Chapter 450

Di*shev"el (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Disheveled (?) or Dishevelled ; p. pr. & vb. n. Disheveling or Dishevelling .] [OF. descheveler , F. d\'82cheveler , LL. discapillare ; dis- + L. capillus the hair of the head. See Capillary .]

1. To suffer (the hair) to hang loosely or disorderly; to spread or throw (the hair) in disorder; -- used chiefly in the passive participle.

With garments rent and hair disheveled , Wringing her hands and making piteous moan. Spenser.

2. To spread loosely or disorderly.

Like the fair flower disheveled in the wind. Cowper.

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Di*shev"el , v. i. To be spread in disorder or hang negligently, as the hair. [R.]

Sir T. Herbert.

Dishevele <Xpage=425>

Di*shev"ele (?) , p. p. & a. Disheveled. [Obs.]

Dishevele , save his cap, he rode all bare. Chaucer.

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Di*shev"eled (?) , a. 1. Having in loose disorder; disarranged; as, disheveled hair .

2. Having the hair in loose disorder.

The dancing maidens are disheveled M\'91nads. J. A. Symonds.

Dishful <Xpage=425>

Dish"ful (?) , n. ; pl. Dishfuls (<?/) . As much as a dish holds when full.

Dishing <Xpage=425>

Dish"ing , a. Dish-shaped; concave.

Dishonest <Xpage=425>

Dis*hon"est (?) , a. [Pref. dis- + honest : cf. F. d\'82shonn\'88te , OF. deshoneste .]

1. Dishonorable; shameful; indecent; unchaste; lewd. [Obs.]

Inglorious triumphs and dishonest scars. Pope.

Speak no foul or dishonest words before them [the women]. Sir T. North.

2. Dishonored; disgraced; disfigured. [Obs.]

Dishonest with lopped arms the youth appears, Spoiled of his nose and shortened of his ears. Dryden.

3. Wanting in honesty; void of integrity; faithless; disposed to cheat or defraud; not trustworthy; as, a dishonest man .

4. Characterized by fraud; indicating a want of probity; knavish; fraudulent; unjust.

To get dishonest gain. Ezek. xxii. 27.

The dishonest profits of men in office. Bancroft.

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Dis*hon"est , v. t. [Cf. OF. deshonester .] To disgrace; to dishonor; as, to dishonest a maid . [Obs.]

I will no longer dishonest my house. Chapman.

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Dis*hon"est*ly , adv. In a dishonest manner.

Dishonesty <Xpage=425>

Dis*hon"es*ty (?) , n. [Cf. OF. deshonest\'82 , F. d\'82shonn\'88tet\'82 .]

1. Dishonor; dishonorableness; shame. [Obs.] "The hidden things of dishonesty ."

2 Cor. iv. 2.

2. Want of honesty, probity, or integrity in principle; want of fairness and straightforwardness; a disposition to defraud, deceive, or betray; faithlessness.

3. Violation of trust or of justice; fraud; any deviation from probity; a dishonest act.

4. Lewdness; unchastity.

Shak.

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Dis*hon"or (?) , n. [OE. deshonour , dishonour , OF. deshonor , deshonur , F. d\'82shonneur ; pref. des- (L. dis- ) + honor , honur , F. honneur , fr. L. honor . See Honor .] [Written also dishonour .]

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1. Lack of honor; disgrace; ignominy; shame; reproach.

It was not meet for us to see the king's dishonor . Ezra iv. 14.

His honor rooted in dishonor stood. Tennyson.

2. (Law) The nonpayment or nonacceptance of commercial paper by the party on whom it is drawn.

Syn. -- Disgrace; ignominy; shame; censure; reproach; opprobrium.

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Dis*hon"or (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Dishonored (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Dishonoring .] [OE. deshonouren , F. d\'82shonorer ; pref. d\'82s- (L. dis- ) + honorer to honor, fr. L. honorare . See Honor , v. t. ] [Written also dishonour .]

1. To deprive of honor; to disgrace; to bring reproach or shame on; to treat with indignity, or as unworthy in the sight of others; to stain the character of; to lessen the reputation of; as, the duelist dishonors himself to maintain his honor .

Nothing . . . that may dishonor Our law, or stain my vow of Nazarite. Milton.

2. To violate the chastity of; to debauch.

Dryden.

3. To refuse or decline to accept or pay; -- said of a bill, check, note, or draft which is due or presented; as, to dishonor a bill exchange .

