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An American Dictionary of the English Language

by Noah Webster

Revised and enlarged (Goodrich & Porter)

Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865

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  1. Dis-quï'et-ly, adv.p. 391Without quiet or rest; in an uneasy state; uneasily; anxiously; as, he rested disquietly that night. [Rare.] Wiseman.
  2. Dis-qui'et-ment, n.p. 392Act of disquieting, or the state of being disquieted. [Obs.] Hopkins.
  3. Dis-qui'et-ness, n.p. 392Disturbance of quiet in body or mind; restlessness; uneasiness. Hooker.
  4. Dis-qui'ĕt-ous, a.p. 392Causing uneasiness. [Obs.] “So distasteful and disquietous to a number of men.” Milton.
  5. Dis-quī'e-tūde, n.p. 392Want of peace or tranquillity; uneasiness; disturbance; agitation; anxiety. By delaying [to keep God's commandments] we necessarily prepare fears and disquietude. Sharp.
  6. Dis'qui-si'tion, n.p. 392A formal or systematic inquiry into, or discussion of, any subject; a full examination or investigation of a matter, by a treatment of the arguments and facts bearing upon it; elaborate essay…
  7. Dĭs'qui-sĭ'tion-al, a.p. 392Relating to disquisition.
  8. Dĭs'qui-sĭ'tion-a-ry, a.p. 392Pertaining to disquisition.
  9. Dis-quĭs'i-tĭve, a.p. 392Relating to disquisition; fond of discussion or investigation; inquisitive.
  10. Dis-quĭs'i-to-ry, a.p. 392Of or pertaining to disquisition. Ed. Rev.
  11. Dis-rāngē', v. t.p. 392To throw out of range; to confuse; to disarrange. [Obs.] Wood.
  12. Dis-rănk', v. t.p. 392To degrade from rank. [Obs.] 2. To throw out of rank or into confusion. [Obs.]
  13. Dis-rā'pi-er, v. t.p. 392To disarm of a rapier. [Obs.] B. Jonson.
  14. Dis-rāy', n.p. 392Disarray; disorder. [Obs.] Holland.
  15. Dis-rē'al-ize, v. t.p. 392To make unreal; to divest of reality; to make uncertain. [Obs.] Udal.
  16. Dis're-gärd', v. t.p. 392Not to regard; to pay no heed to; to omit to take notice of; to neglect to observe; to slight as unworthy of regard or notice; as, to disregard the admonitions of conscience. Studious of good, man…
  17. Dis're-gärd', n.p. 392The act of disregarding, or the state of being disregarded; neglect; omission of notice; want of attention; slight. “The disregard of experience.” Whewell.
  18. Dis're-gärd'er, n.p. 392One who disregards.
  19. Dis're-gärd'fŭl, a.p. 392Neglectful; negligent; heedless.
  20. Dis're-gärd'fŭl-ly, adv.p. 392Negligently; heedlessly.
  21. Dis-rĕg'ū-lar, a.p. 392Deviating from regularity; irregular. [Obs.] Evelyn.
  22. Dis-rĕl'ish, n.p. 392Want of relish; distaste; dislike; some degree of disgust; as, men generally have a disrelish for tobacco, till the taste is reconciled to it by custom. 2. Absence of relishing or palatable quality…
  23. Dis-rĕl'ish, v. t.p. 392Not to relish; to regard as unpalatable, disagreeable, or offensive; to feel a degree of disgust at. 2. To deprive of relish; to make nauseous or disgusting. Milton.
  24. Dis're-mĕm'ber, v. t.p. 392To fail to remember; to forget. Obsolete in England, local in America.
  25. Dis/re-pair', n.p. 392A state of being in bad condition, and wanting repair. [Obs.] Chalmers.
  26. Dis-rĕp'ū-ta-bil'i-ty, n.p. 392The state of being disreputable. [Rare.]
  27. Dis-rĕp'ū-ta-ble, a.p. 392Not reputable; not in esteem; dishonorable; disgracing the reputation; tending to bring into disesteem; as, it is disreputable to associate familiarly with the mean, the lewd, and the profane.…
  28. Dis-rĕp'ū-ta-bly, adv.p. 392In a disreputable manner.
  29. Dis-rĕp'ū-tā'tion, n.p. 392Loss or want of reputation or good name; dishonor; disrepute; disesteem. “A disreputation of piety.” Bp. Taylor.
  30. Dĭs/re-pūte′, n.p. 392Loss or want of reputation; disesteem; discredit. At the beginning of the eighteenth century, astrology fell into general disrepute. W. Scott. Syn.—Disesteem; discredit; dishonor; disgrace.
