a.
1. Discontented. [Obs.] Shak.
2. Causing discontent; dissatisfying. Milton.
DISCONTENTIVE Dis`con*tent"ive, a.
Defn: Relating or tending to discontent. [R.] "Pride is ever discontentive." Feltham.
DISCONTENTMENT Dis`con*tent"ment, n.
Defn: The state of being discontented; uneasiness; inquietude. Bacon.
DISCONTINUABLE Dis`con*tin"u*a*ble, a.
Defn: Admitting of being discontinued. [R.]
DISCONTINUANCE Dis`con*tin"u*ance, n.
1. The act of discontinuing, or the state of being discontinued; want of continued connection or continuity; breaking off; cessation; interruption; as, a discontinuance of conversation or intercourse; discontinuance of a highway or of travel.
2. (Law) (a) A breaking off or interruption of an estate, which happened when an alienation was made by a tenant in tail, or other tenant, seized in right of another, of a larger estate than the tenant was entitled to, whereby the party ousted or injured was driven to his real action, and could not enter. This effect of such alienation is now obviated by statute in both England and the United States. (b) The termination of an action in practice by the voluntary act of the plaintiff; an entry on the record that the plaintiff discontinues his action. (c) That technical interruption of the proceedings in pleading in an action, which follows where a defendant does not answer the whole of the plaintiff's declaration, and the plaintiff omits to take judgment for the part unanswered. Wharton's Law Dict. Burrill.
Syn. — Cessation; intermission; discontinuation; separation; disunion; disjunction; disruption; break.
DISCONTINUATION Dis`con*tin`u*a"tion, n. Etym: [Cf. F. discontinuation.]
Defn: Breach or interruption of continuity; separation of parts in a connected series; discontinuance. Upon any discontinuation of parts, made either by bubbles or by shaking the glass, the whole mercury falls. Sir I. Newton.
DISCONTINUE Dis`con*tin"ue, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Discontinued; p. pr. & vb. n. Discontinuing.] Etym: [Cf. F. discontinuer.]
Defn: To interrupt the continuance of; to intermit, as a practice or habit; to put an end to; to cause to cease; to cease using, to stop; to leave off. Set up their conventicles again, which had been discontinued. Bp. Burnet. I have discontinued school Above a twelvemonth. Shak. Taught the Greek tongue, discontinued before in these parts the space of seven hundred years. Daniel. They modify and discriminate the voice, without appearing to discontinue it. Holder.
DISCONTINUE Dis`con*tin"ue, v. i.
1. To lose continuity or cohesion of parts; to be disrupted or broken off. Bacon.
2. To be separated or severed; to part. Thyself shalt discontinue from thine heritage. Jer. xvii. 4.
DISCONTINUEE Dis`con*tin`u*ee", n. (Law)
Defn: One whose possession of an estate is broken off, or discontinued; one whose estate is subject to discontinuance.
DISCONTINUER Dis`con*tin"u*er, n.
Defn: One who discontinues, or breaks off or away from; an absentee. He was no gadder abroad, not discontinuer from his convent for a long time. Fuller.
DISCONTINUITY Dis*con`ti*nu"i*ty, n.
Defn: Want of continuity or cohesion; disunion of parts. "Discontinuity of surface." Boyle.
DISCONTINUOR Dis`con*tin"u*or, n. (Law)
Defn: One who deprives another of the possession of an estate by discontinuance. See Discontinuance, 2.
DISCONTINUOUS Dis`con*tin"u*ous, a.
1. Not continuous; interrupted; broken off. A path that is zigzag, discontinuous, and intersected at every turn by human negligence. De Quincey.
2. Exhibiting a dissolution of continuity; gaping. "Discontinuous wound." Milton. Discontinuous function (Math.), a function which for certain values or between certain values of the variable does not vary continuously as the variable increases. The discontinuity may, for example, consist of an abrupt change in the value of the function, or an abrupt change in its law of variation, or the function may become imaginary.
DISCONVENIENCE Dis`con*ven"ience, n.
Defn: Unsuitableness; incongruity. [Obs.] Bacon.
DISCONVENIENT Dis`con*ven"ient, a.
Defn: Not convenient or congruous; unsuitable; ill-adapted. [Obs.] Bp. Reynolds.
DISCOPHORA Dis*coph"o*ra, n. pl. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. to bear.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: A division of acalephs or jellyfishes, including most of the large disklike species. — Dis*coph"o*rous, a.
DISCORD Dis"cord`, n. Etym: [OE. discord, descord, OF. discorde, descorde, F. discorde, from L. discordia, fr. discors, -cordis, discordant, disagreeable; dis- + cor, cordis, heart; cf. F. discord, n., and OF. descorder, discorder, F. discorder, to discord, L. discordare, from discors. See Heart, and cf. Discord, v. i.]
1. Want of concord or agreement; absence of unity or harmony in sentiment or action; variance leading to contention and strife; disagreement; — applied to persons or to things, and to thoughts, feelings, or purposes. A false witness that speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren. Prov. vi. 19. Peace to arise out of universal discord fomented in all parts of the empire. Burke.
2. (Mus.)
Defn: Union of musical sounds which strikes the ear harshly or disagreeably, owing to the incommensurability of the vibrations which they produce; want of musical concord or harmony; a chord demanding resolution into a concord. For a discord itself is but a harshness of divers sounds mBacon. Apple of discord. See under Apple.
Syn. — Variance; difference; opposition; contrariety; clashing; dissension; contention; strife; disagreement; dissonance.
DISCORD Dis*cord", v. i. Etym: [OE. discorden, descorden, from the French. See Discord, n.]
Defn: To disagree; to be discordant; to jar; to clash; not to suit. [Obs.] The one discording with the other. Bacon.
DISCORDABLE Dis*cord"a*ble, a. Etym: [Cf. OF. descordable.]
Defn: That may produce discord; disagreeing; discordant. [R.] Halliwell.
DISCORDANCE; DISCORDANCY Dis*cord"ance, Dis*cord"an*cy, n. Etym: [Cf. F. discordance.]
Defn: State or quality of being discordant; disagreement; inconsistency. There will arise a thousand discordances of opinion. I. Taylor.
DISCORDANT Dis*cord"ant, a. Etym: [OE. discordant, descordaunt, OF. descordant, discordant, F. discordant, p. pr. of discorder, OF. also, descorder. See Discord, n.]
1. Disagreeing; incongruous; being at variance; clashing; opposing; not harmonious. The discordant elements out of which the emperor had compounded his realm did not coalesce. Motley.
2. Etym: [See Discord, n.,
2.] (Mus.)
Defn: Dissonant; not in harmony or musical concord; harsh; jarring; as, discordant notes or sounds. For still their music seemed to start Discordant echoes in each heart. Longfellow.
3. (Geol.)
Defn: Said of strata which lack conformity in direction of bedding, either as in unconformability, or as caused by a fault.
Syn. — Disagreeing; incongruous; contradictory; repugnant; opposite; contrary; inconsistent; dissonant; harsh; jarring; irreconcilable. — Dis*cord"ant*ly, adv. — Dis*cord"ant*ness, n. [R.]
DISCORDFUL Dis*cord"ful, a.
Defn: Full of discord; contentious. [Obs.] "His discordful dame." Spenser.
DISCORDOUS Dis*cord"ous, a.
Defn: Full of discord. [Obs.]
DISCORPORATE Dis*cor"po*rate, a.
Defn: Deprived of the privileges or form of a body corporate. [Obs.] Jas. II.
DISCORRESPONDENT Dis*cor`re*spond"ent, a.
Defn: Incongruous. W. Montagu.
DISCOST Dis*cost", v. i.
Defn: Same as Discoast. [Obs.]
DISCOUNSEL Dis*coun"sel, v. t. Etym: [Pref. dis- + counsel: cf. OF. desconseiller.]
Defn: To dissuade. [Obs.] Spenser.
DISCOUNT Dis"count`, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Discounted; p. pr. & vb. n. Discounting.] Etym: [OF. desconter, descompter, to deduct, F. décompter to discount; pref. des- (L. dis-) + conter, compter. See Count, v.]
1. To deduct from an account, debt, charge, and the like; to make an abatement of; as, merchants sometimes discount five or six per cent for prompt payment of bills.