Syn. -- To disgrace; shame; debase; degrade; lower; humble; humiliate; debauch; pollute.

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Dis*hon"or*a*ble (?) , a. [Cf. F. d\'82shonorable .]

1. Wanting in honor; not honorable; bringing or deserving dishonor; staining the character, and lessening the reputation; shameful; disgraceful; base.

2. Wanting in honor or esteem; disesteemed.

He that is dishonorable in riches, how much more in poverty! Ecclus. x. 31.

To find ourselves dishonorable graves. Shak.

-- Dis*hon"or*a*ble*ness , n. -- Dis*hon"or*a*bly , adv.

Dishonorary <Xpage=426>

Dis*hon"or*a*ry (?) , a. Bringing dishonor on; tending to disgrace; lessening reputation.

Holmes.

Dishonorer <Xpage=426>

Dis*hon"or*er (?) , n. One who dishonors or disgraces; one who treats another indignity.

Milton.

Dishorn <Xpage=426>

Dis*horn" (?) , v. t. To deprive of horns; as, to dishorn cattle . " Dishorn the spirit."

Shak.

Dishorse <Xpage=426>

Dis*horse" (?) , v. t. To dismount.

Tennyson.

Dishouse <Xpage=426>

Dis*house" (?) , v. t. To deprive of house or home. " Dishoused villagers."

James White.

Dishumor <Xpage=426>

Dis*hu"mor (?) , n. Ill humor. [Obs.]

Dishumor <Xpage=426>

Dis*hu"mor , v. t. To deprive of humor or desire; to put out of humor. [Obs.]

B. Jonson.

Dishwasher <Xpage=426>

Dish"wash`er (?) , n. 1. One who, or that which, washes dishes.

2. (Zo\'94l.) A European bird; the wagtail.

Dishwater <Xpage=426>

Dish"wa`ter (?) , n. Water in which dishes have been washed. "Suds and dishwater ."

Beau. & Fl.

Disillusion <Xpage=426>

Dis`il*lu"sion (?) , n. The act or process of freeing from an illusion, or the state of being freed therefrom.

Lowell.

Disillusion <Xpage=426>

Dis`il*lu"sion , v. t. To free from an illusion; to disillusionize.

Disillusionize <Xpage=426>

Dis`il*lu"sion*ize (?) , v. t. To disenchant; to free from illusion. "The bitter disillusionizing experience of postnuptial life."

W. Black.

Disillusionment <Xpage=426>

Dis`il*lu"sion*ment (?) , n. The act of freeing from an illusion, or the state of being freed therefrom.

Disimbitter <Xpage=426>

Dis`im*bit"ter (?) , v. t. [Pref. dis- + imbitter . Cf. Disembitter .] To free from bitterness.

Disimpark <Xpage=426>

Dis`im*park" (?) , v. t. To free from the barriers or restrictions of a park. [R.]

Spectator.

Disimpassioned <Xpage=426>

Dis`im*pas"sioned (?) , a. Free from warmth of passion or feeling.

Disimprove <Xpage=426>

Dis`im*prove" (?) , v. t. To make worse; -- the opposite of improve . [R.]

Jer. Taylor.

Disimprove <Xpage=426>

Dis`im*prove" , v. i. To grow worse; to deteriorate.

Disimprovement <Xpage=426>

Dis`im*prove"ment (?) , n. Reduction from a better to a worse state; as, disimprovement of the earth .

Disincarcerate <Xpage=426>

Dis`in*car"cer*ate (?) , v. t. To liberate from prison. [R.]

Harvey.

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Dis*in`cli*na"tion (?) , n. The state of being disinclined; want of propensity, desire, or affection; slight aversion or dislike; indisposition.

Disappointment gave him a disinclination to the fair sex. Arbuthnot.

Having a disinclination to books or business. Guardian.

Syn. -- Unwillingness; disaffection; alienation; dislike; indisposition; distaste; aversion; repugnance.

Disincline <Xpage=426>

Dis`in*cline" (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Disinclined (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Disinclining .] To incline away the affections of; to excite a slight aversion in; to indispose; to make unwilling; to alienate.

Careful . . . to disincline them from any reverence or affection to the Queen. Clarendon.

To social scenes by nature disinclined . Cowper.

Disinclose <Xpage=426>

Dis`in*close" (?) , v. t. [Cf. Disenclose .] To free from being inclosed.

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Dis`in*cor"po*rate (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Disincorporated (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Disincorporating (?) .]

