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Cut off even in the blossoms of my sin, Unhouseled, disappointed , unaneled. Shak.

Disappointment <Xpage=418>

Dis`ap*point"ment (?) , n. [Cf. F. d\'82sappointement .]

1. The act of disappointing, or the state of being disappointed; defeat or failure of expectation or hope; miscarriage of design or plan; frustration.

If we hope for things of which we have not thoroughly considered the value, our disappointment will be greater our pleasure in the fruition of them. Addison.

In disappointment thou canst bless. Keble.

2. That which disappoints.

Syn. -- Miscarriage; frustration; balk.

Disappreciate <Xpage=418>

Dis`ap*pre"ci*ate (?) , v. t. [See Appreciate .] To undervalue; not to esteem. -- Dis`ap*pre`ci*a"tion (#) , n.

Disapprobation <Xpage=418>

Dis*ap`pro*ba"tion (?) , n. [Pref. dis- + approbation : cf. F. d\'82sapprobation . Cf. Disapprove .] The act of disapproving; mental condemnation of what is judged wrong, unsuitable, or inexpedient; feeling of censure. < We have ever expressed the most unqualified disapprobation of all the steps. Burke.

Disapprobatory <Xpage=418>

Dis*ap"pro*ba`to*ry (?) , a. Containing disapprobation; serving to disapprove.

Disappropriate <Xpage=418>

Dis`ap*pro"pri*ate (?) , a. (Law) Severed from the appropriation or possession of a spiritual corporation.

The appropriation may be severed, and the church become disappropriate , two ways. Blackstone.

Disappropriate <Xpage=418>

Dis`ap*pro"pri*ate (?) , v. t.

1. To release from individual ownership or possession.

Milton.

2. (Law) To sever from appropriation or possession a spiritual corporation.

Appropriations of the several parsonages . . . would heave been, by the rules of the common law, disappropriated . Blackstone.

Disappropriation <Xpage=418>

Dis`ap*pro`pri*a"tion (?) , n. The act of disappropriating.

Disapproval <Xpage=418>

Dis`ap*prov"al (?) , n. Disapprobation; dislike; censure; adverse judgment.

Disapprove <Xpage=418>

Dis`ap*prove (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Disapproved (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Disapproving .] [Pref. dis- + approve : cf. F. d\'82approuver . Cf. Disapprobation .]

1. To pass unfavorable judgment upon; to condemn by an act of the judgment; to regard as wrong, unsuitable, or inexpedient; to censure; as, to disapprove the conduct of others .

2. To refuse official approbation to; to disallow; to decline to sanction; as, the sentence of the court-martial was disapproved by the commander in chief .

&hand; This verb is often followed by of ; as, to disapprove of an opinion, of such conduct. See Approve .

Disapprover <Xpage=418>

Dis`ap*prov"er (?) , n. One who disapproves.

Disapprovingly <Xpage=418>

Dis`ap*prov"ing*ly , adv. In a disapproving manner.

Disard <Xpage=418>

Dis"ard (?) , n. See Dizzard . [Obs.]

Burton.

Disarm <Xpage=418>

Dis*arm" (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Disarming (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Disarming .] [OE. desarmen , F. d\'82sarmer ; pref. d\'82s- (L. dis- ) + armer to arm. See Arm .]

1. To deprive of arms; to take away the weapons of; to deprive of the means of attack or defense; to render defenseless.

Security disarms the best-appointed army. Fuller.

The proud was half disarmed of pride. Tennyson.

2. To deprive of the means or the disposition to harm; to render harmless or innocuous; as, to disarm a man's wrath .

Disarmament <Xpage=418>

Dis*arm"a*ment (?) , n. [Cf. F. d\'82sarmement .] The act of disarming.

Disarmature <Xpage=418>

Dis*ar"ma*ture (?; 135) , n. [Pref. dis- + armature .] The act of divesting of armature. [R.]

Disarmed <Xpage=418>

Dis*armed" (?) , a.

1. Deprived of arms.

2. (Her.) Deprived of claws, and teeth or beaks.

Cussans.

Disarmer <Xpage=418>

Dis*arm"er (?) , n. One who disarms.

Disarrange <Xpage=418>

Dis`ar*range" (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Disarranged (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Disarranging .] [Pref. dis- + arrange : cf. F. d\'82sarranger .] To unsettle or disturb the order or due arrangement of; to throw out of order.