2. To lend money upon, deducting the discount or allowance for interest; as, the banks discount notes and bills of exchange. Discount only unexceptionable paper. Walsh.
3. To take into consideration beforehand; to anticipate and form conclusions concerning (an event).
4. To leave out of account; to take no notice of. [R.] Of the three opinions (I discount Brown's). Sir W. Hamilton.
DISCOUNT Dis"count`, v. i.
Defn: To lend, or make a practice of lending, money, abating the discount; as, the discount for sixty or ninety days.
DISCOUNT Dis"count`, n. Etym: [Cf. F. décompte. See Discount, v. t.]
1. A counting off or deduction made from a gross sum on any account whatever; an allowance upon an account, debt, demand, price asked, and the like; something taken or deducted.
2. A deduction made for interest, in advancing money upon, or purchasing, a bill or note not due; payment in advance of interest upon money.
3. The rate of interest charged in discounting. At a discount, below par, or below the nominal value; hence, colloquially, out of favor; poorly esteemed; depreciated. — Bank discount, a sum equal to the interest at a given rate on the principal (face) of a bill or note from the time of discounting until it become due. — Discount broker, one who makes a business of discounting commercial paper; a bill broker. — Discount day, a particular day of the week when a bank discounts bills. — True discount, the interest which, added to a principal, will equal the face of a note when it becomes due. The principal yielding this interest is the present value of the note.
DISCOUNTABLE Dis*count"a*ble, a.
Defn: Capable of being, or suitable to be, discounted; as, certain forms are necessary to render notes discountable at a bank.
DISCOUNTENANCE Dis*coun"te*nance, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Discountenanced; p. pr. & vb. n. Discountenancing.] Etym: [Pref. dis- + countenance: cf. OF. descontenancer, F. décontenancer.]
1. To ruffle or discompose the countenance of; to put of countenance; to put to shame; to abash. How would one look from his majestic brow . . . Discountenance her despised! Milton. The hermit was somewhat discountenanced by this observation. Sir W. Scott.
2. To refuse to countenance, or give the support of one's approval to; to give one's influence against; to restrain by cold treatment; to discourage. A town meeting was convened to discountenance riot. Bancroft.
DISCOUNTENANCE Dis*coun"te*nance, n.
Defn: Unfavorable aspect; unfriendly regard; cold treatment; disapprobation; whatever tends to check or discourage. He thought a little discountenance on those persons would suppress that spirit. Clarendon.
DISCOUNTENANCER Dis*coun"te*nan*cer, n.
Defn: One who discountenances; one who disfavors. Bacon.
DISCOUNTER Dis"count`er, n.
Defn: One who discounts; a discount broker. Burke.
DISCOURAGE Dis*cour"age (; 48), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Discouraged; p. pr. & vb. n. Discouraging.] Etym: [Pref. dis- + courage: cf. OF. descoragier, F. décourager: pref. des- (L. dis-) + corage, F. courage. See Courage.]
1. To extinguish the courage of; to dishearten; to depress the spirits of; to deprive of confidence; to deject; — the opposite of encourage; as, he was discouraged in his undertaking; he need not be discouraged from a like attempt. Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged. Col. iii. 21.
2. To dishearten one with respect to; to discountenance; to seek to check by disfavoring; to deter one from; as, they discouraged his efforts.
Syn. — To dishearten; dispirit; depress; deject; dissuade; disfavor.
DISCOURAGE Dis*cour"age, n.
Defn: Lack of courage; cowardliness.
DISCOURAGEABLE Dis*cour"age*a*ble, a.
Defn: Capable of being discouraged; easily disheartened. Bp. Hall.
DISCOURAGEMENT Dis*cour"age*ment, n. Etym: [Cf. OF. descouragement, F. découragement.]
1. The act of discouraging, or the state of being discouraged; depression or weakening of confidence; dejection.
2. That which discourages; that which deters, or tends to deter, from an undertaking, or from the prosecution of anything; a determent; as, the revolution was commenced under every possible discouragement. "Discouragements from vice." Swift.
DISCOURAGER Dis*cour"a*ger, n.
Defn: One who discourages. The promoter of truth and the discourager of error. Sir G. C. Lewis.
DISCOURAGING Dis*cour"a*ging, a.
Defn: Causing or indicating discouragement. — Dis*cour"a*ging*ly, adv.
DISCOURE Dis*coure", v. t.
Defn: To discover. [Obs.] That none might her discoure. Spenser.
DISCOURSE Dis*course", n. Etym: [L. discursus a running to and fro, discourse, fr. discurrere, discursum, to run to and fro, to discourse; dis- + currere to run: cf. F. discours. See Course.]
1. The power of the mind to reason or infer by running, as it were, from one fact or reason to another, and deriving a conclusion; an exercise or act of this power; reasoning; range of reasoning faculty. [Obs.] Difficult, strange, and harsh to the discourses of natural reason. South. Sure he that made us with such large discourse, Looking before and after, gave us not That capability and godlike reason To fust in us unused. Shak.
2. Conversation; talk. In their discourses after supper. Shak. Filling the head with variety of thoughts, and the mouth with copious discourse. Locke.
3. The art and manner of speaking and conversing. Of excellent breeding, admirable discourse. Shak.
4. Consecutive speech, either written or unwritten, on a given line of thought; speech; treatise; dissertation; sermon, etc.; as, the preacher gave us a long discourse on duty.
5. Dealing; transaction. [Obs.] Good Captain Bessus, tell us the discourse Betwixt Tigranes and our king, and how We got the victory. Beau. & Fl.
DISCOURSE Dis*course", v. i. [imp. & p. p. Discoursed; p. pr. & vb. n. Discoursing.]
1. To exercise reason; to employ the mind in judging and inferring; to reason. [Obs.] "Have sense or can discourse." Dryden.
2. To express one's self in oral discourse; to expose one's views; to talk in a continuous or formal manner; to hold forth; to speak; to converse. Bid me discourse, I will enchant thine ear. Shak.
3. To relate something; to tell. Shak.
4. To treat of something in writing and formally.
DISCOURSE Dis*course", v. t.
1. To treat of; to expose or set forth in language. [Obs.] The life of William Tyndale . . . is sufficiently and at large discoursed in the book. Foxe.
2. To utter or give forth; to speak. It will discourse mosShak.
3. To talk to; to confer with. [Obs.] I have spoken to my brother, who is the patron, to discourse the minister about it. Evelyn.
DISCOURSER Dis*cours"er, n.
1. One who discourse; a narrator; a speaker; an haranguer. In his conversation he was the most clear discourser. Milward.
2. The writer of a treatise or dissertation. Philologers and critical discoursers. Sir T. Browne.
DISCOURSIVE Dis*cours"ive, a. Etym: [See Discursive.]
1. Reasoning; characterized by reasoning; passing from premises to consequences; discursive. Milton.
2. Containing dialogue or conversation; interlocutory. The epic is everywhere interlaced with dialogue or discoursive scenes. Dryden.
3. Inclined to converse; conversable; communicative; as, a discoursive man. [R.]
DISCOURSIVE Dis*cours"ive, n.
Defn: The state or quality of being discoursive or able to reason. [R.] Feltham.
DISCOURTEOUS Dis*cour"te*ous (; see Courteous, 277), a. Etym: [Pref. dis- + courteous: cf. OF. discortois.]
Defn: Uncivil; rude; wanting in courtesy or good manners; uncourteous. — Dis*cour"te*ous*ly, adv. — Dis*cour"te*ous*ness, n.
DISCOURTESY Dis*cour"te*sy, n. Etym: [Pref. dis- + courtesy: cf. OF. descourtoisie.]
Defn: Rudeness of behavior or language; ill manners; manifestation of disrespect; incivility. Be calm in arguing; for fierceness makes Error a fault, and truth discourtesy. Herbert.
DISCOURTSHIP Dis*court"ship, n.
Defn: Want of courtesy. [Obs.] B. Jonson.
DISCOUS Disc"ous, a. Etym: [L. discus disk. See Disk.]
Defn: Disklike; discoid.
DISCOVENANT Dis*cov"e*nant, v. t.
Defn: To dissolve covenant with.
