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DISGRACE Dis*grace", n. Etym: [F. disgrâce; pref. dis- (L. dis-) + grâce. See Grace.]

1. The condition of being out of favor; loss of favor, regard, or respect. Macduff lives in disgrace. Shak.

2. The state of being dishonored, or covered with shame; dishonor; shame; ignominy. To tumble down thy husband and thyself From top of honor to disgrace's feet Shak.

3. That which brings dishonor; cause of shame or reproach; great discredit; as, vice is a disgrace to a rational being.

4. An act of unkindness; a disfavor. [Obs.] The interchange continually of favors and disgraces. Bacon.

Syn. — Disfavor; disesteem; opprobrium; reproach; discredit; disparagement; dishonor; shame; infamy; ignominy; humiliation.

DISGRACE Dis*grace", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disgraced; p. pr. & vb. n. Disgracing.] Etym: [Cf. F. disgracier. See Disgrace, n.]

1. To put out favor; to dismiss with dishonor. Flatterers of the disgraced minister. Macaulay. Pitt had been disgraced and the old Duke of Newcastle dismissed. J. Morley.

2. To do disfavor to; to bring reproach or shame upon; to dishonor; to treat or cover with ignominy; to lower in estimation. Shall heap with honors him they now disgrace. Pope. His ignorance disgraced him. Johnson.

3. To treat discourteously; to upbraid; to revile. The goddess wroth gan foully her disgrace. Spenser.

Syn. — To degrade; humble; humiliate; abase; disparage; defame; dishonor; debase.

DISGRACEFUL Dis*grace"ful, a.

Defn: Bringing disgrace; causing shame; shameful; dishonorable; unbecoming; as, profaneness is disgraceful to a man. — Dis*grace"ful*fy, adv. — Dis*grace"ful*ness, n. The Senate have cast you forth disgracefully. B. Jonson.

DISGRACER Dis*gra"cer, n.

Defn: One who disgraces.

DISGRACIOUS Dis*gra"cious, a. Etym: [Cf. F. disgracieux.]

Defn: Wanting grace; unpleasing; disagreeable. Shak.

DISGRACIVE Dis*gra"cive, a.

Defn: Disgracing. [Obs.] Feltham.

DISGRADATION Dis`gra*da"tion, n. (Scots Law)

Defn: Degradation; a stripping of titles and honors.

DISGRADE Dis*grade", v. t.

Defn: To degrade. [Obs.] Foxe.

DISGRADUATE Dis*grad"u*ate, v. t.

Defn: To degrade; to reduce in rank. [Obs.] Tyndale.

DISGREGATE Dis"gre*gate, v. t. Etym: [L. disgregare; dis- + gregare to collect, fr. grex, gregis, flock or herd.]

Defn: To disperse; to scatter; — opposite of congregate. [Obs.]

DISGREGATION Dis`gre*ga"tion, n. (Physiol.)

Defn: The process of separation, or the condition of being separate, as of the molecules of a body.

DISGRUNTLE Dis*grun"tle, v. t.

Defn: To dissatisfy; to disaffect; to anger. [Colloq.]

DISGUISE Dis*guise" (; 232), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disguised; p. pr. & vb. n. Disguising.] Etym: [OE. desguisen, disgisen, degisen, OF. desguisier, F. déguiser; pref. des- (L. dis-) + guise. See Guise.]

1. To change the guise or appearance of; especially, to conceal by an unusual dress, or one intended to mislead or deceive. Bunyan was forced to disguise himself as a wagoner. Macaulay.

2. To hide by a counterfeit appearance; to cloak by a false show; to mask; as, to disguise anger; to disguise one's sentiments, character, or intentions. All God's angels come to us disguised. Lowell.

3. To affect or change by liquor; to intoxicate. I have just left the right worshipful, and his myrmidons, about a sneaker or five gallons; the whole magistracy was pretty well disguised before I gave them the ship. Spectator.

Syn. — To conceal; hide; mask; dissemble; dissimulate; feign; pretend; secrete. See Conceal.

DISGUISE Dis*guise", n.

1. A dress or exterior put on for purposes of concealment or of deception; as, persons doing unlawful acts in disguise are subject to heavy penalties. There is no passion steals into the heart more imperceptibly and covers itself under more disguises, than pride. Addison.

2. Artificial language or manner assumed for deception; false appearance; counterfeit semblance or show. That eye which glances through all disguises. D. Webster.

3. Change of manner by drink; intoxication. Shak.

4. A masque or masquerade. [Obs.] Disguise was the old English word for a masque. B. Jonson.

DISGUISEDLY Dis*guis"ed*ly, adv.

Defn: In disguise.

DISGUISEDNESS Dis*guis"ed*ness, n.

Defn: The state of being disguised.

DISGUISEMENT Dis*guise"ment, n.

Defn: Disguise. [R.] Spenser.

DISGUISER Dis*guis"er, n.

1. One who, or that which, disguises. Shak.

2. One who wears a disguise; an actor in a masquerade; a masker. [Obs.] E. Hall.

DISGUISING Dis*guis"ing, n.

Defn: A masque or masquerade. [Obs.]

DISGUST Dis*gust", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disgusted; p. pr. & vb. n. Disgusting.] Etym: [OF. desgouster, F. dégoûter; pref. des- (L. dis-) + gouster to taste, F. goûter, fr. L. gustare, fr. gustus taste. See Gust to taste.]

Defn: To provoke disgust or strong distaste in; to cause (any one) loathing, as of the stomach; to excite aversion in; to offend the moral taste of; — often with at, with, or by. To disgust him with the world and its vanities. Prescott. Ærius is expressly declared . . . to have been disgusted at failing. J. H. Newman. Alarmed and disgusted by the proceedings of the convention. Macaulay.

DISGUST Dis*gust", n. Etym: [Cf. OF. desgoust, F. dégoût. See Disgust, v. t.]

Defn: Repugnance to what is offensive; aversion or displeasure produced by something loathsome; loathing; strong distaste; — said primarily of the sickening opposition felt for anything which offends the physical organs of taste; now rather of the analogous repugnance excited by anything extremely unpleasant to the moral taste or higher sensibilities of our nature; as, an act of cruelty may excite disgust. The manner of doing is more consequence than the thing done, and upon that depends the satisfaction or disgust wherewith it is received. Locke. In a vulgar hack writer such oddities would have excited only disgust. Macaulay.

Syn. — Nausea; loathing; aversion; distaste; dislike; disinclination; abomination. See Dislike.

DISGUSTFUL Dis*gust"ful, a.

Defn: Provoking disgust; offensive to the taste; exciting aversion; disgusting. That horrible and disgustful situation. Burke.

DISGUSTFULNESS Dis*gust"ful*ness, n.

Defn: The state of being disgustful.

DISGUSTING Dis*gust"ing, a.

Defn: That causes disgust; sickening; offensive; revolting. — Dis*gust"ing*ly, adv.

DISH Dish, n. Etym: [AS. disc, L. discus dish, disc, quoit, fr. Gr. Dais, Desk, Disc, Discus.]

1. A vessel, as a platter, a plate, a bowl, used for serving up food at the table. She brought forth butter in a lordly dish. Judg. v. 25.

2. The food served in a dish; hence, any particular kind of food; as, a cold dish; a warm dish; a delicious dish. "A dish fit for the gods." Shak. Home-home dishes that drive one from home. Hood.

3. The state of being concave, or like a dish, or the degree of such concavity; as, the dish of a wheel.

4. A hollow place, as in a field. Ogilvie.

5. (Mining) (a) A trough about 28 inches long, 4 deep, and 6 wide, in which ore is measured. (b) That portion of the produce of a mine which is paid to the land owner or proprietor.

DISH Dish, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dished; p. pr. & vb. n. Dishing.]

1. To put in a dish, ready for the table.

2. To make concave, or depress in the middle, like a dish; as, to dish a wheel by inclining the spokes.

3. To frustrate; to beat; to ruin. [Low] To dish out.

1. To serve out of a dish; to distribute in portions at table.

2. (Arch.) To hollow out, as a gutter in stone or wood. — To dish up, to take (food) from the oven, pots, etc., and put in dishes to be served at table.

DISHABILITATE Dis`ha*bil"i*tate, v. t. Etym: [Cf. Disability.]

Defn: To disqualify. [R.]

DISHABILLE Dis`ha*bille", n. Etym: [See Deshabille.]

Defn: An undress; a loose, negligent dress; deshabille. They breakfast in dishabille. Smollett.

DISHABIT Dis*hab"it, v. t. Etym: [Pref. dis- + habit to inhabit.]

Defn: To dislodge. [Obs.] Those sleeping stones . . . from their fixed beds of lime Had been dishabited. Shak.

DISHABITED Dis*hab"it*ed, p. a.

Defn: Rendered uninhabited. "Dishabited towns." R. Carew.

DISHABITUATE Dis`ha*bit"u*ate, v. t.

Defn: To render unaccustomed.

DISHABLE Dis*ha"ble, v. t.

1. To disable. [Obs.]

2. To disparage. [Obs.] She oft him blamed . . . and him dishabled quite. Spenser.

DISHALLOW Dis*hal"low, v. t.

Defn: To make unholy; to profane. Tennyson. Nor can the unholiness of the priest dishallow the altar. T. Adams.

DISHARMONIOUS Dis`har*mo"ni*ous, a.

Defn: Unharmonious; discordant. [Obs.] Hallywell.

DISHARMONY Dis*har"mo*ny, n.

Defn: Want of harmony; discord; incongruity. [R.] A disharmony in the different impulses that constitute it [our nature]. Coleridge.

DISHAUNT Dis*haunt", v. t.

Defn: To leave; to quit; to cease to haunt. Halliwell.

DISHCLOTH Dish"cloth`, n.

Defn: A cloth used for washing dishes.

DISHCLOUT Dish"clout`, n.

Defn: A dishcloth. [Obsolescent]

DISHEART Dis*heart", v. t.

Defn: To dishearten. [Obs.]

DISHEARTEN Dis*heart"en, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disheartened; p. pr. & vb. n. Disheartening.] Etym: [Pref. dis- + hearten.]

Defn: To discourage; to deprive of courage and hope; to depress the spirits of; to deject. Regiments . . . utterly disorganized and disheartened. Macaulay.

Syn. — To dispirit; discourage; depress; deject; deter; terrify.

DISHEARTENMENT Dis*heart"en*ment, n.

Defn: Discouragement; dejection; depression of spirits.

DISHEIR Dis*heir", v. t. Etym: [Cf. Disherit.]

Defn: To disinherit. [Obs.] Dryden.

DISHELM Dis*helm", v. t. Etym: [Pref. dis- + helm helmet.]

Defn: To deprive of the helmet. [Poetic] Lying stark, Dishelmed and mute, and motionlessly pale. Tennyson.

DISHERISON Dis*her"i*son, n. Etym: [See Disherit.]

Defn: The act of disheriting, or debarring from inheritance; disinhersion. Bp. Hall.

DISHERIT Dis*her"it, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disherited; p. pr. & vb. n. Disheriting.] Etym: [F. déshériter; pref. dés- (L. dis-) + hériter to inherit. See Inherit, and cf. Dusheir, Disinherit.]

Defn: To disinherit; to cut off, or detain, from the possession or enjoyment of an inheritance. [Obs.] Spenser.

DISHERITANCE Dis*her"it*ance, n. Etym: [Cf. OF. desheritance.]

Defn: The act of disinheriting or state of being disinherited; disinheritance. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl.

DISHERITOR Dis*her"it*or, n. (Law)

Defn: One who puts another out of his inheritance.

DISHEVEL Di*shev"el, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disheveled or Dishevelled; p. pr. & vb. n. Disheveling or Dishevelling.] Etym: [OF. descheveler, F. décheveler, LL. discapillare; dis- + L. capillus the hair of the head. See Capillary.]

1. To suffer (the hair) to hang loosely or disorderly; to spread or throw (the hair) in disorder; — used chiefly in the passive participle. With garments rent and hair disheveled, Wringing her hands and making piteous moan. Spenser.

2. To spread loosely or disorderly. Like the fair flower disheveled in the wind. Cowper.

DISHEVEL Di*shev"el, v. i.

Defn: To be spread in disorder or hang negligently, as the hair. [R.] Sir T. Herbert.

DISHEVELE Di*shev"ele, p. p. & a.

Defn: Disheveled. [Obs.] Dishevele, save his cap, he rode all bare. Chaucer.

DISHEVELED Di*shev"eled, a.

1. Having in loose disorder; disarranged; as, disheveled hair.

2. Having the hair in loose disorder. The dancing maidens are disheveled Mænads. J. A. Symonds.

DISHFUL Dish"ful, n.; pl. Dishfuls (.

Defn: As much as a dish holds when full.

DISHING Dish"ing, a.

Defn: Dish-shaped; concave.

DISHONEST Dis*hon"est, a. Etym: [Pref. dis- + honest: cf. F. déshonnête, OF. deshoneste.]

1. Dishonorable; shameful; indecent; unchaste; lewd. [Obs.] Inglorious triumphs and dishonest scars. Pope. Speak no foul or dishonest words before them [the women]. Sir T. North.

2. Dishonored; disgraced; disfigured. [Obs.] Dishonest with lopped arms the youth appears, Spoiled of his nose and shortened of his ears. Dryden.

3. Wanting in honesty; void of integrity; faithless; disposed to cheat or defraud; not trustworthy; as, a dishonest man.

4. Characterized by fraud; indicating a want of probity; knavish; fraudulent; unjust. To get dishonest gain. Ezek. xxii. 27. The dishonest profits of men in office. Bancroft.

DISHONEST Dis*hon"est, v. t. Etym: [Cf. OF. deshonester.]

Defn: To disgrace; to dishonor; as, to dishonest a maid. [Obs.] I will no longer dishonest my house. Chapman.

DISHONESTLY Dis*hon"est*ly, adv.

Defn: In a dishonest manner.

DISHONESTY Dis*hon"es*ty, n. Etym: [Cf. OF. deshonesté, F. déshonnêteté.]

1. Dishonor; dishonorableness; shame. [Obs.] "The hidden things of dishonesty." 2 Cor. iv. 2.

2. Want of honesty, probity, or integrity in principle; want of fairness and straightforwardness; a disposition to defraud, deceive, or betray; faithlessness.

