Chapter CXXIX: Conclusion: Con*clu"sion, n. Etym: F., fr. L. conclusio. See Conclude (38)

1. Destitute of consolation; deeply dejected and dispirited; hopelessly sad; comfortless; filled with grief; as, a bereaved and disconsolate parent. One morn a Peri at the gate Of Eden stood disconsolate. Moore. The ladies and the knights, no shelter nigh, Were dropping wet, disconsolate and wan. Dryden.

2. Inspiring dejection; saddening; cheerless; as, the disconsolate darkness of the winter nights. Ray.

Syn. -- Forlorn; melancholy; sorrowful; desolate; woeful; hopeless; gloomy. -- Dis*con"so*late*ly, adv. -- Dis*con"so*late*ness, n.

DISCONSOLATED Dis*con"so*la`ted, a.

Defn: Disconsolate. [Obs.] A poor, disconsolated, drooping creature. Sterne.

DISCONSOLATION Dis*con`so*la"tion, n.

Defn: Dejection; grief. [R.] Bp. Hall.

DISCONTENT Dis`con*tent", a.

Defn: Not content; discontented; dissatisfied. Jer. Taylor. Passion seemed to be much discontent, but Patience was very quiet. Bunyan.

DISCONTENT Dis`con*tent", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Discontented; p. pr. & vb. n. Discontenting.]

Defn: To deprive if content; to make uneasy; to dissatisfy. Suckling.

DISCONTENT Dis`con*tent", n.

1. Want of content; uneasiness and inquietude of mind; dissatisfaction; disquiet. Now is the winter of our discontent Made glorious summer by this sun of York. Shak. The rapacity of his father's administration had excited such universal discontent. Hallam

2. A discontented person; a malcontent. [R.] Thus was the Scotch nation full of discontents. Fuller.

DISCONTENTATION Dis*con`ten*ta"tion, n.

Defn: Discontent. [Obs.] Ascham.

DISCONTENTED Dis`con*tent"ed, p. p. & a.

Defn: Dissatisfied; uneasy in mind; malcontent. And every one that was in distress, and every one that was in debt, and every one that was discontented, gathered themselves unto him. 1 Sam. xxii. 2. -- Dis`con*tent"ed*ly, adv. -- Dis`con*tent"ed*ness, n.

DISCONTENTFUL Dis`con*tent"ful, a.

Defn: Full of discontent. [R.]

DISCONTENTING Dis`con*tent"ing, a.

1. Discontented. [Obs.] Shak.

2. Causing discontent; dissatisfying. Milton.

DISCONTENTIVE Dis`con*tent"ive, a.

Defn: Relating or tending to discontent. [R.] "Pride is ever discontentive." Feltham.

DISCONTENTMENT Dis`con*tent"ment, n.

Defn: The state of being discontented; uneasiness; inquietude. Bacon.

DISCONTINUABLE Dis`con*tin"u*a*ble, a.

Defn: Admitting of being discontinued. [R.]

DISCONTINUANCE Dis`con*tin"u*ance, n.

1. The act of discontinuing, or the state of being discontinued; want of continued connection or continuity; breaking off; cessation; interruption; as, a discontinuance of conversation or intercourse; discontinuance of a highway or of travel.

2. (Law) (a) A breaking off or interruption of an estate, which happened when an alienation was made by a tenant in tail, or other tenant, seized in right of another, of a larger estate than the tenant was entitled to, whereby the party ousted or injured was driven to his real action, and could not enter. This effect of such alienation is now obviated by statute in both England and the United States. (b) The termination of an action in practice by the voluntary act of the plaintiff; an entry on the record that the plaintiff discontinues his action. (c) That technical interruption of the proceedings in pleading in an action, which follows where a defendant does not answer the whole of the plaintiff's declaration, and the plaintiff omits to take judgment for the part unanswered. Wharton's Law Dict. Burrill.

Syn. -- Cessation; intermission; discontinuation; separation; disunion; disjunction; disruption; break.

DISCONTINUATION Dis`con*tin`u*a"tion, n. Etym: [Cf. F. discontinuation.]

Defn: Breach or interruption of continuity; separation of parts in a connected series; discontinuance. Upon any discontinuation of parts, made either by bubbles or by shaking the glass, the whole mercury falls. Sir I. Newton.

DISCONTINUE Dis`con*tin"ue, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Discontinued; p. pr. & vb. n. Discontinuing.] Etym: [Cf. F. discontinuer.]

Defn: To interrupt the continuance of; to intermit, as a practice or habit; to put an end to; to cause to cease; to cease using, to stop; to leave off. Set up their conventicles again, which had been discontinued. Bp. Burnet. I have discontinued school Above a twelvemonth. Shak. Taught the Greek tongue, discontinued before in these parts the space of seven hundred years. Daniel. They modify and discriminate the voice, without appearing to discontinue it. Holder.

DISCONTINUE Dis`con*tin"ue, v. i.

1. To lose continuity or cohesion of parts; to be disrupted or broken off. Bacon.

2. To be separated or severed; to part. Thyself shalt discontinue from thine heritage. Jer. xvii. 4.

DISCONTINUEE Dis`con*tin`u*ee", n. (Law)

Defn: One whose possession of an estate is broken off, or discontinued; one whose estate is subject to discontinuance.

DISCONTINUER Dis`con*tin"u*er, n.

Defn: One who discontinues, or breaks off or away from; an absentee. He was no gadder abroad, not discontinuer from his convent for a long time. Fuller.

DISCONTINUITY Dis*con`ti*nu"i*ty, n.

Defn: Want of continuity or cohesion; disunion of parts. "Discontinuity of surface." Boyle.

DISCONTINUOR Dis`con*tin"u*or, n. (Law)

Defn: One who deprives another of the possession of an estate by discontinuance. See Discontinuance, 2.

DISCONTINUOUS Dis`con*tin"u*ous, a.

1. Not continuous; interrupted; broken off. A path that is zigzag, discontinuous, and intersected at every turn by human negligence. De Quincey.

2. Exhibiting a dissolution of continuity; gaping. "Discontinuous wound." Milton. Discontinuous function (Math.), a function which for certain values or between certain values of the variable does not vary continuously as the variable increases. The discontinuity may, for example, consist of an abrupt change in the value of the function, or an abrupt change in its law of variation, or the function may become imaginary.

