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Webster's Dictionary (1865)

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Disorder

Dis-ór'der, n.

noun

n. [Prefix dis and order, q. v.; Fr. dés-ordre, Pr. & Catalan désorde, Sp. desorden, Pg. desordem, It. disordine.]

Sense 1. Want of order; irregularity; confusion; disarray; as, the troops were thrown into disorder; the papers are in disorder.

Sense 2. Neglect of order or system; irregularity.

From vulgar bounds with brave disorder part, And snatch a grace beyond the reach of art. Pope.

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

Sense 4. Disturbance of the functions of the animal economy or of the soul; disease; distemper; sickness; derangement.

Synonyms—Disease; irregularity; disarrangement; confusion; tumult; bustle; disturbance; illness; indisposition; sickness; malady; distemper. See DISEASE.

Dis-ôr'der, v. t.

verbtransitive

v. t. [imp. & p. p. DISORDERED; p. pr. & vb. n. DISORDERING.] 1. To disturb the order of; to derange; to throw into confusion; to confuse. “Dangerously disordering the whole frame of jurisprudence.” Burke. The burden . . . disordered the aids and auxiliary rafters into a common ruin. Bp. Taylor.

  1. To disturb or interrupt the natural functions of; to produce sickness or indisposition in; as, to disorder the head or stomach.
  2. To disturb the regular operations of; to derange; to discompose.

A man whose judgment was so much disordered by party spirit. Macaulay. 4. To depose from holy orders. [Obs.] Dryden. Syn.—To disarrange; derange; confuse; discompose; ruffle.