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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-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.Dis'lo-cate, a. p. 387Dislocated. Montgomery.Dis'lo-cāte, v. t. p. 387To displace; to put out of its proper place; especially, to put out of joint; to disjoint; to move from the proper socket, cavity, or place of articulation. And thus the archbishop’s see, dislocated…Dis'lo-cā'tion, n. p. 387The act of displacing, or the state of being displaced. Burnet. 2. (Geol.) The displacement of parts of rocks or portions of strata from the situations which they originally occupied. Slips, faults…Dis-lŏdge', v. t. p. 387To drive from a lodge or place of rest; to remove from a place of quiet or repose; as, shells resting in the sea at a considerable depth are not dislodged by storms. 2. To drive out from a place of…Dis-lŏdge', v. i. p. 387To go from a place of rest. Milton.Dis-lŏdg'ment, n. p. 387The act or process of dislodging, or the state of being dislodged.Dis'lo-gis'tic, a. p. 387Not according to logical forms or principles; illogical. [Rare.] 2. Serving to disprove; refutatory. [Rare.]Dis-loign′, v. t. p. 387To put at a distance; to remove. [Obs.] Low-looking dales, disloigned from common gaze. Spenser.Dis-loy'al, a. p. 387Not loyal; not true in fact or feeling to a sovereign or lawful superior; false to allegiance; faithless; treacherous; as, a subject disloyal to the king; a husband disloyal to his wife. “Disloyal…Dis-loy'al-ly, adv. p. 387In a disloyal manner.Dis-loy'al-ty, n. p. 387Want of loyalty; lack of fidelity; violation of allegiance.Dis-māil', v. t. p. 387To deprive of a coat of mail; to cleave off.Dis'mal, a. p. 387Gloomy to the eye or ear; sorrowful and depressing to the feelings; foreboding; cheerless; dull; dark. “A dismal description of an English November.” Southey. Syn.—Dreary; lonesome; gloomy; dark…Dis'mal-ly, adv. p. 387In a dismal manner; gloomily; horribly; sorrowfully; uncomfortably.Dis'mal-ness, n. p. 387The state of being dismal; gloominess; horror.Dis-mān', v. t. p. 387To deprive of the strength or character of a man; to unman. [Obs.] Feltham.Dis-măn’tle, v. t. p. 387To deprive of dress; to divest; to strip. South. 2. To deprive of apparatus, furniture, equipments, or fortifications; as, to dismantle a fort, a town, or a ship. “A dismantled house, without windows…Dis-märch’, v. i. p. 387To march away. [Obs.] Holland.Dis-mār'ry, v. t. p. 387To free from the bonds of marriage; to divorce. [Obs.] Ld. Berners.Dis-mär'shal, v. t. p. 387To derange; to disorder. [Rare.] Drummond.Dis-māsk', v. t. p. 387To strip a mask from; to remove a concealment or disguise from; to uncover. Shak.Dis-māst', v. t. p. 387To deprive of a mast or masts; to break and carry away the masts from; as, a storm dismasted the ship.Dis-māst'ment, n. p. 387The act of dismasting; the state of being dismasted. [Rare.] Marshall.Dis-māw', v. t. p. 387To eject from the maw; to vomit forth; to disgorge. [Obs.] Shelton.Dis-māy', v. t. p. 387To disable with alarm or apprehension; to depress the spirits or courage of; to deprive of firmness and energy through fear; to daunt; to appall; to disquiet. Be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed.…Dis-māy', v. i. p. 388To be disheartened or disabled with fear; to be appalled. [Obs.] It was pure dismaying and fear that made them all run. Pepys.Dis-māy', n. p. 388Loss of firmness and energy through fear; overwhelming and disabling terror; failure of spirits; utter dejection; yielding to fright. 2. Condition fitted to dismay; ruin. Spenser. E'en hell's grim…Dis-māy'ed-ness, n. p. 388A state of being dismayed; dejection of courage; dispiritedness. Sidney.Dis-māy'ful, a. p. 388Full of dismay. [Obs.] Spenser.Disme, n. p. 388A tenth part; a tithe. Ayliffe. 