DISCONVENIENCE Dis`con*ven"ience, n.

Defn: Unsuitableness; incongruity. [Obs.] Bacon.

DISCONVENIENT Dis`con*ven"ient, a.

Defn: Not convenient or congruous; unsuitable; ill-adapted. [Obs.] Bp. Reynolds.

DISCOPHORA Dis*coph"o*ra, n. pl. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. to bear.] (Zoöl.)

Defn: A division of acalephs or jellyfishes, including most of the large disklike species. -- Dis*coph"o*rous, a.

DISCORD Dis"cord`, n. Etym: [OE. discord, descord, OF. discorde, descorde, F. discorde, from L. discordia, fr. discors, -cordis, discordant, disagreeable; dis- + cor, cordis, heart; cf. F. discord, n., and OF. descorder, discorder, F. discorder, to discord, L. discordare, from discors. See Heart, and cf. Discord, v. i.]

1. Want of concord or agreement; absence of unity or harmony in sentiment or action; variance leading to contention and strife; disagreement; -- applied to persons or to things, and to thoughts, feelings, or purposes. A false witness that speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren. Prov. vi. 19. Peace to arise out of universal discord fomented in all parts of the empire. Burke.

2. (Mus.)

Defn: Union of musical sounds which strikes the ear harshly or disagreeably, owing to the incommensurability of the vibrations which they produce; want of musical concord or harmony; a chord demanding resolution into a concord. For a discord itself is but a harshness of divers sounds mBacon. Apple of discord. See under Apple.

Syn. -- Variance; difference; opposition; contrariety; clashing; dissension; contention; strife; disagreement; dissonance.

DISCORD Dis*cord", v. i. Etym: [OE. discorden, descorden, from the French. See Discord, n.]

Defn: To disagree; to be discordant; to jar; to clash; not to suit. [Obs.] The one discording with the other. Bacon.

DISCORDABLE Dis*cord"a*ble, a. Etym: [Cf. OF. descordable.]

Defn: That may produce discord; disagreeing; discordant. [R.] Halliwell.

DISCORDANCE; DISCORDANCY Dis*cord"ance, Dis*cord"an*cy, n. Etym: [Cf. F. discordance.]

Defn: State or quality of being discordant; disagreement; inconsistency. There will arise a thousand discordances of opinion. I. Taylor.

DISCORDANT Dis*cord"ant, a. Etym: [OE. discordant, descordaunt, OF. descordant, discordant, F. discordant, p. pr. of discorder, OF. also, descorder. See Discord, n.]

1. Disagreeing; incongruous; being at variance; clashing; opposing; not harmonious. The discordant elements out of which the emperor had compounded his realm did not coalesce. Motley.

2. Etym: [See Discord, n.,

2.] (Mus.)

Defn: Dissonant; not in harmony or musical concord; harsh; jarring; as, discordant notes or sounds. For still their music seemed to start Discordant echoes in each heart. Longfellow.

3. (Geol.)

Defn: Said of strata which lack conformity in direction of bedding, either as in unconformability, or as caused by a fault.

Syn. -- Disagreeing; incongruous; contradictory; repugnant; opposite; contrary; inconsistent; dissonant; harsh; jarring; irreconcilable. -- Dis*cord"ant*ly, adv. -- Dis*cord"ant*ness, n. [R.]

DISCORDFUL Dis*cord"ful, a.

Defn: Full of discord; contentious. [Obs.] "His discordful dame." Spenser.

DISCORDOUS Dis*cord"ous, a.

Defn: Full of discord. [Obs.]

DISCORPORATE Dis*cor"po*rate, a.

Defn: Deprived of the privileges or form of a body corporate. [Obs.] Jas. II.

DISCORRESPONDENT Dis*cor`re*spond"ent, a.

Defn: Incongruous. W. Montagu.

DISCOST Dis*cost", v. i.

Defn: Same as Discoast. [Obs.]

DISCOUNSEL Dis*coun"sel, v. t. Etym: [Pref. dis- + counsel: cf. OF. desconseiller.]

Defn: To dissuade. [Obs.] Spenser.

DISCOUNT Dis"count`, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Discounted; p. pr. & vb. n. Discounting.] Etym: [OF. desconter, descompter, to deduct, F. décompter to discount; pref. des- (L. dis-) + conter, compter. See Count, v.]

1. To deduct from an account, debt, charge, and the like; to make an abatement of; as, merchants sometimes discount five or six per cent for prompt payment of bills.

2. To lend money upon, deducting the discount or allowance for interest; as, the banks discount notes and bills of exchange. Discount only unexceptionable paper. Walsh.

3. To take into consideration beforehand; to anticipate and form conclusions concerning (an event).

4. To leave out of account; to take no notice of. [R.] Of the three opinions (I discount Brown's). Sir W. Hamilton.

DISCOUNT Dis"count`, v. i.

Defn: To lend, or make a practice of lending, money, abating the discount; as, the discount for sixty or ninety days.

DISCOUNT Dis"count`, n. Etym: [Cf. F. décompte. See Discount, v. t.]

1. A counting off or deduction made from a gross sum on any account whatever; an allowance upon an account, debt, demand, price asked, and the like; something taken or deducted.

2. A deduction made for interest, in advancing money upon, or purchasing, a bill or note not due; payment in advance of interest upon money.

3. The rate of interest charged in discounting. At a discount, below par, or below the nominal value; hence, colloquially, out of favor; poorly esteemed; depreciated. -- Bank discount, a sum equal to the interest at a given rate on the principal (face) of a bill or note from the time of discounting until it become due. -- Discount broker, one who makes a business of discounting commercial paper; a bill broker. -- Discount day, a particular day of the week when a bank discounts bills. -- True discount, the interest which, added to a principal, will equal the face of a note when it becomes due. The principal yielding this interest is the present value of the note.

DISCOUNTABLE Dis*count"a*ble, a.

Defn: Capable of being, or suitable to be, discounted; as, certain forms are necessary to render notes discountable at a bank.

DISCOUNTENANCE Dis*coun"te*nance, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Discountenanced; p. pr. & vb. n. Discountenancing.] Etym: [Pref. dis- + countenance: cf. OF. descontenancer, F. décontenancer.]

