Chapter 455

He hath a person, and a smooth dispose To be suspected. Shak.

Disposed <Xpage=430>

Dis*posed" (?) , p. a. 1. Inclined; minded.

When he was disposed to pass into Achaia. Acts xviii. 27.

2. Inclined to mirth; jolly. [Obs.]

Beau. & Fl.

Well disposed , in good condition; in good health. [Obs.]

Chaucer.

Disposedness <Xpage=430>

Dis*pos"ed*ness (?) , n. The state of being disposed or inclined; inclination; propensity. [R.]

Disposement <Xpage=430>

Dis*pose"ment (?) , n. Disposal. [Obs.]

Goodwin.

Disposer <Xpage=430>

Dis*pos"er (?) , n. One who, or that which, disposes; a regulator; a director; a bestower.

Absolute lord and disposer of all things. Barrow.

Disposingly <Xpage=430>

Dis*pos"ing*ly , adv. In a manner to dispose.

Disposited <Xpage=430>

Dis*pos"it*ed (?) , a. [See Disposition .] Disposed. [Obs.]

Glanvill.

Disposition <Xpage=430>

Dis`po*si"tion (?) , n. [F. disposition , dispositio , fr. disponere to dispose; dis- + ponere to place. See Position , and cf. Dispone .]

1. The act of disposing, arranging, ordering, regulating, or transferring; application; disposal; as, the disposition of a man's property by will .

Who have received the law by the disposition of angels. Acts vii. 53.

The disposition of the work, to put all things in a beautiful order and harmony, that the whole may be of a piece. Dryden.

2. The state or the manner of being disposed or arranged; distribution; arrangement; order; as, the disposition of the trees in an orchard; the disposition of the several parts of an edifice.

3. Tendency to any action or state resulting from natural constitution; nature; quality; as, a disposition in plants to grow in a direction upward; a disposition in bodies to putrefaction.

4. Conscious inclination; propension or propensity.

How stands your disposition to be married? Shak.

5. Natural or prevailing spirit, or temperament of mind, especially as shown in intercourse with one's fellow-men; temper of mind. "A man of turbulent disposition ." Hallam . "He is of a very melancholy disposition ."

Shak.

His disposition led him to do things agreeable to his quality and condition wherein God had placed him. Strype.

6. Mood; humor.

As I perchance hereafter shall think meet To put an antic disposition on. Shak.

Syn. -- Disposal; adjustment; regulation; arrangement; distribution; order; method; adaptation; inclination; propensity; bestowment; alienation; character; temper; mood. -- Disposition , Character , Temper . Disposition is the natural humor of a person, the predominating quality of his character, the constitutional habit of his mind. Character is this disposition influenced by motive, training, and will. Temper is a quality of the fiber of character, and is displayed chiefly when the emotions, especially the passions, are aroused.

Dispositional <Xpage=430>

Dis`po*si"tion*al (?) , a. Pertaining to disposition.

Dispositioned <Xpage=430>

Dis`po*si"tioned (?) , a. Having (such) a disposition; -- used in compounds; as, well- dispositioned .

Dispositive <Xpage=430>

Dis*pos"i*tive (?) , a. [Cf. F. dispositif .]

1. Disposing; tending to regulate; decretive. [Obs.]

His dispositive wisdom and power. Bates.

2. Belonging to disposition or natural, tendency. [Obs.] " Dispositive holiness."

Jer. Taylor.

Dispositively <Xpage=430>

Dis*pos"i*tive*ly , adv. In a dispositive manner; by natural or moral disposition. [Obs.]

Sir T. Browne.

Do dispositively what Moses is recorded to have done literally, . . . break all the ten commandments at once. Boyle.

Dispositor <Xpage=430>

Dis*pos"it*or (?) , n. [L. See Disposition .]

1. A disposer.

2. (Astrol.) The planet which is lord of the sign where another planet is. [Obs.]

Crabb.

Dispossess <Xpage=430>

Dis`pos*sess" (?; see Possess ) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Dispossessed (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Dispossessing .] [Pref. dis- + possess : cf. F. d\'82poss\'82der .] To put out of possession; to deprive of the actual occupancy of, particularly of land or real estate; to disseize; to eject; -- usually followed by of before the thing taken away; as, to dispossess a king of his crown .

Usurp the land, and dispossess the swain. Goldsmith.

Dispossession <Xpage=430>

Dis`pos*ses"sion (?) , n. [Cf. F. d\'82possession .]

