Chapter 448

Dis`em*bar"rass*ment (?) , n. Freedom or relief from impediment or perplexity.

Disembay <Xpage=424>

Dis`em*bay" (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Disembayed (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Disembaying .] [Pref. dis- + embay .] To clear from a bay.

Sherburne.

Disembellish <Xpage=424>

Dis`em*bel"lish (?) , v. t. [Pref. dis- + embellish : cf. F. d\'82sembellir .] To deprive of embellishment; to disadorn.

Carlyle.

Disembitter <Xpage=424>

Dis`em*bit"ter (?) , v. t. To free from

Disembodied <Xpage=424>

Dis`em*bod"ied (?) , a. Divested of a body; ceased to be corporal; incorporeal.

The disembodied spirits of the dead. Bryant.

Disembodiment <Xpage=424>

Dis`em*bod"i*ment (?) , n. The act of disembodying, or the state of being disembodied.

Disembody <Xpage=424>

Dis`em*bod"y (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Disembodied (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Disembodying .]

1. To divest of the or corporeal existence.

Devils embodied and disembodied . Sir W. Scott.

2. (Mil.) To disarm and disband, as a body of soldiers,-

Wilhelm.

Disembogue <Xpage=424>

Dis`em*bogue" (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Disembogued (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Disemboguing .] [Sp. desembocar ; pref. des- (L. dis- ) + embocar to put into the mouth, fr. en (L. in ) + boca mouth, fr. L. bucca cheek. Cf. Debouch , Embogue .]

1. To pour out or discharge at the mouth, as a stream; to vent; to discharge into an ocean, a lake, etc.

Rolling down, the steep Timav<?/s raves, And through nine channels disembogues his waves. Addison.

2. To eject; to cast forth. [R.]

Swift.

Disembogue <Xpage=424>

Dis`em*bogue" , v. i. To become discharged; to flow put; to find vent; to pour out contents.

Volcanos bellow ere they disembogue . Young.

Disemboguement <Xpage=424>

Dis`em*bogue"ment (?) , n. The act of disemboguing; discharge.

Mease.

Disembossom <Xpage=424>

Dis`em*bos"som (?) , v. t. To separate from the bosom. [R.]

Young.

Disembowel <Xpage=424>

Dis`em*bow"el (?) , v. t. [See Embowel .]

1. To take or let out the bowels or interior parts of; to eviscerate.

Soon after their death, they are disemboweled . Cook.

Roaring floods and cataracts that sweep From disemboweled earth the virgin gold. Thomson.

2. To take or draw from the body, as the web of a spider. [R.] "Her disemboweled web."

J. Philips.

Disembowelment <Xpage=424>

Dis`em*bow"el*ment (?) , n. The act of disemboweling, or state of being disemboweled; evisceration.

Disembowered <Xpage=424>

Dis`em*bow"ered (?) , a. Deprived of, or removed from, a bower. [Poetic]

Bryant.

Disembrangle <Xpage=424>

Dis`em*bran"gle (?) , v. t. [Pref. dis- + em = en (L. in ) + brangle .] To free from wrangling or litigation. [Obs.]

Berkeley.

Disembroil <Xpage=424>

Dis`em*broil" (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Disembroiled (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Disembroiling .] [Pref. dis- + embroil .] To disentangle; to free from perplexity; to extricate from confusion.

Vaillant has disembroiled a history that was lost to the world before his time. Addison.

Disemploy <Xpage=424>

Dis`em*ploy" (?) , v. t. To throw out of employment. [Obs.]

Jer. Taylor.

Disemployment <Xpage=424>

Dis`em*ploy"ment (?) , n. The state of being disemployed, or deprived of employment.

This glut of leisure and disemployment . Jer. Taylor.

Disempower <Xpage=424>

Dis`em*pow"er (?) , v. t. To deprive of power; to divest of strength.

H. Bushnell.

Disenable <Xpage=424>

Dis`en*a"ble (?) , v. t. [Pref. dis- + enable .] To disable; to disqualify.

The sight of it might damp me and disenable me to speak. State Trials (1640).

Disenamor <Xpage=424>

Dis`en*am"or (?) , v. t. To free from the captivity of love.

Shelton.

Disenchained <Xpage=424>

Dis`en*chained" (?) , a. Freed from restraint; unrestrained. [Archaic]

E. A. Poe.

Disenchant <Xpage=424>

Dis`en*chant" (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Disenchanted ; p. pr. & vb. n. Disenchanting .] [Pref. dis- + enchant : cf. F. d\'82senchanter .] To free from enchantment; to deliver from the power of charms or spells; to free from fascination or delusion.