Disarrangement <Xpage=418>

Dis`ar*range"ment (?) , n. The act of disarranging, or the state of being disarranged; confusion; disorder.

Cowper.

Disarray <Xpage=418>

Dis`ar*ray" (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Disarrayed (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Disarraying .] [Pref. dis- + array , v.: cf. OF. desarroyer , desarreier .]

1. To throw into disorder; to break the array of.

Who with fiery steeds Oft disarrayed the foes in battle ranged. Fenton.

2. To take off the dress of; to unrobe.

So, as she bade, the witch they disarrayed . Spenser.

Disarray <Xpage=418>

Dis`ar*ray" (?) , n. [Cf. F. d\'82sarroi .]

1. Want of array or regular order; disorder; confusion.

Disrank the troops, set all in disarray . Daniel.

2. Confused attire; undress.

Spenser.

Disarrayment <Xpage=418>

Dis`ar*ray"ment (?) , n. Disorder. [R.]

Feltham.

Disarticulate <Xpage=418>

Dis`ar*tic"u*late (?) , v. t. To sunder; to separate, as joints. -- Dis`ar*tic`u*la"tion (#) , n.

Disarticulator <Xpage=418>

Dis`ar*tic"u*la`tor (?) , n. One who disarticulates and prepares skeletons.

Disassent <Xpage=418>

Dis`as*sent" (?) , v. i. To dissent. [Obs.]

Disassent <Xpage=418>

Dis`as*sent" , n. Dissent. [Obs.]

E. Hall.

Disassenter <Xpage=418>

Dis`as*sent"er (?) , n. One who disassents; a dissenter. [Obs.]

State Trials (1634).

Disassiduity <Xpage=418>

Dis*as`si*du"i*ty (?) , n. Want of as siduity or care. [R.]

Sir H. Wotton.

Disassimilate <Xpage=418>

Dis`as*sim"i*late (?) , v. t. (Physiol.) To subject to disassimilation.

Disassimilation <Xpage=418>

Dis`as*sim`i*la"tion (?) , n. (Physics) The decomposition of complex substances, within the organism, into simpler ones suitable only for excretion, with evolution of energy, -- a normal nutritional process the reverse of assimilation; downward metabolism.

The breaking down of already existing chemical compounds into simpler ones, sometimes called disassimilation . Martin.

Disassimilative <Xpage=418>

Dis`as*sim"i*la*tive (?) , a. (Physiol.) Having power to disassimilate; of the nature of disassimilation.

Disassimilative processes constitute a marked feature in the life of animal cells. McKendrick.

Disassociate <Xpage=418>

Dis`as*so"ci*ate (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Disassociated (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Disassociating (?) .] To disconnect from things associated; to disunite; to dissociate.

Florio.

Disaster <Xpage=418>

Dis*as"ter (?) , n. [F. d\'82sastre ; pref. d\'82s- (L. dis- ) + astre star, fr. L. astrum ; a word of astrological origin. See Aster , Astral , Star .]

1. An unpropitious or baleful aspect of a planet or star; malevolent influence of a heavenly body; hence, an ill portent. [Obs.]

Disasters in the sun. Shak.

2. An adverse or unfortunate event, esp. a sudden and extraordinary misfortune; a calamity; a serious mishap.

But noble souls, through dust and heat, Rise from disaster and defeat The stronger. Longfellow.

Syn. -- Calamity; misfortune; mishap; mischance; visitation; misadventure; ill luck. See Calamity .

Disaster <Xpage=418>

Dis*as"ter , v. t.

1. To blast by the influence of a baleful star. [Obs.]

Sir P. Sidney.

2. To bring harm upon; to injure. [R.]

Thomson.

Disasterly <Xpage=418>

Dis*as"ter*ly , adv. Disastrously. [Obs.]

Drayton.

Disastrous <Xpage=418>

Dis*as"trous (?) , a. [Cf. F. d\'82sastreux . See Disaster .]

1. Full of unpropitious stellar influences; unpropitious; ill-boding. [Obs.]

The moon In dim eclipse, disastrous twilight sheds. Milton.

2. Attended with suffering or disaster; very unfortunate; calamitous; ill-fated; as, a disastrous day; a disastrous termination of an undertaking.

Wherein I spake of most disastrous chances. Shak.

-- Dis*as"trous*ly , adv. -- Dis*as"trous*ness , n.

Disattire <Xpage=418>

Dis`at*tire" (?) , v. t. [Pref. dis- + attire : cf. OF. desatirier .] To unrobe; to undress.