  31. Dis-re-pūte', v. t.p. 392To bring into disreputation. [Obs.] More inclined to love them than to disrepute them. Bp. Taylor.
  32. Dis/re-spĕct', n.p. 392Want of respect or reverence; disesteem; incivility; irreverence.
  33. Dĭs're-spĕct', v. t.p. 392To show disrespect to.
  34. Dis're-spĕct'er, n.p. 392One who disrespects. [Rare.]
  35. Dis/re-spēct'fŭl, a.p. 392Wanting in respect; manifesting disesteem or want of respect; uncivil; as, disrespectful behavior.
  36. Dĭs're-spĕct'fŭl-ly, adv.p. 392In a disrespectful manner; irreverently; uncivilly.
  37. Dĭs're-spect'ful-ness, n.p. 392Lack of respect.
  38. Dis're-spect'ive, a.p. 392Showing want of respect; disrespectful. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.
  39. Dis-rĕv'er-enced, a.p. 392Treated irreverently; dishonored. [Obs.] Sir T. More.
  40. Dis-rōbe', v. t.p. 392To divest of a robe; to divest of garments; to undress; figuratively, to strip of covering; to divest of that which clothes, dresses, or decorates; as, autumn disrobes the fields of verdure. These…
  41. Dis-rōb'er, n.p. 392One who strips of robes or clothing.
  42. Dis-rōot', v. t.p. 392To tear up the roots of, or by the roots; hence, to tear from a foundation; to loosen or undermine. A piece of ground disrooted from its situation by subterraneous inundations. Goldsmith.
  43. Dis-rout', v. i.p. 392To put to flight in different directions; to scatter in flight. Taylor, 1630.
  44. Dis-rū'li-ly, adv.p. 392In a disorderly manner. [Obs.] Chaucer.
  45. Dis-rū'ly, a.p. 392Unruly; disorderly. [Obs.] Chaucer.
  46. Dis-rŭpt', a.p. 392Rent off; torn asunder; severed by rending or breaking. [Rare.]
  47. Dis-rŭpt', v. t.p. 392To separate; to break asunder; to rend. [Rare.] Thomson.
  48. Dis-rŭp'tion, n.p. 392The act of rending asunder, or the state of being rent asunder; breach; rent; dilaceration; as, the disruption of rocks in an earthquake; disruption of the flesh.
  49. Dis-rŭpt′ive, a.p. 392Causing disruption; accompanied by disruption or violent separation; breaking through; bursting; as, the disruptive discharge of an electrical battery. Nichol.
  50. Dis-rŭpt'ure, n.p. 392Disruption. Jefferson.
  51. Dis-săt′is-făc′tion, n.p. 392The state of being dissatisfied, unsatisfied, or discontented; uneasiness proceeding from the want of gratification, or from disappointed wishes and expectations. The ambitious man is subject to…
  52. Dis-săt'is-făc'to-ri-ness, n.p. 392Inability to satisfy or give content; a failing to give content.
  53. Dis-sāt'is-fāc'to-ry, a.p. 392Causing dissatisfaction; unable to give content; giving discontent; displeasing. To have reduced the different qualifications in the different States to one uniform rule, would probably have been as…
  54. Dis-săt'is-fy, v. t.p. 392To render unsatisfied or discontented; to excite uneasiness in by frustrating wishes or expectations; to displease. “The dissatisfied factions of the autocracy.” Bancroft.
  55. Dis-sēat'ter, v. t.p. 392To scatter abroad; to disperse; to diffuse. [Obs.] Daniel.
  56. Dis-sēat', v. t.p. 392To remove from a seat. Shak.
  57. Dis-sēct′, v. t.p. 392To cut in pieces; to divide with a cutting instrument, by separating the joints; to cut in pieces, as an animal or vegetable, for the purpose of examining the structure and use of its several parts…
  58. Dis-sēct'ed, p. a.p. 392(Bot.) Cut deeply into many lobes or divisions; as, a dissected leaf.
  59. Dis-sēct'i-ble, a.p. 392Capable of being dissected, or separated by dissection. Paley.
  60. Dis-sĕc'tion, n.p. 392The act of dissecting, or of cutting in pieces an animal or vegetable, for the purpose of ascertaining the structure and uses of its parts; anatomy; as, dissection was held sacrilege till the time of…