Chapter 452

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Dis*mem"ber (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Dismembered (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Dismembering .] [OF. desmembrer , F. d\'82membrer ; pref. des- (L. dis ) + OF. & F. membre limb. See Member .]

1. To tear limb from limb; to dilacerate; to disjoin member from member; to tear or cut in pieces; to break up.

Fowls obscene dismembered his remains. Pope.

A society lacerated and dismembered . Gladstone.

By whose hands the blow should be struck which would dismember that once mighty empire. Buckle.

2. To deprive of membership. [Obs.]

They were dismembered by vote of the house. R. North.

Syn. -- To disjoint; dislocate; dilacerate; mutilate; divide; sever.

Dismemberment <Xpage=427>

Dis*mem"ber*ment (?) , n. [Cf. OF. desmembrement , F. d\'82membrement .] The act of dismembering, or the state of being dismembered; cutting in piece; m<?/tilation; division; separation.

The Castilians would doubtless have resented the dismemberment of the unwieldy body of which they formed the head. Macaulay.

Dismettled <Xpage=427>

Dis*met"tled (?) , a. Destitute of mettle, that is, or fire or spirit. [R.]

Llewellyn.

Dismiss <Xpage=427>

Dis*miss" (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Dismissed (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Dismissing .] [L. dis- + missus , p. p. of mittere to send: cf. dimittere , OF. desmetre , F. d\'82mettre . See Demise , and cf. Dimit .]

1. To send away; to give leave of departure; to cause or permit to go; to put away.

He dismissed the assembly. Acts xix. 41.

Dismiss their cares when they dismiss their flock. Cowper.

Though he soon dismissed himself from state affairs. Dryden.

2. To discard; to remove or discharge from office, service, or employment; as, the king dismisses his ministers; the matter dismisses his servant.

3. To lay aside or reject as unworthy of attentions or regard, as a petition or motion in court.

Dismiss <Xpage=427>

Dis*miss" , n. Dismission. [Obs.]

Sir T. Herbert.

Dismissal <Xpage=427>

Dis*miss"al (?) , n. Dismission; discharge.

Officeholders were commanded faithfully to enforce it, upon pain of immediate dismissal . Motley.

Dismission <Xpage=427>

Dis*mis"sion (?) , n. [Cf. L. dimissio .]

1. The act dismissing or sending away; permission to leave; leave to depart; dismissal; as, the dismission of the grand jury .

2. Removal from office or employment; discharge, either with honor or with disgrace.

3. Rejection; a setting aside as trivial, invalid, or unworthy of consideration.

Dismissive <Xpage=427>

Dis*miss"ive (?) , a. Giving dismission.

Dismortgage <Xpage=427>

Dis*mort"gage (?; 48) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Dismortaged ; p. pr. & vb. n. Dismortgaging (?) .] To redeem from mortgage. [Obs.]

Howell.

Dismount <Xpage=427>

Dis*mount" (?) , v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Dismounted ; p. pr. & vb. n. Dismounting .] [Pref. dis- + mount : cf. OF. desmonter , F. d\'82monter .]

1. To come down; to descend. [Poetic]

But now the bright sun ginneth to dismount . Spenser.

2. To alight from a horse; to descend or get off, as a rider from his beast; as, the troops dismounted .

Dismount <Xpage=427>

Dis*mount" , v. t. 1. To throw or bring down from an elevation, place of honor and authority, or the like.

Dismounted from his authority. Barrow.

2. To throw or remove from a horse; to unhorse; as, the soldier dismounted his adversary .

3. (Mech.) To take down, or apart, as a machine.

4. To throw or remove from the carriage, or from that on which a thing is mounted; to break the carriage or wheels of, and render useless; to deprive of equipments or mountings; -- said esp. of artillery.

Disnaturalize <Xpage=427>

Dis*nat"u*ral*ize (?) , v. t. To make alien; to deprive of the privileges of birth.

Locke.

Disnatured <Xpage=427>

Dis*na"tured (?; 135) , a. [Pref. dis- + nature : cf. OF. desnatur\'82 , F. d\'82natur\'82 .] Deprived or destitute of natural feelings; unnatural. [Obs.]

Shak.

Disobedience <Xpage=427>

Dis`o*be"di*ence (?) , n. Neglect or refusal to obey; violation of a command or prohibition.

He is undutiful to him other actions, and lives in open disobedience . Tillotson.

Disobediency <Xpage=427>

Dis`o*be"di*en*cy (?) , n. Disobedience.

