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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. Dĭs'com-mĕnd', v. t.p. 381To mention with disapprobation; to blame; to censure. By commending something in him that is good, and discommending the same fault in others. Bp. Taylor. 2. To expose to censure or ill favor; to put…
  2. Dĭs'com-mĕnd'a-ble, a.p. 381Deserving disapprobation; blamable; censurable. Ayliffe.
  3. Dĭs'com-mĕnd'a-ble-ness, n.p. 381The quality of being worthy of disapprobation; blamableness. [Obs.]
  4. Dis-cŏm'men-dā'tion, n.p. 381Blame; censure; reproach. [Rare.] Ayliffe.
  5. Dĭs'com-mĕnd'er, n.p. 381One who discommends; a dispraiser. Johnson.
  6. Dĭs'com-mĭs'sion, v. t.p. 381To take a commission from; to deprive of a commission. [Obs.] Laud.
  7. Dis-cŏm'mo-dāte, v. t.p. 381To put to inconvenience; to incommode. [Obs.] Howell.
  8. Dĭs'com-mōde', v. t.p. 381To put to inconvenience; to incommode; to molest; to trouble. [Rare.] Syn.—To incommode; annoy; molest; trouble; inconvenience.
  9. Dĭs'com-mō'di-oŭs, a.p. 381Inconvenient; troublesome; incommodious. [Rare.] Spenser.
  10. Dĭs'com-mō'di-oŭs-ly, adv.p. 381In a discommodious manner. [Rare.]
  11. Dĭs'com-mō'di-oŭs-ness, n.p. 381The quality or state of being discommodious; inconvenience. North.
  12. Dĭs'com-mŏd'i-ty, n.p. 381Inconvenience; disadvantage; misfortune; ill turn. [Rare.] Fortune ever using to turn her discommodities into success toward him. Brende.
  13. Dis-cŏm'mon, v. t.p. 381To deprive of the right of common. Hall. 2. To deprive of the privileges of a place. Warton. 3. (Law.) To deprive of commonable quality, as lands, by inclosing and appropriating or improving them.…
  14. Dis-cȯm'pa-ny, v. t.p. 381To part from companionship with others; to isolate; to dissociate. [Rare.] “If she be alone now, and discompanied.” B. Jonson.
  15. Dĭs'com-plĕx'ion, v. t.p. 381To change the complexion, hue, or color of. [Obs.] Beaumont.
  16. Dĭs'com-plī'ançe, n.p. 381Failure or refusal to comply; non-compliance. A compliance will discommend me to Mr. C., and a discompliance to my lord chancellor. Pepys.
  17. Dĭs'com-pōse', v. t.p. 381To disarrange; to interfere with; to disturb; to unsettle; to break up. A great impiety . . . hath stained the honor of a family, and discomposed its title to the divine mercies. Bp. Taylor. 2. To…
  18. Dĭs'com-pōs'ed-ness, n.p. 381The state of being discomposed; disquiet.
  19. Dĭs'com-po-sĭ'tion, n.p. 381Inconsistency; discordance. [Obs.]
  20. Dĭs'com-pōs'ure, n.p. 381The state of being discomposed; disorder; agitation; perturbation. No discomposure stirred Her features. Akenside. 2. Discordance; inconsistency. Boyle.
  21. Dis-cŏmpt', v. t.p. 381To discount. See DISCOUNT. Butler.
  22. Dĭs'con-çĕrt', v. t.p. 381To break up the harmonious progress of; to throw into disorder; to frustrate; as, the emperor disconcerted the plans of his enemy. 2. To throw into confusion; to disturb the composure or self-command…
  23. Dis-cŏn'çert, n.p. 381Want of concert. Temple.
  24. Dĭs'con-çĕr'tion, n.p. 381The act of disconcerting, or the state of being disconcerted; confusion; discomposure. Hamilton.
  25. Dĭs′/con-dūc′ive, a.p. 382Not conducing; impeding. [Rare.]
  26. Dis'con-fōrm'a-ble, a.p. 382Not conformable. Wilson.
  27. Dis/con-fōrm'i-ty, n.p. 382Want of conformity or correspondence; inconsistency; disagreement. Tolerate them, though in some disconformity to ourselves. Milton.
  28. Dĭs/con-gru'i-ty, n.p. 382Want of congruity; incongruity; disagreement; inconsistency; disparity. Hale.
  29. Dis/con-nēct', v. t.p. 382To dissolve the union or connection of; to separate; to sever. The commonwealth would . . . be disconnected into the dust and powder of individuality. Burke. This restriction disconnects bank paper…
  30. Dis'/con-nĕc'tion, n.p. 382The act of separating, or state of being separated; separation; want of union. Nothing was therefore to be left in all the subordinate members but weakness, disconnection, and confusion. Burke.