3. Violation of trust or of justice; fraud; any deviation from probity; a dishonest act.

4. Lewdness; unchastity. Shak.

DISHONOR Dis*hon"or, n. Etym: [OE. deshonour, dishonour, OF. deshonor, deshonur, F. déshonneur; pref. des- (L. dis-) + honor, honur, F. honneur, fr. L. honor. See Honor.] [Written also dishonour.]

1. Lack of honor; disgrace; ignominy; shame; reproach. It was not meet for us to see the king's dishonor. Ezra iv. 14. His honor rooted in dishonor stood. Tennyson.

2. (Law)

Defn: The nonpayment or nonacceptance of commercial paper by the party on whom it is drawn.

Syn. — Disgrace; ignominy; shame; censure; reproach; opprobrium.

DISHONOR Dis*hon"or, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dishonored; p. pr. & vb. n. Dishonoring.] Etym: [OE. deshonouren, F. déshonorer; pref. dés- (L. dis-) + honorer to honor, fr. L. honorare. See Honor, v. t.] [Written also dishonour.]

1. To deprive of honor; to disgrace; to bring reproach or shame on; to treat with indignity, or as unworthy in the sight of others; to stain the character of; to lessen the reputation of; as, the duelist dishonors himself to maintain his honor. Nothing . . . that may dishonor Our law, or stain my vow of Nazarite. Milton.

2. To violate the chastity of; to debauch. Dryden.

3. To refuse or decline to accept or pay; — said of a bill, check, note, or draft which is due or presented; as, to dishonor a bill exchange.

Syn. — To disgrace; shame; debase; degrade; lower; humble; humiliate; debauch; pollute.

DISHONORABLE Dis*hon"or*a*ble, a. Etym: [Cf. F. déshonorable.]

1. Wanting in honor; not honorable; bringing or deserving dishonor; staining the character, and lessening the reputation; shameful; disgraceful; base.

2. Wanting in honor or esteem; disesteemed. He that is dishonorable in riches, how much more in poverty! Ecclus. x. 31. To find ourselves dishonorable graves. Shak. — Dis*hon"or*a*ble*ness, n. — Dis*hon"or*a*bly, adv.

DISHONORARY Dis*hon"or*a*ry, a.

Defn: Bringing dishonor on; tending to disgrace; lessening reputation. Holmes.

DISHONORER Dis*hon"or*er, n.

Defn: One who dishonors or disgraces; one who treats another indignity. Milton.

DISHORN Dis*horn", v. t.

Defn: To deprive of horns; as, to dishorn cattle. "Dishorn the spirit." Shak.

DISHORSE Dis*horse", v. t.

Defn: To dismount. Tennyson.

DISHOUSE Dis*house", v. t.

Defn: To deprive of house or home. "Dishoused villagers." James White.

DISHUMOR Dis*hu"mor, n.

Defn: Ill humor. [Obs.]

DISHUMOR Dis*hu"mor, v. t.

Defn: To deprive of humor or desire; to put out of humor. [Obs.] B. Jonson.

DISHWASHER Dish"wash`er, n.

1. One who, or that which, washes dishes.

2. (Zoöl.)

Defn: A European bird; the wagtail.

DISHWATER Dish"wa`ter, n.

Defn: Water in which dishes have been washed. "Suds and dishwater." Beau. & Fl.

DISILLUSION Dis`il*lu"sion, n.

Defn: The act or process of freeing from an illusion, or the state of being freed therefrom. Lowell.

DISILLUSION Dis`il*lu"sion, v. t.

Defn: To free from an illusion; to disillusionize.

DISILLUSIONIZE Dis`il*lu"sion*ize, v. t.

Defn: To disenchant; to free from illusion. "The bitter disillusionizing experience of postnuptial life." W. Black.

DISILLUSIONMENT Dis`il*lu"sion*ment, n.

Defn: The act of freeing from an illusion, or the state of being freed therefrom.

DISIMBITTER Dis`im*bit"ter, v. t. Etym: [Pref. dis- + imbitter. Cf. Disembitter.]

Defn: To free from bitterness.

DISIMPARK Dis`im*park", v. t.

Defn: To free from the barriers or restrictions of a park. [R.] Spectator.

DISIMPASSIONED Dis`im*pas"sioned, a.

Defn: Free from warmth of passion or feeling.

DISIMPROVE Dis`im*prove", v. t.

Defn: To make worse; — the opposite of improve. [R.] Jer. Taylor.

DISIMPROVE Dis`im*prove", v. i.

Defn: To grow worse; to deteriorate.

DISIMPROVEMENT Dis`im*prove"ment, n.

Defn: Reduction from a better to a worse state; as, disimprovement of the earth.

DISINCARCERATE Dis`in*car"cer*ate, v. t.

Defn: To liberate from prison. [R.] Harvey.

DISINCLINATION Dis*in`cli*na"tion, n.

Defn: The state of being disinclined; want of propensity, desire, or affection; slight aversion or dislike; indisposition. Disappointment gave him a disinclination to the fair sex. Arbuthnot. Having a disinclination to books or business. Guardian.

Syn. — Unwillingness; disaffection; alienation; dislike; indisposition; distaste; aversion; repugnance.

DISINCLINE Dis`in*cline", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disinclined; p. pr. & vb. n. Disinclining.]

Defn: To incline away the affections of; to excite a slight aversion in; to indispose; to make unwilling; to alienate. Careful . . . to disincline them from any reverence or affection to the Queen. Clarendon. To social scenes by nature disinclined. Cowper.

DISINCLOSE Dis`in*close", v. t. Etym: [Cf. Disenclose.]

Defn: To free from being inclosed.

DISINCORPORATE Dis`in*cor"po*rate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disincorporated; p. pr. & vb. n. Disincorporating.]

1. To deprive of corporate powers, rights, or privileges; to divest of the condition of a corporate body.

2. To detach or separate from a corporation. Bacon.

DISINCORPORATE Dis`in*cor"po*rate, a.

Defn: Separated from, or not included in, a corporation; disincorporated. Bacon.

DISINCORPORATION Dis`in*cor`po*ra"tion, n.

Defn: Deprivation of the rights and privileges of a corporation. T. Warton.

DISINFECT Dis`in*fect", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disinfected; p. pr. & vb. n. Disinfecting.]

Defn: To free from infectious or contagious matter; to destroy putrefaction; to purify; to make innocuous. When the infectious matter and the infectious matter and the odoriferous matter are one . . . then to deodorize is to disinfect. Ure.

DISINFECTANT Dis`in*fect"ant, n.

Defn: That which disinfects; an agent for removing the causes of infection, as chlorine.

DISINFECTION Dis`in*fec"tion, n.

Defn: The act of disinfecting; purification from infecting matter.

DISINFECTOR Dis`in*fect"or, n.

Defn: One who, or that which, disinfects; an apparatus for applying disinfectants.

DISINFLAME Dis`in*flame", v. t.

Defn: To divest of flame or ardor. Chapman.

DISINGENUITY Dis*in`ge*nu"i*ty, n.

Defn: Disingenuousness. [Obs.] Clarendon.

DISINGENUOUS Dis`in*gen"u*ous, a.

1. Not noble; unbecoming true honor or dignity; mean; unworthy; as, disingenuous conduct or schemes.

2. Not ingenuous; wanting in noble candor or frankness; not frank or open; uncandid; unworthily or meanly artful. So disingenuous as not to confess them [faults]. Pope. — Dis`in*gen"u*ous*ly, adv. T. Warton. — Dis`in*gen"u*ous*ness, n. Macaulay.

DISINHABITED Dis`in*hab"it*ed, a.

Defn: Uninhabited. [Obs.]

DISINHERISON Dis`in*her"i*son, n. Etym: [See Disinherit, v. t., and cf. Disherison.]

Defn: Same as Disherison. Bacon.

DISINHERIT Dis`in*her"it, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disinherited; p. pr. & vb. n. Disinheriting.] Etym: [Cf. Disherit, Disheir.]

1. To cut off from an inheritance or from hereditary succession; to prevent, as an heir, from coming into possession of any property or right, which, by law or custom, would devolve on him in the course of descent. Of how fair a portion Adam disinherited his whole posterity! South.

2. To deprive of heritage; to dispossess. And disinherit Chaos, that reigns here. Milton.

DISINHERITANCE Dis`in*her"it*ance, n.

Defn: The act of disinheriting, or the condition of being; disinherited; disherison.

DISINHUME Dis`in*hume", v. t.

Defn: To disinter. [R.]

DISINSURE Dis`in*sure", v. t.

Defn: To render insecure; to put in danger. [Obs.] Fanshawe.

DISINTEGRABLE Dis*in"te*gra*ble, a.

Defn: Capable of being disintegrated, or reduced to fragments or powder. Argillo-calcite is readily disintegrable by exposure. Kirwan.

DISINTEGRATE Dis*in"te*grate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disintegrated; p. pr. & vb. n. Disintegrating.] Etym: [L. dis- + integratus, p. p. of integrare to renew, repair, fr. integer entire, whole. See Integer.]

Defn: To separate into integrant parts; to reduce to fragments or to powder; to break up, or cause to fall to pieces, as a rock, by blows of a hammer, frost, rain, and other mechanical or atmospheric influences. Marlites are not disintegrated by exposure to the atmosphere, at least in six years. Kirwan.

DISINTEGRATE Dis*in"te*grate, v. i.

Defn: To decompose into integrant parts; as, chalk rapidly disintegrates.

DISINTEGRATION Dis*in`te*gra"tion, n. (a) The process by which anything is disintegrated; the condition of anything which is disintegrated. Specifically (b) (Geol.) The wearing away or falling to pieces of rocks or strata, produced by atmospheric action, frost, ice, etc. Society had need of further disintegration before it could begin to reconstruct itself locally. Motley.

DISINTEGRATOR Dis*in"te*gra`tor, n. (Mech.)

Defn: A machine for grinding or pulverizing by percussion.

DISINTER Dis`in*ter", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disinterred; p. pr. & vb. n. Disinterring.]

1. To take out of the grave or tomb; to unbury; to exhume; to dig up.

2. To bring out, as from a grave or hiding place; to bring from obscurity into view. Addison.

DISINTERESS Dis*in"ter*ess, v. t. Etym: [F. désintéresser to deprive of interest in; pref. dés- (L. dis-) + intéresser to interest, fr. L. interesse to import, concern. See Interest, and cf. Disinterest.]

Defn: To deprive or rid of interest in, or regard for; to disengage. [Obs.]

DISINTERESSMENT Dis*in"ter*ess*ment, n. Etym: [Cf. F. désintéressement.]

Defn: Disinterestedness; impartiality; fairness. [Obs.] Prior.

DISINTEREST Dis*in"ter*est, p. a.

Defn: Disinterested. [Obs.] The measures they shall walk by shall be disinterest and even. Jer. Taylor.

DISINTEREST Dis*in"ter*est, n.

1. What is contrary to interest or advantage; disadvantage. [Obs.] Glanvill.

2. Indifference to profit; want of regard to private advantage; disinterestedness. [Obs.] Johnson.

DISINTEREST Dis*in"ter*est, v. t.

Defn: To divest of interest or interested motives. [Obs.] Feltham.

DISINTERESTED Dis*in"ter*est*ed, a. Etym: [Cf. Disinteressed.]

Defn: Not influenced by regard to personal interest or advantage; free from selfish motive; having no relation of interest or feeling; not biased or prejudiced; as, a disinterested decision or judge. The happiness of disinterested sacrifices. Channing.

Syn. — Unbiased; impartial; uninterested; indifferent.

DISINTERESTEDLY Dis*in"ter*est*ed*ly, adv.

Defn: In a disinterested manner; without bias or prejudice.

DISINTERESTEDNESS Dis*in"ter*est*ed*ness, n.

Defn: The state or quality of being disinterested; impartiality. That perfect disinterestedness and self-devotion of which man seems to be incapable, but which is sometimes found in woman. Macaulay.

DISINTERESTING Dis*in"ter*est*ing, a.

Defn: Uninteresting. [Obs.] "Disinteresting passages." Bp. Warburton.

DISINTERMENT Dis`in*ter"ment, n.

Defn: The act of disinterring, or taking out of the earth; exhumation.

DISINTHRALL Dis`in*thrall", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disinthralled; p. pr. & vb. n. Disinthralling.] Etym: [Pref. dis- + inthrall. Cf. Disenthrall.]

Defn: To free from thralldom; to disenthrall. [Written also disinthral.]

DISINTHRALLMENT Dis`in*thrall"ment, n.

Defn: A releasing from thralldom or slavery; disenthrallment. [Written also disinthralment.]

DISINTRICATE Dis*in"tri*cate, v. t.

Defn: To disentangle. [R.] "To disintricate the question." Sir W. Hamilton.

DISINURE Dis`in*ure", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disinured; p. pr. & vb. n. Disinuring.] Etym: [Pref. dis- + inure.]

Defn: To render unaccustomed or unfamiliar. We are hindered and disinured . . . towards the true knowledge. Milton.

DISINVESTITURE Dis`in*ves"ti*ture, n.

Defn: The act of depriving of investiture. [Obs.] Ogilvie.

DISINVIGORATE Dis`in*vig"or*ate, v. t.

Defn: To enervate; to weaken. [R.] Sydney Smith.

DISINVOLVE Dis`in*volve", v. t.

Defn: To uncover; to unfold or unroll; to disentangle. [R.] Dr. H. More.

DISJECTION Dis*jec"tion, n. Etym: [L. disjicere, disjectum, to throw asunder, disperse; dis- + jacere to throw.]

Defn: Destruction; dispersion. Bp. Horsley.

DISJOIN Dis*join", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disjoined; p. pr. & vb. n. Disjoining.] Etym: [OF. desjoindre, F. disjoindre, déjoindre, fr. L. disjungere; dis- + jungere to join. See Join, and cf. Disjoint, Disjunct.]

Defn: To part; to disunite; to separate; to sunder. That marriage, therefore, God himself disjoins. Milton. Never let us lay down our arms against France, till we have utterly disjoined her from the Spanish monarchy. Addison. Windmill Street consisted of disjoined houses. Pennant.

