Dictionary
An American Dictionary of the English Language
Revised and enlarged (Goodrich & Porter)
Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
- Entries
- 95,912
- Pages
- 1,538
- Illustrations
- 2,133
Look up a word as the writers of the time used it.
Dis-in-gên'ū-ous, a. p. 386Not noble or high toned; mean; unworthy; as, disingenuous conduct or schemes. 2. Not ingenuous; wanting in noble candor or frankness; not frank or open; uncandid; unworthily or meanly artful. “So…Dis'in-gĕn'ū-ous-ly, adv. p. 386In a disingenuous manner; unfairly; not openly and candidly.Dis'in-gĕn'ū-ous-ness, n. p. 386The state or quality of being disingenuous; unfairness; want of candor; low craft; as, the disingenuousness of a man, or of his mind or conduct.Dis'/in-hăb'it-ed, a. p. 386Uninhabited. [Obs.] Hakluyt.Dis'in-hēr'i-son, n. p. 386The act of disinheriting, or the state of being disinherited. Bacon.Dis/in-hēr'it, v. t. p. 386To cut off from hereditary right; to deprive of an inheritance; to prevent, as an heir, from coming into possession of any property or right, which, by law or custom, would devolve on him in the…Dis/in-hĕr'it-ance, n. p. 386Act of disinheriting, or condition of being disinherited; disinherison.Dis'in-hūme', v. t. p. 386To disinter. [Rare.]Dis'in-sure', v. t. p. 386To render insecure; to put in danger. [Obs.] Fanshawe.Dis-in'te-gra-ble, a. p. 386Capable of being disintegrated; liable to separation into parts. Argillo-calcite is readily disintegrable by exposure to the atmosphere. Kirwan.Dis-ïn’te-grāte, v. t. p. 386‘To separate into integrant parts; to break up the cohesion of; to reduce to fragments or to powder.’ Marlites are not disintegrated by exposure to the atmosphere, at least in six years. Kirwan.Dis-in/te-grā/tion, n. p. 386The act of disintegrating, or the state of being disintegrated; destruction of cohesion; reduction to parts; the wearing down of rocks by atmospheric action. Society had need of further…Dis'in-têr', v. t. p. 386To take out of the grave or tomb; to unbury; to exhume; to dig up. 2. To bring out, as from a grave or hiding-place; to bring from obscurity into view. The philosopher . . . may be concealed in a…Dis-in'ter-ess, v. t. p. 387To deprive of interest or affection. [Obs.] Camden.Dis-in'ter-ess-ment, n. p. 387Disinterestedness; impartiality. [Obs.] Prior.Dis-in'ter-est, n. p. 387What is contrary to interest or advantage; disadvantage; injury. [Obs.] Glanville. 2. Indifference to profit; want of regard to private advantage. [Obs.] Johnson.Dis-in'ter-est, v. t. p. 387To separate the interests of; to detach. [Obs.] Feltham.Dis-in'ter-est, a. p. 387Disinterested. [Obs.] The measures they shall walk by shall be disinterest and even. Bp. Taylor.Dis-in'ter-est-ed, a. p. 387Not influenced by regard to personal interest; free from considerations of private advantage; having no relation of interest or feeling; as, a disinterested decision or judge. “The happiness of…Dis-in'ter-est-ed-ly, adv. p. 387In a disinterested manner.Dis-in'ter-est-ed-ness, n. p. 387The state or quality of being disinterested; freedom from bias or prejudice, on account of private interest; impartiality. That perfect disinterestedness and self-devotion of which man seems to be…Dis-īn’ter-est-ing, a. p. 387Uninteresting. [Obs.] “Disinteresting passages.” Warburton.Dis'in-tĕr'ment, n. p. 387The act of disintering, or taking out of the earth; exhumation.Dis'in-thrall', v. t. p. 387To disenthrall.Dis'in-thrall'ment, n. p. 387Disenthrallment. Dis-in'tri-cate, v. t. [Prefix dis and intricate, q. v.] To disentangle. [Obs.] Scott.Dĭs'in-ūre', v. t. p. 387To deprive of familiarity or custom; to render unfamiliar. [Obs.] We are hindered and