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An American Dictionary of the English Language
Revised and enlarged (Goodrich & Porter)
Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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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.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…Dĭs'com-pōs'ed-ness, n. p. 381The state of being discomposed; disquiet.Dĭs'com-po-sĭ'tion, n. p. 381Inconsistency; discordance. [Obs.]Dĭs'com-pōs'ure, n. p. 381The state of being discomposed; disorder; agitation; perturbation. No discomposure stirred Her features. Akenside. 2. Discordance; inconsistency. Boyle.Dis-cŏmpt', v. t. p. 381To discount. See DISCOUNT. Butler.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…Dis-cŏn'çert, n. p. 381Want of concert. Temple.Dĭs'con-çĕr'tion, n. p. 381The act of disconcerting, or the state of being disconcerted; confusion; discomposure. Hamilton.Dĭs′/con-dūc′ive, a. p. 382Not conducing; impeding. [Rare.]Dis'con-fōrm'a-ble, a. p. 382Not conformable. Wilson.Dis/con-fōrm'i-ty, n. p. 382Want of conformity or correspondence; inconsistency; disagreement. Tolerate them, though in some disconformity to ourselves. Milton.Dĭs/con-gru'i-ty, n. p. 382Want of congruity; incongruity; disagreement; inconsistency; disparity. Hale.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…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.Dis-cōn'se-crāte, v. t. p. 382To deprive of sacredness; to desecrate. [Rare.]Dis'con-sĕnt', v. i. p. 382To differ; to disagree; to dissent. [Obs.] Milton.Dis-cōn'sō-lance, n. p. 382Disconsolateness.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…Dis-cŏn'sō-lāte, v. t. p. 382To deprive of consolation; to throw into dejection. Goldsmith.Dis-cōn'so·late·ly, adv. p. 382In a disconsolate manner; without comfort.Dis-cōn'sō-la-te-ness, n. p. 382The state of being disconsolate or comfortless.Dis-cŏn'sō-lā'tion, n. p. 382Want of comfort. Jackson.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.…Dĭs'con-tĕnt', a. p. 382Not content; uneasy; dissatisfied. “Is discontent and troubled.” Bp. Taylor.Dis'con-tēnt', v. t. p. 382To deprive of content; to make uneasy; to dissatisfy. Suckling.Dis-cōn'/ten-tā'/tion, n. p. 382Discontent. [Obs.] Sidney.Dis′con-tĕnt′ed-ly, adv. p. 382In a discontented manner or mood.Dis′con-tĕnt′ed-ness, n. p. 382Uneasiness of mind; inquietude; dissatisfaction. Addison.Dis'con-tent'/ful, a. p. 382Full of discontent; discontented. [Obs.] Rowe.Dis'con-tĕnt'ing, a. p. 382Feeling discontent; discontented. Shak.Dis'con-tēnt'ment, n. p. 382The state of being discontented; uneasiness; inquietude. Bacon.Dis'con-tīn'ū-a-ble, a. p. 382Admitting of being discontinued. [Rare.]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…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.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…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.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.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.Dĭs/con-ti-nü'i-ty, n. p. 382Want of continuity or cohesion; disunion of parts. “Discontinuity of surface.” Boyle.Dis'con-tin'ū-or, n. p. 382(Law.) One who deprives another of the possession of an estate by discontinuance. See DISCONTINUANCE.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…Dis'-con-vĕn'-ience, n. p. 382Inconvenience; incommodity; incongruity. [Obs.] Bacon.Dis/con-vēn'ient, a. p. 382Not convenient or congruous; not conducive. [Obs.]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…Dis-côrd’, v. i. p. 382To disagree; to jar; to clash; not to suit; not to be coincident. [Obs.] Bacon.Dis-côrd'a-ble, a. p. 382Disagreeing; different; discordant. [Obs.] Halliwell.Dis-côrd'ance or Dis-côrd'an-cy, n. p. 382State or quality of being discordant; disagreement; inconsistency. There will arise a thousand discordances of opinion. J. Taylor.Dis-côrd'ant, a. p. 382Disagreeing; incongruous; being at variance; clashing; opposing. The discordant elements out of which the emperor had compounded his realm did not coalesce. Motley. 2. (Mus.) Dissonant; not in…Dis-côrd'ant-ly, adv. p. 382In a discordant manner; inconsistently; dissonantly.Dis-côrd'ant-ness, n. p. 382The state of being discordant; discordance.Dis-côrd'ful, a. p. 382Full of discord; contentious. [Obs.] Spenser.Dis-côrd’oûs, a. p. 382Full of discord. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.Dis-côr'po-rate, a. p. 382Deprived of the privileges or form of a body corporate. Jas. II.Dis-côr're-spônd'ent, a. p. 382Incongruous. Mountagu.Dis-eōst', v. i. p. 382The same as DISCOAST. [Obs.]Dis-coun'sel, v. t. p. 382To dissuade. [Obs.] Spenser.Dis'count, n. p. 382A deduction from, or abatement of, a sum of money forming the object of a business transaction; an allowance made for any reason upon an account, debt, demand, price asked, and the like. 2. A…Dis'count or Dis-count', v. t. p. 382To deduct from an account, debt, charge, and the like; to make an abatement of; as, merchants sometimes discount five or six per cent. for prompt or for advanced payment. 2. To loan money upon…Dis′count or Dis-count′, v. i. p. 382To lend, or make a practice of lending, money, abating the discount; as, the banks discount for sixty or ninety days.