Syn. — To disunite; separate; detach; sever; dissever; sunder; disconnect.

DISJOIN Dis*join", v. i.

Defn: To become separated; to part.

DISJOINT Dis*joint", a. Etym: [OF. desjoint, p. p. of desjoindre. See Disjoin.]

Defn: Disjointed; unconnected; — opposed to conjoint. Milton.

DISJOINT Dis*joint", n. Etym: [From OF. desjoint, p. p. of desjoindre. See Disjoint, v. t.]

Defn: Difficult situation; dilemma; strait. [Obs.] "I stand in such disjoint." Chaucer.

DISJOINT Dis*joint", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disjointed; p. pr. & vb. n. Disjointing.]

1. To separate the joints of; to separate, as parts united by joints; to put out of joint; to force out of its socket; to dislocate; as, to disjoint limbs; to disjoint bones; to disjoint a fowl in carving. Yet what could swords or poisons, racks or flame, But mangle and disjoint the brittle frame Prior.

2. To separate at junctures or joints; to break where parts are united; to break in pieces; as, disjointed columns; to disjoint and edifice. Some half-ruined wall Disjointed and about to fall. Longfellow.

3. To break the natural order and relations of; to make incoherent; as, a disjointed speech.

DISJOINT Dis*joint", v. i.

Defn: To fall in pieces. Shak.

DISJOINTED Dis*joint"ed, a.

Defn: Separated at the joints; disconnected; incoherent. — Dis*joint"ed*ly, adv. — Dis*joint"ed*ness, n.

DISJOINTLY Dis*joint"ly, adv.

Defn: In a disjointed state. Sandys.

DISJUDICATION Dis*ju`di*ca"tion, n.

Defn: Judgment; discrimination. See Dijudication. [Obs.] Boyle.

DISJUNCT Dis*junct", a. Etym: [L. disjunctus, p. p. of disjungere to disjoin. See Disjoin, and cf. Disjoint.]

1. Disjoined; separated. [R.]

2. (Zoöl.)

Defn: Having the head, thorax, and abdomen separated by a deep constriction. Disjunct tetrachords (Mus.), tetrachords so disposed to each other that the gravest note of the upper is one note higher than the acutest note of the other.

DISJUNCTION Dis*junc"tion, n. Etym: [L. disjunctio.]

1. The act of disjoining; disunion; separation; a parting; as, the disjunction of soul and body.

2. A disjunctive proposition. Coleridge.

DISJUNCTIVE Dis*junc"tive, a. Etym: [L. disjunctivus: cf. F. disjonctif.]

1. Tending to disjoin; separating; disjoining.

2. (Mus.)

Defn: Pertaining to disjunct tetrachords. "Disjunctive notes." Moore (Encyc. of Music). Disjunctive conjunction (Gram.), one connecting grammatically two words or clauses, expressing at the same time an opposition or separation inherent in the notions or thoughts; as, either, or, neither, nor, but, although, except, lest, etc. — Disjunctive proposition, one in which the parts are connected by disjunctive conjunctions; as it is either day or night. — Disjunctive syllogism (Logic), one in which the major proposition is disjunctive; as, the earth moves in a circle or an ellipse; but in does not move in a circle, therefore it moves in an ellipse.

DISJUNCTIVE Dis*junc"tive, n. (a) (Gram.) A disjunctive conjunction. (b) (Logic) A disjunctive proposition.

DISJUNCTIVELY Dis*junc"tive*ly, adv.

Defn: In a disjunctive manner; separately. Dr. H. More.

DISJUNCTURE Dis*junc"ture, n.

Defn: The act of disjoining, or state of being disjoined; separation. Fuller.

DISK Disk, n. Etym: [L. discus, Gr. Dish.] [Written also disc.]

1. A discus; a quoit. Some whirl the disk, and some the javelin dart. Pope.

2. A flat, circular plate; as, a disk of metal or paper.

3. (Astron.)

Defn: The circular figure of a celestial body, as seen projected of the heavens.

4. (Biol.)

Defn: A circular structure either in plants or animals; as, a blood disk; germinal disk, etc.

5. (Bot.) (a) The whole surface of a leaf. (b) The central part of a radiate compound flower, as in sunflower. (c) A part of the receptacle enlarged or expanded under, or around, or even on top of, the pistil.

6. (Zoöl.) (a) The anterior surface or oral area of coelenterate animals, as of sea anemones. (b) The lower side of the body of some invertebrates, especially when used for locomotion, when it is often called a creeping disk. (c) In owls, the space around the eyes. Disk engine, a form of rotary steam engine. — Disk shell (Zoöl.), any species of Discina.

DISK CLUTCH Disk clutch. (Engin.)

Defn: A friction clutch in which the gripping surfaces are disks or more or less resemble disks.

DISKINDNESS Dis*kind"ness, n.

Defn: Unkindness; disservice. [R.] A. Tucker.

DISKLESS Disk"less, a.

Defn: Having no disk; appearing as a point and not expanded into a disk, as the image of a faint star in a telescope.

DISLADE Dis*lade", v. t.

Defn: To unlade. [Obs.] Heywood.

DISLEAL Dis*leal", a. Etym: [See Disloyal, Leal.]

Defn: Disloyal; perfidious. [Obs.] "Disleal knight." Spenser.

DISLEAVE Dis*leave", v. t.

Defn: To deprive of leaves. [R.] The cankerworms that annually that disleaved the elms. Lowell.

DISLIKE Dis*like", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disliked; p. pr. & vb. n. Disliking.]

1. To regard with dislike or aversion; to disapprove; to disrelish. Every nation dislikes an impost. Johnson.

2. To awaken dislike in; to displease. "Disliking countenance." Marston. "It dislikes me." Shak.

DISLIKE Dis*like", n.

1. A feeling of positive and usually permanent aversion to something unpleasant, uncongenial, or offensive; disapprobation; repugnance; displeasure; disfavor; — the opposite of liking or fondness. God's grace . . . gives him continual dislike to sin. Hammond. The hint malevolent, the look oblique, The obvious satire, or implied dislike. Hannah More. We have spoken of the dislike of these excellent women for Sheridan and Fox. J. Morley. His dislike of a particular kind of sensational stories. A. W. Ward.

2. Discord; dissension. [Obs.] Fairfax.

Syn. — Distaste; disinclination; disapprobation; disfavor; disaffection; displeasure; disrelish; aversion; reluctance; repugnance; disgust; antipathy. — Dislike, Aversion, Reluctance, Repugnance, Disgust, Antipathy. Dislike is the more general term, applicable to both persons and things and arising either from feeling or judgment. It may mean little more than want of positive liking; but antipathy, repugnance, disgust, and aversion are more intense phases of dislike. Aversion denotes a fixed and habitual dislike; as, an aversion to or for business. Reluctance and repugnance denote a mental strife or hostility something proposed (repugnance being the stronger); as, a reluctance to make the necessary sacrifices, and a repugnance to the submission required. Disgust is repugnance either of taste or moral feeling; as, a disgust at gross exhibitions of selfishness. Antipathy is primarily an instinctive feeling of dislike of a thing, such as most persons feel for a snake. When used figuratively, it denotes a correspondent dislike for certain persons, modes of acting, etc. Men have an aversion to what breaks in upon their habits; a reluctance and repugnance to what crosses their will; a disgust at what offends their sensibilities; and are often governed by antipathies for which they can give no good reason.

DISLIKEFUL Dis*like"ful, a.

Defn: Full of dislike; disaffected; malign; disagreeable. [Obs.] Spenser.

DISLIKELIHOOD Dis*like"li*hood, n.

Defn: The want of likelihood; improbability. Sir W. Scott.

DISLIKEN Dis*lik"en, v. t.

Defn: To make unlike; to disguise. [Obs.] Shak.

DISLIKENESS Dis*like"ness, n.

Defn: Unlikeness. [R.] Locke.

DISLIKER Dis*lik"er, n.

Defn: One who dislikes or disrelishes.

DISLIMB Dis*limb", v. t.

Defn: To tear limb from limb; to dismember. [Obs.] Bailey.

DISLIMN Dis*limn", v. t. Etym: [Pref. dis- + limn.]

Defn: To efface, as a picture. [Obs.] Shak.

DISLINK Dis*link", v. t.

Defn: To unlink; to disunite; to separate. [R.] Tennyson.

DISLIVE Dis*live", v. t.

Defn: To deprive of life. [Obs.] Telemachus dislived Amphimedon. Chapman.

DISLOCATE Dis"lo*cate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dislocated; p. pr. & vb. n. Dislocating.] Etym: [LL. dislocatus, p. p. of dislocare; dis- + locare to place, fr. locus place. See Locus.]

Defn: To displace; to put out of its proper place. Especially, of a bone: To remove from its normal connections with a neighboring bone; to put out of joint; to move from its socket; to disjoint; as, to dislocate your bones. Shak. After some time the strata on all sides of the globe were dislocated. Woodward. And thus the archbishop's see, dislocated or out of joint for a time, was by the hands of his holiness set right again. Fuller.

DISLOCATE Dis"lo*cate, a. Etym: [LL. dislocatus, p. p.]

Defn: Dislocated. Montgomery.

DISLOCATION Dis`lo*ca"tion, n. Etym: [Cf. F. dislocation.]

1. The act of displacing, or the state of being displaced. T. Burnet.

2. (Geol.)

Defn: The displacement of parts of rocks or portions of strata from the situation which they originally occupied. Slips, faults, and the like, are dislocations.

3. (Surg.)

Defn: The act of dislocating, or putting out of joint; also, the condition of being thus displaced.

DISLODGE Dis*lodge", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dislodged; p. pr. & vb. n. Dislodging.] Etym: [OF. deslogier, F. déloger; pref. des- (L. dis-) + OF. logier, F. loger. See Lodge.]

1. To drive from a lodge or place of rest; to remove from a place of quiet or repose; as, shells resting in the sea at a considerate depth are not dislodged by storms.

2. To drive out from a place of hiding or defense; as, to dislodge a deer, or an enemy. The Volscians are dislodg'd. Shak.

DISLODGE Dis*lodge", v. i.

Defn: To go from a place of rest. [R.] Where Light and Darkness in perpetual round Lodge and dislodge by turns. Milton.

DISLODGE Dis*lodge", n.

Defn: Dwelling apart; separation. [R.]

DISLODGMENT Dis*lodg"ment, n. Etym: [Cf. F. délogement, OF. deslogement.]

Defn: The act or process of dislodging, or the state of being dislodged.

DISLOIGN Dis*loign", v. t. Etym: [OF. desloignier. See Eloign.]

Defn: To put at a distance; to remove. [Obs.] Low-looking dales, disloigned from common gaze. Spenser.

DISLOYAL Dis*loy"al, a. Etym: [Pref. dis- + loyal: cf. OF. desloial, desleal, F. déloyal. See Loyal.]

Defn: Not loyal; not true to a sovereign or lawful superior, or to the government under which one lives; false where allegiance is due; faithless; as, a subject disloyal to the king; a husband disloyal to his wife. Without a thought disloyal. Mrs. Browning.

Syn. — Disobedient; faithless; untrue; treacherous; perfidious; dishonest; inconstant; disaffected.

DISLOYALLY Dis*loy"al*ly, adv.

Defn: In a disloyal manner.

DISLOYALTY Dis*loy"al*ty, n. Etym: [Pref. dis- + loyalty: cf. OF. desloiauté, deslealté, F. déloyauté.]

Defn: Want of loyalty; lack of fidelity; violation of allegiance.

DISMAIL Dis*mail", v. t. Etym: [Pref. dis- + mail: cf. OF. desmaillier.]

Defn: To divest of coat of mail. Spenser.

DISMAL Dis"mal, a. Etym: [Formerly a noun; e. g., "I trow it was in the dismalle." Chaucer. Of uncertain origin; but perh. (as suggested by Skeat) from OF. disme, F. dîme, tithe, the phrase dismal day properly meaning, the day when tithes must be paid. See Dime.]

1. Fatal; ill-omened; unlucky. [Obs.] An ugly fiend more foul than dismal day. Spenser.

2. Gloomy to the eye or ear; sorrowful and depressing to the feelings; foreboding; cheerless; dull; dreary; as, a dismal outlook; dismal stories; a dismal place. Full well the busy whisper, circling round, Convey'd the dismal tidings when he frowned. Goldsmith. A dismal description of an English November. Southey.

Syn. — Dreary; lonesome; gloomy; dark; ominous; ill-boding; fatal; doleful; lugubrious; funereal; dolorous; calamitous; sorrowful; sad; joyless; melancholy; unfortunate; unhappy.

DISMALLY Dis"mal*ly, adv.

Defn: In a dismal manner; gloomily; sorrowfully; uncomfortably.

DISMALNESS Dis"mal*ness, n.

Defn: The quality of being dismal; gloominess.

DISMAN Dis*man", v. t.

Defn: To unman. [Obs.] Feltham.

DISMANTLE Dis*man"tle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dismantled; p. pr. & vb. n. Dismantling.] Etym: [F. démanteler, OF. desmanteler; pref: des- (L. dis-) + manteler to cover with a cloak, defend, fr. mantel, F. manteau, cloak. See Mantle.]

1. To strip or deprive of dress; to divest.

2. To strip of furniture and equipments, guns, etc.; to unrig; to strip of walls or outworks; to break down; as, to dismantle a fort, a town, or a ship. A dismantled house, without windows or shutters to keep out the rain. Macaulay.

3. To disable; to render useless. Comber.

Syn. — To demoDemol.

DISMARCH Dis*march", v. i.

Defn: To march away. [Obs.]

DISMARRY Dis*mar"ry, v. t. Etym: [Pref. dis- + marry: cf. OF. desmarier, F. démarier.]

Defn: To free from the bonds of marriage; to divorce. [Obs.] Ld. Berners.

DISMARSHAL Dis*mar"shal, v. t.

Defn: To disarrange; to derange; to put in disorder. [R.] Drummond.

DISMASK Dis*mask", v. t. Etym: [Pref. dis- + mask: cf. F. démasquer.]

Defn: To divest of a mask. Shak.