Haste to thy work; a noble stroke or two Ends all the charms, and disenchants the grove. Dryden.

Disenchanter <Xpage=424>

Dis`en*chant"er (?) , n. One who, or that which, disenchants.

Disenchantment <Xpage=424>

Dis`en*chant"ment (?) , n. [Pref. dis- + enchantment : cf. F. d\'82senchantement .] The act of disenchanting, or state of being disenchanted.

Shelton.

Disencharm <Xpage=424>

Dis`en*charm" (?) , v. t. [Pref. dis- + en (L. in ) + charm .] To free from the influence of a charm or spell; to disenchant. [R.]

Jer. Taylor.

Disenclose <Xpage=424>

Dis`en*close (?) , v. t. See Disinclose .

Disencouragement <Xpage=424>

Dis`en*cour"age*ment (?) , n. Discouragement. [Obs.]

Spectator.

Disencrese <Xpage=424>

Dis`en*crese" (?) , v. i. [Pref. dis- + OE. encrese , E. increase .] To decrease. [Obs.]

Chaucer.

Disencrese <Xpage=424>

Dis`en*crese" , n. Decrease. [Obs.]

Disencumber <Xpage=424>

Dis`en*cum"ber (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Disencumbered (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Disencumbering .] [Pref. dis- + encumber : cf. F. d\'82sencombrer .] To free from encumbrance, or from anything which clogs, impedes, or obstructs; to disburden.

Owen.

I have disencumbered myself from rhyme. Dryden.

Disencumbrance <Xpage=424>

Dis`en*cum"brance (?) , n. Freedom or deliverance from encumbrance, or anything burdensome or troublesome.

Spectator.

Disendow <Xpage=424>

Dis`en*dow" (?) , v. t. To deprive of an endowment, as a church.

Gladstone.

Disendowment <Xpage=424>

Dis`en*dow"ment (?) , n. The act of depriving of an endowment or endowments.

[The] disendowment of the Irish Church. G. B. Smith.

Disenfranchise <Xpage=424>

Dis`en*fran"chise (?) , v. t. To disfranchise; to deprive of the rights of a citizen. -- Dis`en*fran"chise*ment (#) , n.

Disengage <Xpage=424>

Dis`en*gage" (<?/) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Disengaged (#) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Disengaging .] [Pref. dis- + engage : cf. F. d\'82sengager .] To release from that with which anything is engaged, engrossed, involved, or entangled; to extricate; to detach; to set free; to liberate; to clear; as, to disengage one from a party, from broils and controversies, from an oath, promise, or occupation; to disengage the affections a favorite pursuit, the mind from study.

To disengage him and the kingdom, great sums were to be borrowed. Milton.

Caloric and light must be disengaged during the process. Transl. of Lavoisier.

Syn. -- To liberate; free; loose; extricate; clear; disentangle; detach; withdraw; wean.

Disengage <Xpage=424>

Dis`en*gage" , v. i. To release one's self; to become detached; to free one's self.

From a friends's grave how soon we disengage ! Young.

Disengaged <Xpage=424>

Dis`en*gaged" (?) , a. Not engaged; free from engagement; at leisure; free from occupation or care; vacant. -- Dis`en*ga"ged*ness (#) , n.

Disengagement <Xpage=424>

Dis`en*gage"ment (?) , n. [Pref. dis- + engagement : cf. F. d\'82sengagement .]

1. The act of disengaging or setting free, or the state of being disengaged.

It is easy to render this disengagement of caloric and light evident to the senses. Transl. of Lavoisier.

A disengagement from earthly trammels. Sir W. Jones.

2. Freedom from engrossing occupation; leisure.

Disengagement is absolutely necessary to enjoyment. Bp. Butler.

Disengaging <Xpage=424>

Dis`en*ga"ging (?) , a. Loosing; setting free; detaching.

Disengaging machinery . See under Engaging .

Disennoble <Xpage=424>

Dis`en*no"ble (?) , v. t. To deprive of that which ennobles; to degrade.

An unworthy behavior degrades and disennobles a man. Guardian.

Disenroll <Xpage=424>

Dis`en*roll" (?) , v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Disenrolled (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Disenrolling .] To erase from a roll or list. [Written also disenrol .]

Donne.