1. To ruffle or discompose the countenance of; to put of countenance; to put to shame; to abash. How would one look from his majestic brow . . . Discountenance her despised! Milton. The hermit was somewhat discountenanced by this observation. Sir W. Scott.

2. To refuse to countenance, or give the support of one's approval to; to give one's influence against; to restrain by cold treatment; to discourage. A town meeting was convened to discountenance riot. Bancroft.

DISCOUNTENANCE Dis*coun"te*nance, n.

Defn: Unfavorable aspect; unfriendly regard; cold treatment; disapprobation; whatever tends to check or discourage. He thought a little discountenance on those persons would suppress that spirit. Clarendon.

DISCOUNTENANCER Dis*coun"te*nan*cer, n.

Defn: One who discountenances; one who disfavors. Bacon.

DISCOUNTER Dis"count`er, n.

Defn: One who discounts; a discount broker. Burke.

DISCOURAGE Dis*cour"age (; 48), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Discouraged; p. pr. & vb. n. Discouraging.] Etym: [Pref. dis- + courage: cf. OF. descoragier, F. décourager: pref. des- (L. dis-) + corage, F. courage. See Courage.]

1. To extinguish the courage of; to dishearten; to depress the spirits of; to deprive of confidence; to deject; -- the opposite of encourage; as, he was discouraged in his undertaking; he need not be discouraged from a like attempt. Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged. Col. iii. 21.

2. To dishearten one with respect to; to discountenance; to seek to check by disfavoring; to deter one from; as, they discouraged his efforts.

Syn. -- To dishearten; dispirit; depress; deject; dissuade; disfavor.

DISCOURAGE Dis*cour"age, n.

Defn: Lack of courage; cowardliness.

DISCOURAGEABLE Dis*cour"age*a*ble, a.

Defn: Capable of being discouraged; easily disheartened. Bp. Hall.

DISCOURAGEMENT Dis*cour"age*ment, n. Etym: [Cf. OF. descouragement, F. découragement.]

1. The act of discouraging, or the state of being discouraged; depression or weakening of confidence; dejection.

2. That which discourages; that which deters, or tends to deter, from an undertaking, or from the prosecution of anything; a determent; as, the revolution was commenced under every possible discouragement. "Discouragements from vice." Swift.

DISCOURAGER Dis*cour"a*ger, n.

Defn: One who discourages. The promoter of truth and the discourager of error. Sir G. C. Lewis.

DISCOURAGING Dis*cour"a*ging, a.

Defn: Causing or indicating discouragement. -- Dis*cour"a*ging*ly, adv.

DISCOURE Dis*coure", v. t.

Defn: To discover. [Obs.] That none might her discoure. Spenser.

DISCOURSE Dis*course", n. Etym: [L. discursus a running to and fro, discourse, fr. discurrere, discursum, to run to and fro, to discourse; dis- + currere to run: cf. F. discours. See Course.]

1. The power of the mind to reason or infer by running, as it were, from one fact or reason to another, and deriving a conclusion; an exercise or act of this power; reasoning; range of reasoning faculty. [Obs.] Difficult, strange, and harsh to the discourses of natural reason. South. Sure he that made us with such large discourse, Looking before and after, gave us not That capability and godlike reason To fust in us unused. Shak.

2. Conversation; talk. In their discourses after supper. Shak. Filling the head with variety of thoughts, and the mouth with copious discourse. Locke.

3. The art and manner of speaking and conversing. Of excellent breeding, admirable discourse. Shak.

4. Consecutive speech, either written or unwritten, on a given line of thought; speech; treatise; dissertation; sermon, etc.; as, the preacher gave us a long discourse on duty.

5. Dealing; transaction. [Obs.] Good Captain Bessus, tell us the discourse Betwixt Tigranes and our king, and how We got the victory. Beau. & Fl.

DISCOURSE Dis*course", v. i. [imp. & p. p. Discoursed; p. pr. & vb. n. Discoursing.]

1. To exercise reason; to employ the mind in judging and inferring; to reason. [Obs.] "Have sense or can discourse." Dryden.

2. To express one's self in oral discourse; to expose one's views; to talk in a continuous or formal manner; to hold forth; to speak; to converse. Bid me discourse, I will enchant thine ear. Shak.

3. To relate something; to tell. Shak.

4. To treat of something in writing and formally.

DISCOURSE Dis*course", v. t.

1. To treat of; to expose or set forth in language. [Obs.] The life of William Tyndale . . . is sufficiently and at large discoursed in the book. Foxe.

2. To utter or give forth; to speak. It will discourse mosShak.

3. To talk to; to confer with. [Obs.] I have spoken to my brother, who is the patron, to discourse the minister about it. Evelyn.

DISCOURSER Dis*cours"er, n.

1. One who discourse; a narrator; a speaker; an haranguer. In his conversation he was the most clear discourser. Milward.

2. The writer of a treatise or dissertation. Philologers and critical discoursers. Sir T. Browne.

DISCOURSIVE Dis*cours"ive, a. Etym: [See Discursive.]

1. Reasoning; characterized by reasoning; passing from premises to consequences; discursive. Milton.

2. Containing dialogue or conversation; interlocutory. The epic is everywhere interlaced with dialogue or discoursive scenes. Dryden.

3. Inclined to converse; conversable; communicative; as, a discoursive man. [R.]

DISCOURSIVE Dis*cours"ive, n.

Defn: The state or quality of being discoursive or able to reason. [R.] Feltham.

DISCOURTEOUS Dis*cour"te*ous (; see Courteous, 277), a. Etym: [Pref. dis- + courteous: cf. OF. discortois.]

Defn: Uncivil; rude; wanting in courtesy or good manners; uncourteous. -- Dis*cour"te*ous*ly, adv. -- Dis*cour"te*ous*ness, n.

DISCOURTESY Dis*cour"te*sy, n. Etym: [Pref. dis- + courtesy: cf. OF. descourtoisie.]

Defn: Rudeness of behavior or language; ill manners; manifestation of disrespect; incivility. Be calm in arguing; for fierceness makes Error a fault, and truth discourtesy. Herbert.

DISCOURTSHIP Dis*court"ship, n.

Defn: Want of courtesy. [Obs.] B. Jonson.

DISCOUS Disc"ous, a. Etym: [L. discus disk. See Disk.]

Defn: Disklike; discoid.

