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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'em-ploy', v. t.p. 384To throw out of employment. Bp. Taylor.
  2. Dis'em-ploy'ment, n.p. 384The state of being disemployed, or deprived of employment. “This glut of leisure and disemployment.” Bp. Taylor.
  3. Dis'em-pow'er, v. t.p. 384To deprive of power; to divest of strength. H. Bushnell.
  4. Dis'en-ā'ble, v. t.p. 384To deprive of power, natural or moral; to disable; to disqualify. The sight of it might damp me and disenable me to speak. State Trials.
  5. Dis'en-ăm'or, v. t.p. 384To free from the captivity of love. Shelton.
  6. Dis'en-chänt', v. t.p. 384To free from enchantment; to deliver from the power of charms or spells; to free from fascination or delusion. Haste to thy work; a noble stroke or two Ends all the charms, and disenchants the grove.…
  7. Dis'en-chänt'er, n.p. 384One who, or that which, disenchants.
  8. Dis'en-chänt'ment, n.p. 384Act of disenchanting, or state of being disenchanted. Shelton.
  9. Dis'en-chärm', v. t.p. 384To free from the influence of a charm or spell; to disenchant. Bp. Taylor.
  10. Dis'en-clōse', v. t.p. 384See DISINCLOSE.
  11. Dis'en-cou'r'age-ment, n.p. 384Discouragement; depression. [Obs.] Spectator.
  12. Dis'en-cŭm'ber, v. t.p. 384To free from encumbrance, or from any thing which clogs, impedes, or obstructs; to disburden. I have disencumbered myself from rhyme. Dryden.
  13. Dis'en-cŭm'brance, n.p. 385Freedom or deliverance from encumbrance, or any thing burdensome or troublesome. Spectator.
  14. Dis'en-dow'ment, n.p. 385The act of depriving of an endowment.
  15. Dis'en-fran'chise, v. t.p. 385To deprive of the privileges of citizenship, especially that of suffrage; to disfranchise. Ogilvie.
  16. Dis'en-frăn'chīse-ment, n.p. 385The act of disenfranchising.
  17. Dis'en-gā'ge', v. t.p. 385To release from that with which any thing is engaged, engrossed, or entangled; to extricate; to detach; to set free; to liberate; to clear; as, to disengage one from a party, from broils and…
  18. Dis'en-gā'ge', v. i.p. 385To release one's self; to become detached. From a friend's grave how soon we disengage! Young.
  19. Dis'en-gā'ged-ness, n.p. 385The state of being disengaged; freedom from occupation. 2. Vacuity of attention.
  20. Dis'en-gā'ge'ment, n.p. 385The act of disengaging, releasing, setting free, or detaching; extrication. It is easy to render this disengagement of caloric and light evident to the senses. Lavoisier, Trans. 2. The state of being…
  21. Dis'en-gā'ging, p. a.p. 385Separating; loosing; setting free; detaching. Disengaging machinery. See ENGAGING.
  22. Dis'en-nō'ble, v. t.p. 385To deprive of that which ennobles; to lower; to degrade. An unworthy behavior degrades and disennobles a man. Guardian.
  23. Dis'en-rōll', v. i.p. 385To erase from a roll or list. Donne.
  24. Dis'en-sān'i-ty, n.p. 385Insanity; folly. [Obs.] What tediosity and disensanity Is here among you! Beau. & Fl.
  25. Dis'en-slāve', v. t.p. 385To free from bondage; to disenthrall. South.
  26. Dis'en-tāng'gle, v. t.p. 385To free from entanglement; to release from a condition of being intricately and confusedly involved; to reduce to orderly separation; as, to disentangle network; to disentangle a skein of yarn. 2. To…
  27. Dis'en-tāng'gle-ment, n.p. 385The act of disentangling or extricating. Warton.
  28. Dis'en-tēr', v. t.p. 385See DISINTER.
  29. Dis'en-thrall', v. t.p. 385To release from thralldom or slavery; to give freedom to. Thou didst me disenthrall. Milton.