DISMAST Dis*mast", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dismasted; p. pr. & vb. n. Dismasting.] Etym: [Pref. dis- + mast: cf. F. démâter.]

Defn: To deprive of a mast of masts; to break and carry away the masts from; as, a storm dismasted the ship.

DISMASTMENT Dis*mast"ment, n.

Defn: The act of dismasting; the state of being dismasted. [R.] Marshall.

DISMAW Dis*maw", v. t.

Defn: To eject from the maw; to disgorge. [R.] Shelton.

DISMAY Dis*may", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dismayed; p. pr. & vb. n. Dismaying.] Etym: [OE. desmaien, dismaien, OF. esmaier; pref. es- (L. ex) + OHG. magan to be strong or able; akin to E. may. In English the pref. es- was changed to dis- (L. dis-). See May, v. i.]

1. To disable with alarm or apprehensions; to depress the spirits or courage of; to deprive or firmness and energy through fear; to daunt; to appall; to terrify. Be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed. Josh. i. 9. What words be these What fears do you dismay Fairfax.

2. To render lifeless; to subdue; to disquiet. [Obs.] Do not dismay yourself for this. Spenser.

Syn. — To terrify; fright; affright; frighten; appall; daunt; dishearthen; dispirit; discourage; deject; depress. — To Dismay, Daunt, Appall. Dismay denotes a state of deep and gloomy apprehension. To daunt supposes something more sudden and startling. To appall is the strongest term, implying a sense of terror which overwhelms the faculties. So flies a herd of beeves, that hear, dismayed, The lions roaring through the midnight shade. Pope. Jove got such heroes as my sire, whose soul No fear could daunt, nor earth nor hell control. Pope. Now the last ruin the whole host appalls; Now Greece has trembled in her wooden walls. Pope.

DISMAY Dis*may", v. i.

Defn: To take dismay or fright; to be filled with dismay. [Obs.] Shak.

DISMAY Dis*may", n. Etym: [Cf. OF. esmai, F. émoi. See Dismay, v. t.]

1. Loss of courage and firmness through fear; overwhelming and disabling terror; a sinking of the spirits; consternation. I . . . can not think of such a battle without dismay. Macaulay. Thou with a tiger spring dost leap upon thy prey, And tear his helpless breast, o'erwhelmed with wild dismay. Mrs. Barbauld.

2. Condition fitted to dismay; ruin. Spenser.

Syn. — Dejection; discouragement; depression; fear; fright; terror; apprehension; alarm; affright.

DISMAYEDNESS Dis*may"ed*ness, n.

Defn: A state of being dismayed; dejection of courage; dispiritedness.

DISMAYFUL Dis*may"ful, a.

Defn: Terrifying. Spenser.

DISME Disme, n. Etym: [OF. See Dime.]

Defn: A tenth; a tenth part; a tithe. Ayliffe.

DISMEMBER Dis*mem"ber, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dismembered; p. pr. & vb. n. Dismembering.] Etym: [OF. desmembrer, F. démembrer; pref. des- (L. dis) + OF. & F. membre limb. See Member.]

1. To tear limb from limb; to dilacerate; to disjoin member from member; to tear or cut in pieces; to break up. Fowls obscene dismembered his remains. Pope. A society lacerated and dismembered. Gladstone. By whose hands the blow should be struck which would dismember that once mighty empire. Buckle.

2. To deprive of membership. [Obs.] They were dismembered by vote of the house. R. North.

Syn. — To disjoint; dislocate; dilacerate; mutilate; divide; sever.

DISMEMBERMENT Dis*mem"ber*ment, n. Etym: [Cf. OF. desmembrement, F. démembrement.]

Defn: The act of dismembering, or the state of being dismembered; cutting in piece; m The Castilians would doubtless have resented the dismemberment of the unwieldy body of which they formed the head. Macaulay.

DISMETTLED Dis*met"tled, a.

Defn: Destitute of mettle, that is, or fire or spirit. [R.] Llewellyn.

DISMISS Dis*miss", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dismissed; p. pr. & vb. n. Dismissing.] Etym: [L. dis- + missus, p. p. of mittere to send: cf. dimittere, OF. desmetre, F. démettre. See Demise, and cf. Dimit.]

1. To send away; to give leave of departure; to cause or permit to go; to put away. He dismissed the assembly. Acts xix. 41. Dismiss their cares when they dismiss their flock. Cowper. Though he soon dismissed himself from state affairs. Dryden.

2. To discard; to remove or discharge from office, service, or employment; as, the king dismisses his ministers; the matter dismisses his servant.

3. To lay aside or reject as unworthy of attentions or regard, as a petition or motion in court.

DISMISS Dis*miss", n.

Defn: Dismission. [Obs.] Sir T. Herbert.

DISMISSAL Dis*miss"al, n.

Defn: Dismission; discharge. Officeholders were commanded faithfully to enforce it, upon pain of immediate dismissal. Motley.

DISMISSION Dis*mis"sion, n. Etym: [Cf. L. dimissio.]

1. The act dismissing or sending away; permission to leave; leave to depart; dismissal; as, the dismission of the grand jury.

2. Removal from office or employment; discharge, either with honor or with disgrace.

3. Rejection; a setting aside as trivial, invalid, or unworthy of consideration.

DISMISSIVE Dis*miss"ive, a.

Defn: Giving dismission.

DISMORTGAGE Dis*mort"gage (; 48), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dismortaged; p. pr. & vb. n. Dismortgaging.]

Defn: To redeem from mortgage. [Obs.] Howell.

DISMOUNT Dis*mount", v. i. [imp. & p. p. Dismounted; p. pr. & vb. n. Dismounting.] Etym: [Pref. dis- + mount: cf. OF. desmonter, F. démonter.]

1. To come down; to descend. [Poetic] But now the bright sun ginneth to dismount. Spenser.

2. To alight from a horse; to descend or get off, as a rider from his beast; as, the troops dismounted.

DISMOUNT Dis*mount", v. t.

1. To throw or bring down from an elevation, place of honor and authority, or the like. Dismounted from his authority. Barrow.

2. To throw or remove from a horse; to unhorse; as, the soldier dismounted his adversary.

3. (Mech.)

Defn: To take down, or apart, as a machine.

4. To throw or remove from the carriage, or from that on which a thing is mounted; to break the carriage or wheels of, and render useless; to deprive of equipments or mountings; — said esp. of artillery.

DISNATURALIZE Dis*nat"u*ral*ize, v. t.

Defn: To make alien; to deprive of the privileges of birth. Locke.

DISNATURED Dis*na"tured, a. Etym: [Pref. dis- + nature: cf. OF. desnaturé, F. dénaturé.]

Defn: Deprived or destitute of natural feelings; unnatural. [Obs.] Shak.

DISOBEDIENCE Dis`o*be"di*ence, n.

Defn: Neglect or refusal to obey; violation of a command or prohibition. He is undutiful to him other actions, and lives in open disobedience. Tillotson.

DISOBEDIENCY Dis`o*be"di*en*cy, n.

Defn: Disobedience.

DISOBEDIENT Dis`o*be"di*ent, a. Etym: [Pref. dis- + obedient. See Disobey, Obedient.]

1. Neglecting or refusing to obey; omitting to do what is commanded, or doing what is prohibited; refractory; not observant of duty or rules prescribed by authority; — applied to persons and acts. This disobedient spirit in the colonies. Burke. Disobedient unto the word of the Lord. 1 Kings xiii. 26.

2. Not yielding. Medicines used unnecessarily contribute to shorten life, by sooner rendering peculiar parts of the system disobedient to stimuli. E. Darwin.

DISOBEDIENTLY Dis`o*be"di*ent*ly, adv.

Defn: In a disobedient manner.

DISOBEISANCE Dis`o*bei"sance, n. Etym: [F. désobéissance.]

Defn: Disobedience. [Obs.] E. Hall.

DISOBEISANT Dis`o*bei"sant, a. Etym: [F. désobéissant.]

Defn: Disobedient. [Obs.] Chaucer.

DISOBEY Dis`o*bey", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disobeyed; p. pr. & vb. n. Disobeying.] Etym: [F. désobéir; pref. dés- (L. dis-) + obéir. See Obey, and cf. Disobedient.]

Defn: Not to obey; to neglect or refuse to obey (a superior or his commands, the laws, etc.); to transgress the commands of (one in authority); to violate, as an order; as, refractory children disobey their parents; men disobey their Maker and the laws. Not to disobey her lord's behest. Tennyson.

DISOBEY Dis`o*bey", v. i.

Defn: To refuse or neglect to obey; to violate commands; to be disobedient. He durst not know how to disobey. Sir P. Sidney.

DISOBEYER Dis`o*bey"er, n.

Defn: One who disobeys.

DISOBLIGATION Dis*ob`li*ga"tion, n.

1. The act of disobliging.

2. A disobliging act; an offense. [Obs.] Clarendon.

3. Release from obligation. Jer. Taylor.

DISOBLIGATORY Dis*ob"li*ga*to*ry, a.

Defn: Releasing from obligation. "Disobligatory power." Charles I.

DISOBLIGE Dis`o*blige", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disobliged; p. pr. & vb. n. Disobliging.] Etym: [Pref. dis- + oblige: cf. F. désobliger.]

1. To do an act which contravenes the will or desires of; to offend by an act of unkindness or incivility; to displease; to refrain from obliging; to be unaccommodating to. Those . . . who slight and disoblige their friends, shall infallibly come to know the value of them by having none when they shall most need them. South. My plan has given offense to some gentlemen, whom it would not be very safe to disoblige. Addison.

2. To release from obligation. [Obs.] Absolving and disobliging from a more general command for some just and reasonable cause. Milton.

DISOBLIGEMENT Dis`o*blige"ment, n.

Defn: Release from obligation. [Obs.]

DISOBLIGER Dis`o*bli"ger, n.

Defn: One who disobliges.

DISOBLIGING Dis`o*bli"ging, a.

1. Not obliging; not disposed to do a favor; unaccommodating; as, a disobliging person or act.

2. Displeasing; offensive. [Obs.] Cov. of Tongue. — Dis`o*bli"ging*ly, adv. — Dis`o*bli"ging*ness, n.

DISOCCIDENT Dis*oc"ci*dent, v. t.

Defn: To turn away from the west; to throw out of reckoning as to longitude. [Obs.] Marvell.

DISOCCUPATION Dis*oc`cu*pa"tion, n.

Defn: The state of being unemployed; want of occupation. [R.]

DISOPINION Dis`o*pin"ion, n.

Defn: Want or difference of belief; disbelief. [Obs.] Bp. Reynolds.

DISOPPILATE Dis*op"pi*late, v. t. Etym: [L. dis- + oppilatus, p. p. of oppilare to shut up.]

Defn: To open. [Obs.] Holland.

DISORB Dis*orb", v. t. Etym: [Pref. dis- + orb.]

Defn: To throw out of the proper orbit; to unsphere. Shak.

DISORD Dis*ord", n.

Defn: Disorder. [Obs.] Holland.

DISORDEINED Dis`or*deined", a. Etym: [See Ordain.]

Defn: Inordinate; irregular; vicious. [Obs.] Chaucer.

DISORDER Dis*or"der, n. Etym: [Pref. dis- + order: cf. F. désordre.]

1. Want of order or regular disposition; lack of arrangement; confusion; disarray; as, the troops were thrown into disorder; the papers are in disorder.

2. Neglect of order or system; irregularity. From vulgar bounds with brave disorder part, And snatch a grace beyond the reach of art. Pope.

3. Breach of public order; disturbance of the peace of society; tumult. Shak.

4. Disturbance of the functions of the animal economy of the soul; sickness; derangement. "Disorder in the body." Locke.

Syn. — Irregularity; disarrangement; confusion; tumult; bustle; disturbance; disease; illness; indisposition; sickness; ailment; malady; distemper. See Disease.

DISORDER Dis*or"der, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disordered; p. pr. & vb. n. Disordering.]

1. To disturb the order of; to derange or disarrange; to throw into confusion; to confuse. Disordering the whole frame or jurisprudence. Burke. The burden . . . disordered the aids and auxiliary rafters into a common ruin. Jer. Taylor.

2. To disturb or interrupt the regular and natural functions of (either body or mind); to produce sickness or indisposition in; to discompose; to derange; as, to disorder the head or stomach. A man whose judgment was so much disordered by party spirit. Macaulay.

3. To depose from holy orders. [Obs.] Dryden.

Syn. — To disarrange; derange; confuse; discompose.

DISORDERED Dis*or"dered, a.

1. Thrown into disorder; deranged; as, a disordered house, judgment.

2. Disorderly. [Obs.] Shak. — Dis*or"dered*ly, adv. — Dis*or"dered*ness, n.

DISORDERLINESS Dis*or"der*li*ness, n.

Defn: The state of being disorderly.

DISORDERLY Dis*or"der*ly, a.

1. Not in order; marked by disorder; disarranged; immethodical; as, the books and papers are in a disorderly state.

2. Not acting in an orderly way, as the functions of the body or mind.

3. Not complying with the restraints of order and law; tumultuous; unruly; lawless; turbulent; as, disorderly people; disorderly assemblies.

4. (Law)

Defn: Offensive to good morals and public decency; notoriously offensive; as, a disorderly house.

Syn. — Irregular; immethodical; confused; tumultuous; inordinate; intemperate; unruly; lawless; vicious.

DISORDERLY Dis*or"der*ly, adv.

Defn: In a disorderly manner; without law or order; irregularly; confusedly. Withdraw yourselves from every brother that walketh disorderly. 2 Thess. iii. 6. Savages fighting disorderly with stones. Sir W. Raleigh.

DISORDINANCE Dis*or"di*nance, n.

Defn: Disarrangement; disturbance. [Obs.] Chaucer.

DISORDINATE Dis*or"di*nate, a.

Defn: Inordinate; disorderly. [Obs.] "With disordinate gestures." Prynne.

DISORDINATELY Dis*or"di*nate*ly, adv.

Defn: Inordinately. [Obs.] E. Hall.

DISORDINATION Dis*or`di*na"tion, n.

Defn: The state of being in disorder; derangement; confusion. [Obs.] Bacon.