DISCOVENANT Dis*cov"e*nant, v. t.

Defn: To dissolve covenant with.

DISCOVER Dis*cov"er, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Discovered; p. pr. & vb. n. Discovering.] Etym: [OE. discoveren, discuren, descuren, OF. descovrir, descouvrir, F. découvrir; des- (L. dis-) + couvrir to cover. See Cover.]

1. To uncover. [Obs.] Whether any man hath pulled down or discovered any church. Abp. Grindal.

2. To disclose; to lay open to view; to make visible; to reveal; to make known; to show (what has been secret, unseen, or unknown). Go, draw aside the curtains, and discover The several caskets to this noble prince. Shak. Prosperity doth best discover vice; but adversity doth best discover virtue. Bacon. We will discover ourselves unto them. 1 Sam. xiv. 8. Discover not a secret to another. Prov. xxv. 9.

3. To obtain for the first time sight or knowledge of, as of a thing existing already, but not perceived or known; to find; to ascertain; to espy; to detect. Some to discover islands far away. Shak.

4. To manifest without design; to show. The youth discovered a taste for sculpture. C. J. Smith.

5. To explore; to examine. [Obs.]

Syn. -- To disclose; bring out; exhibit; show; manifest; reveal; communicate; impart; tell; espy; find; out; detect. -- To Discover, Invent. We discover what existed before, but remained unknown; we invent by forming combinations which are either entirely new, or which attain their end by means unknown before. Columbus discovered America; Newton discovered the law of gravitation; Whitney invented the cotton gin; Galileo invented the telescope.

DISCOVER Dis*cov"er, v. i.

Defn: To discover or show one's self. [Obs.] This done, they discover. Decke Nor was this the first time that they discovered to be followers of this world. Milton.

DISCOVERABILITY Dis*cov`er*a*bil"i*ty, n.

Defn: The quality of being discoverable. [R.] Carlyle.

DISCOVERABLE Dis*cov"er*a*ble, a.

Defn: Capable of being discovered, found out, or perceived; as, many minute animals are discoverable only by the help of the microscope; truths discoverable by human industry.

DISCOVERER Dis*cov"er*er, n.

1. One who discovers; one who first comes to the knowledge of something; one who discovers an unknown country, or a new principle, truth, or fact. The discoverers and searchers of the land. Sir W. Raleigh.

2. A scout; an explorer. Shak.

DISCOVERMENT Dis*cov"er*ment, n.

Defn: Discovery. [Obs.]

DISCOVERT Dis*cov"ert, a. Etym: [Cf. F. découvert uncovered, OF. descovert. See Discover, Covert.] (Law)

Defn: Not covert; not within the bonds of matrimony; unmarried; -- applied either to a woman who has never married or to a widow.

DISCOVERT Dis*cov"ert, n.

Defn: An uncovered place or part. [Obs.] At discovert, uncovered. [Obs.] Chaucer.

DISCOVERTURE Dis*cov"er*ture, n. Etym: [Pref. dis- + coverture: cf. OF. descoverture.]

1. Discovery. [Obs.]

2. (Law)

Defn: A state of being released from coverture; freedom of a woman from the coverture of a husband.

DISCOVERY Dis*cov"er*y, n.; pl. Discoveries (.

1. The action of discovering; exposure to view; laying open; showing; as, the discovery of a plot.

2. A making known; revelation; disclosure; as, a bankrupt is bound to make a full discovery of his assets. In the clear discoveries of the next [world]. South.

3. Finding out or ascertaining something previously unknown or unrecognized; as, Harvey's discovery of the circulation of the blood. A brilliant career of discovery and conquest. Prescott. We speak of the "invention" of printing, the discovery of America. Trench.

4. That which is discovered; a thing found out, or for the first time ascertained or recognized; as, the properties of the magnet were an important discovery.

5. Exploration; examination. [Obs.]

DISCOVERY DAY Dis*cov"er*y Day.

Defn: = Columbus Day, above.

DISCRADLE Dis*cra"dle, v. t.

Defn: To take from a cradle. [R.] This airy apparition first discradled From Tournay into Portugal. Ford.

DISCREDIT Dis*cred"it, n. Etym: [Cf. F. discrédit.]

1. The act of discrediting or disbelieving, or the state of being discredited or disbelieved; as, later accounts have brought the story into discredit.

2. Hence, some degree of dishonor or disesteem; ill repute; reproach; -- applied to persons or things. It is the duty of every Christian to be concerned for the reputation or discredit his life may bring on his profession. Rogers.

Syn. -- Disesteem; disrepute; dishonor; disgrace; ignominy; scandal; disbelief; distrust.

DISCREDIT Dis*cred"it, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Discredited; p. pr. & vb. n. Discrediting.] Etym: [Cf. F. discréditer.]

1. To refuse credence to; not to accept as true; to disbelieve; as, the report is discredited.

2. To deprive of credibility; to destroy confidence or trust in; to cause disbelief in the accuracy or authority of. An occasion might be given to the . . . papists of discrediting our common English Bible. Strype.

2. To deprive of credit or good repute; to bring reproach upon; to make less reputable; to disgrace. He. . . least discredits his travels who returns the same man he went. Sir H. Wotton.

DISCREDITABLE Dis*cred"it*a*ble, a.

Defn: Not creditable; injurious to reputation; disgraceful; disreputable. -- Dis*cred"it*a*bly, adv.

DISCREDITOR Dis*cred"it*or, n.

Defn: One who discredits.

DISCREET Dis*creet", a. [Compar. Discreeter; superl. Discreetest.] Etym: [F. discret, L. discretus separated (whence the meaning reserved, prudent), p. p. of discernere. See Discern, and cf. Discrete.]

1. Possessed of discernment, especially in avoiding error or evil, and in the adaptation of means to ends; prudent; sagacious; judicious; not rash or heedless; cautious. It is the discreet man, not the witty, nor the learned, nor the brave, who guides the conversation, and gives measures to society. Addison. Satire 's my weapon, but I 'm too discreet To run amuck, and tilt at all I meet. Pope. The sea is silent, the sea is discreet. Longfellow.

2. Differing; distinct. [Obs.] Spenser. -- Dis*creet"ly, adv. -- Dis*creet"ness, n.

DISCREPANCE; DISCREPANCY Dis*crep"ance, Dis*crep"an*cy, n.; pl. -ances, -ancies. Etym: [L. disrepantia: cf. OF. discrepance. See Discrepant.]