1. The act of putting out of possession; the state of being dispossessed.

Bp. Hall.

2. (Law) The putting out of possession, wrongfully or otherwise, of one who is in possession of a freehold, no matter in what title; -- called also ouster .

Dispossessor <Xpage=430>

Dis`pos*sess"or (?) , n. One who dispossesses.

Cowley.

Dispost <Xpage=430>

Dis*post" (?) , v. t. To eject from a post; to displace. [R.]

Davies (Holy Roode).

Disposure <Xpage=430>

Dis*po"sure (?) , n. [From Dispose .]

1. The act of disposing; power to dispose of; disposal; direction.

Give up My estate to his disposure . Massinger.

2. Disposition; arrangement; position; posture. [Obs.]

In a kind of warlike disposure . Sir H. Wotton.

Dispraisable <Xpage=430>

Dis*prais"a*ble (?) , a. Blamable. [R.]

Dispraise <Xpage=430>

Dis*praise" (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Dispraised (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Dispraising .] [OE. dispreisen , OF. desprisier , despreisier , F. d\'82priser ; pref. des- (L. dis- ) + prisier , F. priser , to prize, praise. See Praise , and cf. Disprize , Depreciate .] To withdraw praise from; to notice with disapprobation or some degree of censure; to disparage; to blame.

Dispraising the power of his adversaries. Chaucer.

I dispraised him before the wicked, that the wicked might not fall in love with him. Shak.

Dispraise <Xpage=430>

Dis*praise" , n. [Cf. OF. despris . See Dispraise , v. t. ] The act of dispraising; detraction; blame censure; reproach; disparagement.

Dryden.

In praise and in dispraise the same. Tennyson.

Dispraiser <Xpage=430>

Dis*prais"er (?) , n. One who blames or dispraises.

Dispraisingly <Xpage=430>

Dis*praising*ly , adv. By way of dispraise.

Dispread <Xpage=430>

Dis*pread" (?) , v. t. [Pref. dis- + spread .] To spread abroad, or different ways; to spread apart; to open; as, the sun dispreads his beams .

Spenser.

Dispread <Xpage=430>

Dis*pread" , v. i. To extend or expand itself. [R.]

While tyrant H<?/<?/t, dispreading through the sky. Thomson.

Dispreader <Xpage=430>

Dis*pread"er (?) , n. One who spreads abroad.

Dispreaders both of vice and error. Milton.

Disprejudice <Xpage=430>

Dis*prej"u*dice (?) , v. t. To free from prejudice. [Obs.]

W. Montagu.

Disprepare <Xpage=430>

Dis`pre*pare" (?) , v. t. To render unprepared. [Obs.]

Hobbes.

Disprince <Xpage=430>

Dis*prince" (?) , v. t. To make unlike a prince. [R.]

For I was drench'd with ooze, and torn with briers, . . . And, all one rag, disprinced from head to heel. Tennyson.

Disprison <Xpage=430>

Dis*pris"on (?) , v. t. To let loose from prison, to set all liberty. [R.]

Bulwer.

Disprivilege <Xpage=430>

Dis*priv"i*lege (?) , v. t. To deprive of a privilege or privileges. [R.]

Disprize <Xpage=430>

Dis*prize" (?) , v. t. [Cf. Dispraise .] To do preciate. [R.]

Cotton (Ode to Lydia).

Disprofess <Xpage=430>

Dis`pro*fess" (?) , v. t. To renounce the profession or pursuit of.

His arms, which he had vowed to disprofess . Spenser.

Disprofit <Xpage=430>

Dis*prof"it (?) , n. Loss; damage.

Foxe.

Disprofit <Xpage=430>

Dis*prof"it , v. i. & i. To be, or to cause to be, without profit or benefit. [Obs. or Archaic]

Bale.

Disprofitable <Xpage=430>

Dis*prof"it*a*ble (?) , a. Unprofitable. [Obs.]

Disproof <Xpage=430>

Dis*proof" (?) , n. [Pref. dis- + proof . Cf. Disprove .] A proving to be false or erroneous; confutation; refutation; as, to offer evidence in disproof of a statement .

I need not offer anything farther in support of one, or in disproof of the other. Rogers.

Disproperty <Xpage=430>

Dis*prop"er*ty (?) , v. t. To cause to be no longer property; to dispossess of. [R.]

Shak.

Disproportion <Xpage=430>

Dis`pro*por"tion (?) , n. [Pref. dis- + proportion : cf. F. disproportion .]