1. To deprive of corporate powers, rights, or privileges; to divest of the condition of a corporate body.

2. To detach or separate from a corporation.

Bacon.

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Dis`in*cor"po*rate (?) , a. Separated from, or not included in, a corporation; disincorporated.

Bacon.

Disincorporation <Xpage=426>

Dis`in*cor`po*ra"tion (?) , n. Deprivation of the rights and privileges of a corporation.

T. Warton.

Disinfect <Xpage=426>

Dis`in*fect" (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Disinfected ; p. pr. & vb. n. Disinfecting .] To free from infectious or contagious matter; to destroy putrefaction; to purify; to make innocuous.

When the infectious matter and the infectious matter and the odoriferous matter are one . . . then to deodorize is to disinfect . Ure.

Disinfectant <Xpage=426>

Dis`in*fect"ant (?) , n. That which disinfects; an agent for removing the causes of infection, as chlorine.

Disinfection <Xpage=426>

Dis`in*fec"tion (?) , n. The act of disinfecting; purification from infecting matter.

Disinfector <Xpage=426>

Dis`in*fect"or (?) , n. One who, or that which, disinfects; an apparatus for applying disinfectants.

Disinflame <Xpage=426>

Dis`in*flame" (?) , v. t. To divest of flame or ardor.

Chapman.

Disingenuity <Xpage=426>

Dis*in`ge*nu"i*ty (?) , n. Disingenuousness. [Obs.]

Clarendon.

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Dis`in*gen"u*ous (?) , a. 1. Not noble; unbecoming true honor or dignity; mean; unworthy; as, disingenuous conduct or schemes .

2. Not ingenuous; wanting in noble candor or frankness; not frank or open; uncandid; unworthily or meanly artful.

So disingenuous as not to confess them [faults]. Pope.

-- Dis`in*gen"u*ous*ly , adv. T. Warton. -- Dis`in*gen"u*ous*ness , n.

Macaulay.

Disinhabited <Xpage=426>

Dis`in*hab"it*ed (?) , a. Uninhabited. [Obs.]

Disinherison <Xpage=426>

Dis`in*her"i*son (?) , n. [See Disinherit , v. t. , and cf. Disherison .] Same as Disherison .

Bacon.

Disinherit <Xpage=426>

Dis`in*her"it (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Disinherited ; p. pr. & vb. n. Disinheriting .] [Cf. Disherit , Disheir .]

1. To cut off from an inheritance or from hereditary succession; to prevent, as an heir, from coming into possession of any property or right, which, by law or custom, would devolve on him in the course of descent.

Of how fair a portion Adam disinherited his whole posterity! South.

2. To deprive of heritage; to dispossess.

And disinherit Chaos, that reigns here. Milton.

Disinheritance <Xpage=426>

Dis`in*her"it*ance (?) , n. The act of disinheriting, or the condition of being; disinherited; disherison.

Disinhume <Xpage=426>

Dis`in*hume" (?) , v. t. To disinter. [R.]

Disinsure <Xpage=426>

Dis`in*sure" (?) , v. t. To render insecure; to put in danger. [Obs.]

Fanshawe.

Disintegrable <Xpage=426>

Dis*in"te*gra*ble (?) , a. Capable of being disintegrated, or reduced to fragments or powder.

Argillo-calcite is readily disintegrable by exposure. Kirwan.

Disintegrate <Xpage=426>

Dis*in"te*grate (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Disintegrated ; p. pr. & vb. n. Disintegrating .] [L. dis- + integratus , p. p. of integrare to renew, repair, fr. integer entire, whole. See Integer .] To separate into integrant parts; to reduce to fragments or to powder; to break up, or cause to fall to pieces, as a rock, by blows of a hammer, frost, rain, and other mechanical or atmospheric influences.

Marlites are not disintegrated by exposure to the atmosphere, at least in six years. Kirwan.

Disintegrate <Xpage=426>

Dis*in"te*grate , v. i. To decompose into integrant parts; as, chalk rapidly disintegrates .

Disintegration <Xpage=426>

Dis*in`te*gra"tion (?) , n. (a) The process by which anything is disintegrated; the condition of anything which is disintegrated . Specifically (b) (Geol.) The wearing away or falling to pieces of rocks or strata, produced by atmospheric action, frost, ice, etc.

Society had need of further disintegration before it could begin to reconstruct itself locally. Motley.

Disintegrator <Xpage=426>

Dis*in"te*gra`tor (?) , n. (Mech.) A machine for grinding or pulverizing by percussion.