DISORGANIZATION Dis*or`gan*i*za"tion, n. Etym: [Cf. F. désorganisation. See Disorganize, v. t.]

1. The act of disorganizing; destruction of system.

2. The state of being disorganized; as, the disorganization of the body, or of government. The magazine of a pawnbroker in such total disorganization, that the owner can never lay his hands upon any one article at the moment he has occasion for it. Sir W. Scott.

DISORGANIZE Dis*or"gan*ize, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disorganized; p. pr. & vb. n. Disorganizing.] Etym: [Pref. dis- + organize: cf. F. désorganiser.]

Defn: To destroy the organic structure or regular system of (a government, a society, a party, etc.); to break up (what is organized); to throw into utter disorder; to disarrange. Lyford . . . attempted to disorganize the church. Eliot (1809).

DISORGANIZER Dis*or"gan*i`zer, n.

Defn: One who disorganizes or causes disorder and confusion.

DISORIENT Dis*o"ri*ent, v. t.

Defn: To turn away from the cast; to confuse as to which way is east; to cause to lose one's bearings. [R.] Bp. Warburton.

DISORIENTATE Dis*o"ri*en*tate, v. t.

Defn: To turn away from the east, or (figuratively) from the right or the truth. [R.]

DISOWN Dis*own", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disowned; p. pr. & vb. n. Disowning.]

1. To refuse to own or acknowledge as belonging to one's self; to disavow or deny, as connected with one's self personally; as, a parent can hardly disown his child; an author will sometimes disown his writings.

2. To refuse to acknowledge or allow; to deny. Then they, who brother's better claim disown, Expel their parents, and usurp the throne. Dryden.

Syn. — To disavow; disclaim; deny; abnegate; renounce; disallow.

DISOWNMENT Dis*own"ment, n.

Defn: Act of disowning. [R.]

DISOXIDATE Dis*ox"i*date, v. t. (Chem.)

Defn: To deoxidate; to deoxidize. [R.]

DISOXIDATION Dis*ox`i*da"tion, n. (Chem.)

Defn: Deoxidation. [R.]

DISOXYGENATE Dis*ox"y*gen*ate, v. t. (Chem.)

Defn: To deprive of oxygen; to deoxidize. [R.]

DISOXYGENATION Dis*ox`y*gen*a"tion, n. (Chem.)

Defn: Deoxidation. [R.]

DISPACE Dis*pace", v. i. Etym: [Pref. dis- asunder, different ways, to and fro + pace.]

Defn: To roam. [Obs.] In this fair plot dispacing to and fro. Spenser.

DISPAIR Dis*pair", v. t.

Defn: To separate (a pair). [R.] I have . . . dispaired two doves. Beau. & Fl.

DISPAND Dis*pand", v. t. Etym: [L. dispandere to spread out; pref. dis- + pandere, pansum, to spread out.]

Defn: To spread out; to expand. [Obs.] Bailey.

DISPANSION Dis*pan"sion, n. Etym: [See Dispand.]

Defn: Act of dispanding, or state of being dispanded. [Obs.]

DISPARADISED Dis*par"a*dised, a.

Defn: Removed from paradise. [R.] Cockeram.

DISPARAGE Dis*par"age (; 48), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disparaged; p. pr. & vb. n. Disparaging.] Etym: [OF. desparagier, F. déparager, to marry unequally; pref. des- (L. dis-) + F. parage extraction, lineage, from L. par equal, peer. See Peer.]

1. To match unequally; to degrade or dishonor by an unequal marriage. [Obs.] Alas! that any of my nation Should ever so foul disparaged be. Chaucer.

2. To dishonor by a comparison with what is inferior; to lower in rank or estimation by actions or words; to speak slightingly of; to depreciate; to undervalue. Those forbidding appearances which sometimes disparage the actions of men sincerely pious. Bp. Atterbury. Thou durst not thus disparage glorious arms. Milton.

Syn. — To decry; depreciate; undervalue; underrate; cheapen; vilify; reproach; detract from; derogate from; degrade; debase. See Decry.

DISPARAGE Dis"pa*rage`, n.

Defn: Inequality in marriage; marriage with an inferior. [Obs.] Chaucer. Dissuaded her from such a disparage. Spenser.

DISPARAGEMENT Dis*par"age*ment, n. Etym: [Cf. OF. desparagement.]

1. Matching any one in marriage under his or her degree; injurious union with something of inferior excellence; a lowering in rank or estimation. [Eng.] And thought that match a foul disparagement. Spenser.

2. Injurious comparison with an inferior; a depreciating or dishonoring opinion or insinuation; diminution of value; dishonor; indignity; reproach; disgrace; detraction; — commonly with to. It ought to be no disparagement to a star that it is not the sun. South. Imitation is a disparagement and a degradation in a Christian minister. I. Taylor.

Syn. — Indignity; derogation; detraction; reproach; dishonor; debasement; degradation; disgrace.

DISPARAGER Dis*par"a*ger, n.

Defn: One who disparages or dishonors; one who vilifies or disgraces.

DISPARAGINGLY Dis*par"a*ging*ly, adv.

Defn: In a manner to disparage or dishonor; slightingly.

DISPARATE Dis"pa*rate, a. Etym: [L. disparatus, p. p. of disparare to part, separate; dis- + parare to make ready, prepare.]

1. Unequal; dissimilar; separate. Connecting disparate thoughts, purely by means of resemblances in the words expressing them. Coleridge.

2. (Logic)

Defn: Pertaining to two coördinate species or divisions.

DISPARATES Dis"pa*rates, n. pl.

Defn: Things so unequal or unlike that they can not be compared with each other.

DISPARITION Dis`pa*ri"tion, n. Etym: [Cf. F. disparition.]

Defn: Act of disappearing; disappearance. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.

DISPARITY Dis*par"i*ty, n.; pl. Disparities. Etym: [LL. disparitas, fr. L. dispar unlike, unequal; dis- + par equal: cf. F. disparité. See Par, Peer.]

Defn: Inequality; difference in age, rank, condition, or excellence; dissimilitude; — followed by between, in, of, as to, etc.; as, disparity in, or of, years; a disparity as to color. The disparity between God and his intelligent creatures. I. Taylor. The disparity of numbers was not such as ought to cause any uneasiness. Macaulay.

Syn. — Inequality; unlikeness; dissimilitude; disproportion; difference.

DISPARK Dis*park", v. t.

1. To throw (a park or inclosure); to treat (a private park) as a common. The Gentiles were made to be God's people when the Jews' inclosure was disparked. Jer. Taylor.

2. To set at large; to release from inclosure. Till his free muse threw down the pale, And did at once dispark them all. Waller.

DISPARKLE Dis*par"kle, v. t. Etym: [OF. desparpeillier.]

Defn: To scatter abroad. [Obs.] Holland.

DISPART Dis*part", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disparted; p. pr. & vb. n. Disparting.] Etym: [Pref. dis- + part: cf. OF. despartir.]

Defn: To part asunder; to divide; to separate; to sever; to rend; to rive or split; as, disparted air; disparted towers. [Archaic] Them in twelve troops their captain did dispart. Spenser. The world will be whole, and refuses to be disparted. Emerson.

DISPART Dis*part", v. i.

Defn: To separate, to open; to cleave.

DISPART Dis*part", n.

1. (Gun.)

Defn: The difference between the thickness of the metal at the mouth and at the breech of a piece of ordnance. On account of the dispart, the line of aim or line of metal, which is in a plane passing through the axis of the gun, always makes a small angle with the axis. Eng. Cys.

2. (Gun.)

Defn: A piece of metal placed on the muzzle, or near the trunnions, on the top of a piece of ordnance, to make the line of sight parallel to the axis of the bore; — called also dispart sight, and muzzle sight.

DISPART Dis*part", v. t.

1. (Gun.)

Defn: To make allowance for the dispart in (a gun), when taking aim. Every gunner, before he shoots, must truly dispart his piece. Lucar.

2. (Gun.)

Defn: To furnish with a dispart sight.

DISPASSION Dis*pas"sion, n.

Defn: Freedom from passion; an undisturbed state; apathy. Sir W. Temple.

DISPASSIONATE Dis*pas"sion*ate, a.

1. Free from passion; not warped, prejudiced, swerved, or carried away by passion or feeling; judicial; calm; composed. Wise and dispassionate men. Clarendon.

2. Not dictated by passion; not proceeding from temper or bias; impartial; as, dispassionate proceedings; a dispassionate view.

Syn. — Calm; cool; composed serene; unimpassioned; temperate; moderate; impartial; unruffled. — Dis*pas"sion*ate*ly, adv. — Dis*pas"sion*ate*ness, n.

DISPASSIONED Dis*pas"sioned, a.

Defn: Free from passion; dispassionate. [R.] "Dispassioned men." Donne.

DISPATCH Dis*patch" (; 224), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dispatched; p. pr. & vb. n. Dispatching.] Etym: [OF. despeechier, F. dépêcher; prob. from pref. des- (L. dis-) + (assumed) LL. pedicare to place obstacles in the way, fr. L. pedica fetter, fr. pes, pedis, foot. See Foot, and cf. Impeach, Despatch.] [Written also despatch.]

1. To dispose of speedily, as business; to execute quickly; to make a speedy end of; to finish; to perform. Ere we put ourselves in arms, dispatch we The business we have talked of. Shak. [The] harvest men . . . almost in one fair day dispatcheth all the harvest work. Robynson (More's Utopia).

2. To rid; to free. [Obs.] I had clean dispatched myself of this great charge. Udall.

3. To get rid of by sending off; to send away hastily. Unless dispatched to the mansion house in the country . . . they perish among the lumber of garrets. Walpole.

4. To send off or away; — particularly applied to sending off messengers, messages, letters, etc., on special business, and implying haste. Even with the speediest expedition I will dispatch him to the emperor's couShak.

5. To send out of the world; to put to death. The company shall stone them with stones, and dispatch them with their swords. Ezek. xxiii. 47.

Syn. — To expedite; hasten; speed; accelerate; perform; conclude; finish; slay; kill.

DISPATCH Dis*patch", v. i.

Defn: To make haste; to conclude an affair; to finish a matter of business. They have dispatched with Pompey. Shak.

DISPATCH Dis*patch", n. Etym: [Cf. OF. despeche, F. dépêche. See Dispatch, v. t.] [Written also despatch.]

1. The act of sending a message or messenger in haste or on important business.

2. Any sending away; dismissal; riddance. To the utter dispatch of all their most beloved comforts. Milton.

3. The finishing up of a business; speedy performance, as of business; prompt execution; diligence; haste. Serious business, craving quick dispatch. Shak. To carry his scythe . . . with a sufficient dispatch through a sufficient space. Paley.

4. A message dispatched or sent with speed; especially, an important official letter sent from one public officer to another; — often used in the plural; as, a messenger has arrived with dispatches for the American minister; naval or military dispatches.

5. A message transmitted by telegraph. [Modern] Dispatch boat, a swift vessel for conveying dispatches; an advice boat. — Dispatch box, a box for carrying dispatches; a box for papers and other conveniences when traveling.

Syn. — Haste; hurry; promptness; celerity; speed. See Haste.

DISPATCHER Dis*patch"er, n.

Defn: One who dispatches.

DISPATCHFUL Dis*patch"ful, a.

Defn: Bent on haste; intent on speedy execution of business or any task; indicating haste; quick; as, dispatchful looks. Milton.

DISPATCHMENT Dis*patch"ment, n. Etym: [Cf. OF. despechement.]

Defn: The act of dispatching. [Obs.] State Trials (1529).

DISPATHY Dis"pa*thy, n.; pl. Dispathies. Etym: [Pref. dis- + Gr. Pathos.]

Defn: Lack of sympathy; want of passion; apathy. [R.] Many discrepancies and some dispathies between us. Southey.

DISPAUPER Dis*pau"per, v. t.

Defn: To deprive of the claim of a pauper to public support; to deprive of the privilege of suing in forma pauperis.

DISPAUPERIZE Dis*pau"per*ize, v. t.

Defn: To free a state of pauperism, or from paupers. J. S. Mill.

DISPEED Dis*peed", v. t. Etym: [Pref. dis- + speed.]

Defn: To send off with speed; to dispatch. [Obs.] Knolles. Then they dispeeded themselves of the Cid and of their mother-in-law, DoSouthey.

DISPEL Dis*pel", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dispelled; p. pr. & vb. n. Dispelling.] Etym: [L. dispellere; dis- + pellere to push, drive. See Pulse a beating.]

Defn: To drive away by scattering, or so to cause to vanish; to clear away; to banish; to dissipate; as, to dispel a cloud, vapors, cares, doubts, illusions. [Satan] gently raised their fainting courage, and dispelled their fears. Milton. I saw myself the lambent easy light Gild the brown horror, and dispel the night. Dryden.

DISPENCE Dis*pence", v. i. & n.

Defn: See Dispense. [Obs.]

DISPEND Dis*pend", v. t. Etym: [OF. despendre, L. dispendere to weigh out, dispense; dis- + pendere to weigh. See Pension, Spend, and cf. Dispense.]

Defn: To spend; to lay out; to expend. [Obs.] Spenser. Able to dispend yearly twenty pounds and above. Fuller.

DISPENDER Dis*pend"er, n.

Defn: One who dispends or expends; a steward. [Obs.] Wyclif (1 Cor. iv. 1).

DISPENSABLE Dis*pen"sa*ble, a. Etym: [LL. dispensabilis. See Dispense.]

1. Capable of being dispensed or administered.

2. Capable of being dispensed with. Coleridge.

DISPENSABLENESS Dis*pen"sa*ble*ness, n.

Defn: Quality of being dispensable.

DISPENSARY Dis*pen"sa*ry, n.; pl. Dispensaries. Etym: [Cf. F. dispensaire.]

1. A place where medicines are prepared and dispensed; esp., a place where the poor can obtain medical advice and medicines gratuitously or at a nominal price.

2. A dispensatory. Pope.

DISPENSATION Dis`pen*sa"tion, n. Etym: [F. dispensation, L. dispensatio.]

1. The act of dispensing or dealing out; distribution; often used of the distribution of good and evil by God to man, or more generically, of the acts and modes of his administration. To respect the dispensations of Providence. Burke.

