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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-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.Dis'o-bli'ging-ness, n. p. 388Disposition to displease, or want of readiness to please; offensiveness.Dis-ōr'i-ent, v. t. p. 388To turn away from the west; to cause not to know which way is west; to cause to lose the bearings. [Obs.] Harrell.Dis-ŏc'cu-pā'tion, n. p. 388The state of being unemployed; want of occupation. [Obs.] Henry More.Dĭs/o-pĭn'ion, n. p. 388Difference of opinion; want of belief; skepticism. [Obs.] Bp. Reynolds.Dis-ôr'bed', a. p. 388Thrown out of the proper orbit; as, a star disorbed. Shak.Dis-òrd', n. p. 388Same as DISORDER. [Obs.] Holland.Dis-ór'der, n. p. 388Want of order; irregularity; confusion; disarray; as, the troops were thrown into disorder; the papers are in disorder. 2. Neglect of order or system; irregularity. From vulgar bounds with brave…