1. Want of proportion in form or quantity; lack of symmetry; as, the arm may be in disproportion to the body; the disproportion of the length of a building to its height.

2. Want of suitableness, adequacy, or due proportion to an end or use; unsuitableness; disparity; as, the disproportion of strength or means to an object .

Disproportion <Xpage=430>

Dis`pro*por"tion , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Disproportioned (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Disproportioning .] To make unsuitable in quantity, form, or fitness to an end; to violate symmetry in; to mismatch; to join unfitly.

To shape my legs of an unequal size; To disproportion me in every part. Shak.

A degree of strength altogether disproportioned to the extent of its territory. Prescott.

Disproportionable <Xpage=430>

Dis`pro*por"tion*a*ble (?) , a. Disproportional; unsuitable in form, size, quantity, or adaptation; disproportionate; inadequate. -- Dis`pro*por"tion*a*ble*ness , n. Hammond . -- Dis`pro*por"tion*a*bly , adv.

Disproportional <Xpage=430>

Dis`pro*por"tion*al (?) , a. Not having due proportion to something else; not having proportion or symmetry of parts; unsuitable in form, quantity or value; inadequate; unequal; as, a disproportional limb constitutes deformity in the body; the studies of youth should not be disproportional to their understanding.

Disproportionality <Xpage=430>

Dis`pro*por`tion*al"i*ty (?) , n. The state of being disproportional.

Dr. H. More.

Disproportionally <Xpage=430>

Dis`pro*por"tion*al*ly , adv. In a disproportional manner; unsuitably in form, quantity, or value; unequally.

Disproportionate <Xpage=430>

Dis`pro*por"tion*ate (?) , a. Not proportioned; unsymmetrical; unsuitable to something else in bulk, form, value, or extent; out of proportion; inadequate; as, in a perfect body none of the limbs are disproportionate ; it is wisdom not to undertake a work disproportionate means. -- Dis`pro*por"tion*ate*ly , adv. -- Dis`pro*por"tion*ate*ness , n.

Dispropriate <Xpage=430>

Dis*pro"pri*ate (?) , v. t. [L. dis- + propriare to appropriate, fr. proprius one's own, proper.] To cancel the appropriation of; to disappropriate. [R.]

Disprovable <Xpage=430>

Dis*prov"a*ble (?) , a. Capable of being disproved or refuted.

Boyle.

Disproval <Xpage=430>

Dis*prov"al (?) , n. Act of disproving; disproof. [R.]

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Disprove <Xpage=431>

Dis*prove" (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Disproved (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Disproving .] [Pref. dis- + prove : cf. OF. desprover .]

1. To prove to be false or erroneous; to confute; to refute.

That false supposition I advanced in order to disprove it. Atterbury.

2. To disallow; to disapprove of. [Obs.]

Stirling.

Disprover <Xpage=431>

Dis*prov"er (?) , n. One who disproves or confutes.

Disprovide <Xpage=431>

Dis`pro*vide" (?) , v. t. Not to provide; to fail to provide. [Obs.]

Boyle.

Dispunct <Xpage=431>

Dis*punct" (?) , a. Wanting in punctilious respect; discourteous. [Obs.]

That were dispunct to the ladies. B. Jonson.

Dispunct <Xpage=431>

Dis*punct" , v. t. [See 1st Dispunge .] To expunge. [Obs.]

Foxe.

Dispunge <Xpage=431>

Dis*punge" (?) , v. t. [L. dispungere to prick apart, i . e ., check off the debts and credits of an account; dis- + pungere to prick.] To expunge; to erase. [Obs.]

Dispunge <Xpage=431>

Dis*punge" , v. t. See Disponge . [Obs.]

Dispunishable <Xpage=431>

Dis*pun"ish*a*ble (?) , a. Without penal restraint; not punishable. [R.]

Swift.

Dispurpose <Xpage=431>

Dis*pur"pose (?) , v. t. To dissuade; to frustrate; as, to dispurpose plots . [R.]

A. Brewer.

Dispurse <Xpage=431>

Dis*purse" (?) , v. t. To disburse. [Obs.]

Shak.

Dispurvey <Xpage=431>

Dis`pur*vey" (?) , v. t. [Pref. dis- + purvey : cf. OF. desporveoir , F. d\'82pourvoir .] To disfurnish; to strip. [Obs.]

Heywood.

Dispurveyance <Xpage=431>

Dis`pur*vey"ance (?) , n. Want of provisions; <?/ack of food. [Obs.]