2. That which is dispensed, dealt out, or appointed; that which is enjoined or bestowed; especially (Theol.),

Defn: a system of principles, promises, and rules ordained and administered; scheme; economy; as, the Patriarchal, Mosaic, and Christian dispensations. Neither are God's methods or intentions different in his dispensations to each private man. Rogers.

3. The relaxation of a law in a particular case; permission to do something forbidden, or to omit doing something enjoined; specifically, in the Roman Catholic Church, exemption from some ecclesiastical law or obligation to God which a man has incurred of his own free will (oaths, vows, etc.). A dispensation was obtained to enable Dr. Barrow to marry. Ward.

DISPENSATIVE Dis*pen"sa*tive, a. Etym: [Cf. F. dispensatif.]

Defn: Granting dispensation.

DISPENSATIVELY Dis*pen"sa*tive*ly, adv.

Defn: By dispensation. Wotton.

DISPENSATOR Dis"pen*sa`tor, n. Etym: [L.]

Defn: A distributer; a dispenser. Bacon.

DISPENSATORILY Dis*pen"sa*to*ri*ly, adv.

Defn: In the way of dispensation; dispensatively.

DISPENSATORY Dis*pen"sa*to*ry, a. Etym: [L. dispensatorius relating to management. See Dispense, v. t.]

Defn: Granting, or authorized to grant, dispensations. "Dispensatory power." Bp. Rainbow.

DISPENSATORY Dis*pen"sa*to*ry, n.; pl. Dispensatories (.

Defn: A book or medicinal formulary containing a systematic description of drugs, and of preparations made from them. It is usually, but not always, distinguished from a pharmacopoeia in that it issued by private parties, and not by an official body or by government.

DISPENSE Dis*pense", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dispensed; p. pr. & vb. n. Dispensing.] Etym: [F. dispenser, L. dispensare, intens. of dispendere. See Dispend.]

1. To deal out in portions; to distribute; to give; as, the steward dispenses provisions according directions; Nature dispenses her bounties; to dispense medicines. He is delighted to dispense a share of it to all the company. Sir W. Scott.

2. To apply, as laws to particular cases; to administer; to execute; to manage; to direct. While you dispense the laws, and guide the state. Dryden.

3. To pay for; to atone for. [Obs.] His sin was dispensed With gold, whereof it was compensed. Gower.

4. To exempt; to excuse; to absolve; — with from. It was resolved that all members of the House who held commissions, should be dispensed from parliamentary attendance. Macaulay. He appeared to think himself born to be supported by others, and dispensed from all necessity of providing for himself. Johnson.

DISPENSE Dis*pense", v. i.

1. To compensate; to make up; to make amends. [Obs.] One loving hour For many years of sorrow can dispense. Spenser.

2. To give dispensation. He [the pope] can also dispense in all matters of ecclesiastical law. Addis & Arnold (Cath. Dict. ) To dispense with. (a) To permit the neglect or omission of, as a form, a ceremony, an oath; to suspend the operation of, as a law; to give up, release, or do without, as services, attention, etc.; to forego; to part with. (b) To allow by dispensation; to excuse; to exempt; to grant dispensation to or for. [Obs.] "Conniving and dispensing with open and common adultery." Milton. (c) To break or go back from, as one's word. [Obs.] Richardson.

DISPENSE Dis*pense", n. Etym: [Cf. F. dispense dispensation. See Dispense, v. t.]

Defn: Dispensation; exemption. [Obs.]

DISPENSE Dis*pense", n. Etym: [OF. despense, F. dépense.]

Defn: Expense; profusion; outlay. [Obs.] It was a vault built for great dispense. Spenser.

DISPENSER Dis*pens"er, n.

Defn: One who, or that which, dispenses; a distributer; as, a dispenser of favors.

DISPEOPLE Dis*peo"ple, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dispeopled; p. pr. & vb. n. Dispeopling.] Etym: [Pref. dis- + people: cf. F. dépeupler.]

Defn: To deprive of inhabitants; to depopulate. Leave the land dispeopled and desolate. Sir T. More. A certain island long before dispeopled . . . by sea rivers. Milton.

DISPEOPLER Dis*peo"pler, n.

Defn: One who, or that which, dispeoples; a depopulator. Gay.

DISPERGE Dis*perge", v. t. Etym: [L. dispergere. See Disperse.]

Defn: To sprinkle. [Obs.]

DISPERMOUS Di*sper"mous, a. Etym: [Gr. disperme.] (Bot.)

Defn: Containing only two seeds; two-seeded.

DISPERPLE Dis*per"ple, v. t. Etym: [OF. desparpe.]

Defn: To scatter; to sprinkle. [Obs.] Odorous water was Disperpled lightly on my head and neck. Chapman.

DISPERSAL Dis*per"sal, n.

Defn: The act or result of dispersing or scattering; dispersion. Darwin.

DISPERSE Dis*perse", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dispersed; p. pr. & vb. n. Dispersing.] Etym: [L. dispersus, p. p. of dispergere to strew, scatter. See Sparse.]

1. To scatter abroad; to drive to different parts; to distribute; to diffuse; to spread; as, the Jews are dispersed among all nations. The lips of the wise disperse knowledge. Prov. xv. 7. Two lions, in the still, dark night, A herd of beeves disperse. Cowper.

2. To scatter, so as to cause to vanish; to dissipate; as, to disperse vapors. Dispersed are the glories. Shak.

Syn. — To scatter; dissipate; dispel; spread; diffuse; distribute; deal out; disseminate.

DISPERSE Dis*perse", v. i.

1. To separate; to go or move into different parts; to vanish; as, the company dispersed at ten o'clock; the clouds disperse.

2. To distribute wealth; to share one's abundance with others. He hath dispersed, he hath given to the poor. Ps. cxii. 9.

DISPERSED Dis*persed", a.

Defn: Scattered. — Dis*pers"ed*ly, adv. — Dis*pers"ed*ness, n. Dispersed harmony (Mus.), harmony in which the tones composing the chord are widely separated, as by an octave or more.

DISPERSENESS Dis*perse"ness, n.

Defn: Dispersedness. [Obs.]

DISPERSER Dis*pers"er, n.

Defn: One that disperses.

DISPERSION Dis*per"sion, n. Etym: [CF. F. dispersion.]

1. The act or process of scattering or dispersing, or the state of being scattered or separated; as, the Jews in their dispersion retained their rites and ceremonies; a great dispersion of the human family took place at the building of Babel. The days of your slaughter and of your dispersions are accomplished. Jer. xxv. 34.

2. (Opt.)

Defn: The separation of light into its different colored rays, arising from their different refrangibilities. Dispersion of the optic axes (Crystallog.), the separation of the optic axes in biaxial crystals, due to the fact that the axial angle has different values for the different colors of the spectrum.

DISPERSIVE Dis*pers"ive, a.

Defn: Tending to disperse. Dispersive power (Opt.), the relative effect of a material in separating the different rays of light by refraction, as when the substance is formed into a prism. — Dis*pers"ive*ness, n.

DISPERSONATE Dis*per"son*ate, v. t.

Defn: To deprive of personality or individuality. [R.] We multiply; we dispersonate ourselves. Hare.

DISPIRIT Dis*pir"it, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dispirited; p. pr. & vb. n. Dispiriting.] Etym: [Pref. dis- + spirit.]

1. To deprive of cheerful spirits; to depress the spirits of; to dishearten; to discourage. Not dispirited with my afflictions. Dryden. He has dispirited himself by a debauch. Collier.

2. To distill or infuse the spirit of. [Obs. or R.] This makes a man master of his learning, and dispirits the book into the scholar. Fuller.

Syn. — To dishearten; discourage; deject; damp; depress; cast down; intimidate; daunt; cow.

DISPIRITED Dis*pir"it*ed, a.

Defn: Depressed in spirits; disheartened; daunted. — Dis*pir"it*ed*ly, adv. — Dis*pir"it*ed, n.

DISPIRITMENT Dis*pir"it*ment, n.

Defn: Depression of spirits; discouragement. [R.] Procter, in evident distress and dispiritment, was waiting the slow conclusion of this. Carlyle.

DISPITEOUS Dis*pit"e*ous, a. Etym: [Pref. dis- + piteous. Cf. Despiteous.]

Defn: Full of despite; cruel; spiteful; pitiless. Spenser. — Dis*pit"e*ous*ly, adv. [Obs.]

DISPLACE Dis*place", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Displaced; p. pr. & vb. n. Displacing.] Etym: [Pref. dis- + place: cf. F. déplacer.]

1. To change the place of; to remove from the usual or proper place; to put out of place; to place in another situation; as, the books in the library are all displaced.

2. To crowd out; to take the place of. Holland displaced Portugal as the mistress of those seas. London Times.

3. To remove from a state, office, dignity, or employment; to discharge; to depose; as, to displace an officer of the revenue.

4. To dislodge; to drive away; to banish. [Obs.] You have displaced the mirth. Shak.

Syn. — To disarrange; derange; dismiss; discard.

DISPLACEABLE Dis*place"a*ble, a.

Defn: Capable of being displaced.

DISPLACEMENT Dis*place"ment, n. Etym: [Cf. F. déplacement.]

1. The act of displacing, or the state of being displaced; a putting out of place. Unnecessary displacement of funds. A. Hamilton. The displacement of the sun by parallax. Whewell.

2. The quantity of anything, as water, displaced by a floating body, as by a ship, the weight of the displaced liquid being equal to that of the displacing body.

3. (Chem.)

Defn: The process of extracting soluble substances from organic material and the like, whereby a quantity of saturated solvent is displaced, or removed, for another quantity of the solvent. Piston displacement (Mech.), the volume of the space swept through, or weight of steam, water, etc., displaced, in a given time, by the piston of a steam engine or pump.

DISPLACENCY Dis*pla"cen*cy, n. Etym: [LL. displacentia, for L. displicentia, fr. displicere to displease; dis- + placere to please. See Displease, and cf. Displeasance.]

Defn: Want of complacency or gratification; envious displeasure; dislike. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

DISPLACER Dis*pla"cer, n.

1. One that displaces.

2. (Chem.)

Defn: The funnel part of the apparatus for solution by displacement.

DISPLANT Dis*plant", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Di; p. pr. & vb. n. Displanting.] Etym: [Pref. dis- + plant: cf. OF. desplanter, F. déplanter.]

1. To remove (what is planted or fixed); to unsettle and take away; to displace; to root out; as, to displant inhabitants. I did not think a look, Or a poor word or two, could have displanted Such a fixed constancy. Beau. & Fl.

2. To strip of what is planted or settled; as, to displant a country of inhabitants. Spenser.

DISPLANTATION Dis`plan*ta"tion, n.

Defn: The act of displanting; removal; displacement. Sir W. Raleigh.

DISPLAT Dis*plat", v. t.

Defn: To untwist; to uncurl; to unplat. [Obs.] Hakewill.

DISPLAY Dis*play", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Displayed; p. pr. & vb. n. Displaying.] Etym: [OE. displaien, desplaien, OF. despleier, desploier, F. déployer; pref. des- (L. dis-) + pleier, ploier, plier, F. ployer, plier, to fold, bend, L. plicare. See Ply, and cf. Deploy, Splay.]

1. To unfold; to spread wide; to expand; to stretch out; to spread. The northern wind his wings did broad display. Spenser.

2. (Mil.)

Defn: To extend the front of (a column), bringing it into line. Farrow.

3. To spread before the view; to show; to exhibit to the sight, or to the mind; to make manifest. His statement . . . displays very clearly the actual condition of the army. Burke.

4. To make an exhibition of; to set in view conspicuously or ostentatiously; to exhibit for the sake of publicity; to parade. Proudly displaying the insignia of their order. Prescott.

5. (Print.)

Defn: To make conspicuous by large or prominent type.

6. To discover; to descry. [Obs.] And from his seat took pleasure to display The city so adorned with towers. Chapman.

Syn. — To exhibit; show; manifest; spread out; parade; expand; flaunt.

DISPLAY Dis*play", v. i.

Defn: To make a display; to act as one making a show or demonstration. Shak.

DISPLAY Dis*play", n.

1. An opening or unfolding; exhibition; manifestation. Having witnessed displays of his power and grace. Trench.

2. Ostentatious show; exhibition for effect; parade. He died, as erring man should die, Without display, without parade. Byron.

DISPLAYED Dis*played", a.

1. Unfolded; expanded; exhibited conspicuously or ostentatiously.

2. (Her.)

Defn: With wings expanded; — said of a bird of pray, esp. an eagle.

3. (Print.)

Defn: Set with lines of prominent type interspersed, to catch the eye.

DISPLAYER Dis*play"er, n.

Defn: One who, or that which, displays.

DISPLE Dis"ple, v. t.

Defn: To discipline; to correct. [Obs.] And bitter Penance, with an iron whip, Was wont him once to disple every day. Spenser.

DISPLEASANCE Dis*pleas"ance, n. Etym: [OF. desplaisance, F. déplaisance. Cf. Displacency.]

Defn: Displeasure; discontent; annoyance. [Obs.] Chaucer.

DISPLEASANT Dis*pleas"ant, a. Etym: [OF. desplaisant, F. déplaisant. See Displease.]

Defn: Unpleasing; offensive; unpleasant. [Obs.] Speed. — Dis*pleas"ant*ly, adv. [Obs.] Strype. — Dis*pleas"ant*ness, n. [Obs.]

DISPLEASE Dis*please", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Displeased; p. pr. & vb. n. Displeasing.] Etym: [OF. desplaisir, whence F. déplaisir displeasure; pref. des- (L. dis-) + plaisir to please. See Please, and cf. Displeasure.]

1. To make not pleased; to excite a feeling of disapprobation or dislike in; to be disagreeable to; to offend; to vex; — often followed by with or at. It usually expresses less than to anger, vex, irritate, or provoke. God was displeased with this thing. 1 Chron. xxi. 7. Wilt thou be displeased at us forever Psalms lxxxv. 5 (Bk. of Com. Prayer). This virtuous plaster will displease Your tender sides. J. Fletcher. Adversity is so wholesome . . . why should we be displeased therewith Barrow.