Disensanity <Xpage=424>

Dis`en*san"i*ty (?) , n. [Pref. dis- + en (L. in ) + sanity .] Insanity; folly. [Obs.]

What tediosity and disensanity Is here among! Beau. & Fl.

Disenshrouded <Xpage=424>

Dis`en*shroud"ed (?) , a. Freed from a shroudlike covering; unveiled.

The disenshrouded statue. R. Browning.

Disenslave <Xpage=424>

Dis`en*slave" (?) , v. t. To free from bondage or slavery; to disenthrall.

He shall disenslave and redeem his soul. South.

Disentail <Xpage=424>

Dis`en*tail" (?) , v. t. (Law) To free from entailment.

Disentangle <Xpage=424>

Dis`en*tan"gle (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Disentangled (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Disentangling (?) .]

1. To free from entanglement; to release from a condition of being intricately and confusedly involved or interlaced; to reduce to orderly arrangement; to straighten out; as, to disentangle a skein of yarn .

2. To extricate from complication and perplexity; disengage from embarrassing connection or intermixture; to disembroil; to set free; to separate.

To disentangle truth from error. Stewart.

To extricate and disentangle themselves out of this labyrinth. Clarendon.

A mind free and disentangled from all corporeal mixtures. Bp. Stillingfleet.

Syn. -- To loose; extricate; disembarrass; disembroil; clear; evolve; disengage; separate; detach.

Disentanglement <Xpage=424>

Dis`en*tan"gle*ment (?) , n. The act of disentangling or clearing from difficulties.

Warton.

Disenter <Xpage=424>

Dis`en*ter" (?) , v. t. See Disinter .

Disenthrall <Xpage=424>

Dis`en*thrall" (?) , v. t. [See Enthrall .] To release from thralldom or slavery; to give freedom to; to disinthrall. [Written also disenthral .]

Milton.

Disenthrallment <Xpage=424>

Dis`en*thrall"ment (?) , n. Liberation from bondage; emancipation; disinthrallment. [Written also disenthralment .]

Disenthrone <Xpage=424>

Dis`en*throne" (?) , v. t. To dethrone; to depose from sovereign authority.

Milton.

Disentitle <Xpage=424>

Dis`en*ti"tle (?) , v. t. To deprive of title or claim.

Every ordinary offense does not disentitle a son to the love of his father. South.

Disentomb <Xpage=424>

Dis`en*tomb" (?) , v. t. To take out from a tomb; a disinter.

Disentrail <Xpage=424>

Dis`en*trail" (?) , v. t. To disembowel; to let out or draw forth, as the entrails. [Obs.]

As if he thought her soul to disentrail . Spenser.

Disentrance <Xpage=424>

Dis`en*trance" (?) , v. t. To awaken from a trance or an enchantment.

Hudibras.

Disentwine <Xpage=424>

Dis`en*twine" (?) , v. t. To free from being entwined or twisted.

Shelley.

Disepalous <Xpage=424>

Di*sep"al*ous (?) , a. [Pref. di- + sepalous .] (Bot.) Having two sepals; two-sepaled.

Disert <Xpage=424>

Dis*ert" (?) , a. [L. disertus , for dissertus , p. p.: cf. F. disert . See Dissert .] Eloquent. [Obs.]

Disertitude <Xpage=424>

Dis*er"ti*tude (?) , n. [L. disertitud <?/.] Eloquence. [Obs.]

Diserty <Xpage=424>

Dis*ert"y (?) , adv. Expressly; clearly; eloquently. [Obs.]

Holland.

Disespouse <Xpage=424>

Dis`es*pouse" (?) , v. t. To release from espousal or plighted faith. [Poetic]

Milton.

Disestablish <Xpage=424>

Dis`es*tab"lish (?) , v. t. To unsettle; to break up (anything established); to deprive, as a church, of its connection with the state.

M. Arnold.

Disestablishment <Xpage=424>

Dis`es*tab"lish*ment (?) , n. 1. The act or process of unsettling or breaking up that which has been established; specifically, the withdrawal of the support of the state from an established church; as, the disestablishment and disendowment of the Irish Church by Act of Parliament .

2. The condition of being disestablished.

Disesteem <Xpage=424>

Dis`es*teem" (?) , n. Want of esteem; low estimation, inclining to dislike; disfavor; disrepute.

Disesteem and contempt of the public affairs. Milton.

Disesteem <Xpage=424>

Dis`es*teem" , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Disesteemed (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Disesteeming .]