  31. Dis-cōn'se-crāte, v. t.p. 382To deprive of sacredness; to desecrate. [Rare.]
  32. Dis'con-sĕnt', v. i.p. 382To differ; to disagree; to dissent. [Obs.] Milton.
  33. Dis-cōn'sō-lance, n.p. 382Disconsolateness.
  34. Dis-cŏn'sō-late, a.p. 382Destitute of comfort or consolation; deeply dejected and dispirited; hopelessly sad; melancholy; filled with grief; as, a bereaved and disconsolate parent. 2. Inspiring dejection; saddening…
  35. Dis-cŏn'sō-lāte, v. t.p. 382To deprive of consolation; to throw into dejection. Goldsmith.
  36. Dis-cōn'so·late·ly, adv.p. 382In a disconsolate manner; without comfort.
  37. Dis-cōn'sō-la-te-ness, n.p. 382The state of being disconsolate or comfortless.
  38. Dis-cŏn'sō-lā'tion, n.p. 382Want of comfort. Jackson.
  39. Dis'con-tēnt', n.p. 382Want of content; uneasiness and inquietude of mind; dissatisfaction. The rapacity of his father's administration had excited such universal discontent. Hallam. 2. A discontented person; a malcontent.…
  40. Dĭs'con-tĕnt', a.p. 382Not content; uneasy; dissatisfied. “Is discontent and troubled.” Bp. Taylor.
  41. Dis'con-tēnt', v. t.p. 382To deprive of content; to make uneasy; to dissatisfy. Suckling.
  42. Dis-cōn'/ten-tā'/tion, n.p. 382Discontent. [Obs.] Sidney.
  43. Dis′con-tĕnt′ed-ly, adv.p. 382In a discontented manner or mood.
  44. Dis′con-tĕnt′ed-ness, n.p. 382Uneasiness of mind; inquietude; dissatisfaction. Addison.
  45. Dis'con-tent'/ful, a.p. 382Full of discontent; discontented. [Obs.] Rowe.
  46. Dis'con-tĕnt'ing, a.p. 382Feeling discontent; discontented. Shak.
  47. Dis'con-tēnt'ment, n.p. 382The state of being discontented; uneasiness; inquietude. Bacon.
  48. Dis'con-tīn'ū-a-ble, a.p. 382Admitting of being discontinued. [Rare.]
  49. Dis'con-tin'ū-ance, n.p. 382The act of discontinuing, or the state of being discontinued; want of continued connection or continuity of parts; interruption; breaking off; intermission; cessation; disruption; as, a…
  50. Dis'con-tīn-ū-ā'tion, n.p. 382Breach or interruption of continuity; separation of parts which form a connected series; discontinuance; intermission; disruption. “Discontinuation of parts.” Newton.
  51. Dis'con-tin'ue, v. t.p. 382To interrupt the continuance of; to intermit, as a practice or habit; to put an end to; to stop; to leave off. Set up their conventicles again which had been discontinued. Burnet. 2. To cease…
  52. Dis/con-tin'ue, v. i.p. 382To lose continuity or cohesion of parts; to be disrupted or broken off. 2. To be separated or severed; to part. Thyself shalt discontinue from thine heritage. Jer. xvii. 4.
  53. Dis'con-tin-ū-ee', n.p. 382(Law.) One whose possession of an estate is broken off, or discontinued; one whose estate is subject to discontinuance.
  54. Dis'/con-tin'ū-er, n.p. 382One who discontinues, or breaks off or away from. He was no gadder abroad, nor discontinuer from his convent for a long time. Fuller.
  55. Dĭs/con-ti-nü'i-ty, n.p. 382Want of continuity or cohesion; disunion of parts. “Discontinuity of surface.” Boyle.
  56. Dis'con-tin'ū-or, n.p. 382(Law.) One who deprives another of the possession of an estate by discontinuance. See DISCONTINUANCE.
  57. Dis/con-tin'ū-ous, a.p. 382Not continuous; interrupted; broken up; disrupted. A path that is zigzag, discontinuous, and intersected at every turn by human negligence. De Quincey. Discontinuous function (Math.), a function…
  58. Dis'-con-vĕn'-ience, n.p. 382Inconvenience; incommodity; incongruity. [Obs.] Bacon.
  59. Dis/con-vēn'ient, a.p. 382Not convenient or congruous; not conducive. [Obs.]
  60. Dis'cord, n.p. 382Want of concord or agreement; absence of harmony in sentiment or action; variance leading to contention and strife; jarring;—applied to persons or things, to thoughts, feelings, or purposes. Peace to…