  30. Dis’en-thrōne’, v. t.p. 385To dethrone; to depose from sovereign authority. Milton.
  31. Dis'en-tī'tle, v. t.p. 385To deprive of title or claim. South. Every ordinary offense does not disentitle a son to the love of his father. South.
  32. Dis'en-tomb', v. t.p. 385To take out from a tomb.
  33. Dis-ēn'trail, v. t.p. 385To disembowel; to eviscerate. [Obs.] Spenser.
  34. Dis'en-trānçe', v. t.p. 385To awaken from a trance; to arouse from a revery. Hudibras.
  35. Dis'en-twine', v. t.p. 385To free from being entwined or twisted. Shelley.
  36. Dis-ërt', a.p. 385Eloquent. [Obs.]
  37. Dis-ēr'ti-tūde, n.p. 385Eloquence. [Obs.]
  38. Dis'es-pouse', v. t.p. 385To release from espousal or plighted faith. Milton.
  39. Dĭs'es-tāb'lish, v. t.p. 385To unsettle; to break up. [Obs.]
  40. Dĭs’es-teem’, n.p. 385Want of esteem; low regard, inclining to dislike; disfavor. Milton.
  41. Dĭs'es-teem', v. t.p. 385To feel an absence of esteem for; to regard with disapproval or disfavor; to slight. “Qualities which society does not disesteem.” Bulwer. But if this sacred gift you disesteem. Denham. 2. To deprive…
  42. Dís'es-teem'er, n.p. 385One who disesteems. Boyle.
  43. Dis-ès/ti-mā'tion, n.p. 385Disesteem. Reynolds.
  44. Dis-ex'er-cise, v. t.p. 385To deprive of exercise; to leave untrained. [Obs.] “By disexercising . . . our abilities.” Milton.
  45. Dis-făn'cy, v. t.p. 385To dislike. [Obs.] Hammond.
  46. Dis-făsh'ion, v. t.p. 385To disfigure. [Obs.] Sir T. More.
  47. Dis-fā'vor, n.p. 385Want of favor or favorable regard; disesteem; disregard. “The people that have deserved my disfavor.” Isa. x. 6. (Bible, 1551.) 2. The state of not being in favor; a being under the frown or…
  48. Dis-fā'vor, v. t.p. 385To withhold or withdraw favor from; to regard with disesteem; to discountenance. Countenanced or disfavored according as they obey. Swift.
  49. Dis-fā'vor-a-ble, a.p. 385Not favorable; unpropitious; unfavorable. [Obs.] Stow.
  50. Dis-fā'vor-a-bly, adv.p. 385In an unfavorable manner; unpropitiously. [Obs.] Mountagu.
  51. Dis-fā'vor-er, n.p. 385One who disfavors. Bacon.
  52. Dis-fēat'ūre, v. t.p. 385To deprive of features; to mar the features of. [Rare.]
  53. Dis-fĕl'lōw-shĭp, v. t.p. 385To exclude from fellowship; to refuse intercourse with. “An attempt to disfellowship an evil, but to fellowship the evil-doer.” Freewill Bapt. Qu.
  54. Dis-fig'ū-rā'tion, n.p. 385The act of disfiguring, or the state of being disfigured; defacement; deformity; disfigurement.
  55. Dis-fig'ûre, v. t.p. 385To mar the figure of; to render less complete, perfect, or beautiful in appearance; to deface; to deform. “Disfiguring not God’s likeness, but their own.” Milton. Syn.—To deface; deform; mar; injure.
  56. Dis-fig'ûre-ment, n.p. 385The act of disfiguring, or the state of being disfigured; deformity. Milton. 2. That which disfigures; a defacement. Uncommon expressions . . . are a disfigurement rather than any embellishment of…
  57. Dis-fig'ür-er, n.p. 385One who disfigures.
  58. Dis-flĕsh', v. t.p. 385To reduce the flesh or obesity of. [Obs.] Shelton.
  59. Dis-fōr'est, v. t.p. 385To disafforest. Fuller.
  60. Dis-fôrm'i-ty, n.p. 385Discordance or diversity of form; variety. Uniformity or disformity in comparing together the respective figures of bodies. S. Clarke.