Defn: The state or quality of being discrepant; disagreement; variance; discordance; dissimilarity; contrariety. There hath been ever a discrepance of vesture of youth and age, men and women. Sir T. Elyot. There is no real discrepancy between these two genealogies. G. S. Faber.

DISCREPANT Dis*crep"ant, a. Etym: [L. discrepans, -antis, p. pr. of discrepare to sound differently or discordantly; dis- + crepare to rattle, creak: cf. OF. discrepant. See Crepitate.]

Defn: Discordant; at variance; disagreeing; contrary; different. The Egyptians were . . . the most oddly discrepant from the rest in their manner of worship. Cudworth.

DISCREPANT Dis*crep"ant, n.

Defn: A dissident. J. Taylor.

DISCRETE Dis*crete", a. Etym: [L. discretus, p. p. of discernere. See Discreet.]

1. Separate; distinct; disjunct. Sir M. Hale.

2. Disjunctive; containing a disjunctive or discretive clause; as, "I resign my life, but not my honor," is a discrete proposition.

3. (Bot.)

Defn: Separate; not coalescent; -- said of things usually coalescent. Discrete movement. See Concrete movement of the voice, under Concrete, a. -- Discrete proportion, proportion where the ratio of the means is different from that of either couplet; as, 3:6::8:16, 3 bearing the same proportion to 6 as 8 does to 16. But 3 is not to 6 as 6 to 8. It is thus opposed to continued or continual proportion; as, 3:6::12:24. -- Discrete quantity, that which must be divided into units, as number, and is opposed to continued quantity, as duration, or extension.

DISCRETE Dis*crete", v. t.

Defn: To separate. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

DISCRETELY Dis*crete"ly, adv.

Defn: Separately; disjunctively.

DISCRETION Dis*cre"tion, n. Etym: [F. discrétion, L. discretio separation, difference, discernment, fr. discernere, discretum. See Discreet, Discern.]

1. Disjunction; separation. [Obs.] Mede.

2. The quality of being discreet; wise conduct and management; cautious discernment, especially as to matters of propriety and self- control; prudence; circumspection; wariness. The better part of valor is discretion. Shak. The greatest parts without discretion may be fatal to their owner. Hume.

3. Discrimination. Well spoken, with good accent and good discretion. Shak.

4. Freedom to act according to one's own judgment; unrestrained exercise of choice or will. At discretion, without conditions or stipulations.

DISCRETIONAL; DISCRETIONARY Dis*cre"tion*al, Dis*cre"tion*a*ry,Etym: [Cf. F. discrétionnaire.]

Defn: Left to discretion; unrestrained except by discretion or judgment; as, an ambassador with discretionary powers.

DISCRETIONALLY; DISCRETIONARILY Dis*cre"tion*al*ly, Dis*cre"tion*a*ri*ly, adv.

Defn: At discretion; according to one's discretion or judgment.

DISCRETIVE Dis*cre"tive, a. Etym: [L. discretivus. See Discrete.]

Defn: Marking distinction or separation; disjunctive. Discretive proposition (Logic & Gram.), one that expresses distinction, opposition, or variety, by means of discretive particles, as but, though, yet, etc.; as, travelers change their climate, but not their temper.

DISCRETIVELY Dis*cre"tive*ly, adv.

Defn: In a discretive manner.

DISCRIMINABLE Dis*crim"i*na*ble, a.

Defn: Capable of being discriminated. [Obs.] Bailey.

DISCRIMINAL Dis*crim"i*nal, a. Etym: [L. discriminalis serving to divide.]

Defn: In palmistry, applied to the line which marks the separation between the hand and the arm.

DISCRIMINANT Dis*crim"i*nant, n. Etym: [L. discriminans, p. pr. of discriminare.] (Math.)

Defn: The eliminant of the n partial differentials of any homogenous function of n variables. See Eliminant.

DISCRIMINATE Dis*crim"i*nate, a. Etym: [L. discriminatus, p. p. of discriminare to divide, separate, fr. discrimen division, distinction, decision, fr. discernere. See Discern, and cf. Criminate.]

Defn: Having the difference marked; distinguished by certain tokens. Bacon.

DISCRIMINATE Dis*crim"i*nate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Discriminated; p. pr. & vb. n. Discriminating.]

Defn: To set apart as being different; to mark as different; to separate from another by discerning differences; to distinguish. Cowper. To discriminate the goats from the sheep. Barrow.

DISCRIMINATE Dis*crim"i*nate, v. i.

1. To make a difference or distinction; to distinguish accurately; as, in judging of evidence, we should be careful to discriminate between probability and slight presumption.

2. (a) To treat unequally. (b) (Railroads) To impose unequal tariffs for substantially the same service.

DISCRIMINATELY Dis*crim"i*nate*ly, adv.

Defn: In a discriminating manner; distinctly.

DISCRIMINATENESS Dis*crim"i*nate*ness, n.

Defn: The state of being discriminated; distinctness.

DISCRIMINATING Dis*crim"i*na`ting, a.

Defn: Marking a difference; distinguishing. -- Dis*crim"i*na`ting*ly, adv. And finds with keen discriminating sight, Black's not so black; -- nor white so very white. Canning.

DISCRIMINATION Dis*crim`i*na"tion, n. Etym: [L. discriminatio the contrasting of opposite thoughts.]

1. The act of discriminating, distinguishing, or noting and marking differences. To make an anxious discrimination between the miracle absolute and providential. Trench.

2. The state of being discriminated, distinguished, or set apart. Sir J. Reynolds.

3. (Railroads)

Defn: The arbitrary imposition of unequal tariffs for substantially the same service. A difference in rates, not based upon any corresponding difference in cost, constitutes a case of discrimination. A. T. Hadley.

4. The quality of being discriminating; faculty of nicely distinguishing; acute discernment; as, to show great discrimination in the choice of means.

5. That which discriminates; mark of distinction.

Syn. -- Discernment; penetration; clearness; acuteness; judgment; distinction. See Discernment.

DISCRIMINATIVE Dis*crim"i*na*tive, a.

1. Marking a difference; distinguishing; distinctive; characteristic. That peculiar and discriminative form of life. Johnson.