Disobedient <Xpage=427>

Dis`o*be"di*ent (?) , a. [Pref. dis- + obedient . See Disobey , Obedient .]

1. Neglecting or refusing to obey; omitting to do what is commanded, or doing what is prohibited; refractory; not observant of duty or rules prescribed by authority; -- applied to persons and acts.

This disobedient spirit in the colonies. Burke.

Disobedient unto the word of the Lord. 1 Kings xiii. 26.

2. Not yielding.

Medicines used unnecessarily contribute to shorten life, by sooner rendering peculiar parts of the system disobedient to stimuli. E. Darwin.

Disobediently <Xpage=427>

Dis`o*be"di*ent*ly , adv. In a disobedient manner.

Disobeisance <Xpage=427>

Dis`o*bei"sance (?) , n. [F. d\'82sob\'82issance .] Disobedience. [Obs.]

E. Hall.

Disobeisant <Xpage=427>

Dis`o*bei"sant (?) , a. [F. d\'82sob\'82issant .] Disobedient. [Obs.]

Chaucer.

Disobey <Xpage=427>

Dis`o*bey" (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Disobeyed (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Disobeying .] [F. d\'82sob\'82ir ; pref. d\'82s- (L. dis- ) + ob\'82ir . See Obey , and cf. Disobedient .] Not to obey; to neglect or refuse to obey (a superior or his commands, the laws, etc.); to transgress the commands of (one in authority); to violate, as an order; as, refractory children disobey their parents; men disobey their Maker and the laws.

Not to disobey her lord's behest. Tennyson.

Disobey <Xpage=427>

Dis`o*bey" , v. i. To refuse or neglect to obey; to violate commands; to be disobedient.

He durst not know how to disobey . Sir P. Sidney.

Disobeyer <Xpage=427>

Dis`o*bey"er (?) , n. One who disobeys.

Disobligation <Xpage=427>

Dis*ob`li*ga"tion (?) , n. 1. The act of disobliging.

2. A disobliging act; an offense. [Obs.]

Clarendon.

3. Release from obligation.

Jer. Taylor.

Disobligatory <Xpage=427>

Dis*ob"li*ga*to*ry (?) , a. Releasing from obligation. " Disobligatory power."

Charles I.

Disoblige <Xpage=427>

Dis`o*blige" (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Disobliged (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Disobliging .] [Pref. dis- + oblige : cf. F. d\'82sobliger .]

1. To do an act which contravenes the will or desires of; to offend by an act of unkindness or incivility; to displease; to refrain from obliging; to be unaccommodating to.

Those . . . who slight and disoblige their friends, shall infallibly come to know the value of them by having none when they shall most need them. South.

My plan has given offense to some gentlemen, whom it would not be very safe to disoblige . Addison.

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2. To release from obligation. [Obs.]

Absolving and disobliging from a more general command for some just and reasonable cause. Milton.

Disobligement <Xpage=428>

Dis`o*blige"ment (?) , n. Release from obligation. [Obs.]

Disobliger <Xpage=428>

Dis`o*bli"ger (?) , n. One who disobliges.

Disobliging <Xpage=428>

Dis`o*bli"ging (?) , a. 1. Not obliging; not disposed to do a favor; unaccommodating; as, a disobliging person or act .

2. Displeasing; offensive. [Obs.]

Cov. of Tongue.

-- Dis`o*bli"ging*ly , adv. -- Dis`o*bli"ging*ness , n.

Disoccident <Xpage=428>

Dis*oc"ci*dent (?) , v. t. To turn away from the west; to throw out of reckoning as to longitude. [Obs.]

Marvell.

Disoccupation <Xpage=428>

Dis*oc`cu*pa"tion (?) , n. The state of being unemployed; want of occupation. [R.]

Disopinion <Xpage=428>

Dis`o*pin"ion (?) , n. Want or difference of belief; disbelief. [Obs.]

Bp. Reynolds.

Disoppilate <Xpage=428>

Dis*op"pi*late (?) , v. t. [L. dis- + oppilatus , p. p. of oppilare to shut up.] To open. [Obs.]

Holland.

Disorb <Xpage=428>

Dis*orb" (?) , v. t. [Pref. dis- + orb .] To throw out of the proper orbit; to unsphere.

Shak.

Disord <Xpage=428>

Dis*ord" (?) , n. Disorder. [Obs.]

Holland.