DISCOVER Dis*cov"er, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Discovered; p. pr. & vb. n. Discovering.] Etym: [OE. discoveren, discuren, descuren, OF. descovrir, descouvrir, F. découvrir; des- (L. dis-) + couvrir to cover. See Cover.]
1. To uncover. [Obs.] Whether any man hath pulled down or discovered any church. Abp. Grindal.
2. To disclose; to lay open to view; to make visible; to reveal; to make known; to show (what has been secret, unseen, or unknown). Go, draw aside the curtains, and discover The several caskets to this noble prince. Shak. Prosperity doth best discover vice; but adversity doth best discover virtue. Bacon. We will discover ourselves unto them. 1 Sam. xiv. 8. Discover not a secret to another. Prov. xxv. 9.
3. To obtain for the first time sight or knowledge of, as of a thing existing already, but not perceived or known; to find; to ascertain; to espy; to detect. Some to discover islands far away. Shak.
4. To manifest without design; to show. The youth discovered a taste for sculpture. C. J. Smith.
5. To explore; to examine. [Obs.]
Syn. — To disclose; bring out; exhibit; show; manifest; reveal; communicate; impart; tell; espy; find; out; detect. — To Discover, Invent. We discover what existed before, but remained unknown; we invent by forming combinations which are either entirely new, or which attain their end by means unknown before. Columbus discovered America; Newton discovered the law of gravitation; Whitney invented the cotton gin; Galileo invented the telescope.
DISCOVER Dis*cov"er, v. i.
Defn: To discover or show one's self. [Obs.] This done, they discover. Decke Nor was this the first time that they discovered to be followers of this world. Milton.
DISCOVERABILITY Dis*cov`er*a*bil"i*ty, n.
Defn: The quality of being discoverable. [R.] Carlyle.
DISCOVERABLE Dis*cov"er*a*ble, a.
Defn: Capable of being discovered, found out, or perceived; as, many minute animals are discoverable only by the help of the microscope; truths discoverable by human industry.
DISCOVERER Dis*cov"er*er, n.
1. One who discovers; one who first comes to the knowledge of something; one who discovers an unknown country, or a new principle, truth, or fact. The discoverers and searchers of the land. Sir W. Raleigh.
2. A scout; an explorer. Shak.
DISCOVERMENT Dis*cov"er*ment, n.
Defn: Discovery. [Obs.]
DISCOVERT Dis*cov"ert, a. Etym: [Cf. F. découvert uncovered, OF. descovert. See Discover, Covert.] (Law)
Defn: Not covert; not within the bonds of matrimony; unmarried; — applied either to a woman who has never married or to a widow.
DISCOVERT Dis*cov"ert, n.
Defn: An uncovered place or part. [Obs.] At discovert, uncovered. [Obs.] Chaucer.
DISCOVERTURE Dis*cov"er*ture, n. Etym: [Pref. dis- + coverture: cf. OF. descoverture.]
1. Discovery. [Obs.]
2. (Law)
Defn: A state of being released from coverture; freedom of a woman from the coverture of a husband.
DISCOVERY Dis*cov"er*y, n.; pl. Discoveries (.
1. The action of discovering; exposure to view; laying open; showing; as, the discovery of a plot.
2. A making known; revelation; disclosure; as, a bankrupt is bound to make a full discovery of his assets. In the clear discoveries of the next [world]. South.
3. Finding out or ascertaining something previously unknown or unrecognized; as, Harvey's discovery of the circulation of the blood. A brilliant career of discovery and conquest. Prescott. We speak of the "invention" of printing, the discovery of America. Trench.
4. That which is discovered; a thing found out, or for the first time ascertained or recognized; as, the properties of the magnet were an important discovery.
5. Exploration; examination. [Obs.]
DISCOVERY DAY Dis*cov"er*y Day.
Defn: = Columbus Day, above.
DISCRADLE Dis*cra"dle, v. t.
Defn: To take from a cradle. [R.] This airy apparition first discradled From Tournay into Portugal. Ford.
DISCREDIT Dis*cred"it, n. Etym: [Cf. F. discrédit.]
1. The act of discrediting or disbelieving, or the state of being discredited or disbelieved; as, later accounts have brought the story into discredit.
2. Hence, some degree of dishonor or disesteem; ill repute; reproach; — applied to persons or things. It is the duty of every Christian to be concerned for the reputation or discredit his life may bring on his profession. Rogers.
Syn. — Disesteem; disrepute; dishonor; disgrace; ignominy; scandal; disbelief; distrust.
DISCREDIT Dis*cred"it, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Discredited; p. pr. & vb. n. Discrediting.] Etym: [Cf. F. discréditer.]
1. To refuse credence to; not to accept as true; to disbelieve; as, the report is discredited.
2. To deprive of credibility; to destroy confidence or trust in; to cause disbelief in the accuracy or authority of. An occasion might be given to the . . . papists of discrediting our common English Bible. Strype.
2. To deprive of credit or good repute; to bring reproach upon; to make less reputable; to disgrace. He. . . least discredits his travels who returns the same man he went. Sir H. Wotton.
DISCREDITABLE Dis*cred"it*a*ble, a.
Defn: Not creditable; injurious to reputation; disgraceful; disreputable. — Dis*cred"it*a*bly, adv.
DISCREDITOR Dis*cred"it*or, n.
Defn: One who discredits.
DISCREET Dis*creet", a. [Compar. Discreeter; superl. Discreetest.] Etym: [F. discret, L. discretus separated (whence the meaning reserved, prudent), p. p. of discernere. See Discern, and cf. Discrete.]
1. Possessed of discernment, especially in avoiding error or evil, and in the adaptation of means to ends; prudent; sagacious; judicious; not rash or heedless; cautious. It is the discreet man, not the witty, nor the learned, nor the brave, who guides the conversation, and gives measures to society. Addison. Satire 's my weapon, but I 'm too discreet To run amuck, and tilt at all I meet. Pope. The sea is silent, the sea is discreet. Longfellow.
2. Differing; distinct. [Obs.] Spenser. — Dis*creet"ly, adv. — Dis*creet"ness, n.
DISCREPANCE; DISCREPANCY Dis*crep"ance, Dis*crep"an*cy, n.; pl. -ances, -ancies. Etym: [L. disrepantia: cf. OF. discrepance. See Discrepant.]
Defn: The state or quality of being discrepant; disagreement; variance; discordance; dissimilarity; contrariety. There hath been ever a discrepance of vesture of youth and age, men and women. Sir T. Elyot. There is no real discrepancy between these two genealogies. G. S. Faber.
DISCREPANT Dis*crep"ant, a. Etym: [L. discrepans, -antis, p. pr. of discrepare to sound differently or discordantly; dis- + crepare to rattle, creak: cf. OF. discrepant. See Crepitate.]
Defn: Discordant; at variance; disagreeing; contrary; different. The Egyptians were . . . the most oddly discrepant from the rest in their manner of worship. Cudworth.
DISCREPANT Dis*crep"ant, n.
Defn: A dissident. J. Taylor.
DISCRETE Dis*crete", a. Etym: [L. discretus, p. p. of discernere. See Discreet.]
1. Separate; distinct; disjunct. Sir M. Hale.
2. Disjunctive; containing a disjunctive or discretive clause; as, "I resign my life, but not my honor," is a discrete proposition.
3. (Bot.)
Defn: Separate; not coalescent; — said of things usually coalescent. Discrete movement. See Concrete movement of the voice, under Concrete, a. — Discrete proportion, proportion where the ratio of the means is different from that of either couplet; as, 3:6::8:16, 3 bearing the same proportion to 6 as 8 does to 16. But 3 is not to 6 as 6 to 8. It is thus opposed to continued or continual proportion; as, 3:6::12:24. — Discrete quantity, that which must be divided into units, as number, and is opposed to continued quantity, as duration, or extension.
DISCRETE Dis*crete", v. t.
Defn: To separate. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.
DISCRETELY Dis*crete"ly, adv.
Defn: Separately; disjunctively.
DISCRETION Dis*cre"tion, n. Etym: [F. discrétion, L. discretio separation, difference, discernment, fr. discernere, discretum. See Discreet, Discern.]