2. To fail to satisfy; to miss of. [Obs.] I shall displease my ends else. Beau. & Fl.

Syn. — To offend; disgust; vex; annoy; dissatisfy; chafe; anger; provoke; affront.

DISPLEASE Dis*please", v. i.

Defn: To give displeasure or offense. [Obs.]

DISPLEASEDLY Dis*pleas"ed*ly, adv.

Defn: With displeasure. [R.]

DISPLEASEDNESS Dis*pleas"ed*ness, n.

Defn: Displeasure. [R.] South.

DISPLEASER Dis*pleas"er, n.

Defn: One who displeases.

DISPLEASING Dis*pleas"ing, a.

Defn: Causing displeasure or dissatisfaction; offensive; disagreeable. — Dis*pleas"ing*ly, adv. — Dis*pleas"ing*ness, n. Locke.

DISPLEASURE Dis*pleas"ure, n. Etym: [Pref. dis- + pleasure: cf. OF. desplaisir, F. déplaisir. Cf. Displease.]

1. The feeling of one who is displeased; irritation or uneasiness of the mind, occasioned by anything that counteracts desire or command, or which opposes justice or a sense of propriety; disapprobation; dislike; dissatisfaction; disfavor; indignation. O Lord, rebuke me not in thine anger, neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure. Ps. vi. 1. Undoubtedly he will relent, and turn From his displeasure. Milton.

2. That which displeases; cause of irritation or annoyance; offense; injury. Hast thou delight to see a wretched man Do outrage and displeasure to himself Shak.

3. State of disgrace or disfavor; disfavor. [Obs.] He went into Poland, being in displeasure with the pope for overmuch familiarity. Peacham.

Syn. — Dissatisfaction; disapprobation; disfavor; distaste; dislike; anger; hate; aversion; indignation; offense.

DISPLEASURE Dis*pleas"ure, v. t.

Defn: To displease. [Obs.] Bacon.

DISPLENISH Dis*plen"ish, v. t.

Defn: To deprive or strip, as a house of furniture, or a barn of stock. [Scot.]

DISPLICENCE; DISPLICENCY Dis"pli*cence, Dis"pli*cen*cy, n. Etym: [L. displicentia. See Displacency.]

Defn: Dislike; dissatisfaction; discontent. [Obs.] W. Montagu.

DISPLODE Dis*plode", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disploded; p. pr. & vb. n. Disploding.] Etym: [L. displodere, displosum; dis- + plodere, plaudere, to clap, strike, beat.]

Defn: To discharge; to explode. In posture to displode their second tire Of thunder. Milton.

DISPLODE Dis*plode", v. i.

Defn: To burst with a loud report; to explode. "Disploding engines." Young.

DISPLOSION Dis*plo"sion, n.

Defn: Explosion. The vast displosion dissipates the clouds. Young.

DISPLOSIVE Dis*plo"sive, a.

Defn: Explosive.

DISPLUME Dis*plume", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Displumed; p. pr. & vb. n. Displuming.] Etym: [Pref. dis- + plume: cf. OF. desplumer, F. déplumer.]

Defn: To strip of, or as of, a plume, or plumes; to deprive of decoration; to dishonor; to degrade. Displumed, degraded, and metamorphosed. Burke.

DISPOLINE Dis"po*line, n. (Chem.)

Defn: One of several isomeric organic bases of the quinoline series of alkaloids.

DISPOND Dis*pond", n.

Defn: See Despond.

DISPONDEE Di*spon"dee, n. Etym: [L. dispondeus, Gr. (Gr.

Defn: A double spondee; a foot consisting of four long syllables.

DISPONE Dis*pone", v. t. Etym: [L. disponere. See Disposition.]

1. (Her.)

Defn: To dispose.

2. To dispose of. Chaucer.

3. (Scots Law)

Defn: To make over, or convey, legally. He has disponed . . . the whole estate. Sir W. Scott.

DISPONEE Dis`po*nee", n. (Scots Law)

Defn: The person to whom any property is legally conveyed.

DISPONER Dis*pon"er, n. (Scots Law)

Defn: One who legally transfers property from himself to another.

DISPONGE Dis*ponge", v. t. Etym: [Pref. dis- + sponge.]

Defn: To sprinkle, as with water from a sponge. [Poetic & Rare] [Written also dispunge.] O sovereign mistress of true melancholy, The poisonous damp of night disponge upon me. Shak.

DISPOPE Dis*pope", v. t.

Defn: To refuse to consider as pope; to depose from the popedom. One whom they disposed. Tennyson.

DISPOROUS Di*spor"ous, a. Etym: [Pref. di- + sporous.] (Biol.)

Defn: Having two spores.

DISPORT Dis*port", n. Etym: [OF. desport, deport. See Disport, v. i., and cf. Sport.]

Defn: Play; sport; pastime; diversion; playfulness. Milton.

DISPORT Dis*port", v. i. [imp. & p. p. Disported; p. pr. & vb. n. Disporting.] Etym: [OF. se desporter; pref. des- (L. dis-) + F. porter to carry; orig. therefore, to carry one's self away from work, to go to amuse one's self. See Port demeanor, and cf. Sport.]

Defn: To play; to wanton; to move in gayety; to move lightly and without restraint; to amuse one's self. Where light disports in ever mingling dyes. Pope. Childe Harold basked him in the noontide sun, Disporting there like any other fly. Byron.

DISPORT Dis*port", v. t. Etym: [OF. desporter. See Disport, v. i.]

1. To divert or amuse; to make merry. They could disport themselves. Buckle.

2. To remove from a port; to carry away. Prynne.

DISPORTMENT Dis*port"ment, n.

Defn: Act of disporting; diversion; play. [Obs.] Dr. H. More.

DISPOSABLE Dis*pos"a*ble, a. Etym: [From Dispose.]

Defn: Subject to disposal; free to be used or employed as occasion may require; not assigned to any service or use. The great of this kingdom . . . has easily afforded a disposable surplus. Burke.

DISPOSAL Dis*pos"al, n. Etym: [From Dispose.]

1. The act of disposing, or disposing of, anything; arrangement; orderly distribution; a putting in order; as, the disposal of the troops in two lines.

2. Ordering; regulation; adjustment; management; government; direction. The execution leave to high disposal. Milton.

3. Regulation of the fate, condition, application, etc., of anything; the transference of anything into new hands, a new place, condition, etc.; alienation, or parting; as, a disposal of property. A domestic affair of great importance, which is no less than the disposal of my sister Jenny for life. Tatler.

4. Power or authority to dispose of, determine the condition of, control, etc., especially in the phrase at, or in, the disposal of. The sole and absolute disposal of him an his concerns. South.

Syn. — Disposition; dispensation; management; conduct; government; distribution; arrangement; regulation; control.

DISPOSE Dis*pose", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disposed; p. pr. & vb. n. Disposing.] Etym: [F. disposer; pref. dis- + poser to place. See Pose.]

1. To distribute and put in place; to arrange; to set in order; as, to dispose the ships in the form of a crescent. Who hath disposed the whole world Job xxxiv. 13. All ranged in order and disposed with grace. Pope. The rest themselves in troops did else dispose. Spenser.

2. To regulate; to adjust; to settle; to determine. The knightly forms of combat to dispose. Dryden.

3. To deal out; to assign to a use; to bestow for an object or purpose; to apply; to employ; to dispose of. Importuned him that what he designed to bestow on her funeral, he would rather dispose among the poor. Evelyn.

4. To give a tendency or inclination to; to adapt; to cause to turn; especially, to incline the mind of; to give a bent or propension to; to incline; to make inclined; — usually followed by to, sometimes by for before the indirect object. Endure and conquer; Jove will soon dispose To future good our past and present woes. Dryden. Suspicions dispose kings to tyranny, husbands to jealousy, and wise men to irresolution and melancholy. Bacon. To dispose of. (a) To determine the fate of; to exercise the power of control over; to fix the condition, application, employment, etc. of; to direct or assign for a use. Freedom to order their actions and dispose of their possessions and persons. Locke.

(b) To exercise finally one's power of control over; to pass over into the control of some one else, as by selling; to alienate; to part with; to relinquish; to get rid of; as, to dispose of a house; to dispose of one's time. More water . . . than can be disposed of. T. Burnet. I have disposed of her to a man of business. Tatler. A rural judge disposed of beauty's prize. Waller.

Syn. — To set; arrange; order; distribute; adjust; regulate; adapt; fit; incline; bestow; give.

DISPOSE Dis*pose", v. i.

Defn: To bargain; to make terms. [Obs.] She had disposed with Cæsar. Shak.

DISPOSE Dis*pose", n.

1. Disposal; ordering; management; power or right of control. [Obs.] But such is the dispose of the sole Disposer of empires. Speed.

2. Cast of mind; disposition; inclination; behavior; demeanor. [Obs.] He hath a person, and a smooth dispose To be suspected. Shak.

DISPOSED Dis*posed", p. a.

1. Inclined; minded. When he was disposed to pass into Achaia. Acts xviii. 27.

2. Inclined to mirth; jolly. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl. Well disposed, in good condition; in good health. [Obs.] Chaucer.

DISPOSEDNESS Dis*pos"ed*ness, n.

Defn: The state of being disposed or inclined; inclination; propensity. [R.]

DISPOSEMENT Dis*pose"ment, n.

Defn: Disposal. [Obs.] Goodwin.

DISPOSER Dis*pos"er, n.

Defn: One who, or that which, disposes; a regulator; a director; a bestower. Absolute lord and disposer of all things. Barrow.

DISPOSINGLY Dis*pos"ing*ly, adv.

Defn: In a manner to dispose.

DISPOSITED Dis*pos"it*ed, a. Etym: [See Disposition.]

Defn: Disposed. [Obs.] Glanvill.

DISPOSITION Dis`po*si"tion, n. Etym: [F. disposition, dispositio, fr. disponere to dispose; dis- + ponere to place. See Position, and cf. Dispone.]

1. The act of disposing, arranging, ordering, regulating, or transferring; application; disposal; as, the disposition of a man's property by will. Who have received the law by the disposition of angels. Acts vii. 53. The disposition of the work, to put all things in a beautiful order and harmony, that the whole may be of a piece. Dryden.

2. The state or the manner of being disposed or arranged; distribution; arrangement; order; as, the disposition of the trees in an orchard; the disposition of the several parts of an edifice.

3. Tendency to any action or state resulting from natural constitution; nature; quality; as, a disposition in plants to grow in a direction upward; a disposition in bodies to putrefaction.

4. Conscious inclination; propension or propensity. How stands your disposition to be married Shak.

5. Natural or prevailing spirit, or temperament of mind, especially as shown in intercourse with one's fellow-men; temper of mind. "A man of turbulent disposition." Hallam. "He is of a very melancholy disposition." Shak. His disposition led him to do things agreeable to his quality and condition wherein God had placed him. Strype.

6. Mood; humor. As I perchance hereafter shall think meet To put an antic disposition on. Shak.

Syn. — Disposal; adjustment; regulation; arrangement; distribution; order; method; adaptation; inclination; propensity; bestowment; alienation; character; temper; mood. — Disposition, Character, Temper. Disposition is the natural humor of a person, the predominating quality of his character, the constitutional habit of his mind. Character is this disposition influenced by motive, training, and will. Temper is a quality of the fiber of character, and is displayed chiefly when the emotions, especially the passions, are aroused.

DISPOSITIONAL Dis`po*si"tion*al, a.

Defn: Pertaining to disposition.

DISPOSITIONED Dis`po*si"tioned, a.

Defn: Having (such) a disposition; — used in compounds; as, well- dispositioned.

DISPOSITIVE Dis*pos"i*tive, a. Etym: [Cf. F. dispositif.]

1. Disposing; tending to regulate; decretive. [Obs.] His dispositive wisdom and power. Bates.

2. Belonging to disposition or natural, tendency. [Obs.] "Dispositive holiness." Jer. Taylor.

DISPOSITIVELY Dis*pos"i*tive*ly, adv.

Defn: In a dispositive manner; by natural or moral disposition. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne. Do dispositively what Moses is recorded to have done literally, . . . break all the ten commandments at once. Boyle.

DISPOSITOR Dis*pos"it*or, n. Etym: [L. See Disposition.]

1. A disposer.

2. (Astrol.)

Defn: The planet which is lord of the sign where another planet is. [Obs.] Crabb.

DISPOSSESS Dis`pos*sess" (; see Possess), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dispossessed; p. pr. & vb. n. Dispossessing.] Etym: [Pref. dis- + possess: cf. F. déposséder.]

Defn: To put out of possession; to deprive of the actual occupancy of, particularly of land or real estate; to disseize; to eject; — usually followed by of before the thing taken away; as, to dispossess a king of his crown. Usurp the land, and dispossess the swain. Goldsmith.

DISPOSSESSION Dis`pos*ses"sion, n. Etym: [Cf. F. dépossession.]

1. The act of putting out of possession; the state of being dispossessed. Bp. Hall.

2. (Law)

Defn: The putting out of possession, wrongfully or otherwise, of one who is in possession of a freehold, no matter in what title; — called also ouster.

DISPOSSESSOR Dis`pos*sess"or, n.

Defn: One who dispossesses. Cowley.

DISPOST Dis*post", v. t.

Defn: To eject from a post; to displace. [R.] Davies (Holy Roode).

DISPOSURE Dis*po"sure, n. Etym: [From Dispose.]

1. The act of disposing; power to dispose of; disposal; direction. Give up My estate to his disposure. Massinger.

2. Disposition; arrangement; position; posture. [Obs.] In a kind of warlike disposure. Sir H. Wotton.

DISPRAISABLE Dis*prais"a*ble, a.

Defn: Blamable. [R.]

DISPRAISE Dis*praise", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dispraised; p. pr. & vb. n. Dispraising.] Etym: [OE. dispreisen, OF. desprisier, despreisier, F. dépriser; pref. des- (L. dis-) + prisier, F. priser, to prize, praise. See Praise, and cf. Disprize, Depreciate.]

Defn: To withdraw praise from; to notice with disapprobation or some degree of censure; to disparage; to blame. Dispraising the power of his adversaries. Chaucer. I dispraised him before the wicked, that the wicked might not fall in love with him. Shak.

