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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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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.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.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…Dis'ap-prŏv'al, n. p. 379Disapprobation; dislike.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…Dis’ap-prov’ing-ly, adv. p. 379In a disapproving manner.Dis'ard, n. p. 379A dizzard. See DIZZARD. Burton. }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…Dis-ärm'ə-ment, n. p. 379The act of disarming.Dis-ärm'er, n. p. 379One who disarms.Dis'ar-rānge', v. t. p. 379To unsettle or disturb the order or due arrangement of; to throw out of order.Dis’ar-rāng’e’ment, n. p. 379The act of disarranging, or the state of being disarranged; confusion; disorder.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…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.Dis'ar-tic'ū-late, v. t. p. 379To divide; to sunder; to separate.Dis'ar-tic/ū-lā'tion, n. p. 379The sundering of joints or articulations.Dis'as-sēnt', v. i. p. 379To dissent. [Obs.]Dis’as-sēnt’, n. p. 379Dissent. [Obs.] Hall.Dis'as-sĕnt'er, n. p. 379One who disassents; a dissenter. [Obs.] State Trials.Dis-ăs'si-dū'i-ty, n. p. 379Want of assiduity or care. [Obs.] Wotton.Dis’as-sō’ci-āte, v. t. p. 379To disconnect from things associated; to disunite.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…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.Dis-äs'ter-ly, adv. p. 379Disastrously. [Obs.] Drayton.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.…Dis·ās'troŭs·ly, adv. p. 379In a disastrous manner; unfortunately.Dis·ās'troŭs·ness, n. p. 379Unfortunateness; calamitousness.Dis/at-tīre′, v. t. p. 379To deprive of attire; to unrobe. Spenser.Dis'aug-mēnt', v. t. p. 379To diminish. [Obs. and rare.] That everlasting treasure, Which force deprives not, fortune disaugments not. Quarles.Dis-au'thor-ize, v. t. p. 379To deprive of credit or authority; to discredit. [Obs.] Wotton.Dis'-a-vĕnt'-ūre, n. p. 379Misfortune; misadventure. [Obs.] Spenser.Dis'a-vĕnt'ūr-oŭs, a. p. 379Misadventurous. Spenser.Dis'a-vouch', v. t. p. 379To retract profession of; to disavow. [R.] Davies.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…Dis'/a-vow'al, n. p. 379The act of disavowing, disclaiming, or disowning; rejection and denial. A disavowal of fear often proceeds from fear. Richardson.Dis'a-vow'ance, n. p. 379Disavowal. [Obs.] South.Dis'a-vow'er, n. p. 379One who disavows.Dis'a-vow'ment, n. p. 379Disavowal; a disowning. [Obs.] Wotton.Dis-bānd', v. t. p. 379To scatter; to loose the bands or banded existence of; to disperse; especially, to break up the military organization of; to dismiss from military service; as, to disband an army or a regiment. 2. To…Dis-bănd′, v. i. p. 379To become separated, broken up, dissolved, or scattered; especially, to quit military service by breaking up organization. Human society may disband. Tillotson. When both rocks and all things shall…Dis-bănd'ment, n. p. 379The act of disbanding.