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An American Dictionary of the English Language
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Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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Dĭs'ac-quāint', v. t. p. 378To render unacquainted; to make unfamiliar. [Obs.] While my sick heart With dismal smart Is disacquainted never. Herrick.Dĭs'ac-quāint'ançe, n. p. 378Neglect or disuse of familiarity, or familiar acquaintance. [Obs.] South.Dĭs'a-dôrn', v. t. p. 378To deprive of ornaments. Congreve.Dĭs'ad-vȧnçe', v. t. p. 378To cause to draw back; to cause to retire. [Obs.] Spenser.Dĭs'ad-vȧnçe', v. i. p. 378To keep or fall back; to retire. [Obs.] Fletcher.Dĭs'ad-vȧn'taġe, n. p. 378Deprivation of advantage; unfavorable or prejudicial quality, condition, circumstance, or the like; that which prevents success, or causes loss or injury. I was brought here under the disadvantage of…Dĭs'ad-vȧn'taġe, v. t. p. 378To injure the interest of; to be detrimental or prejudicial to. [Obs.] Fuller.Dĭs'ad-vȧn'taġe-a-ble, a. p. 378Injurious; disadvantageous. [Obs.] Bacon.Dĭs-ăd'van-tā'ġeoŭs, a. p. 378Attended with disadvantage; unfavorable to success or prosperity; inconvenient; prejudicial; as, the situation of an army is disadvantageous for attack or defense. Even in the disadvantageous…Dĭs-ăd'van-tā'ġeoŭs-ly, adv. p. 378In a disadvantageous manner; with loss or inconvenience.Dĭs-ăd'van-tā'ġeoŭs-ness, n. p. 378Unfavorableness to success; inconvenience; loss.Dĭs'ad-vĕnt'ūre, n. p. 378Misfortune. [Obs.] Raleigh.Dĭs'ad-vĕnt'ūr-oŭs, a. p. 378Unprosperous; unfortunate. [Obs.] Spenser.Dĭs'ad-vīse', v. t. p. 378To advise against; to dissuade from. [Obs.] Boyle.Dĭs'af-fĕct', v. t. p. 378To alienate or diminish the affection of; to render less friendly; to fill with discontent and unfriendliness. They had attempted to disaffect and discontent his majesty's late army. Clarendon. 2. To…Dĭs'af-fĕct'ed-ly, adv. p. 378In a disaffected manner.Dĭs'af-fĕct'ed-ness, n. p. 378The quality of being disaffected. [Rare.] Strype.Dĭs'af-fĕc'tion, n. p. 378State of being disaffected; alienation or want of affection or good-will; unfriendliness; disloyalty. In the making laws, princes must have regard to . . . the affections and disaffections of the…Dĭs'af-fĕc'tion-ate, a. p. 378Not well disposed; unfriendly; disaffected. [Obs.] Blount.Dĭs'af-fĩrm', v. t. p. 378To assert the contrary of; to contradict; to deny; — said of that which has been asserted. 2. (Law.) To refuse to confirm; to annul, as a judicial decision, by a contrary judgment of a superior…Dĭs'af-fĩrm'ançe, n. p. 378The act of disaffirming; denial; negation. 2. (Law.) Overthrow or annulment by the decision of a superior tribunal; as, disaffirmance of judgment.Dis-ăf/fir-mā'tion, n. p. 378The act of disaffirming; negation; refutation.Dis/af-fōr'est, v. t. p. 378(Eng. Law.) To reduce from the privileges of a forest to the state of common ground; to strip of forest laws and privileges. By charter 9 Henry III. many forests were disafforested. Blackstone. After…Dis-ăg'gre-gāte, v. t. p. 378To destroy the aggregation of; to separate into component parts.Dis-ăg'gre-gā'tion, n. p. 378The act of disaggregating, or separating an aggregate body into its component parts; the state thus resulting.Dis/a-gree', v. i. p. 378To fail to accord; not to agree; to lack harmony; to differ; to be at variance. They reject the plainest sense of Scripture because it seems to disagree with what they call reason. Atterbury. 2. To…Dĭs'-a-gree'a-ble, a. p. 378Not agreeable, conformable, or congruous; contrary; unsuitable. This conduct was disagreeable to her natural sincerity. Browne. 