1. To feel an absence of esteem for; to regard with disfavor or slight contempt; to slight.

But if this sacred gift you disesteem . Denham.

Qualities which society does not disesteem . Ld. Lytton.

2. To deprive of esteem; to bring into disrepute; to cause to be regarded with disfavor. [Obs.]

What fables have you vexed, what truth redeemed, Antiquities searched, opinions disesteemed ? B. Jonson.

Disesteemer <Xpage=424>

Dis`es*teem"er (?) , n. One who disesteems.

Boyle.

Disestimation <Xpage=424>

Dis*es`ti*ma"tion (?) , n. Disesteem.

Disexercise <Xpage=424>

Dis*ex"er*cise (?) , v. t. To deprive of exercise; to leave untrained. [Obs.]

By disexercising and blunting our abilities. Milton.

Disfame <Xpage=424>

Dis*fame" (?) , n. Disrepute. [R.]

Tennyson.

Disfancy <Xpage=424>

Dis*fan"cy (?) , v. t. To dislike. [Obs.]

Disfashion <Xpage=424>

Dis*fash"ion (?) , v. t. [Pref. dis- + fashion . See Fashion , and cf. Defeat .] To disfigure. [Obs.]

Sir T. More.

Disfavor <Xpage=424>

Dis*fa"vor (?) , n. [Pref. dis- + favor : cf. OF. disfaveur , F. d\'82faveur .] <def > [Written also disfavour .]

1. Want of favor of favorable regard; disesteem; disregard.

The people that deserved my disfavor . Is. x. 6 (1551).

Sentiment of disfavor against its ally. Gladstone.

2. The state of not being in favor; a being under the displeasure of some one; state of unacceptableness; as, to be in disfavor at court .

3. An unkindness; a disobliging act.

He might dispense favors and disfavors . Clarendon.

Disfavor <Xpage=424>

Dis*fa"vor , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Disfavored (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Disfavoring .]

1. To withhold or withdraw favor from; to regard with disesteem; to show disapprobation of; to discountenance.

Countenanced or disfavored according as they obey. Swift.

2. To injure the form or looks of. [R.]

B. Jonson.

Disfavorable <Xpage=424>

Dis*fa"vor*a*ble (?) , a. [Cf. F. d\'82favorable .] Unfavorable. [Obs.]

Stow.

Disfavorably <Xpage=424>

Dis*fa"vor*a*bly , adv. Unpropitiously. [Obs.]

Disfavorer <Xpage=424>

Dis*fa"vor*er (?) , n. One who disfavors.

Bacon.

Disfeature <Xpage=424>

Dis*fea"ture (?; 135) , v. t. [Cf. Defeature .] To deprive of features; to mar the features of. [R.]

Disfellowship <Xpage=424>

Dis*fel"low*ship (?) , v. t. [See Fellowship , v. t. ] To exclude from fellowship; to refuse intercourse with, as an associate.

An attempt to disfellowship an evil, but to fellowship the evildoer. Freewill Bapt. Quart.

Disfiguration <Xpage=424>

Dis*fig`u*ra"tion (?) , n. [See Disfigure , and cf. Defiguration .] The act of disfiguring, or the state of being disfigured; defacement; deformity; disfigurement.

Gauden.

Disfigure <Xpage=424>

Dis*fig"ure (?; 135) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Disfigured (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Disfiguring .] [OF. desfigurer , F. d\'82figurer ; pref. des- (L. dis- ) + figurer to fashion, shape, fr. L. figurare , fr. figura figure. See Figure , and cf. Defiguration .] To mar the figure of; to render less complete, perfect, or beautiful in appearance; to deface; to deform.

Disfiguring not God's likeness, but their own. Milton.

Syn. -- To deface; deform; mar; injure.

Disfigure <Xpage=424>

Dis*fig"ure , n. Disfigurement; deformity. [Obs.]

Chaucer.

Disfigurement <Xpage=424>

Dis*fig"ure*ment (?) , n. 1. Act of disfiguring, or state of being disfigured; deformity.

Milton.

2. That which disfigures; a defacement; a blot.

Uncommon expressions . . . are a disfigurement rather than any embellishment of discourse. Hume.

Disfigurer <Xpage=424>

Dis*fig"ur*er (?) , n. One who disfigures.

Disflesh <Xpage=424>

Dis*flesh" (?) , v. t. To reduce the flesh or obesity of. [Obs.]

Shelton.

Disforest <Xpage=424>