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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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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…Dis-ôr'der, v. t. p. 388To disturb the order of; to derange; to throw into confusion; to confuse. “Dangerously disordering the whole frame of jurisprudence.” Burke. The burden . . . disordered the aids and auxiliary rafters…Dis-ôr'dered-ly, adv. p. 388Disorderly. Holinshed.Dis-ôr'dered-ness, n. p. 388A state of disorder or irregularity; confusion. Knolles.Dís-ôr'der-li-ness, n. p. 388State of being disorderly.Dis-ôr'der-ly, a. p. 388Not in order; marked by disorder; as, the books and papers are in a disorderly state. 2. Not acting in an orderly way, as the functions of the body. 3. Not complying with the restraints of order and…Dis-ôr'der-ly, adv. p. 388In a disorderly manner; irregularly; confusedly. Withdraw yourselves from every brother that walketh disorderly. 2 Thess. iii. 6. Savages fighting disorderly with stones. Raleigh.Dis-ôr'di-nance, n. p. 388Disorder. [Obs.] Chaucer.Dis-ôr'di-nate, a. p. 388Violating good order; disorderly. [Obs.] They dance with disordinate gestures. — Prynne.Dis-ôr'di-nate-ly, adv. p. 388Inordinately; irregularly; viciously. [Obs.]Dis-ôr'di-nā'tiôn, n. p. 388The state of being in disorder; derangement; confusion. [Obs.] Bacon.Dis-ôr/gan-i-zā'tion, n. p. 388The act of disorganizing; the act of destroying organic structure, or connected system; the act of destroying order. 2. The state of being disorganized; as, the disorganization of the body, or of…Dis-ôr'gan-īze, v. t. p. 388To break or destroy the organic structure or connected system of; to dissolve the regular system or union of parts in; to throw into utter disorder; to disarrange and break up. Lyford . . . attempted…Dis-ôr'gan-iz'er, n. p. 388One who disorganizes or causes disorder and confusion.Dis-ō'ri-ent, v. t. p. 388To turn from the east; to cause not to know which way is east; to cause to lose the bearings; to confuse. [Obs.] Warburton.Dis-ō'ri-en-tā'ted, a. p. 388Turned from the east; turned from the right direction. [Obs.] Harris.Dis-ōwn′, v. t. p. 388To refuse to own or acknowledge as belonging to one's self; to disavow; as, a parent can hardly disown his child; an author will sometimes disown his writings. 2. To refuse to acknowledge; not to…Dis-ōwn'ment, n. p. 388Act of disowning. [Rare.]Dis-ŏx'i-dāte, v. t. p. 388(Chem.) To reduce from oxidation; to reduce from the state of an oxide by disengaging oxygen from a substance; as, to disoxidate iron or copper.Dis-ŏx/i-dā'tion, n. p. 388(Chem.) The act or process of freeing from oxygen and reducing from the state of an oxide.Dis-ŏx'y-gen-āte, v. t. p. 388(Chem.) To deprive of oxygen.Dis-ôx'y-gen-ā'tion, n. p. 388(Chem.) The act or process of separating oxygen from any substance.Dis-pāce', v. i. p. 388To range about. [Obs.] “In this fair plot dispacing to and fro.” Spenser.Dis-pâir', v. t. p. 388To separate; — said of a pair or couple. Beau. & Fl.Dis-pănd’, v. t. p. 388To display; to spread out; to extend. [Obs.] Bailey.Dis-păn'sion, n. p. 388The act of dispanding, or the state of being dispanded. [Obs.] Bailey.Dis-pār'a-dīsed, a. p. 388Removed from paradise. [Obs.] Cockeram.Dis-pâr'age, v. t. p. 388To match unequally; to degrade or dishonor by an unequal marriage. [Obs.] “To disparage my daughter.” Chaucer. 2. To dishonor by a comparison with what is inferior; to lower in rank or estimation; to…Dis-păr'age, n. p. 388Inequality in marriage. [Obs.] “Dissuaded her from such a disparage.” Spencer.Dis-păr'age-ment, n. p. 388Marriage with a person of inferior rank or condition; an unequal match; the disgrace dependent on such a connection; unsuitableness for marriage in consequence of rank. And thought that match a foul…Dis-păr'a-ger, n. p. 389One who disparages or dishonors; one who vilifies or disgraces.Dis-păr'a-ging-ly, adv. p. 389In a manner to disparage or dishonor.Dis'pa-rate, a. p. 389Unequal; unlike; dissimilar. Connecting disparate thoughts, purely by means of resemblances in the words expressing them. Coleridge. 2. (Logic.) Pertaining to two co-ordinate species or divisions.Dĭs'pa-rātes, n. pl. p. 389Things so unequal or unlike that they can not be compared with each other.Dĭs'pa-rĭ'tion, n. p. 389The act of disappearing; disappearing. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.Dis-păr'i-ty, n. p. 389Inequality; difference in age, rank, condition, or excellence; dissimilitude; as, a disparity of years, of condition, or circumstances;—followed by between, in, or of; as, disparity in or of years.…Dis-pärk', v. t. p. 389To throw open, as a park; to lay open. The Gentiles were made to be God's people when the Jews' inclosure was disparked. Bp. Taylor. 2. To set at large; to release from inclosure or confinement.…Dis-pärk'le, v. t. p. 389To scatter abroad; to disperse; to divide. [Obs.] Holland.Dis-pärt',, v. t. p. 389To part asunder; to divide; to separate; to sever; to burst; to rend; to rive or split; as, disparted air; disparted towers; disparted chaos. Themselves they did dispart. Spencer.