Spenser.

Disaugment <Xpage=418>

Dis`aug*ment" (?) , v. t. To diminish. [R.]

Disauthorize <Xpage=418>

Dis*au"thor*ize (?) , v. t. To deprive of credit or authority; to discredit. [R.]

W. Wotton.

Disavaunce <Xpage=418>

Dis`a*vaunce" (?) , v. t. [Cf. Disadvance .] To retard; to repel; to do damage to. [Obs.]

Chaucer.

Disaventure <Xpage=418>

Dis`a*ven"ture (?; 135) , n. [See Disadventure , Adventure .] Misfortune. [Obs.]

Spenser.

Disaventurous <Xpage=418>

Dis`a*ven"tur*ous (?) , a. Misadventurous; unfortunate. [Obs.]

Spenser.

Disavouch <Xpage=418>

Dis`a*vouch" (?) , v. t. [Pref. dis- + avouch . Cf. Disavow .] To disavow. [R.]

Daniel.

Disavow <Xpage=418>

Dis`a*vow" (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Disavowed (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Disavowing .] [F. d\'82savouer ; pref. d\'82s- (L. dis -) + avouer to avow. See Avow , and cf. Disavouch .]

1. To refuse strongly and solemnly to own or acknowledge; to deny responsibility for, approbation of, an the like; to disclaim; to disown; as, he was charged with embezzlement, but he disavows the crime .

A solemn promise made and disavowed . Dryden.

2. To deny; to show the contrary of; to disprove.

Yet can they never Toss into air the freedom of my birth, Or disavow my blood Plantagenet's. Ford.

Disavowal <Xpage=418>

Dis`a*vow"al (?) , n. The act of disavowing, disclaiming, or disowning; rejection and denial.

An earnest disavowal of fear often proceeds from fear. Richardson.

Disavowance <Xpage=418>

Dis`a*vow"ance (?) , n. Disavowal. [Obs.]

South.

Disavower <Xpage=418>

Dis`a*vow"er (?) , n. One who disavows.

Disavowment <Xpage=418>

Dis`a*vow"ment (?) , n. Disavowal. [R.]

Wotton.

Disband <Xpage=418>

Dis*band" (?; see Dis- ) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Disbanded ; p. pr. & vb. n. Disbanding .] [Pref. dis- + band : cf. OF. desbander , F. d\'82bander , to unbind, unbend. See Band , and cf. Disbend , Disbind .]

1. To loose the bands of; to set free; to disunite; to scatter; to disperse; to break up the organization of; especially, to dismiss from military service; as, to disband an army .

They disbanded themselves and returned, every man to his own dwelling. Knolles.

2. To divorce. [Obs.]

And therefore . . . she ought to be disbanded . Milton.

Disband <Xpage=418>

Dis*band" , v. i. To become separated, broken up, dissolved, or scattered; especially, to quit military service by breaking up organization.

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When both rocks and all things shall disband . Herbert.

Human society would in a short space disband . Tillotson.

Disbandment <Xpage=419>

Dis*band"ment (?) , n. The act of disbanding.

Disbar <Xpage=419>

Dis*bar" (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Disbarred (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Disbarring .] (Law) To expel from the bar, or the legal profession; to deprive (an attorney, barrister, or counselor) of his status and privileges as such.

Abbott.

Disbark <Xpage=419>

Dis*bark" (?) , v. t. [Pref. dis- + bark a small ship: cf. OF. desbarquer , F. d\'82barquer . Cf. Debark , Disembark .] To disembark.

Pope.

Disbark <Xpage=419>

Dis*bark" , v. t. [Pref. dis- + bark rind.] To strip of bark; to bark. [R.]

Boyle.

Disbarment <Xpage=419>

Dis*bar"ment (?) , n. Act of disbarring.

Disbase <Xpage=419>

Dis*base" (?) , v. t. [Cf. Debase .] To debase or degrade. [Obs.]

Nor you nor your house were so much as spoken of before I disbased myself. B. Jonson.

Disbecome <Xpage=419>

Dis`be*come" (?) , v. t. To misbecome. [Obs.]

Massinger.

Disbelief <Xpage=419>

Dis*be*lief" (?) , n. The act of disbelieving;; a state of the mind in which one is fully persuaded that an opinion, assertion, or doctrine is not true; refusal of assent, credit, or credence; denial of belief.

Our belief or disbelief of a thing does not alter the nature of the thing. Tillotson.

