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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-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.Dis-pârt’, v. i. p. 389To separate; to open; to cleave.Dis-pârt', n. p. 389(Gun.) The difference between the thickness of the metal at the mouth and at the breech of a piece of ordnance. On account of the dispart, the line of aim or line of metal, which is in a plane…Dis-pârt’, v. t. p. 389(Gun.) To make allowance for the dispart in, when taking aim. Every gunner, before he shoots, must truly dispart his piece. Lucas. 2. (Gun.) To do away with the dispart of, by making the diameter of…Dis-păs'sion, n. p. 389Freedom from passion; an undisturbed state of the mind; apathy. Temple.Dis-păs'sion-ate, a. p. 389Free from passion; unmoved by feelings; calm; composed; impartial; as, dispassionate men or judges. 2. Not dictated by passion; not proceeding from temper or bias; impartial; as, dispassionate…Dis-păs'sion-ate-ly, adv. p. 389Without passion; calmly; coolly.Dis-păs'sioned, a. p. 389Free from passion; dispassionate. [Obs.] Doane.Dis-pătch′, v. t. p. 389To send off on a special errand of importance, usually in haste. Even with the speediest expedition I will dispatch him to the emperor’s court. Shak. 2. To get rid of by sending off; to put out of…Dis-pătch', v. i. p. 389To make haste; to conclude an affair; to finish a matter of business. They have dispatched with Pompey. Shak.Dis-pătch', n. p. 389The sending of a messenger in haste or on important business; expedition. 2. Any sending away; dismissal; riddance. To the utter dispatche of all their most beloved comforts. Milton. 3. Rapid…Dis-pătch'-bŏx, n. p. 389A box for carrying dispatches; a box for papers and other conveniences of a gentleman when traveling. Thackeray.Dis-pătch'er, n. p. 389One who dispatches.Dis-pătch'ful, a. p. 389Bent on haste; indicating haste; intent on speedy execution of business; as, dispatchful looks. Milton.Dis-pātch'ment, n. p. 389The act of dispatching; dispatch. [Obs.] State Trials.Dis'pa-thy, n. p. 389Lack of sympathy; want of passion; apathy. [Rare.] “Many discrepancies and some dispathies between us.” Southey.Dis-pau'per, v. t. p. 389To deprive of the claim of a pauper to public support, or of the capacity of suing in forma pauperis.Dis-pēace’, n. p. 389Want of peace or quiet. Ogilvie.Dis-pĕl′, v. t. p. 389To drive away; to banish; to cause to disappear; to dissipate; as, to dispel vapors, darkness, fears, cares, or doubts.Dis-pĕnd', v. t. p. 389To spend; to lay out; to expend. [Obs.] Spenser. Able to dispend yearly twenty pounds and above. Fuller.Dis-pĕnd'er, n. p. 389One who dispends. [Obs.]Dis-pĕn'sa-ble, a. p. 389Capable of being dispensed or administered. 2. Capable of being dispensed with. More.Dis-pĕn'sa-ble-ness, n. p. 389The quality of being dispensable. Hammond.Dis-pên'sa-ry, n. p. 389A shop or place in which medicines are dispensed to the poor, and medical advice is given gratis; the shop or place in which medicines are prepared.Dis'pen-sā'tion, n. p. 389The act of dispensing or dealing out; distribution;—often used of the distribution of good and evil by God to man, or more generically of the acts and modes of his administration. Respect the…Dis-pĕn'sa-tīve, a. p. 389Granting dispensation.Dis-pĕn'sa-tive-ly, adv. p. 389By dispensation. Wotton.Dis'pen-sā'tor, n. p. 389One whose employment is to deal out or distribute; a distributor; a dispenser. Bacon.Dis-pĕn'sa-to-ri-ly, adv. p. 389In the way of dispensation; dispensatively.Dis-pĕn'sa-to-ry, a. p. 389Granting, or authorized to grant, dispensations.Dis-pĕn'sa-to-ry, n. p. 389A book which treats of the physical and medical history of medical substances and the composition of medicines, with the proportions of the ingredients and the methods of preparing them.Dis-pênse′, v. t. p. 389To deal or divide out in parts or portions; to distribute; as, the steward dispenses provisions according to his directions. He is delighted to dispense a share of it to all the company. W. Scott. 2.…Dis-pēnse', v. i. p. 389To compensate. [Obs.] One loving hour For many years of sorrow can dispense. Spencer. To dispense with. (a.) To permit the neglect or omission of, as a form, a ceremony, an oath; to suspend the…Dis-pēnse', n. p. 389Dispensation. [Obs.] Milton. 2. Expense; profusion. [Obs.] It was a vault built for great dispense. Spenser.Dis-pĕns'er, n. p. 389One who dispenses; as, a dispenser of favors or of the laws.Dis-pēo'ple, v. t. p. 389To deprive of inhabitants; to depopulate. A certain island long before dispeopled ... by sea-rivers. Milton.Dis-pēo'pler, n. p. 389One who, or that which, dispeoples; a depopulator.Dis-pēr'ge', v. t. p. 389To sprinkle. [Obs.]Di-spĕrm'ōŭs, a. p. 389(Bot.) Two-seeded; containing two seeds only.Dis-pēr'ple, v. t. p. 389To scatter; to disperse; to sprinkle. [Obs. and rare.] Odorous water was Disperpled lightly on my head and neck. Chapman.Dis-pĕrse', v. t. p. 389To scatter here and there; to diffuse; to spread, as knowledge, light, &c.; to make known; as, the Jews are dispersed among all nations. The poet entering on the stage to disperse the argument. B.…Dis-pĕrse', v. i. p. 389To separate; to go or move into different parts; to vanish; as, the company dispersed at ten o'clock; the clouds disperse.Dis-pērsed’, p. a. p. 389Scattered. Dispersed harmony (Mus.), harmony of such a nature that the tones composing the chord are widely separated, as by an octave or more.