2. Observing distinctions; making differences; discriminating. "Discriminative censure." J. Foster. "Discriminative Providence." Dr. H. More.

DISCRIMINATIVELY Dis*crim"i*na*tive*ly, adv.

Defn: With discrimination or distinction. J. Foster.

DISCRIMINATOR Dis*crim"i*na`tor, n. Etym: [LL.]

Defn: One who discriminates.

DISCRIMINATORY Dis*crim"i*na*to*ry, a.

Defn: Discriminative.

DISCRIMINOUS Dis*crim"i*nous, a. Etym: [LL. discriminosus, fr. L. discrimen the dangerous, decisive moment. See Discriminate, a.]

Defn: Hazardous; dangerous. [Obs.] Harvey.

DISCRIVE Dis*crive", v. t. Etym: [OF. descrivre. See Describe.]

Defn: To describe. [Obs.] Chaucer.

DISCROWN Dis*crown", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Discrowned; p. pr. & vb. n. Discrowning.]

Defn: To deprive of a crown. The end had crowned the work; it not unreasonably discrowned the workman. Motley.

DISCRUCIATE Dis*cru"ci*ate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Discruciated; p. pr. & vb. n. Discruciating.] Etym: [L. discruciatus, p. p. of discruciare. See Cruciate.]

Defn: To torture; to excruciate. [Obs.] Discruciate a man in deep distress. Herrick.

DISCUBITORY Dis*cu"bi*to*ry, a. Etym: [L. discumbere, discubitum, to lie down, recline at table; dis- + cumbere (in comp.) to lie down.]

Defn: Leaning; fitted for a reclining posture. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

DISCULPATE Dis*cul"pate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disculpated; p. pr. & vb. n. Disculpating.] Etym: [LL. disculpatus, p. p. of disculpare to disculpate; dis- + L. culpare to blame, culpa fault.]

Defn: To free from blame or the imputation of a fault; to exculpate. I almost fear you think I begged it, but I can disculpate myself. Walpole.

DISCULPATION Dis`cul*pa"tion, n. Etym: [Cf. F. disculpation.]

Defn: Exculpation. Burke.

DISCULPATORY Dis*cul"pa*to*ry, a.

Defn: Tending to exculpate; exculpatory.

DISCUMBENCY Dis*cum"ben*cy, n. Etym: [From L. discumbens, p. pr. of discumbere. See Discubitory.]

Defn: The act of reclining at table according to the manner of the ancients at their meals. Sir T. Browne.

DISCUMBER Dis*cum"ber, v. t. Etym: [Pref. dis- + cumber: cf. OF. descombrer.]

Defn: To free from that which cumbers or impedes; to disencumber. [Archaic] Pope.

DISCURE Dis*cure", v. t. Etym: [See Discover.]

Defn: To discover; to reveal; to discoure. [Obs.] I will, if please you it discure, assay To ease you of that ill, so wisely as I may. Spenser.

DISCURRENT Dis*cur"rent, a.

Defn: Not current or free to circulate; not in use. [Obs.] Sir E. Sandys.

DISCURSION Dis*cur"sion, n. Etym: [LL. discursio a running different ways. See Discourse.]

Defn: The act of discoursing or reasoning; range, as from thought to thought. Coleridge.

DISCURSIST Dis*cur"sist, n.

Defn: A discourser. [Obs.] L. Addison.

DISCURSIVE Dis*cur"sive, a. Etym: [Cf. F. discursif. See Discourse, and cf. Discoursive.]

1. Passing from one thing to another; ranging over a wide field; roving; digressive; desultory. "Discursive notices." De Quincey. The power he [Shakespeare] delights to show is not intense, but discursive. Hazlitt. A man rather tacit than discursive. Carlyle.

2. Reasoning; proceeding from one ground to another, as in reasoning; argumentative. Reason is her being, Discursive or intuitive. Milton. -- Dis*cur"sive*ly, adv. -- Dis*cur"sive*ness, n.

DISCURSORY Dis*cur`so*ry, a.

Defn: Argumentative; discursive; reasoning. [R.] Bp. Hall.

DISCURSUS Dis*cur"sus, n. Etym: [L.] (Logic)

Defn: Argumentation; ratiocination; discursive reasoning.

DISCUS Dis"cus, n.; pl. E. Discuses, L. Disci. Etym: [L. See Disk.]

1. (a) A quoit; a circular plate of some heavy material intended to be pitched or hurled as a trial of strength and skill. (b) The exercise with the discus.

Note: This among the Greeks was one of the chief gymnastic exercises and was included in the Pentathlon (the contest of the five exercises). The chief contest was that of throwing the discus to the greatest possible distance.

2. A disk. See Disk.

DISCUSS Dis*cuss", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Discussed; p. pr. & vb. n. Discussing.] Etym: [L. discussus, p. p. of discutere to strike asunder (hence came the sense to separate mentally, distinguish); dis- + quatere to shake, strike. See Quash.]

1. To break to pieces; to shatter. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

2. To break up; to disperse; to scatter; to dissipate; to drive away; -- said especially of tumors. Many arts were used to discuss the beginnings of new affection. Sir H. Wotton. A pomade . . . of virtue to discuss pimples. Rambler.

3. To shake; to put away; to finish. [Obs.] All regard of shame she had discussed. Spenser.

4. To examine in detail or by disputation; to reason upon by presenting favorable and adverse considerations; to debate; to sift; to investigate; to ventilate. "We sat and . . . discussed the farm . . . and the price of grain." Tennyson. "To discuss questions of taste." Macaulay.

5. To deal with, in eating or drinking. [Colloq.] We sat quietly down and discussed a cold fowl that we had brought with us. Sir S. Baker.

6. (Law)

Defn: To examine or search thoroughly; to exhaust a remedy against, as against a principal debtor before proceeding against the surety. Burrill.

Syn. -- To Discuss, Examine, Debate. We speak of examining a subject when we ponder it with care, in order to discover its real state, or the truth respecting it. We speak of discussing a topic when we examine it thoroughly in its distinct parts. The word is very commonly applied to matters of opinion. We may discuss a subject without giving in an adhesion to any conclusion. We speak of debating a point when we examine it in mutual argumentation between opposing parties. In debate we contend for or against some conclusion or view.