No sadder proof can be given by a man of his own littleness that disbelief in great men. Carlyle.

Syn. -- Distrust; unbelief; incredulity; doubt; skepticism. -- Disbelief , Unbelief . Unbelief is a mere failure to admit; disbelief is a positive rejection. One may be an unbeliever in Christianity from ignorance or want of inquiry; a unbeliever has the proofs before him, and incurs the guilt of setting them aside. Unbelief is usually open to conviction; disbelief is already convinced as to the falsity of that which it rejects. Men often tell a story in such a manner that we regard everything they say with unbelief . Familiarity with the worst parts of human nature often leads us into a disbelief in many good qualities which really exist among men.

Disbelieve <Xpage=419>

Dis`be*lieve" (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Disbelieved (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Disbelieving .] Not to believe; to refuse belief or credence to; to hold not to be true or actual.

Assertions for which there is abundant positive evidence are often disbelieved , on account of what is called their improbability or impossibility. J. S. Mill.

Disbeliever <Xpage=419>

Dis`be*liev"er (?) , n. One who disbelieves, or refuses belief; an unbeliever. Specifically, one who does not believe the Christian religion.

I. Watts.

Disbench <Xpage=419>

Dis*bench" (?) , v. t.

1. To drive from a bench or seat. [R.]

Shak.

2. (Eng. Law) To deprive (a bencher) of his privileges.

Mozley & W.

Disbend <Xpage=419>

Dis*bend (?) , v. t. To unbend. [Obs.]

Stirling.

Disbind <Xpage=419>

Dis*bind" (?) , v. t. [Cf. Disband .] To unbind; to loosen. [Obs.]

Mede.

Disblame <Xpage=419>

Dis*blame" (?) , v. t. [OE. desblamen , OF. desblasmer ; pref. des- (L. dis- ) + blasmer , F. bl\'83mer , to blame.] To clear from blame. [Obs.]

Chaucer.

Disbodied <Xpage=419>

Dis*bod"ied (?) , a. Disembodied. [R.]

Disboscation <Xpage=419>

Dis`bos*ca"tion (?) , n. [Pref. dis- + F. bosquet grove.] Converting forest land into cleared or arable land; removal of a forest.

Sir W. Scott.

Disbowel <Xpage=419>

Dis*bow"el (?) , v. t. [See Bowel , v. t. ] To disembowel. [R.]

Spenser.

Disbranch <Xpage=419>

Dis*branch" (?) , v. t. [See Branch , v. ] To divest of a branch or branches; to tear off.

Shak.

Disbud <Xpage=419>

Dis*bud" (?) , v. t. [See Bud , v. ] (Hort.) To deprive of buds or shoots, as for training, or economizing the vital strength of a tree.

Disburden <Xpage=419>

Dis*bur"den (?) , v. t. [See Burden , v. t. ] [Cf. Disburthen .] To rid of a burden; to free from a load borne or from something oppressive; to unload; to disencumber; to relieve.

He did it to disburden a conscience. Feltham.

My mediations . . . will, I hope, be more calm, being thus disburdened . Hammond.

Syn. -- To unload; unburden; discharge; free.

Disburden <Xpage=419>

Dis*bur"den , v. i. To relieve one's self of a burden; to ease the mind.

Milton.

Disburgeon <Xpage=419>

Dis*bur"geon (?) , v. t. To strip of burgeons or buds; to disbud. [R.]

Holland.

Disburse <Xpage=419>

Dis*burse" (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Disbursed (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Disbursing .] [OF. desbourser , F. d\'82bourser ; pref. des- (L. dis- ) + bourse purse. See Burse , and cf. Dispurse .] To pay out; to expend; -- usually from a public fund or treasury.

The duty of collecting and disbursing his revenues. Macaulay.

Disbursing officer , an officer in any department of the public service who is charged with the duty of paying out public money.

Disbursement <Xpage=419>

Dis*burse"ment (?) , n. [Cf. F. d\'82boursement .]

1. The act of disbursing or paying out.

The disbursement of the public moneys. U. S. Statutes.

2. That which is disbursed or paid out; as, the annual disbursements exceed the income .

Disburser <Xpage=419>

Dis*burs"er (?) , n. One who disburses money.

Disburthen <Xpage=419>

Dis*bur"then (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Disburthened (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Disburthening .] [Cf. Disburden .] To disburden; to relieve of a load. [Archaic]

Disc <Xpage=419>