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An American Dictionary of the English Language

by Noah Webster

Revised and enlarged (Goodrich & Porter)

Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865

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  1. 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…
  2. Dis'al-low', v. i.p. 378To refuse permission; not to grant; not to assent. What follows, if we disallow of this? Shak.
  3. Dĭs'al-low'a-ble, a.p. 378Not allowable; not to be suffered. Raleigh.
  4. Dis'al-low'a-ble-ness, n.p. 378The state of being disallowable.
  5. 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.…
  6. 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.
  7. Dis-ăn'a-lŏg'ic-al, a.p. 379Not analogous. [Obs.] Hale.
  8. Dis-ănch'or, v. t.p. 379To raise the anchor of, as a ship; to free from the restraint of an anchor. [Obs.] Heywood.
  9. Dis'an-gel'i-cal, a.p. 379Not belonging to, or resembling, angels; not angelical. [Obs.] Coventry.
  10. 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.
  11. Dis-ăn/i-mā'tion, n.p. 379Privation of life. [Obs.] Browne. 2. The state of being disanimated or discouraged; depression of spirits.
  12. Dis'an-nex', v. t.p. 379To disunite; to separate from any thing to which attachment has existed. State Trials.
  13. 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.
  14. Dĭs'an-nŭl'ler, n.p. 379One who annuls. Beau. & Fl.
  15. Dĭs'an-nŭl'ment, n.p. 379Annulment.
  16. Dĭs'a-noint', v. t.p. 379To invalidate the consecration of; to render as if unanointed. [Obs.] Milton.
  17. Dis'ap-pär'el, v. t.p. 379To disrobe; to strip of raiment. Junius, 1635.
  18. 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…
  19. Dis’ap-pear’ance, n.p. 379The act of disappearing; removal from sight; vanishing.
  20. Dis’ap·pĕnd’en·cy, n.p. 379A detachment or separation from a former connection. [Rare.]
  21. Dis'ap-pĕnd'ent, a.p. 379Separated or freed from a former connection or dependence; independent; disconnected. [Rare.]
  22. 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…
  23. 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.
  24. 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…
  25. Dis′/ap-prē′ci-āte, v. t.p. 379To undervalue; not to esteem.
  26. 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.…
  27. Dis-äp′pro-ba-to-ry, a.p. 379Containing disapprobation; tending to disapprove.
  28. Dis’ap-prō’pri-ate, a.p. 379(Law.) Severed from the appropriation or possession of a spiritual corporation. The appropriation may be severed, and the church become disappropriate, two ways. Blackstone.
  29. Dis'ap-prō'pri-āte, v. t.p. 379To release from individual ownership or possession. Milton. 2. (Law.) To sever from appropriation or possession by a spiritual corporation. The appropriations of the several parsonages ... would have…
  30. Dis'ap-prŏv'al, n.p. 379Disapprobation; dislike.
  31. Dis'ap-prōve', v. t.p. 379To pass unfavorable judgment upon; to condemn by an act of the judgment; to regard as wrong or inexpedient; to censure; as, we often disapprove the conduct of others. 2. To refuse official…
  32. Dis’ap-prov’ing-ly, adv.p. 379In a disapproving manner.
  33. Dis'ard, n.p. 379A dizzard. See DIZZARD. Burton. }
  34. Dis-ärm', v. t.p. 379To deprive of arms; to take away the weapons of; to deprive of the means of attack or defense; to render defenseless. Security disarms the best appointed army. Fuller. 2. To deprive of the means or…
  35. Dis-ärm'ə-ment, n.p. 379The act of disarming.
  36. Dis-ärm'er, n.p. 379One who disarms.
  37. Dis'ar-rānge', v. t.p. 379To unsettle or disturb the order or due arrangement of; to throw out of order.
  38. Dis’ar-rāng’e’ment, n.p. 379The act of disarranging, or the state of being disarranged; confusion; disorder.
  39. Dis'ar-rāy', v. t.p. 379To throw into disorder; to break the array of. Who with fiery steeds Oft disarrayed the foes in battle ranged. Fenton. 2. To take off the dress of; to unrobe. Him did disarray, And all his face…
  40. Dis'ar-rāy',, n.p. 379Want of array or regular order; disorder; confusion. Disrank the troops, set all in disarray. Daniel. 2. State of being imperfectly or confusedly attired; undress. Spencer.
  41. Dis'ar-tic'ū-late, v. t.p. 379To divide; to sunder; to separate.
  42. Dis'ar-tic/ū-lā'tion, n.p. 379The sundering of joints or articulations.
  43. Dis'as-sēnt', v. i.p. 379To dissent. [Obs.]
  44. Dis’as-sēnt’, n.p. 379Dissent. [Obs.] Hall.
  45. Dis'as-sĕnt'er, n.p. 379One who disassents; a dissenter. [Obs.] State Trials.
  46. Dis-ăs'si-dū'i-ty, n.p. 379Want of assiduity or care. [Obs.] Wotton.
  47. Dis’as-sō’ci-āte, v. t.p. 379To disconnect from things associated; to disunite.
  48. Dis-ăs'ter, n.p. 379An unpropitious or baleful aspect of a planet or star; an ill portent. [Obs.] “Disasters in the sun.” Shak. 2. An unfortunate event, especially a sudden misfortune; misfortune; mishap; calamity; as…
  49. Dis-ăs'ter, v. t.p. 379To blast by the influence of a baleful star. [Obs.] Spenser. 2. To bring harm upon; to injure. Thomson.
  50. Dis-äs'ter-ly, adv.p. 379Disastrously. [Obs.] Drayton.
  51. Dis-ās'troŭs, a.p. 379Full of unpropitious stellar influences; unpropitious; ill-boding. [Obs.] The moon, In dim eclipse, disastrous twilight sheds. Milton. 2. Attended with suffering or disaster; unfortunate; calamitous.…
  52. Dis·ās'troŭs·ly, adv.p. 379In a disastrous manner; unfortunately.
  53. Dis·ās'troŭs·ness, n.p. 379Unfortunateness; calamitousness.
  54. Dis/at-tīre′, v. t.p. 379To deprive of attire; to unrobe. Spenser.
  55. Dis'aug-mēnt', v. t.p. 379To diminish. [Obs. and rare.] That everlasting treasure, Which force deprives not, fortune disaugments not. Quarles.
  56. Dis-au'thor-ize, v. t.p. 379To deprive of credit or authority; to discredit. [Obs.] Wotton.
  57. Dis'-a-vĕnt'-ūre, n.p. 379Misfortune; misadventure. [Obs.] Spenser.
  58. Dis'a-vĕnt'ūr-oŭs, a.p. 379Misadventurous. Spenser.
  59. Dis'a-vouch', v. t.p. 379To retract profession of; to disavow. [R.] Davies.
  60. Dis/a-vow', v. t.p. 379To refuse to own or acknowledge; to deny responsibility for, approbation of, and the like; to disclaim; to disown; to disallow; as, he was charged with embezzlement, but he disavows the fact. 2. To…