DISCUSSER Dis*cuss"er, n.

Defn: One who discusses; one who sifts or examines. Wood.

DISCUSSION Dis*cus"sion, n. Etym: [L. discussio a shaking, examination, discussion: cf. F. discussion.]

1. The act or process of discussing by breaking up, or dispersing, as a tumor, or the like.

2. The act of discussing or exchanging reasons; examination by argument; debate; disputation; agitation. The liberty of discussion is the great safeguard of all other liberties. Macaulay. Discussion of a problem or an equation (Math.), the operation of assigning different reasonable values to the arbitrary quantities and interpreting the result. Math. Dict.

DISCUSSIONAL Dis*cus"sion*al, a.

Defn: Pertaining to discussion.

DISCUSSIVE Dis*cuss"ive, a. Etym: [Cf. F. discussif.]

1. (Med.)

Defn: Able or tending to discuss or disperse tumors or coagulated matter.

2. Doubt-dispelling; decisive. [R.] A kind of peremptory and discussive voice. Hopkins.

DISCUSSIVE Dis*cuss"ive, n. (Med.)

Defn: A medicine that discusses or disperses morbid humors; a discutient.

DISCUTIENT Dis*cu"tient, a. Etym: [L. discutiens, p. pr. of discutere. See Discuss.] (Med.)

Defn: Serving to disperse morbid matter; discussive; as, a discutient application. -- n.

Defn: An agent (as a medicinal application) which serves to disperse morbid matter. "Foment with discutiens." Wiseman.

DISDAIN Dis*dain", n. Etym: [OE. desdain, disdein, OF. desdein, desdaing, F. dédain, fr. the verb. See Disdain, v. t.]

1. A feeling of contempt and aversion; the regarding anything as unworthy of or beneath one; scorn. How my soul is moved with just disdain! Pope.

Note: Often implying an idea of haughtiness. Disdain and scorn ride sparkling in her eyes. Shak.

2. That which is worthy to be disdained or regarded with contempt and aversion. [Obs.] Most loathsome, filthy, foul, and full of vile disdain. Spenser.

3. The state of being despised; shame. [Obs.] Shak.

Syn. -- Haughtiness; scorn; contempt; arrogance; pride. See Haughtiness.

DISDAIN Dis*dain", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disdained; p. pr. & vb. n. Disdaining.] Etym: [OE. disdainen, desdainen, OF. desdeigner, desdaigner, F. dédaigner; des- (L. dis-) + daigner to deign, fr. L. dignari to deem worthy. See Deign.]

1. To think unworthy; to deem unsuitable or unbecoming; as, to disdain to do a mean act. Disdaining . . . that any should bear the armor of the best knight living. Sir P. Sidney.

2. To reject as unworthy of one's self, or as not deserving one's notice; to look with scorn upon; to scorn, as base acts, character, etc. When the Philistine . . . saw Dawid, he disdained him; for he was but a youth. 1 Sam. xvii. 42. 'T is great, 't manly to disdain disguise. Young.

Syn. -- To contemn; despise; scorn. See Contemn.

DISDAIN Dis*dain", v. i.

Defn: To be filled with scorn; to feel contemptuous anger; to be haughty. And when the chief priests and scribes saw the marvels that he did . . . they disdained. Genevan Testament (Matt. xxi. 15).

DISDAINED Dis*dained", a.

Defn: Disdainful. [Obs.] Revenge the jeering and disdained contempt Of this proud king. Shak.

DISDAINFUL Dis*dain"ful, a.

Defn: Full of disdain; expressing disdain; scornful; contemptuous; haughty. From these Turning disdainful to an equal good. Akenside. -- Dis*dain"ful*ly, adv. -- Dis*dain"ful*ness, n.

DISDAINISHLY Dis*dain"ish*ly, adv.

Defn: Disdainfully. [Obs.] Vives.

DISDAINOUS Dis*dain"ous, a. Etym: [OF. desdeignos, desdaigneux, F. dédaigneux.]

Defn: Disdainful. [Obs.] Rom. of R.

DISDAINOUSLY Dis*dain"ous*ly, adv.

Defn: Disdainfully. [Obs.] Bale.

DISDEIFY Dis*de"i*fy, v. t.

Defn: To divest or deprive of deity or of a deific rank or condition. Feltham.

DISDEIGN Dis*deign", v. t.

Defn: To disdain. [Obs.] Guyon much disdeigned so loathly sight. Spenser.

DISDIACLAST Dis*di"a*clast, n. Etym: [Gr. (Physiol.)

Defn: One of the dark particles forming the doubly refracting disks of muscle fibers.

DISDIAPASON Dis*di`a*pa"son, n. Etym: [Pref. dis- (Gr. diapason.] (Anc. Mus.)

Defn: An interval of two octaves, or a fifteenth; -- called also bisdiapason.

DISEASE DIs*ease", n. Etym: [OE. disese, OF. desaise; des- (L. dis-) + aise ease. See Ease.]

1. Lack of ease; uneasiness; trouble; vexation; disquiet. [Obs.] So all that night they passed in great disease. Spenser. To shield thee from diseases of the world. Shak.

2. An alteration in the state of the body or of some of its organs, interrupting or disturbing the performance of the vital functions, and causing or threatening pain and weakness; malady; affection; illness; sickness; disorder; -- applied figuratively to the mind, to the moral character and habits, to institutions, the state, etc. Diseases desperate grown, By desperate appliances are relieved. Shak. The instability, injustice, and confusion introduced into the public counsels have, in truth, been the mortal diseases under which popular governments have every where perished. Madison. Disease germ. See under Germ.

Syn. -- Distemper; ailing; ailment; malady; disorder; sickness; illness; complaint; indisposition; affection. -- Disease, Disorder, Distemper, Malady, Affection. Disease is the leading medical term. Disorder meanirregularity of the system. Distemper is now used by physicians only of the diseases of animals. Malady is not a medical term, and is less used than formerly in literature. Affection has special reference to the part, organ, or function disturbed; as, his disease is an affection of the lungs. A disease is usually deep-seated and permanent, or at least prolonged; a disorder is often slight, partial, and temporary; malady has less of a technical sense than the other terms, and refers more especially to the suffering endured. In a figurative sense we speak of a disease mind, of disordered faculties, and of mental maladies.