1. Disjunction; separation. [Obs.] Mede.
2. The quality of being discreet; wise conduct and management; cautious discernment, especially as to matters of propriety and self- control; prudence; circumspection; wariness. The better part of valor is discretion. Shak. The greatest parts without discretion may be fatal to their owner. Hume.
3. Discrimination. Well spoken, with good accent and good discretion. Shak.
4. Freedom to act according to one's own judgment; unrestrained exercise of choice or will. At discretion, without conditions or stipulations.
DISCRETIONAL; DISCRETIONARY Dis*cre"tion*al, Dis*cre"tion*a*ry,Etym: [Cf. F. discrétionnaire.]
Defn: Left to discretion; unrestrained except by discretion or judgment; as, an ambassador with discretionary powers.
DISCRETIONALLY; DISCRETIONARILY Dis*cre"tion*al*ly, Dis*cre"tion*a*ri*ly, adv.
Defn: At discretion; according to one's discretion or judgment.
DISCRETIVE Dis*cre"tive, a. Etym: [L. discretivus. See Discrete.]
Defn: Marking distinction or separation; disjunctive. Discretive proposition (Logic & Gram.), one that expresses distinction, opposition, or variety, by means of discretive particles, as but, though, yet, etc.; as, travelers change their climate, but not their temper.
DISCRETIVELY Dis*cre"tive*ly, adv.
Defn: In a discretive manner.
DISCRIMINABLE Dis*crim"i*na*ble, a.
Defn: Capable of being discriminated. [Obs.] Bailey.
DISCRIMINAL Dis*crim"i*nal, a. Etym: [L. discriminalis serving to divide.]
Defn: In palmistry, applied to the line which marks the separation between the hand and the arm.
DISCRIMINANT Dis*crim"i*nant, n. Etym: [L. discriminans, p. pr. of discriminare.] (Math.)
Defn: The eliminant of the n partial differentials of any homogenous function of n variables. See Eliminant.
DISCRIMINATE Dis*crim"i*nate, a. Etym: [L. discriminatus, p. p. of discriminare to divide, separate, fr. discrimen division, distinction, decision, fr. discernere. See Discern, and cf. Criminate.]
Defn: Having the difference marked; distinguished by certain tokens. Bacon.
DISCRIMINATE Dis*crim"i*nate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Discriminated; p. pr. & vb. n. Discriminating.]
Defn: To set apart as being different; to mark as different; to separate from another by discerning differences; to distinguish. Cowper. To discriminate the goats from the sheep. Barrow.
DISCRIMINATE Dis*crim"i*nate, v. i.
1. To make a difference or distinction; to distinguish accurately; as, in judging of evidence, we should be careful to discriminate between probability and slight presumption.
2. (a) To treat unequally. (b) (Railroads) To impose unequal tariffs for substantially the same service.
DISCRIMINATELY Dis*crim"i*nate*ly, adv.
Defn: In a discriminating manner; distinctly.
DISCRIMINATENESS Dis*crim"i*nate*ness, n.
Defn: The state of being discriminated; distinctness.
DISCRIMINATING Dis*crim"i*na`ting, a.
Defn: Marking a difference; distinguishing. — Dis*crim"i*na`ting*ly, adv. And finds with keen discriminating sight, Black's not so black; — nor white so very white. Canning.
DISCRIMINATION Dis*crim`i*na"tion, n. Etym: [L. discriminatio the contrasting of opposite thoughts.]
1. The act of discriminating, distinguishing, or noting and marking differences. To make an anxious discrimination between the miracle absolute and providential. Trench.
2. The state of being discriminated, distinguished, or set apart. Sir J. Reynolds.
3. (Railroads)
Defn: The arbitrary imposition of unequal tariffs for substantially the same service. A difference in rates, not based upon any corresponding difference in cost, constitutes a case of discrimination. A. T. Hadley.
4. The quality of being discriminating; faculty of nicely distinguishing; acute discernment; as, to show great discrimination in the choice of means.
5. That which discriminates; mark of distinction.
Syn. — Discernment; penetration; clearness; acuteness; judgment; distinction. See Discernment.
DISCRIMINATIVE Dis*crim"i*na*tive, a.
1. Marking a difference; distinguishing; distinctive; characteristic. That peculiar and discriminative form of life. Johnson.
2. Observing distinctions; making differences; discriminating. "Discriminative censure." J. Foster. "Discriminative Providence." Dr. H. More.
DISCRIMINATIVELY Dis*crim"i*na*tive*ly, adv.
Defn: With discrimination or distinction. J. Foster.
DISCRIMINATOR Dis*crim"i*na`tor, n. Etym: [LL.]
Defn: One who discriminates.
DISCRIMINATORY Dis*crim"i*na*to*ry, a.
Defn: Discriminative.
DISCRIMINOUS Dis*crim"i*nous, a. Etym: [LL. discriminosus, fr. L. discrimen the dangerous, decisive moment. See Discriminate, a.]
Defn: Hazardous; dangerous. [Obs.] Harvey.
DISCRIVE Dis*crive", v. t. Etym: [OF. descrivre. See Describe.]
Defn: To describe. [Obs.] Chaucer.
DISCROWN Dis*crown", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Discrowned; p. pr. & vb. n. Discrowning.]
Defn: To deprive of a crown. The end had crowned the work; it not unreasonably discrowned the workman. Motley.
DISCRUCIATE Dis*cru"ci*ate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Discruciated; p. pr. & vb. n. Discruciating.] Etym: [L. discruciatus, p. p. of discruciare. See Cruciate.]
Defn: To torture; to excruciate. [Obs.] Discruciate a man in deep distress. Herrick.
DISCUBITORY Dis*cu"bi*to*ry, a. Etym: [L. discumbere, discubitum, to lie down, recline at table; dis- + cumbere (in comp.) to lie down.]
Defn: Leaning; fitted for a reclining posture. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.
DISCULPATE Dis*cul"pate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disculpated; p. pr. & vb. n. Disculpating.] Etym: [LL. disculpatus, p. p. of disculpare to disculpate; dis- + L. culpare to blame, culpa fault.]
Defn: To free from blame or the imputation of a fault; to exculpate. I almost fear you think I begged it, but I can disculpate myself. Walpole.
DISCULPATION Dis`cul*pa"tion, n. Etym: [Cf. F. disculpation.]
Defn: Exculpation. Burke.
DISCULPATORY Dis*cul"pa*to*ry, a.
Defn: Tending to exculpate; exculpatory.
DISCUMBENCY Dis*cum"ben*cy, n. Etym: [From L. discumbens, p. pr. of discumbere. See Discubitory.]
Defn: The act of reclining at table according to the manner of the ancients at their meals. Sir T. Browne.
DISCUMBER Dis*cum"ber, v. t. Etym: [Pref. dis- + cumber: cf. OF. descombrer.]
Defn: To free from that which cumbers or impedes; to disencumber. [Archaic] Pope.
DISCURE Dis*cure", v. t. Etym: [See Discover.]
Defn: To discover; to reveal; to discoure. [Obs.] I will, if please you it discure, assay To ease you of that ill, so wisely as I may. Spenser.
DISCURRENT Dis*cur"rent, a.
Defn: Not current or free to circulate; not in use. [Obs.] Sir E. Sandys.
DISCURSION Dis*cur"sion, n. Etym: [LL. discursio a running different ways. See Discourse.]
Defn: The act of discoursing or reasoning; range, as from thought to thought. Coleridge.
DISCURSIST Dis*cur"sist, n.
Defn: A discourser. [Obs.] L. Addison.
DISCURSIVE Dis*cur"sive, a. Etym: [Cf. F. discursif. See Discourse, and cf. Discoursive.]
1. Passing from one thing to another; ranging over a wide field; roving; digressive; desultory. "Discursive notices." De Quincey. The power he [Shakespeare] delights to show is not intense, but discursive. Hazlitt. A man rather tacit than discursive. Carlyle.
2. Reasoning; proceeding from one ground to another, as in reasoning; argumentative. Reason is her being, Discursive or intuitive. Milton. — Dis*cur"sive*ly, adv. — Dis*cur"sive*ness, n.
DISCURSORY Dis*cur`so*ry, a.
Defn: Argumentative; discursive; reasoning. [R.] Bp. Hall.