Disordeined <Xpage=428>

Dis`or*deined" (?) , a. [See Ordain .] Inordinate; irregular; vicious. [Obs.]

Chaucer.

Disorder <Xpage=428>

Dis*or"der (?) , n. [Pref. dis- + order : cf. F. d\'82sordre .]

1. Want of order or regular disposition; lack of arrangement; confusion; disarray; as, the troops were thrown into disorder ; the papers are in disorder .

2. Neglect of order or system; irregularity.

From vulgar bounds with brave disorder part, And snatch a grace beyond the reach of art. Pope.

3. Breach of public order; disturbance of the peace of society; tumult.

Shak.

4. Disturbance of the functions of the animal economy of the soul; sickness; derangement. " Disorder in the body."

Locke.

Syn. -- Irregularity; disarrangement; confusion; tumult; bustle; disturbance; disease; illness; indisposition; sickness; ailment; malady; distemper. See Disease .

Disorder <Xpage=428>

Dis*or"der , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Disordered (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Disordering .]

1. To disturb the order of; to derange or disarrange; to throw into confusion; to confuse.

Disordering the whole frame or jurisprudence. Burke.

The burden . . . disordered the aids and auxiliary rafters into a common ruin. Jer. Taylor.

2. To disturb or interrupt the regular and natural functions of (either body or mind); to produce sickness or indisposition in; to discompose; to derange; as, to disorder the head or stomach .

A man whose judgment was so much disordered by party spirit. Macaulay.

3. To depose from holy orders. [Obs.]

Dryden.

Syn. -- To disarrange; derange; confuse; discompose.

Disordered <Xpage=428>

Dis*or"dered (?) , a. 1. Thrown into disorder; deranged; as, a disordered house, judgment .

2. Disorderly. [Obs.]

Shak.

-- Dis*or"dered*ly , adv. -- Dis*or"dered*ness , n.

Disorderliness <Xpage=428>

Dis*or"der*li*ness (?) , n. The state of being disorderly.

Disorderly <Xpage=428>

Dis*or"der*ly (?) , a. 1. Not in order; marked by disorder; disarranged; immethodical; as, the books and papers are in a disorderly state .

2. Not acting in an orderly way, as the functions of the body or mind.

3. Not complying with the restraints of order and law; tumultuous; unruly; lawless; turbulent; as, disorderly people; disorderly assemblies.

4. (Law) Offensive to good morals and public decency; notoriously offensive; as, a disorderly house .

Syn. -- Irregular; immethodical; confused; tumultuous; inordinate; intemperate; unruly; lawless; vicious.

Disorderly <Xpage=428>

Dis*or"der*ly , adv. In a disorderly manner; without law or order; irregularly; confusedly.

Withdraw yourselves from every brother that walketh disorderly . 2 Thess. iii. 6.

Savages fighting disorderly with stones. Sir W. Raleigh.

Disordinance <Xpage=428>

Dis*or"di*nance (?) , n. Disarrangement; disturbance. [Obs.]

Chaucer.

Disordinate <Xpage=428>

Dis*or"di*nate (?) , a. Inordinate; disorderly. [Obs.] "With disordinate gestures."

Prynne.

Disordinately <Xpage=428>

Dis*or"di*nate*ly , adv. Inordinately. [Obs.]

E. Hall.

Disordination <Xpage=428>

Dis*or`di*na"tion (?) , n. The state of being in disorder; derangement; confusion. [Obs.]

Bacon.

Disorganization <Xpage=428>

Dis*or`gan*i*za"tion (?) , n. [Cf. F. d\'82sorganisation . See Disorganize , v. t. ]

1. The act of disorganizing; destruction of system.

2. The state of being disorganized; as, the disorganization of the body, or of government .

The magazine of a pawnbroker in such total disorganization , that the owner can never lay his hands upon any one article at the moment he has occasion for it. Sir W. Scott.

Disorganize <Xpage=428>

Dis*or"gan*ize (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Disorganized (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Disorganizing (?) .] [Pref. dis- + organize : cf. F. d\'82sorganiser .] To destroy the organic structure or regular system of (a government, a society, a party, etc.); to break up (what is organized); to throw into utter disorder; to disarrange.

Lyford . . . attempted to disorganize the church. Eliot (1809).

Disorganizer <Xpage=428>

Dis*or"gan*i`zer (?) , n. One who disorganizes or causes disorder and confusion.