2. The number ten. [Obs. and rare.] “Many thousand dismes.” Shak.Dis-mēm'ber, v. t. p. 388To divide limb from limb; to separate the members of; to tear or cut in pieces; to mutilate. Fowls obscene dismembered his remains. Pope. 2. To strip of its essential parts; to sever and distribute…Dis-mēm'ber-ment, n. p. 388The act of dismembering, or the state of being dismembered; cutting in pieces; mutilation; division; separation. Those germs of domestic corruption which gradually led to its dismemberment and decay.…Dis-mĕt'tled, a. p. 388Destitute of fire or spirit. [Rare.] Llewellyn.Dis-miss', v. t. p. 388To send away; to give leave of departure; to cause or permit to go. “He dismissed the assembly.” Acts xix. 41. 2. To discard; to remove from office, service, or employment; as, the king dismisses his…Dis-miss', n. p. 388Dismission. [Obs.] Sir T. Herbert.Dis-miss'al, n. p. 388Dismission; discharge. Office-holders were commanded faithfully to enforce it, upon pain of immediate dismissal. Malley.Dis-mis’sion, n. p. 388The act of dismissing or sending away; permission to leave; leave to depart; as, the dismission of the grand jury. 2. Removal from office or employment; discharge, either with honor or disgrace. 3. A…Dis-miss'ive, a. p. 388Giving dismission. Milton.Dis-môrt'gage p. 38845), v. t. [imp. & p. p. DISMORTGAGED; p. pr. & vb. n. DISMORTGAGING.] To redeem from mortgage. [Obs.] Howell.Dis-mount', v. i. p. 388To come down; to descend. The bright sun 'ginneth to dismount. Spencer. 2. To alight from a horse; to descend or get off, as a rider from his beast; as, the officer ordered his troops to dismount.Dis-mount', v. t. p. 388To throw or bring down from an elevation, place of honor and authority, or the like. “Dismounted from his authority.” Barrow. 2. To throw or remove from a horse; to unhorse; as, the soldier…Dis-năt'ū-ral-īze, v. t. p. 388To make alien; to deprive of the privileges of birth. Locke.Dis-nāt'ured, a. p. 388Deprived or destitute of natural feelings; unnatural. [Obs.] “A thwart, disnatured torment.” Shak.Dĭs'o-bē'di-ence, n. p. 388Neglect or refusal to obey; violation of a command or prohibition. He is undutiful to him in his other actions, and lives in open disobedience. Tillotson.Dĭs'o-bē'di-en-cy, n. p. 388Disobedience. [Obs.] Taylor.Dĭs/o-bē/dĭ-ent, a. p. 388Neglecting or refusing to obey; omitting to do what is commanded, or doing what is prohibited; refractory; not observant of duty or rules prescribed by authority; — applied to persons and acts. “This…Dis'o-bē'di-ent-ly, adv. p. 388In a disobedient manner.Dis′o-bēi′/sance, n. p. 388Disobedience. [Obs.] Hull.Dĭs'o-bēl'sant, a. p. 388Disobedient. [Obs.] Chaucer.Dis′/o-bey′, v. t. p. 388To neglect or refuse to obey; to transgress the commands of; to refuse submission to; to go counter to; to violate; to infringe; as, refractory children disobey their parents; men disobey their Maker…Dĭs'/o-bey', v. i. p. 388To refuse obedience; to violate commands. He durst not know how to disobey. Sidney.Dĭs'o-bey'er, n. p. 388One who disobeys.Dis-ŏb'li-gā'tion, n. p. 388The act of disobliging. 2. An offense; cause of disgust. [Obs.] Clarendon. 3. Freedom from obligation. Bp. Taylor.Dis-ŏb'li-ga-to-ry, a. p. 388Releasing obligation. “Dis-obligatory power.” K. Charles.Dis/o-blĭge', v. t. p. 388To do an act which contravenes the will or desires of; to offend by an act of unkindness or incivility; to injure in a slight degree; to refuse civility to; to displease; to be unaccommodating to. My…Dĭs/o-blīġe'ment, n. p. 388Act of disobliging. Milton.Dĭs/o-blī'ġer, n. p. 388One who disobliges.Dĭs/o-blĭ'ging-ly, adv. p. 388In a disobliging manner; offensively.