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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·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.Dis-bär', v. t. p. 379(Law.) To expel from the bar;—said of barristers, who, in England, may be excluded from the bar in accordance with power vested in the benchers of the four inns of court, subject to an appeal to the…Dis-bärk', v. t. p. 379To put on shore; to disembark; to debark. Pope.Dis-bärk', v. t. p. 379To strip of bark; to bark. [Rare.] Boyle.Dis-bāse’, v. t. p. 379To debase or degrade. [Obs.] Nor you nor your house were so much as spoken of before I disbased myself. B. Jonson.Dis/be-cōme', v. t. p. 379To misbecome. [Obs.] Massinger.Dis/be-lief′, n. p. 379The act of disbelieving; refusal of credit; denial of belief. Our belief or disbelief of a thing does not alter the nature of the thing. Tillotson. 2. A system of error. Nugatory disbeliefs wound off…Dis/be-lieve′, v. t. p. 379Not to believe; to hold not to be true or actual; to refuse credit to; as, some men disbelieve the inspiration of the Scriptures, and the immortality of the soul.Dis/be-liev'er, n. p. 379One who disbelieves, or refuses belief. Watts.Dis-bĕnch’, v. t. p. 379To drive from a bench or seat. [Obs. and rare.] Shak.Dis-bĕnd', v. t. p. 379To unbend; to relax or render incapable of action. As liberty a courage doth impart, So bondage doth disbend, else break, the heart. Stirling.Dis-bīnd', v. t. p. 379To untie; to loosen. Mede.Dis-blāme', v. t. p. 379To clear from blame. [Obs.] Chaucer.Dis-bŏd'ied, a. p. 380Disembodied. [Obs.] Glanville.Dis`/bos-eā`tion, n. p. 380The act of converting forest land into cleared or arable land; removal of a forest. [Obs.] Scott.Dis-bow'el, v. t. p. 380To take out the intestines of; to disembowel; to eviscerate. Spenser.Dis-brănch', v. t. p. 380To cut off or separate, as a branch from a tree. 2. To deprive of branches. [Rare.] Evelyn.Dis-bŭd', v. t. p. 380To deprive of buds or shoots, as for training or economizing the vital strength of a tree.Dis-bŭr'den, v. t. p. 380To rid of a burden; to relieve of something which oppresses or weighs down; to unload; to disencumber; to unburden. He did it to disburden a conscience. Feltham. My meditations . . . will, I hope, be…Dis-bŭr'den, v. i. p. 380To ease the mind. Milton.Dis-bŭr'geon, v. t. p. 380To strip of burgeons or buds. Holland.Dis-būrse’, v. t. p. 380To pay out; to expend.Dis-būrse'ment, n. p. 380The act of disbursing or paying out. 2. That which is disbursed or paid out; as, the annual disbursements exceed the income.Dis-bŭrs'er, n. p. 380One who pays out or disburses money.Dis-būr'then, v. t. p. 380To disburthen; to relieve of a load.Dīse, n. p. 380A flat circular plate or surface; a disk. See Disk.Dis-cāl'çe-āte, v. t. p. 380To strip, pull, or put off shoes or sandals from. [Obs.] Cockeram.Dis-căl'çe-ā'tiōn, n. p. 380The act of pulling off the shoes or sandals. [Obs.] “The custom of discalceation, or putting off their shoes at meals.” Browne.Dis-cāmp', v. t. p. 380To drive from a camp. [Obs.] Holland.Dis-căn'dy, v. i. p. 380To melt; to dissolve. [Obs.] Shak.Dis'ca-păc'i-tāte, v. t. p. 380To deprive of capacity. [Rare.]Dis·cārd', v. t. p. 380To throw out of the hand as useless; — said of cards. 2. To cast off as useless or as no longer of service; to dismiss from employment, confidence, or favor; to discharge; to turn away. They blame…Dis-cär'nate, a. p. 380Stripped of flesh. [Obs.] Glanville.Dis-cāse', v. t. p. 380To take off a covering from; to strip; to undress. Shak.Dis-cēde', v. i. p. 380To yield or give up. [Obs.] Fuller.Dis'cep-tā'tion, n. p. 380Controversy; disputation. [Obs.] Nothing but verbose janglings and endless disceptations. Strype.Dis'cep-tā'tor, n. p. 380One who arbitrates or decides. [Obs.]Dis-cĕrn’, v. t. p. 380To behold as separate; to note the distinctive character of; to discriminate; to distinguish. So is my lord the king to discern good and bad. 2 Sam. xiv. 17. 2. To make out and distinguish by the…Dis-cĕrn', v. t. p. 380To see or understand the difference; to make distinction; as, to discern between good and evil, truth and falsehood. 2. To take cognizance. [Obs.] Bacon.Dis-cĕrn’ance, n. p. 380Discernment. [Obs.]Dis-cérn'er, n. p. 380One who, or that which, discerns, distinguishes, perceives, or separates. He was a great observer and discerner of men's natures and humors. Clarendon. The word of God is quick and powerful, . . . a…Dis-cērn’i-ble, a. p. 380Capable of being discerned or perceived by the eye; capable of being distinguished or apprehended by the understanding; discoverable; distinguishable; as, a star is discernible by the eye; the…Dis-cĕrn'i-ble-ness, n. p. 380The quality of being discernible.Dis-cĕrn’i-bly, adv. p. 380In a manner to be discerned, seen, or discovered; visibly. Hammond.Dis-cérn'ing-ly, adv. p. 380In a discerning manner; with judgment; skillfully.