Disorient <Xpage=428>

Dis*o"ri*ent (?) , v. t. To turn away from the cast; to confuse as to which way is east; to cause to lose one's bearings. [R.]

Bp. Warburton.

Disorientate <Xpage=428>

Dis*o"ri*en*tate (?) , v. t. To turn away from the east, or (figuratively) from the right or the truth. [R.]

Disown <Xpage=428>

Dis*own" (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Disowned (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Disowning .]

1. To refuse to own or acknowledge as belonging to one's self; to disavow or deny, as connected with one's self personally; as, a parent can hardly disown his child; an author will sometimes disown his writings.

2. To refuse to acknowledge or allow; to deny.

Then they, who brother's better claim disown , Expel their parents, and usurp the throne. Dryden.

Syn. -- To disavow; disclaim; deny; abnegate; renounce; disallow.

Disownment <Xpage=428>

Dis*own"ment (?) , n. Act of disowning. [R.]

Disoxidate <Xpage=428>

Dis*ox"i*date (?) , v. t. (Chem.) To deoxidate; to deoxidize. [R.]

Disoxidation <Xpage=428>

Dis*ox`i*da"tion (?) , n. (Chem.) Deoxidation. [R.]

Disoxygenate <Xpage=428>

Dis*ox"y*gen*ate (?) , v. t. (Chem.) To deprive of oxygen; to deoxidize. [R.]

Disoxygenation <Xpage=428>

Dis*ox`y*gen*a"tion (?) , n. (Chem.) Deoxidation. [R.]

Dispace <Xpage=428>

Dis*pace" (?) , v. i. [Pref. dis- asunder, different ways, to and fro + pace .] To roam. [Obs.]

In this fair plot dispacing to and fro. Spenser.

Dispair <Xpage=428>

Dis*pair" (?) , v. t. To separate (a pair). [R.]

I have . . . dispaired two doves. Beau. & Fl.

Dispand <Xpage=428>

Dis*pand" (?) , v. t. [L. dispandere to spread out; pref. dis- + pandere , pansum , to spread out.] To spread out; to expand. [Obs.]

Bailey.

Dispansion <Xpage=428>

Dis*pan"sion (?) , n. [See Dispand .] Act of dispanding, or state of being dispanded. [Obs.]

Disparadised <Xpage=428>

Dis*par"a*dised , a. Removed from paradise. [R.]

Cockeram.

Disparage <Xpage=428>

Dis*par"age (?; 48) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Disparaged (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Disparaging (?) .] [OF. desparagier , F. d\'82parager , to marry unequally; pref. des- (L. dis- ) + F. parage extraction, lineage, from L. par equal, peer. See Peer .]

1. To match unequally; to degrade or dishonor by an unequal marriage. [Obs.]

Alas! that any of my nation Should ever so foul disparaged be. Chaucer.

2. To dishonor by a comparison with what is inferior; to lower in rank or estimation by actions or words; to speak slightingly of; to depreciate; to undervalue.

Those forbidding appearances which sometimes disparage the actions of men sincerely pious. Bp. Atterbury.

Thou durst not thus disparage glorious arms. Milton.

Syn. -- To decry; depreciate; undervalue; underrate; cheapen; vilify; reproach; detract from; derogate from; degrade; debase. See Decry .

Disparage <Xpage=428>

Dis"pa*rage` (?) , n. Inequality in marriage; marriage with an inferior. [Obs.]

Chaucer.

Dissuaded her from such a disparage . Spenser.

Disparagement <Xpage=428>

Dis*par"age*ment (?) , n. [Cf. OF. desparagement .]

1. Matching any one in marriage under his or her degree; injurious union with something of inferior excellence; a lowering in rank or estimation. [Eng.]

And thought that match a foul disparagement . Spenser.

2. Injurious comparison with an inferior; a depreciating or dishonoring opinion or insinuation; diminution of value; dishonor; indignity; reproach; disgrace; detraction; -- commonly with to .

It ought to be no disparagement to a star that it is not the sun. South.

Imitation IS A disparagement and a degradation in a Christian minister. I. Taylor.

Syn. -- Indignity; derogation; detraction; reproach; dishonor; debasement; degradation; disgrace.

Disparager <Xpage=428>

Dis*par"a*ger (?) , n. One who disparages or dishonors; one who vilifies or disgraces.

Disparagingly <Xpage=428>

Dis*par"a*ging*ly (?) , adv. In a manner to disparage or dishonor; slightingly.

Disparate <Xpage=428>