Spenser.

Disputable <Xpage=431>

Dis`pu*ta*ble (?; 277) , a. [L. disputabilis : cf. F. disputable . See Dispute , v. i. ]

1. Capable of being disputed; liable to be called in question, controverted, or contested; or doubtful certainty or propriety; controvertible; as, disputable opinions, propositions, points, or questions .

Actions, every one of which is very disputable . Jer. Taylor.

2. Disputatious; contentious. [Obs.]

Shak.

Disputableness <Xpage=431>

Dis`pu*ta*ble*ness , n. State of being disputable.

Disputacity <Xpage=431>

Dis`pu*tac"i*ty (?) , n. [See Dispute , v. i. ] Proneness to dispute. [Obs.]

Bp. Ward.

Disputant <Xpage=431>

Dis"pu*tant (?) , a. [L. disputants , p. pr. of disputare : cf. F. disputant . See Dispute , v. i. ] Disputing; engaged in controversy.

Milton.

Disputant <Xpage=431>

Dis"pu*tant , n. One who disputes; one who argues <?/<?/ opposition to another; one appointed to dispute; a controvertist; a reasoner in opposition.

A singularly eager, acute, and pertinacious disputant . Macaulay.

Disputation <Xpage=431>

Dis`pu*ta"tion (?) , n. [OE. desputeson , disputacion , OF. desputeison , F. disputation , fr. L. disputatio . See Dispute , v. i. ]

1. The act of disputing; a reasoning or argumentation in opposition to something, or on opposite sides; controversy in words; verbal contest respecting the truth of some fact, opinion, proposition, or argument.

2. A rhetorical exercise in which parties reason in opposition to each other on some question proposed.

Disputatious <Xpage=431>

Dis`pu*ta"tious (?) , a. Inclined to dispute; apt to civil or controvert; characterized by dispute; as, a disputatious person or temper .

The Christian doctrine of a future life was no recommendation of the new religion to the wits and philosophers of that disputations period. Buckminster.

-- Dis`pu*ta"tious*ly , adv. -- Dis`pu*ta"tious*ness , n.

Disputative <Xpage=431>

Dis*put"a*tive (?) , a. [L. disputativus .] Disposed to dispute; inclined to cavil or to reason in opposition; as, a disputative temper .

I. Watts.

Dispute <Xpage=431>

Dis*pute" (?) , v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Disputed ; p. pr. & vb. n. Disputing .] [OE. desputen , disputen , OF. desputer , disputer , F. disputer , from L. disputare , disputatum ; dis- + putare to clean; hence, fig., to clear up, set in order, reckon, think. See Putative , Pure .] To contend in argument; to argue against something maintained, upheld, or claimed, by another; to discuss; to reason; to debate; to altercate; to wrangle.

Therefore disputed [reasoned, Rev. Ver .] he in synagogue with the Jews. Acts xvii. 17.

Dispute <Xpage=431>

Dis*pute" , v. t. 1. To make a subject of disputation; to argue pro and con; to discuss.

The rest I reserve it be disputed how the magistrate is to do herein. Milton.

2. To oppose by argument or assertion; to attempt to overthrow; to controvert; to express dissent or opposition to; to call in question; to deny the truth or validity of; as, to dispute assertions or arguments .

To seize goods under the disputed authority of writs of assistance. Bancroft.

3. To strive or contend about; to contest.

To dispute the possession of the ground with the Spaniards. Prescott.

4. To struggle against; to resist. [Obs.]

Dispute it [grief] like a man. Shak.

Syn. -- To controvert; contest; gainsay; doubt; question; argue; debate; discuss; impugn. See Argue .

Dispute <Xpage=431>

Dis*pute" , n. [Cf. F. dispute . See Dispute , v. i. ]

1. Verbal controversy; contest by opposing argument or expression of opposing views or claims; controversial discussion; altercation; debate.

Addicted more To contemplation and profound dispute . Milton.

2. Contest; struggle; quarrel.

De Foe.

Beyond dispute , Without dispute , indisputably; incontrovertibly.

Syn. -- Altercation; controversy; argumentation; debate; discussion; quarrel; disagreement; difference; contention; wrangling. See Altercation .

Disputeless <Xpage=431>

Dis*pute"less , a. Admitting no dispute; incontrovertible.

Bailey.

Disputer <Xpage=431>

Dis*put"er (?) , n. One who disputes, or who is given to disputes; a controvertist.