disinured . . . toward the true knowledge. Milton.Dis'in-vĕs'ti-tūre, n. p. 387The act of depriving of investiture. [Obs.] Ogilvie.Dĭs'in-vīte', v. t. p. 387To recall an invitation to. [Obs.] Finett.Dis'in-vŏlve', v. t. p. 387To uncover; to unfold or unroll; to disentangle. [Rare.]Dis-jec'tion, n. p. 387The act of overthrowing or dissipating. Horsley.Dis-join', v. t. p. 387To part; to disunite; to separate; to sunder. That marriage, therefore, God himself disjoins. Milton. Syn. — To disunite; separate; sever; detach; dissever; sunder.Dis-join', v. i. p. 387To become separated; to part.Dis-joint', v. t. p. 387To separate the joints of; to separate, as parts united by joints; to put out of joint; to force out of its socket; to dislocate; as, to disjoint the limbs; to disjoint bones; to disjoint a fowl in…Dis-joint', v. i. p. 387To fall in pieces. Shak.Dis-joint', a. p. 387Disjointed; broken; unconnected. “A disjoint and private interest of his own.” Milton.Dis-joint'ed-ness, n. p. 387State of being disjointed.Dis-joint'ly, adv. p. 387In a disjointed state. Sandys.Dis-jū'di-cā'tion, n. p. 387Judgment; discrimination; determination. [Obs.] Boyle.Dis-jŭnct′, a. p. 387Disjointed; separated. Disjunct tetrachords (Mus.), tetrachords so disposed to each other that the gravest note of the upper is one note higher than the acutest note of the other. Moore.Dis-jŭnc'tion, n. p. 387The act of disjoining; disunion; separation; a parting; as, the disjunction of soul and body. 2. A disjunctive proposition. Coleridge.Dis-jŭnct'ive, a. p. 387Tending to disjoin; separating; disjoining. 2. (Mus.) Pertaining to disjunct tetrachords, “Disjunctive notes.” Moore. Disjunctive conjunction (Gram.), one connecting grammatically two words or…Dis-jūnct'ive, n. p. 387(Gram.) (a.) A disjunctive conjunction. (b.) A disjunctive proposition.Dis-jūnct'ive-ly, adv. p. 387In a disjunctive manner; separately.Dis-jŭnct'ūre, n. p. 387The act of disjoining, or the state of being disjoined; separation. Fuller.Disk, n. p. 387A flat, circular plate; as, a disk of metal, or of paper. 2. A discus; a quoit. Some whirl the disk; and some the javelin dart. Pope. 3. (Astron.) The face or visible projection of a celestial body.…Dis-kĭnd'ness, n. p. 387Want of kindness or affection; injury; detriment.Dis-lāde', v. t. p. 387To unlade. [Obs.] Heywood.Dis-lā'dy, v. t. p. 387To deprive of the title or reputation of a lady. [Obs.] B. Jonson.Dis-lēal', a. p. 387Disloyal; dishonorable. [Obs.] “Disleal knight.” Spenser.Dis-like', n. p. 387Positive and usually permanent aversion; displeasure; disapprobation; repugnance. Of their doings great dislike declared, And testified against their ways. Milton. 2. Discord; disagreement. [Obs.]…Dis-like', v. t. p. 387To regard with dislike; to have an aversion to; to disapprove of; to disrelish. Every nation dislikes an impost. Johnson. 2. To awaken dislike in; to displease. “Disliking countenance.” Marston. “It…Dis-like'ful, a. p. 387Full of dislike; displeased; disagreeable. [Obs.] Spenser.Dis-līke'li-hōōd, n. p. 387The want of likelihood; improbability. W. Scott.Dis-lik'en, v. t. p. 387To make unlike. Shak.Dis-like'ness, n. p. 387Unlikeness; want of resemblance; dissimilitude. [Obs.] Locke.Dis-lik'er, n. p. 387One who dislikes or disrelishes.Dis-limb', v. t. p. 387To tear the limbs from. [Obs.] Bailey.Dis-lĭmn', v. t. p. 387To strike out of a picture; to disfigure. [Obs. and very rare.] The rack dislimns, and makes it indistinct, As water is in water. Shak.Dis-lĭnk', v. t. p. 387To unlink or separate. Whom the electric shock dislinked with shrieks and laughter. Tennyson.Dis-lĭve′, v. t. p. 387To deprive of life. [Obs.] Telemachus dislived Amphimedon. Chapman.