DISCURSUS Dis*cur"sus, n. Etym: [L.] (Logic)
Defn: Argumentation; ratiocination; discursive reasoning.
DISCUS Dis"cus, n.; pl. E. Discuses, L. Disci. Etym: [L. See Disk.]
1. (a) A quoit; a circular plate of some heavy material intended to be pitched or hurled as a trial of strength and skill. (b) The exercise with the discus.
Note: This among the Greeks was one of the chief gymnastic exercises and was included in the Pentathlon (the contest of the five exercises). The chief contest was that of throwing the discus to the greatest possible distance.
2. A disk. See Disk.
DISCUSS Dis*cuss", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Discussed; p. pr. & vb. n. Discussing.] Etym: [L. discussus, p. p. of discutere to strike asunder (hence came the sense to separate mentally, distinguish); dis- + quatere to shake, strike. See Quash.]
1. To break to pieces; to shatter. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.
2. To break up; to disperse; to scatter; to dissipate; to drive away; — said especially of tumors. Many arts were used to discuss the beginnings of new affection. Sir H. Wotton. A pomade . . . of virtue to discuss pimples. Rambler.
3. To shake; to put away; to finish. [Obs.] All regard of shame she had discussed. Spenser.
4. To examine in detail or by disputation; to reason upon by presenting favorable and adverse considerations; to debate; to sift; to investigate; to ventilate. "We sat and . . . discussed the farm . . . and the price of grain." Tennyson. "To discuss questions of taste." Macaulay.
5. To deal with, in eating or drinking. [Colloq.] We sat quietly down and discussed a cold fowl that we had brought with us. Sir S. Baker.
6. (Law)
Defn: To examine or search thoroughly; to exhaust a remedy against, as against a principal debtor before proceeding against the surety. Burrill.
Syn. — To Discuss, Examine, Debate. We speak of examining a subject when we ponder it with care, in order to discover its real state, or the truth respecting it. We speak of discussing a topic when we examine it thoroughly in its distinct parts. The word is very commonly applied to matters of opinion. We may discuss a subject without giving in an adhesion to any conclusion. We speak of debating a point when we examine it in mutual argumentation between opposing parties. In debate we contend for or against some conclusion or view.
DISCUSSER Dis*cuss"er, n.
Defn: One who discusses; one who sifts or examines. Wood.
DISCUSSION Dis*cus"sion, n. Etym: [L. discussio a shaking, examination, discussion: cf. F. discussion.]
1. The act or process of discussing by breaking up, or dispersing, as a tumor, or the like.
2. The act of discussing or exchanging reasons; examination by argument; debate; disputation; agitation. The liberty of discussion is the great safeguard of all other liberties. Macaulay. Discussion of a problem or an equation (Math.), the operation of assigning different reasonable values to the arbitrary quantities and interpreting the result. Math. Dict.
DISCUSSIONAL Dis*cus"sion*al, a.
Defn: Pertaining to discussion.
DISCUSSIVE Dis*cuss"ive, a. Etym: [Cf. F. discussif.]
1. (Med.)
Defn: Able or tending to discuss or disperse tumors or coagulated matter.
2. Doubt-dispelling; decisive. [R.] A kind of peremptory and discussive voice. Hopkins.
DISCUSSIVE Dis*cuss"ive, n. (Med.)
Defn: A medicine that discusses or disperses morbid humors; a discutient.
DISCUTIENT Dis*cu"tient, a. Etym: [L. discutiens, p. pr. of discutere. See Discuss.] (Med.)
Defn: Serving to disperse morbid matter; discussive; as, a discutient application. — n.
Defn: An agent (as a medicinal application) which serves to disperse morbid matter. "Foment with discutiens." Wiseman.
DISDAIN Dis*dain", n. Etym: [OE. desdain, disdein, OF. desdein, desdaing, F. dédain, fr. the verb. See Disdain, v. t.]
1. A feeling of contempt and aversion; the regarding anything as unworthy of or beneath one; scorn. How my soul is moved with just disdain! Pope.
Note: Often implying an idea of haughtiness. Disdain and scorn ride sparkling in her eyes. Shak.
2. That which is worthy to be disdained or regarded with contempt and aversion. [Obs.] Most loathsome, filthy, foul, and full of vile disdain. Spenser.
3. The state of being despised; shame. [Obs.] Shak.
Syn. — Haughtiness; scorn; contempt; arrogance; pride. See Haughtiness.
DISDAIN Dis*dain", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disdained; p. pr. & vb. n. Disdaining.] Etym: [OE. disdainen, desdainen, OF. desdeigner, desdaigner, F. dédaigner; des- (L. dis-) + daigner to deign, fr. L. dignari to deem worthy. See Deign.]
1. To think unworthy; to deem unsuitable or unbecoming; as, to disdain to do a mean act. Disdaining . . . that any should bear the armor of the best knight living. Sir P. Sidney.
2. To reject as unworthy of one's self, or as not deserving one's notice; to look with scorn upon; to scorn, as base acts, character, etc. When the Philistine . . . saw Dawid, he disdained him; for he was but a youth. 1 Sam. xvii. 42. 'T is great, 't manly to disdain disguise. Young.
Syn. — To contemn; despise; scorn. See Contemn.
DISDAIN Dis*dain", v. i.
Defn: To be filled with scorn; to feel contemptuous anger; to be haughty. And when the chief priests and scribes saw the marvels that he did . . . they disdained. Genevan Testament (Matt. xxi. 15).
DISDAINED Dis*dained", a.
Defn: Disdainful. [Obs.] Revenge the jeering and disdained contempt Of this proud king. Shak.
DISDAINFUL Dis*dain"ful, a.
Defn: Full of disdain; expressing disdain; scornful; contemptuous; haughty. From these Turning disdainful to an equal good. Akenside. — Dis*dain"ful*ly, adv. — Dis*dain"ful*ness, n.
DISDAINISHLY Dis*dain"ish*ly, adv.
Defn: Disdainfully. [Obs.] Vives.
DISDAINOUS Dis*dain"ous, a. Etym: [OF. desdeignos, desdaigneux, F. dédaigneux.]
Defn: Disdainful. [Obs.] Rom. of R.
DISDAINOUSLY Dis*dain"ous*ly, adv.
Defn: Disdainfully. [Obs.] Bale.
DISDEIFY Dis*de"i*fy, v. t.
Defn: To divest or deprive of deity or of a deific rank or condition. Feltham.
DISDEIGN Dis*deign", v. t.
Defn: To disdain. [Obs.] Guyon much disdeigned so loathly sight. Spenser.
DISDIACLAST Dis*di"a*clast, n. Etym: [Gr. (Physiol.)
Defn: One of the dark particles forming the doubly refracting disks of muscle fibers.
DISDIAPASON Dis*di`a*pa"son, n. Etym: [Pref. dis- (Gr. diapason.] (Anc. Mus.)
Defn: An interval of two octaves, or a fifteenth; — called also bisdiapason.
DISEASE DIs*ease", n. Etym: [OE. disese, OF. desaise; des- (L. dis-) + aise ease. See Ease.]
1. Lack of ease; uneasiness; trouble; vexation; disquiet. [Obs.] So all that night they passed in great disease. Spenser. To shield thee from diseases of the world. Shak.
2. An alteration in the state of the body or of some of its organs, interrupting or disturbing the performance of the vital functions, and causing or threatening pain and weakness; malady; affection; illness; sickness; disorder; — applied figuratively to the mind, to the moral character and habits, to institutions, the state, etc. Diseases desperate grown, By desperate appliances are relieved. Shak. The instability, injustice, and confusion introduced into the public counsels have, in truth, been the mortal diseases under which popular governments have every where perished. Madison. Disease germ. See under Germ.
Syn. — Distemper; ailing; ailment; malady; disorder; sickness; illness; complaint; indisposition; affection. — Disease, Disorder, Distemper, Malady, Affection. Disease is the leading medical term. Disorder meanirregularity of the system. Distemper is now used by physicians only of the diseases of animals. Malady is not a medical term, and is less used than formerly in literature. Affection has special reference to the part, organ, or function disturbed; as, his disease is an affection of the lungs. A disease is usually deep-seated and permanent, or at least prolonged; a disorder is often slight, partial, and temporary; malady has less of a technical sense than the other terms, and refers more especially to the suffering endured. In a figurative sense we speak of a disease mind, of disordered faculties, and of mental maladies.