DISPRAISE Dis*praise", n. Etym: [Cf. OF. despris. See Dispraise, v. t.]

Defn: The act of dispraising; detraction; blame censure; reproach; disparagement. Dryden. In praise and in dispraise the same. Tennyson.

DISPRAISER Dis*prais"er, n.

Defn: One who blames or dispraises.

DISPRAISINGLY Dis*praising*ly, adv.

Defn: By way of dispraise.

DISPREAD Dis*pread", v. t. Etym: [Pref. dis- + spread.]

Defn: To spread abroad, or different ways; to spread apart; to open; as, the sun dispreads his beams. Spenser.

DISPREAD Dis*pread", v. i.

Defn: To extend or expand itself. [R.] While tyrant Hdispreading through the sky. Thomson.

DISPREADER Dis*pread"er, n.

Defn: One who spreads abroad. Dispreaders both of vice and error. Milton.

DISPREJUDICE Dis*prej"u*dice, v. t.

Defn: To free from prejudice. [Obs.] W. Montagu.

DISPREPARE Dis`pre*pare", v. t.

Defn: To render unprepared. [Obs.] Hobbes.

DISPRINCE Dis*prince", v. t.

Defn: To make unlike a prince. [R.] For I was drench'd with ooze, and torn with briers, . . . And, all one rag, disprinced from head to heel. Tennyson.

DISPRISON Dis*pris"on, v. t.

Defn: To let loose from prison, to set all liberty. [R.] Bulwer.

DISPRIVILEGE Dis*priv"i*lege, v. t.

Defn: To deprive of a privilege or privileges. [R.]

DISPRIZE Dis*prize", v. t. Etym: [Cf. Dispraise.]

Defn: To do preciate. [R.] Cotton (Ode to Lydia).

DISPROFESS Dis`pro*fess", v. t.

Defn: To renounce the profession or pursuit of. His arms, which he had vowed to disprofess. Spenser.

DISPROFIT Dis*prof"it, n.

Defn: Loss; damage. Foxe.

DISPROFIT Dis*prof"it, v. i. & i.

Defn: To be, or to cause to be, without profit or benefit. [Obs. or Archaic] Bale.

DISPROFITABLE Dis*prof"it*a*ble, a.

Defn: Unprofitable. [Obs.]

DISPROOF Dis*proof", n. Etym: [Pref. dis- + proof. Cf. Disprove.]

Defn: A proving to be false or erroneous; confutation; refutation; as, to offer evidence in disproof of a statement. I need not offer anything farther in support of one, or in disproof of the other. Rogers.

DISPROPERTY Dis*prop"er*ty, v. t.

Defn: To cause to be no longer property; to dispossess of. [R.] Shak.

DISPROPORTION Dis`pro*por"tion, n. Etym: [Pref. dis- + proportion: cf. F. disproportion.]

1. Want of proportion in form or quantity; lack of symmetry; as, the arm may be in disproportion to the body; the disproportion of the length of a building to its height.

2. Want of suitableness, adequacy, or due proportion to an end or use; unsuitableness; disparity; as, the disproportion of strength or means to an object.

DISPROPORTION Dis`pro*por"tion, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disproportioned; p. pr. & vb. n. Disproportioning.]

Defn: To make unsuitable in quantity, form, or fitness to an end; to violate symmetry in; to mismatch; to join unfitly. To shape my legs of an unequal size; To disproportion me in every part. Shak. A degree of strength altogether disproportioned to the extent of its territory. Prescott.

DISPROPORTIONABLE Dis`pro*por"tion*a*ble, a.

Defn: Disproportional; unsuitable in form, size, quantity, or adaptation; disproportionate; inadequate. — Dis`pro*por"tion*a*ble*ness, n. Hammond. — Dis`pro*por"tion*a*bly, adv.

DISPROPORTIONAL Dis`pro*por"tion*al, a.

Defn: Not having due proportion to something else; not having proportion or symmetry of parts; unsuitable in form, quantity or value; inadequate; unequal; as, a disproportional limb constitutes deformity in the body; the studies of youth should not be disproportional to their understanding.

DISPROPORTIONALITY Dis`pro*por`tion*al"i*ty, n.

Defn: The state of being disproportional. Dr. H. More.

DISPROPORTIONALLY Dis`pro*por"tion*al*ly, adv.

Defn: In a disproportional manner; unsuitably in form, quantity, or value; unequally.

DISPROPORTIONATE Dis`pro*por"tion*ate, a.

Defn: Not proportioned; unsymmetrical; unsuitable to something else in bulk, form, value, or extent; out of proportion; inadequate; as, in a perfect body none of the limbs are disproportionate; it is wisdom not to undertake a work disproportionate means. — Dis`pro*por"tion*ate*ly, adv. — Dis`pro*por"tion*ate*ness, n.

DISPROPRIATE Dis*pro"pri*ate, v. t. Etym: [L. dis- + propriare to appropriate, fr. proprius one's own, proper.]

Defn: To cancel the appropriation of; to disappropriate. [R.]

DISPROVABLE Dis*prov"a*ble, a.

Defn: Capable of being disproved or refuted. Boyle.

DISPROVAL Dis*prov"al, n.

Defn: Act of disproving; disproof. [R.]

DISPROVE Dis*prove", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disproved; p. pr. & vb. n. Disproving.] Etym: [Pref. dis- + prove: cf. OF. desprover.]

1. To prove to be false or erroneous; to confute; to refute. That false supposition I advanced in order to disprove it. Atterbury.

2. To disallow; to disapprove of. [Obs.] Stirling.

DISPROVER Dis*prov"er, n.

Defn: One who disproves or confutes.

DISPROVIDE Dis`pro*vide", v. t.

Defn: Not to provide; to fail to provide. [Obs.] Boyle.

DISPUNCT Dis*punct", a.

Defn: Wanting in punctilious respect; discourteous. [Obs.] That were dispunct to the ladies. B. Jonson.

DISPUNCT Dis*punct", v. t. Etym: [See 1st Dispunge.]

Defn: To expunge. [Obs.] Foxe.

DISPUNGE Dis*punge", v. t. Etym: [L. dispungere to prick apart, i. e., check off the debts and credits of an account; dis- + pungere to prick.]

Defn: To expunge; to erase. [Obs.]

DISPUNGE Dis*punge", v. t.

Defn: See Disponge. [Obs.]

DISPUNISHABLE Dis*pun"ish*a*ble, a.

Defn: Without penal restraint; not punishable. [R.] Swift.

DISPURPOSE Dis*pur"pose, v. t.

Defn: To dissuade; to frustrate; as, to dispurpose plots. [R.] A. Brewer.

DISPURSE Dis*purse", v. t.

Defn: To disburse. [Obs.] Shak.

DISPURVEY Dis`pur*vey", v. t. Etym: [Pref. dis- + purvey: cf. OF. desporveoir, F. dépourvoir.]

Defn: To disfurnish; to strip. [Obs.] Heywood.

DISPURVEYANCE Dis`pur*vey"ance, n.

Defn: Want of provisions; [Obs.] Spenser.

DISPUTABLE Dis`pu*ta*ble, a. Etym: [L. disputabilis: cf. F. disputable. See Dispute, v. i.]

1. Capable of being disputed; liable to be called in question, controverted, or contested; or doubtful certainty or propriety; controvertible; as, disputable opinions, propositions, points, or questions. Actions, every one of which is very disputable. Jer. Taylor.

2. Disputatious; contentious. [Obs.] Shak.

DISPUTABLENESS Dis`pu*ta*ble*ness, n.

Defn: State of being disputable.

DISPUTACITY Dis`pu*tac"i*ty, n. Etym: [See Dispute, v. i.]

Defn: Proneness to dispute. [Obs.] Bp. Ward.

DISPUTANT Dis"pu*tant, a. Etym: [L. disputants, p. pr. of disputare: cf. F. disputant. See Dispute, v. i.]

Defn: Disputing; engaged in controversy. Milton.

DISPUTANT Dis"pu*tant, n.

Defn: One who disputes; one who argues A singularly eager, acute, and pertinacious disputant. Macaulay.

DISPUTATION Dis`pu*ta"tion, n. Etym: [OE. desputeson, disputacion, OF. desputeison, F. disputation, fr. L. disputatio. See Dispute, v. i.]

1. The act of disputing; a reasoning or argumentation in opposition to something, or on opposite sides; controversy in words; verbal contest respecting the truth of some fact, opinion, proposition, or argument.

2. A rhetorical exercise in which parties reason in opposition to each other on some question proposed.

DISPUTATIOUS Dis`pu*ta"tious, a.

Defn: Inclined to dispute; apt to civil or controvert; characterized by dispute; as, a disputatious person or temper. The Christian doctrine of a future life was no recommendation of the new religion to the wits and philosophers of that disputations period. Buckminster. — Dis`pu*ta"tious*ly, adv. — Dis`pu*ta"tious*ness, n.

DISPUTATIVE Dis*put"a*tive, a. Etym: [L. disputativus.]

Defn: Disposed to dispute; inclined to cavil or to reason in opposition; as, a disputative temper. I. Watts.

DISPUTE Dis*pute", v. i. [imp. & p. p. Disputed; p. pr. & vb. n. Disputing.] Etym: [OE. desputen, disputen, OF. desputer, disputer, F. disputer, from L. disputare, disputatum; dis- + putare to clean; hence, fig., to clear up, set in order, reckon, think. See Putative, Pure.]

Defn: To contend in argument; to argue against something maintained, upheld, or claimed, by another; to discuss; to reason; to debate; to altercate; to wrangle. Therefore disputed [reasoned, Rev. Ver .] he in synagogue with the Jews. Acts xvii. 17.

DISPUTE Dis*pute", v. t.

1. To make a subject of disputation; to argue pro and con; to discuss. The rest I reserve it be disputed how the magistrate is to do herein. Milton.

2. To oppose by argument or assertion; to attempt to overthrow; to controvert; to express dissent or opposition to; to call in question; to deny the truth or validity of; as, to dispute assertions or arguments. To seize goods under the disputed authority of writs of assistance. Bancroft.

3. To strive or contend about; to contest. To dispute the possession of the ground with the Spaniards. Prescott.

4. To struggle against; to resist. [Obs.] Dispute it [grief] like a man. Shak.

Syn. — To controvert; contest; gainsay; doubt; question; argue; debate; discuss; impugn. See Argue.

DISPUTE Dis*pute", n. Etym: [Cf. F. dispute. See Dispute, v. i.]

1. Verbal controversy; contest by opposing argument or expression of opposing views or claims; controversial discussion; altercation; debate. Addicted more To contemplation and profound dispute. Milton.

2. Contest; struggle; quarrel. De Foe. Beyond dispute, Without dispute, indisputably; incontrovertibly.

Syn. — Altercation; controversy; argumentation; debate; discussion; quarrel; disagreement; difference; contention; wrangling. See Altercation.

DISPUTELESS Dis*pute"less, a.

Defn: Admitting no dispute; incontrovertible. Bailey.

DISPUTER Dis*put"er, n.

Defn: One who disputes, or who is given to disputes; a controvertist. Where is the disputer of this world 1 Cor. i. 20.

DISPUTISON Dis*pu"ti*son, n. Etym: [See Disputation.]

Defn: Dispute; discussion. [Obs.] Chaucer.

DISQUALIFICATION Dis*qual`i*fi*ca"tion, n.

1. The act of disqualifying, or state of being disqualified; want of qualification; incompetency; disability; as, the disqualification of men for holding certain offices.

2. That which disqualifies; that which incapacitates or makes unfit; as, conviction of crime is a disqualification of a person for office; sickness is a disqualification for labor. I must still retain the consciousness of those disqualifications which you have been pleased to overlook. Sir J. Shore.

DISQUALIFY Dis*qual"i*fy, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disqualified; p. pr. & vb. n. Disqualifying.]

1. To deprive of the qualities or properties necessary for any purpose; to render unfit; to incapacitate; — with for or from before the purpose, state, or act. My common illness disqualifies me for all conversation; I mean my deafness. Swift. Me are not disqualified by their engagements in trade from being received in high society. Southey.

2. To deprive of some power, right, or privilege, by positive restriction; to disable; to debar legally; as, a conviction of perjury disqualifies a man to be a witness.

DISQUANTITY Dis*quan"ti*ty, v. t.

Defn: To diminish the quantity of; to lessen. [Obs.] Shak.

DISQUIET Dis*qui"et, a.

Defn: Deprived of quiet; impatient; restless; uneasy. [R.] Shak.

DISQUIET Dis*qui"et, n.

Defn: Want of quiet; want of tranquility in body or mind; uneasiness; restlessness; disturbance; anxiety. Swift.

DISQUIET Dis*qui"et, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disquieted; p. pr. & vb. n. Disquieting.]

Defn: To render unquiet; to deprive of peace, rest, or tranquility; to make uneasy or restless; to disturb. Why art thou cast down, O my soul, and why art thou disquieted within me Ps. xlii. 11. As quiet as these disquieted times will permit. Sir W. Scott.

Syn. — To harass; disturb; vex; fret; excite; agitate.

DISQUIETAL Dis*qui"et*al, n.

Defn: The act of disquieting; a state of disquiet. [Obs.] [It] roars and strives 'gainst its disquietal. Dr. H. More.

DISQUIETER Dis*qui"et*er, n.

Defn: One who, or that which, disquiets, or makes uneasy; a disturber.

DISQUIETFUL Dis*qui"et*ful, a.

Defn: Producing inquietude or uneasiness. [R.] Barrow.

DISQUIETIVE Dis*qui"et*ive, a.

Defn: Tending to disquiet. [R.]

DISQUIETLY Dis*qui"et*ly, adv.

Defn: In a disquiet manner; uneasily; as, he rested disquietly that night. [R.] Wiseman.

DISQUIETMENT Dis*qui"et*ment, n.

Defn: State of being disquieted; uneasiness; harassment. [R.] Hopkins.

DISQUIETNESS Dis*qui"et*ness, n.

Defn: Disturbance of quiet in body or mind; restlessness; uneasiness. Hooker.

DISQUIETOUS Dis*qui"et*ous, a.

Defn: Causing uneasiness. [R.] So distasteful and disquietous to a number of men. Milton.