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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-rănk', v. t. p. 392To degrade from rank. [Obs.] 2. To throw out of rank or into confusion. [Obs.]Dis-rā'pi-er, v. t. p. 392To disarm of a rapier. [Obs.] B. Jonson.Dis-rāy', n. p. 392Disarray; disorder. [Obs.] Holland.Dis-rē'al-ize, v. t. p. 392To make unreal; to divest of reality; to make uncertain. [Obs.] Udal.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…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.Dis're-gärd'er, n. p. 392One who disregards.Dis're-gärd'fŭl, a. p. 392Neglectful; negligent; heedless.Dis're-gärd'fŭl-ly, adv. p. 392Negligently; heedlessly.Dis-rĕg'ū-lar, a. p. 392Deviating from regularity; irregular. [Obs.] Evelyn.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…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.Dis're-mĕm'ber, v. t. p. 392To fail to remember; to forget. Obsolete in England, local in America.Dis/re-pair', n. p. 392A state of being in bad condition, and wanting repair. [Obs.] Chalmers.Dis-rĕp'ū-ta-bil'i-ty, n. p. 392The state of being disreputable. [Rare.]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.…Dis-rĕp'ū-ta-bly, adv. p. 392In a disreputable manner.Dis-rĕp'ū-tā'tion, n. p. 392Loss or want of reputation or good name; dishonor; disrepute; disesteem. “A disreputation of piety.” Bp. Taylor.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.Dis-re-pūte', v. t. p. 392To bring into disreputation. [Obs.] More inclined to love them than to disrepute them. Bp. Taylor.Dis/re-spĕct', n. p. 392Want of respect or reverence; disesteem; incivility; irreverence.Dĭs're-spĕct', v. t. p. 392To show disrespect to.Dis're-spĕct'er, n. p. 392One who disrespects. [Rare.]Dis/re-spēct'fŭl, a. p. 392Wanting in respect; manifesting disesteem or want of respect; uncivil; as, disrespectful behavior.Dĭs're-spĕct'fŭl-ly, adv. p. 392In a disrespectful manner; irreverently; uncivilly.Dĭs're-spect'ful-ness, n. p. 392Lack of respect.Dis're-spect'ive, a. p. 392Showing want of respect; disrespectful. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.Dis-rĕv'er-enced, a. p. 392Treated irreverently; dishonored. [Obs.] Sir T. More.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…Dis-rōb'er, n. p. 392One who strips of robes or clothing.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.Dis-rout', v. i. p. 392To put to flight in different directions; to scatter in flight. Taylor, 1630.Dis-rū'li-ly, adv. p. 392In a disorderly manner. [Obs.] Chaucer.Dis-rū'ly, a. p. 392Unruly; disorderly. [Obs.] Chaucer.Dis-rŭpt', a. p. 392Rent off; torn asunder; severed by rending or breaking. [Rare.]Dis-rŭpt', v. t. p. 392To separate; to break asunder; to rend. [Rare.] Thomson.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.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.Dis-rŭpt'ure, n. p. 392Disruption. Jefferson.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…Dis-săt'is-făc'to-ri-ness, n. p. 392Inability to satisfy or give content; a failing to give content.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…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.Dis-sēat'ter, v. t. p. 392To scatter abroad; to disperse; to diffuse. [Obs.] Daniel.Dis-sēat', v. t. p. 392To remove from a seat. Shak.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…Dis-sēct'ed, p. a. p. 392(Bot.) Cut deeply into many lobes or divisions; as, a dissected leaf.Dis-sēct'i-ble, a. p. 392Capable of being dissected, or separated by dissection. Paley.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…Dis-sĕct'or, n. p. 392One who dissects; an anatomist.Dis-sēize', v. t. p. 392(Law.) To deprive of actual seizin or possession; to dispossess wrongfully;—followed by of; as, to disseize a tenant of his freehold. [Written also disseise.] Which savage beasts strive as eagerly to…Dis-sēi-zee', n. p. 392(Law.) A person disseized, or put out of possession of an estate unlawfully.Dis-sēl'zin, n. p. 392(Law.) The act of disseiz-ing; an unlawful dispossessing of a person actually seized of the freehold; a deprivation of actual seizin. [Written also dissézin.] Blackstone.Dis-sēi’zor, n. p. 392(Law.) One who disseizes, or puts another out of possession or seizin of the freehold wrongfully. Blackstone.Dis-sēi'zor-ess, n. p. 392(Law.) A woman who disseizes.Dis-sēiz'ūre, n. p. 392The act of disseizing; disseizin. [Obs.] Speed.Dis-sĕm′blance, n. p. 392Want of resemblance; dissimilitude. [Rare.] Osborne.Dis-sēm'ble, v. t. p. 392To hide under a false semblance or seeming; to put an untrue appearance upon; to disguise; to mask; as, to dissemble the truth. “Did dissemble her sad thought’s unrest.” Spenser. 2. To put on the…Dis-sēm'ble, v. i. p. 392To conceal the real fact, motives, intention, or sentiments, under some pretense; to assume a false appearance; to act the hypocrite. And have also stolen, and dissembled also. Josh. vii. 11.Dis-sēm'bler, n. p. 392One who dissembles; one who conceals his opinions or dispositions under a false appearance; a hypocrite. It is the weakest sort of politicians that are the greatest dissemblers. Bacon.…