DISEASE Dis*ease", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Diseased; p. pr. & vb. n. Diseasing.]
1. To deprive of ease; to disquiet; to trouble; to distress. [Obs.] His double burden did him sore disease. Spenser.
2. To derange the vital functions of; to afflict with disease or sickness; to disorder; — used almost exclusively in the participle diseased. He was diseased in body and mind. Macaulay.
DISEASED Dis*eased", a.
Defn: Afflicted with disease. It is my own diseased imagination that torments me. W. Irving.
Syn. — See Morbid.
DISEASEDNESS Dis*eas"ed*ness, n.
Defn: The state of being diseased; a morbid state; sickness. [R.] T. Burnet.
DISEASEFUL Dis*ease"ful, a.
1. Causing uneasiness. [Obs.] Disgraceful to the king and diseaseful to the people. Bacon.
2. Abounding with disease; producing diseases; as, a diseaseful climate. [R.]
DISEASEFULNESS Dis*ease"ful*ness, n.
Defn: The quality of being diseaseful; trouble; trial. [R.] Sir P. Sidney.
DISEASEMENT Dis*ease"ment, n.
Defn: Uneasiness; inconvenience. [Obs.] Bacon.
DISEDGE Dis*edge", v. t.
Defn: To deprive of an edge; to blunt; to dull. Served a little to disedge The sharpness of that pain about her heart. Tennyson.
DISEDIFY Dis*ed"i*fy, v. t.
Defn: To fail of edifying; to injure. [R.]
DISELDER Dis*eld"er, v. t.
Defn: To deprive of an elder or elders, or of the office of an elder. [Obs.] Fuller.
DISELENIDE Di*sel"e*nide (; 104), n. Etym: [Pref. di- + selenide.] (Chem.)
Defn: A selenide containing two atoms of selenium in each molecule.
DISEMBARK Dis`em*bark", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disembarked; p. pr. & vb. n. Disembarking.] Etym: [Pref. dis- + embark: cf. F. désembarquer.]
Defn: To remove from on board a vessel; to put on shore; to land; to debark; as, the general disembarked the troops.
Go to the bay, and disembark my coffers. Shak.
DISEMBARK Dis`em*bark", v. i.
Defn: To go ashore out of a ship or boat; to leave a ship; to debark. And, making fast their moorings, disembarked. Cowper.
DISEMBARKATION Dis*em`bar*ka"tion, n.
Defn: The act of disembarking.
DISEMBARKMENT Dis`em*bark"ment, n.
Defn: Disembarkation. [R.]
DISEMBARRASS Dis`em*bar"rass, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disembarrassed; p. pr. & vb. n. Disembarrassing.] Etym: [Pref. dis- + embarrass: cf. F. désembarasser.]
Defn: To free from embarrassment, or perplexity; to clear; to extricate. To disembarrass himself of his companion. Sir W. Scott.
DISEMBARRASSMENT Dis`em*bar"rass*ment, n.
Defn: Freedom or relief from impediment or perplexity.
DISEMBAY Dis`em*bay", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disembayed; p. pr. & vb. n. Disembaying.] Etym: [Pref. dis- + embay.]
Defn: To clear from a bay. Sherburne.
DISEMBELLISH Dis`em*bel"lish, v. t. Etym: [Pref. dis- + embellish: cf. F. désembellir.]
Defn: To deprive of embellishment; to disadorn. Carlyle.
DISEMBITTER Dis`em*bit"ter, v. t.
Defn: To free from
DISEMBODIED Dis`em*bod"ied, a.
Defn: Divested of a body; ceased to be corporal; incorporeal. The disembodied spirits of the dead. Bryant.
DISEMBODIMENT Dis`em*bod"i*ment, n.
Defn: The act of disembodying, or the state of being disembodied.
DISEMBODY Dis`em*bod"y, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disembodied; p. pr. & vb. n. Disembodying.]
1. To divest of the or corporeal existence. Devils embodied and disembodied. Sir W. Scott.
2. (Mil.)
Defn: To disarm and disband, as a body of soldiers,-Wilhelm.
DISEMBOGUE Dis`em*bogue", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disembogued; p. pr. & vb. n. Disemboguing.] Etym: [Sp. desembocar; pref. des- (L. dis-) + embocar to put into the mouth, fr. en (L. in) + boca mouth, fr. L. bucca cheek. Cf. Debouch, Embogue.]
1. To pour out or discharge at the mouth, as a stream; to vent; to discharge into an ocean, a lake, etc. Rolling down, the steep Timavdisembogues his waves. Addison.
2. To eject; to cast forth. [R.] Swift.
DISEMBOGUE Dis`em*bogue", v. i.
Defn: To become discharged; to flow put; to find vent; to pour out contents. Volcanos bellow ere they disembogue. Young.
DISEMBOGUEMENT Dis`em*bogue"ment, n.
Defn: The act of disemboguing; discharge. Mease.
DISEMBOSSOM Dis`em*bos"som, v. t.
Defn: To separate from the bosom. [R.] Young.
DISEMBOWEL Dis`em*bow"el, v. t. Etym: [See Embowel.]
1. To take or let out the bowels or interior parts of; to eviscerate. Soon after their death, they are disemboweled. Cook. Roaring floods and cataracts that sweep From disemboweled earth the virgin gold. Thomson.
2. To take or draw from the body, as the web of a spider. [R.] "Her disemboweled web." J. Philips.
DISEMBOWELMENT Dis`em*bow"el*ment, n.
Defn: The act of disemboweling, or state of being disemboweled; evisceration.
DISEMBOWERED Dis`em*bow"ered, a.
Defn: Deprived of, or removed from, a bower. [Poetic] Bryant.
DISEMBRANGLE Dis`em*bran"gle, v. t. Etym: [Pref. dis- + em = en (L. in) + brangle.]
Defn: To free from wrangling or litigation. [Obs.] Berkeley.
DISEMBROIL Dis`em*broil", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disembroiled; p. pr. & vb. n. Disembroiling.] Etym: [Pref. dis- + embroil.]
Defn: To disentangle; to free from perplexity; to extricate from confusion. Vaillant has disembroiled a history that was lost to the world before his time. Addison.
DISEMPLOY Dis`em*ploy", v. t.
Defn: To throw out of employment. [Obs.] Jer. Taylor.
DISEMPLOYMENT Dis`em*ploy"ment, n.
Defn: The state of being disemployed, or deprived of employment. This glut of leisure and disemployment. Jer. Taylor.
DISEMPOWER Dis`em*pow"er, v. t.
Defn: To deprive of power; to divest of strength. H. Bushnell.
DISENABLE Dis`en*a"ble, v. t. Etym: [Pref. dis- + enable.]
Defn: To disable; to disqualify. The sight of it might damp me and disenable me to speak. State Trials (1640).
DISENAMOR Dis`en*am"or, v. t.
Defn: To free from the captivity of love. Shelton.
DISENCHAINED Dis`en*chained", a.
Defn: Freed from restraint; unrestrained. [Archaic] E. A. Poe.
DISENCHANT Dis`en*chant", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disenchanted; p. pr. & vb. n. Disenchanting.] Etym: [Pref. dis- + enchant: cf. F. désenchanter.]
Defn: To free from enchantment; to deliver from the power of charms or spells; to free from fascination or delusion. Haste to thy work; a noble stroke or two Ends all the charms, and disenchants the grove. Dryden.
DISENCHANTER Dis`en*chant"er, n.
Defn: One who, or that which, disenchants.
DISENCHANTMENT Dis`en*chant"ment, n. Etym: [Pref. dis- + enchantment: cf. F. désenchantement.]
Defn: The act of disenchanting, or state of being disenchanted. Shelton.
DISENCHARM Dis`en*charm", v. t. Etym: [Pref. dis- + en (L. in) + charm.]
Defn: To free from the influence of a charm or spell; to disenchant. [R.] Jer. Taylor.
DISENCLOSE Dis`en*close, v. t.
Defn: See Disinclose.
DISENCOURAGEMENT Dis`en*cour"age*ment, n.
Defn: Discouragement. [Obs.] Spectator.