Disinter <Xpage=426>

Dis`in*ter" (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Disinterred (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Disinterring .]

1. To take out of the grave or tomb; to unbury; to exhume; to dig up.

2. To bring out, as from a grave or hiding place; to bring from obscurity into view.

Addison.

Disinteress <Xpage=426>

Dis*in"ter*ess (?) , v. t. [F. d\'82sint\'82resser to deprive of interest in; pref. d\'82s- (L. dis- ) + int\'82resser to interest, fr. L. interesse to import, concern. See Interest , and cf. Disinterest .] To deprive or rid of interest in, or regard for; to disengage. [Obs.]

Disinteressment <Xpage=426>

Dis*in"ter*ess*ment (?) , n. [Cf. F. d\'82sint\'82ressement .] Disinterestedness; impartiality; fairness. [Obs.]

Prior.

Disinterest <Xpage=426>

Dis*in"ter*est (?) , p. a. Disinterested. [Obs.]

The measures they shall walk by shall be disinterest and even. Jer. Taylor.

Disinterest <Xpage=426>

Dis*in"ter*est , n. 1. What is contrary to interest or advantage; disadvantage. [Obs.]

Glanvill.

2. Indifference to profit; want of regard to private advantage; disinterestedness. [Obs.]

Johnson.

Disinterest <Xpage=426>

Dis*in"ter*est , v. t. To divest of interest or interested motives. [Obs.]

Feltham.

Disinterested <Xpage=426>

Dis*in"ter*est*ed , a. [Cf. Disinteressed .] Not influenced by regard to personal interest or advantage; free from selfish motive; having no relation of interest or feeling; not biased or prejudiced; as, a disinterested decision or judge .

The happiness of disinterested sacrifices. Channing.

Syn. -- Unbiased; impartial; uninterested; indifferent.

Disinterestedly <Xpage=426>

Dis*in"ter*est*ed*ly , adv. In a disinterested manner; without bias or prejudice.

Disinterestedness <Xpage=426>

Dis*in"ter*est*ed*ness , n. The state or quality of being disinterested; impartiality.

That perfect disinterestedness and self-devotion of which man seems to be incapable, but which is sometimes found in woman. Macaulay.

Disinteresting <Xpage=426>

Dis*in"ter*est*ing , a. Uninteresting. [Obs.] " Disinteresting passages."

Bp. Warburton.

Disinterment <Xpage=426>

Dis`in*ter"ment (?) , n. The act of disinterring, or taking out of the earth; exhumation.

Disinthrall <Xpage=426>

Dis`in*thrall" (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Disinthralled (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Disinthralling .] [Pref. dis- + inthrall . Cf. Disenthrall .] To free from thralldom; to disenthrall. [Written also disinthral .]

Disinthrallment <Xpage=426>

Dis`in*thrall"ment (?) , n. A releasing from thralldom or slavery; disenthrallment. [Written also disinthralment .]

Disintricate <Xpage=426>

Dis*in"tri*cate (?) , v. t. To disentangle. [R.] "To disintricate the question."

Sir W. Hamilton.

Disinure <Xpage=426>

Dis`in*ure" (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Disinured (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Disinuring .] [Pref. dis- + inure .] To render unaccustomed or unfamiliar.

We are hindered and disinured . . . towards the true knowledge. Milton.

Disinvestiture <Xpage=426>

Dis`in*ves"ti*ture (?; 135) , n. The act of depriving of investiture. [Obs.]

Ogilvie.

Disinvigorate <Xpage=426>

Dis`in*vig"or*ate (?) , v. t. To enervate; to weaken. [R.]

Sydney Smith.

Disinvolve <Xpage=426>

Dis`in*volve" (?) , v. t. To uncover; to unfold or unroll; to disentangle. [R.]

Dr. H. More.

Disjection <Xpage=426>

Dis*jec"tion (?) , n. [L. disjicere , disjectum , to throw asunder, disperse; dis- + jacere to throw.] Destruction; dispersion.

Bp. Horsley.

Disjoin <Xpage=426>

Dis*join" (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Disjoined (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Disjoining .] [OF. desjoindre , F. disjoindre , d\'82joindre , fr. L. disjungere ; dis- + jungere to join. See Join , and cf. Disjoint , Disjunct .] To part; to disunite; to separate; to sunder.

That marriage, therefore, God himself disjoins . Milton.

Never let us lay down our arms against France, till we have utterly disjoined her from the Spanish monarchy. Addison.

Windmill Street consisted of disjoined houses. Pennant.