2. Exciting repugnance; unpleasant; offensive; displeasing. That which…Dis'/a-gree'a-ble-ness, n. p. 378The state or quality of being disagreeable; unsuitableness; contrariety; unpleasantness; offensiveness to the senses.Dis/a-gree'a-bly, adv. p. 378In a disagreeable manner; unsuitable; offensively.Dis'a-gree'ance, n. p. 378Disagreement. [Obs.] Udal.Dis’ă-grē’ment, n. p. 378The act of disagreeing, or the state of being disagreed; dissimilitude; diversity. 2. Difference of opinion. 3. Unsuitableness; unadaptedness. 4. A falling out, or controversy; difference.…Dis'a-gre'er, n. p. 378One who disagrees. Hammond.Dis’al-lēge, v. t. p. 378To alienate the allegiance of. [Obs.] Milton.Dis'al-low', v. t. p. 378To refuse to allow, permit, authorize, or sanction; to deny the force or validity of; to disown and reject; — said technically of accounts and charges. A living stone, disallowed indeed of men, but…Dis'al-low', v. i. p. 378To refuse permission; not to grant; not to assent. What follows, if we disallow of this? Shak.Dĭs'al-low'a-ble, a. p. 378Not allowable; not to be suffered. Raleigh.Dis'al-low'a-ble-ness, n. p. 378The state of being disallowable.Dis'al-low'ance, n. p. 378The act of disallowing; refusal to admit or permit; rejection. 2. (Mus.) An anomalous formation or succession of chords, as two consecutive perfect fifths in the same direction. Moore.…Dis'al-ly',, v. t. p. 378To part, as an alliance; to separate; to undo. [Obs. and rare.] Both so loosely disallied Their nuptials. Milton.Dis-ăn'a-lŏg'ic-al, a. p. 379Not analogous. [Obs.] Hale.Dis-ănch'or, v. t. p. 379To raise the anchor of, as a ship; to free from the restraint of an anchor. [Obs.] Heywood.Dis'an-gel'i-cal, a. p. 379Not belonging to, or resembling, angels; not angelical. [Obs.] Coventry.Dis-ăn'i-māte, v. t. p. 379To deprive of life. [Obs.] Boyle. 2. To deprive of spirit or courage; to discourage; to dishearten; to deject. Shak.Dis-ăn/i-mā'tion, n. p. 379Privation of life. [Obs.] Browne. 2. The state of being disanimated or discouraged; depression of spirits.Dis'an-nex', v. t. p. 379To disunite; to separate from any thing to which attachment has existed. State Trials.Dĭs'an-nŭl', v. t. p. 379To annul; to render void. Shak. ☞ The prefix in this word and its derivatives is intensive, and not negative.Dĭs'an-nŭl'ler, n. p. 379One who annuls. Beau. & Fl.Dĭs'an-nŭl'ment, n. p. 379Annulment.Dĭs'a-noint', v. t. p. 379To invalidate the consecration of; to render as if unanointed. [Obs.] Milton.Dis'ap-pär'el, v. t. p. 379To disrobe; to strip of raiment. Junius, 1635.Dis’ap-pēar’, v. i. p. 379To vanish from the sight; to pass from view; to become invisible; to cease to appear or to be perceived; to be no longer seen; as, darkness disappears at the approach of light; a ship disappears as…Dis’ap-pear’ance, n. p. 379The act of disappearing; removal from sight; vanishing.Dis’ap·pĕnd’en·cy, n. p. 379A detachment or separation from a former connection. [Rare.]Dis'ap-pĕnd'ent, a. p. 379Separated or freed from a former connection or dependence; independent; disconnected. [Rare.]Dis'ap-point′, v. t. p. 379To defeat of expectation or hope; to hinder from the attainment of that which was intended, desired, hoped, or expected; to balk; as, a man is disappointed of his hopes or expectations, or his hopes…Dis'ap-point'ed, p. a. p. 379Defeated of expectation or hope; balked. 2. Not appointed or in readiness; unprepared. [Obs. and very rare.] Cut off even in the blossoms of my sin, Unhouseled, disappointed, unaneled. Shak.Dis·ap-point'ment, n. p. 379The act of disappointing, or the state of being disappointed; defeat or failure of expectation or hope; miscarriage of design or plan; frustration. If we hope for things of which we have not…Dis′/ap-prē′ci-āte, v. t. p. 379To undervalue; not to esteem.Dis-äp′pro-bā′tion, n. p. 379The act of disapproving; mental condemnation of what is judged wrong, unsuitable, or inexpedient; feeling of censure. We have ever expressed the most unqualified disapprobation of all the steps.…Dis-äp′pro-ba-to-ry, a. p. 379Containing disapprobation; tending to disapprove.