DISENCRESE Dis`en*crese", v. i. Etym: [Pref. dis- + OE. encrese, E. increase.]
Defn: To decrease. [Obs.] Chaucer.
DISENCRESE Dis`en*crese", n.
Defn: Decrease. [Obs.]
DISENCUMBER Dis`en*cum"ber, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disencumbered; p. pr. & vb. n. Disencumbering.] Etym: [Pref. dis- + encumber: cf. F. désencombrer.]
Defn: To free from encumbrance, or from anything which clogs, impedes, or obstructs; to disburden. Owen. I have disencumbered myself from rhyme. Dryden.
DISENCUMBRANCE Dis`en*cum"brance, n.
Defn: Freedom or deliverance from encumbrance, or anything burdensome or troublesome. Spectator.
DISENDOW Dis`en*dow", v. t.
Defn: To deprive of an endowment, as a church. Gladstone.
DISENDOWMENT Dis`en*dow"ment, n.
Defn: The act of depriving of an endowment or endowments. [The] disendowment of the Irish Church. G. B. Smith.
DISENFRANCHISE Dis`en*fran"chise, v. t.
Defn: To disfranchise; to deprive of the rights of a citizen. — Dis`en*fran"chise*ment, n.
DISENGAGE Dis`en*gage" (, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disengaged; p. pr. & vb. n. Disengaging.] Etym: [Pref. dis- + engage: cf. F. désengager.]
Defn: To release from that with which anything is engaged, engrossed, involved, or entangled; to extricate; to detach; to set free; to liberate; to clear; as, to disengage one from a party, from broils and controversies, from an oath, promise, or occupation; to disengage the affections a favorite pursuit, the mind from study. To disengage him and the kingdom, great sums were to be borrowed. Milton. Caloric and light must be disengaged during the process. Transl. of Lavoisier.
Syn. — To liberate; free; loose; extricate; clear; disentangle; detach; withdraw; wean.
DISENGAGE Dis`en*gage", v. i.
Defn: To release one's self; to become detached; to free one's self. From a friends's grave how soon we disengage! Young.
DISENGAGED Dis`en*gaged", a.
Defn: Not engaged; free from engagement; at leisure; free from occupation or care; vacant. — Dis`en*ga"ged*ness, n.
DISENGAGEMENT Dis`en*gage"ment, n. Etym: [Pref. dis- + engagement: cf. F. désengagement.]
1. The act of disengaging or setting free, or the state of being disengaged. It is easy to render this disengagement of caloric and light evident to the senses. Transl. of Lavoisier. A disengagement from earthly trammels. Sir W. Jones.
2. Freedom from engrossing occupation; leisure. Disengagement is absolutely necessary to enjoyment. Bp. Butler.
DISENGAGING Dis`en*ga"ging, a.
Defn: Loosing; setting free; detaching. Disengaging machinery. See under Engaging.
DISENNOBLE Dis`en*no"ble, v. t.
Defn: To deprive of that which ennobles; to degrade. An unworthy behavior degrades and disennobles a man. Guardian.
DISENROLL Dis`en*roll", v. i. [imp. & p. p. Disenrolled; p. pr. & vb. n. Disenrolling.]
Defn: To erase from a roll or list. [Written also disenrol.] Donne.
DISENSANITY Dis`en*san"i*ty, n. Etym: [Pref. dis- + en (L. in) + sanity.]
Defn: Insanity; folly. [Obs.] What tediosity and disensanity Is here among! Beau. & Fl.
DISENSHROUDED Dis`en*shroud"ed, a.
Defn: Freed from a shroudlike covering; unveiled. The disenshrouded statue. R. Browning.
DISENSLAVE Dis`en*slave", v. t.
Defn: To free from bondage or slavery; to disenthrall. He shall disenslave and redeem his soul. South.
DISENTAIL Dis`en*tail", v. t. (Law)
Defn: To free from entailment.
DISENTANGLE Dis`en*tan"gle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disentangled; p. pr. & vb. n. Disentangling.]
1. To free from entanglement; to release from a condition of being intricately and confusedly involved or interlaced; to reduce to orderly arrangement; to straighten out; as, to disentangle a skein of yarn.
2. To extricate from complication and perplexity; disengage from embarrassing connection or intermixture; to disembroil; to set free; to separate. To disentangle truth from error. Stewart. To extricate and disentangle themselves out of this labyrinth. Clarendon. A mind free and disentangled from all corporeal mixtures. Bp. Stillingfleet.
Syn. — To loose; extricate; disembarrass; disembroil; clear; evolve; disengage; separate; detach.
DISENTANGLEMENT Dis`en*tan"gle*ment, n.
Defn: The act of disentangling or clearing from difficulties. Warton.
DISENTER Dis`en*ter", v. t.
Defn: See Disinter.
DISENTHRALL Dis`en*thrall", v. t. Etym: [See Enthrall.]
Defn: To release from thralldom or slavery; to give freedom to; to disinthrall. [Written also disenthral.] Milton.
DISENTHRALLMENT Dis`en*thrall"ment, n.
Defn: Liberation from bondage; emancipation; disinthrallment. [Written also disenthralment.]
DISENTHRONE Dis`en*throne", v. t.
Defn: To dethrone; to depose from sovereign authority. Milton.
DISENTITLE Dis`en*ti"tle, v. t.
Defn: To deprive of title or claim. Every ordinary offense does not disentitle a son to the love of his father. South.
DISENTOMB Dis`en*tomb", v. t.
Defn: To take out from a tomb; a disinter.
DISENTRAIL Dis`en*trail", v. t.
Defn: To disembowel; to let out or draw forth, as the entrails. [Obs.] As if he thought her soul to disentrail. Spenser.
DISENTRANCE Dis`en*trance", v. t.
Defn: To awaken from a trance or an enchantment. Hudibras.
DISENTWINE Dis`en*twine", v. t.
Defn: To free from being entwined or twisted. Shelley.
DISEPALOUS Di*sep"al*ous, a. Etym: [Pref. di- + sepalous.] (Bot.)
Defn: Having two sepals; two-sepaled.
DISERT Dis*ert", a. Etym: [L. disertus, for dissertus, p. p.: cf. F. disert. See Dissert.]
Defn: Eloquent. [Obs.]
DISERTITUDE Dis*er"ti*tude, n. Etym: [L. disertitud
Defn: Eloquence. [Obs.]
DISERTY Dis*ert"y, adv.
Defn: Expressly; clearly; eloquently. [Obs.] Holland.
DISESPOUSE Dis`es*pouse", v. t.
Defn: To release from espousal or plighted faith. [Poetic] Milton.
DISESTABLISH Dis`es*tab"lish, v. t.
Defn: To unsettle; to break up (anything established); to deprive, as a church, of its connection with the state. M. Arnold.
DISESTABLISHMENT Dis`es*tab"lish*ment, n.
1. The act or process of unsettling or breaking up that which has been established; specifically, the withdrawal of the support of the state from an established church; as, the disestablishment and disendowment of the Irish Church by Act of Parliament.
2. The condition of being disestablished.
DISESTEEM Dis`es*teem", n.
Defn: Want of esteem; low estimation, inclining to dislike; disfavor; disrepute. Disesteem and contempt of the public affairs. Milton.
DISESTEEM Dis`es*teem", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disesteemed; p. pr. & vb. n. Disesteeming.]
1. To feel an absence of esteem for; to regard with disfavor or slight contempt; to slight. But if this sacred gift you disesteem. Denham. Qualities which society does not disesteem. Ld. Lytton.
2. To deprive of esteem; to bring into disrepute; to cause to be regarded with disfavor. [Obs.] What fables have you vexed, what truth redeemed, Antiquities searched, opinions disesteemed B. Jonson.
DISESTEEMER Dis`es*teem"er, n.
Defn: One who disesteems. Boyle.
DISESTIMATION Dis*es`ti*ma"tion, n.
Defn: Disesteem.
DISEXERCISE Dis*ex"er*cise, v. t.
Defn: To deprive of exercise; to leave untrained. [Obs.] By disexercising and blunting our abilities. Milton.
DISFAME Dis*fame", n.
Defn: Disrepute. [R.] Tennyson.
DISFANCY Dis*fan"cy, v. t.
Defn: To dislike. [Obs.]
DISFASHION Dis*fash"ion, v. t. Etym: [Pref. dis- + fashion. See Fashion, and cf. Defeat.]
Defn: To disfigure. [Obs.] Sir T. More.
DISFAVOR Dis*fa"vor, n. Etym: [Pref. dis- + favor: cf. OF. disfaveur, F. défaveur.] [Written also disfavour.]
1. Want of favor of favorable regard; disesteem; disregard. The people that deserved my disfavor. Is. x. 6 (1551). Sentiment of disfavor against its ally. Gladstone.
2. The state of not being in favor; a being under the displeasure of some one; state of unacceptableness; as, to be in disfavor at court.
3. An unkindness; a disobliging act. He might dispense favors and disfavors. Clarendon.
DISFAVOR Dis*fa"vor, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disfavored; p. pr. & vb. n. Disfavoring.]
1. To withhold or withdraw favor from; to regard with disesteem; to show disapprobation of; to discountenance. Countenanced or disfavored according as they obey. Swift.
2. To injure the form or looks of. [R.] B. Jonson.
DISFAVORABLE Dis*fa"vor*a*ble, a. Etym: [Cf. F. défavorable.]
Defn: Unfavorable. [Obs.] Stow.
DISFAVORABLY Dis*fa"vor*a*bly, adv.
Defn: Unpropitiously. [Obs.]
DISFAVORER Dis*fa"vor*er, n.
Defn: One who disfavors. Bacon.
DISFEATURE Dis*fea"ture, v. t. Etym: [Cf. Defeature.]
Defn: To deprive of features; to mar the features of. [R.]
DISFELLOWSHIP Dis*fel"low*ship, v. t. Etym: [See Fellowship, v. t.]
Defn: To exclude from fellowship; to refuse intercourse with, as an associate. An attempt to disfellowship an evil, but to fellowship the evildoer. Freewill Bapt. Quart.
DISFIGURATION Dis*fig`u*ra"tion, n. Etym: [See Disfigure, and cf. Defiguration.]
Defn: The act of disfiguring, or the state of being disfigured; defacement; deformity; disfigurement. Gauden.
DISFIGURE Dis*fig"ure, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disfigured; p. pr. & vb. n. Disfiguring.] Etym: [OF. desfigurer, F. défigurer; pref. des- (L. dis-) + figurer to fashion, shape, fr. L. figurare, fr. figura figure. See Figure, and cf. Defiguration.]
Defn: To mar the figure of; to render less complete, perfect, or beautiful in appearance; to deface; to deform. Disfiguring not God's likeness, but their own. Milton.
Syn. — To deface; deform; mar; injure.
DISFIGURE Dis*fig"ure, n.
Defn: Disfigurement; deformity. [Obs.] Chaucer.
DISFIGUREMENT Dis*fig"ure*ment, n.
1. Act of disfiguring, or state of being disfigured; deformity. Milton.
2. That which disfigures; a defacement; a blot. Uncommon expressions . . . are a disfigurement rather than any embellishment of discourse. Hume.
DISFIGURER Dis*fig"ur*er, n.
Defn: One who disfigures.
DISFLESH Dis*flesh", v. t.
Defn: To reduce the flesh or obesity of. [Obs.] Shelton.
DISFOREST Dis*for"est, v. t.
1. To disafforest. Fuller.
2. To clear or deprive of forests or trees.
DISFORESTATION Dis*for`es*ta"tion, n.
Defn: The act of clearing land of forests. Daniel.
DISFORMITY Dis*form"i*ty, n. Etym: [Cf. Deformity.]
Defn: Discordance or diversity of form; unlikeness in form. Uniformity or disformity in comparing together the respective figures of bodies. S. Clarke.
DISFRANCHISE Dis*fran"chise, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disfranchised; p. pr. & vb. n. Disfranchising.] Etym: [Cf. Diffranchise.]
Defn: To deprive of a franchise or chartered right; to dispossess of the rights of a citizen, or of a particular privilege, as of voting, holding office, etc. Sir William Fitzwilliam was disfranchised. Fabyan (1509). He was partially disfranchised so as to be made incapable of taking part in public affairs. Thirlwall.
DISFRANCHISEMENT Dis*fran"chise*ment, n.
Defn: The act of disfranchising, or the state disfranchised; deprivation of privileges of citizenship or of chartered immunities. Sentenced first to dismission from the court, and then to disfranchisement and expulsion from the colony. Palfrey.
DISFRIAR Dis*fri"ar, v. t.
Defn: To depose or withdraw from the condition of a friar. [Obs.] Many did quickly unnun and disfriar themselves. Fuller.
DISFROCK Dis*frock", v. t.
Defn: To unfrock.
DISFURNISH Dis*fur"nish, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disfurnished; p. pr. & vb. n. Disfurnishing.] Etym: [Pref. dis- + furnish.]
Defn: To deprive of that with which anything is furnished (furniture, equipments, etc.); to strip; to render destitute; to divest. I am a thing obscure, disfurnished of All merit, that can raise me higher. Massinger.
DISFURNISHMENT Dis*fur"nish*ment, n.
Defn: The act of disfurnishing, or the state of being disfurnished. Daniel.
DISFURNITURE Dis*fur"ni*ture, n.
Defn: The act of disfurnishing, or the state of being disfurnished. [Obs.]
DISFURNITURE Dis*fur"ni*ture, v. t.
Defn: To disfurnish. [R.] East.
DISGAGE Dis*gage", v. t.
Defn: To free from a gage or pledge; to disengage. [Obs.] Holland.
DISGALLANT Dis*gal"lant, v. t.
Defn: To deprive of gallantry. [Obs.] B. Jonson.
DISGARLAND Dis*gar"land, v. t.
Defn: To strip of a garland. [Poetic] "Thy locks disgarland." Drummond.
DISGARNISH Dis*gar"nish, v. t. Etym: [Pref. dis- + garnish. See Degarnish.]
Defn: To divest of garniture; to disfurnish; to dismantle. Bp. Hall.
DISGARRISON Dis*gar"ri*son, v. t.
Defn: To deprive of a garrison. Hewyt.
DISGAVEL Dis*gav"el, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disgaveled or Disgaveled; p. pr. & vb. n. Disgaveling.] Etym: [See Gavelkind.] (Eng. Law)
Defn: To deprive of that principal quality of gavelkind tenure by which lands descend equally among all the sons of the tenant; — said of lands. Burrill.
DISGEST Dis*gest", v. t.
Defn: To digest. [Obs.] Bacon.
DISGESTION Dis*ges"tion, n.
Defn: Digestion. [Obs.]
DISGLORIFY Dis*glo"ri*fy, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disglorified; p. pr. & vb. n. Disglorifying.]
Defn: To deprive of glory; to treat with indignity. [R.] Disglorified, blasphemed, and had in scorn. Milton.
DISGLORY Dis*glo"ry, n.
Defn: Dishonor. [Obs.] To the disglory of God's name. Northbrooke.
DISGORGE Dis*gorge", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disgorged; p. pr. & vb. n. Disgorging.] Etym: [F. dégorger, earlier desgorger; pref. dé-, des- (L. dis-) + gorge. See Gorge.]
1. To eject or discharge by the throat and mouth; to vomit; to pour forth or throw out with violence, as if from the mouth; to discharge violently or in great quantities from a confined place. This mountain when it rageth, . . . casteth forth huge stones, disgorgeth brimstone. Hakluyt. They loudly laughed To see his heaving breast disgorge the briny draught. Dryden.
2. To give up unwillingly as what one has wrongfully seized and appropriated; to make restitution of; to surrender; as, he was compelled to disgorge his ill-gotten gains.
DISGORGE Dis*gorge", v. i.
Defn: To vomit forth what anything contains; to discharge; to make restitution. See where it flows, disgorging at seven mouths Into the sea. Milton.
DISGORGEMENT Dis*gorge"ment, n. Etym: [Cf. F. dégorgement.]
Defn: The act of disgorging; a vomiting; that which is disgorged. Bp. Hall.
DISGOSPEL Dis*gos"pel, v. i.
Defn: To be inconsistent with, or act contrary to, the precepts of the gospel; to pervert the gospel. [Obs.] Milton.