DISEASE Dis*ease", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Diseased; p. pr. & vb. n. Diseasing.]

1. To deprive of ease; to disquiet; to trouble; to distress. [Obs.] His double burden did him sore disease. Spenser.

2. To derange the vital functions of; to afflict with disease or sickness; to disorder; -- used almost exclusively in the participle diseased. He was diseased in body and mind. Macaulay.

DISEASED Dis*eased", a.

Defn: Afflicted with disease. It is my own diseased imagination that torments me. W. Irving.

Syn. -- See Morbid.

DISEASEDNESS Dis*eas"ed*ness, n.

Defn: The state of being diseased; a morbid state; sickness. [R.] T. Burnet.

DISEASEFUL Dis*ease"ful, a.

1. Causing uneasiness. [Obs.] Disgraceful to the king and diseaseful to the people. Bacon.

2. Abounding with disease; producing diseases; as, a diseaseful climate. [R.]

DISEASEFULNESS Dis*ease"ful*ness, n.

Defn: The quality of being diseaseful; trouble; trial. [R.] Sir P. Sidney.

DISEASEMENT Dis*ease"ment, n.

Defn: Uneasiness; inconvenience. [Obs.] Bacon.

DISEDGE Dis*edge", v. t.

Defn: To deprive of an edge; to blunt; to dull. Served a little to disedge The sharpness of that pain about her heart. Tennyson.

DISEDIFY Dis*ed"i*fy, v. t.

Defn: To fail of edifying; to injure. [R.]

DISELDER Dis*eld"er, v. t.

Defn: To deprive of an elder or elders, or of the office of an elder. [Obs.] Fuller.

DISELENIDE Di*sel"e*nide (; 104), n. Etym: [Pref. di- + selenide.] (Chem.)

Defn: A selenide containing two atoms of selenium in each molecule.

DISEMBARK Dis`em*bark", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disembarked; p. pr. & vb. n. Disembarking.] Etym: [Pref. dis- + embark: cf. F. désembarquer.]

Defn: To remove from on board a vessel; to put on shore; to land; to debark; as, the general disembarked the troops.

Go to the bay, and disembark my coffers. Shak.

DISEMBARK Dis`em*bark", v. i.

Defn: To go ashore out of a ship or boat; to leave a ship; to debark. And, making fast their moorings, disembarked. Cowper.

DISEMBARKATION Dis*em`bar*ka"tion, n.

Defn: The act of disembarking.

DISEMBARKMENT Dis`em*bark"ment, n.

Defn: Disembarkation. [R.]

DISEMBARRASS Dis`em*bar"rass, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disembarrassed; p. pr. & vb. n. Disembarrassing.] Etym: [Pref. dis- + embarrass: cf. F. désembarasser.]

Defn: To free from embarrassment, or perplexity; to clear; to extricate. To disembarrass himself of his companion. Sir W. Scott.

DISEMBARRASSMENT Dis`em*bar"rass*ment, n.

Defn: Freedom or relief from impediment or perplexity.

DISEMBAY Dis`em*bay", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disembayed; p. pr. & vb. n. Disembaying.] Etym: [Pref. dis- + embay.]

Defn: To clear from a bay. Sherburne.

DISEMBELLISH Dis`em*bel"lish, v. t. Etym: [Pref. dis- + embellish: cf. F. désembellir.]

Defn: To deprive of embellishment; to disadorn. Carlyle.

DISEMBITTER Dis`em*bit"ter, v. t.

Defn: To free from

DISEMBODIED Dis`em*bod"ied, a.

Defn: Divested of a body; ceased to be corporal; incorporeal. The disembodied spirits of the dead. Bryant.

DISEMBODIMENT Dis`em*bod"i*ment, n.

Defn: The act of disembodying, or the state of being disembodied.

DISEMBODY 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.)

Defn: To disarm and disband, as a body of soldiers,-Wilhelm.

DISEMBOGUE Dis`em*bogue", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disembogued; p. pr. & vb. n. Disemboguing.] Etym: [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 Timavdisembogues his waves. Addison.

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

DISEMBOGUE Dis`em*bogue", v. i.

Defn: To become discharged; to flow put; to find vent; to pour out contents. Volcanos bellow ere they disembogue. Young.

DISEMBOGUEMENT Dis`em*bogue"ment, n.

Defn: The act of disemboguing; discharge. Mease.

DISEMBOSSOM Dis`em*bos"som, v. t.

Defn: To separate from the bosom. [R.] Young.

DISEMBOWEL Dis`em*bow"el, v. t. Etym: [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 Dis`em*bow"el*ment, n.

Defn: The act of disemboweling, or state of being disemboweled; evisceration.

DISEMBOWERED Dis`em*bow"ered, a.

Defn: Deprived of, or removed from, a bower. [Poetic] Bryant.

DISEMBRANGLE Dis`em*bran"gle, v. t. Etym: [Pref. dis- + em = en (L. in) + brangle.]

Defn: To free from wrangling or litigation. [Obs.] Berkeley.

DISEMBROIL Dis`em*broil", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disembroiled; p. pr. & vb. n. Disembroiling.] Etym: [Pref. dis- + embroil.]

Defn: 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 Dis`em*ploy", v. t.

Defn: To throw out of employment. [Obs.] Jer. Taylor.

DISEMPLOYMENT Dis`em*ploy"ment, n.

Defn: The state of being disemployed, or deprived of employment. This glut of leisure and disemployment. Jer. Taylor.

DISEMPOWER Dis`em*pow"er, v. t.

Defn: To deprive of power; to divest of strength. H. Bushnell.

DISENABLE Dis`en*a"ble, v. t. Etym: [Pref. dis- + enable.]

Defn: To disable; to disqualify. The sight of it might damp me and disenable me to speak. State Trials (1640).

DISENAMOR Dis`en*am"or, v. t.

Defn: To free from the captivity of love. Shelton.

DISENCHAINED Dis`en*chained", a.

Defn: Freed from restraint; unrestrained. [Archaic] E. A. Poe.

DISENCHANT Dis`en*chant", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disenchanted; p. pr. & vb. n. Disenchanting.] Etym: [Pref. dis- + enchant: cf. F. désenchanter.]

Defn: 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 Dis`en*chant"er, n.

Defn: One who, or that which, disenchants.

DISENCHANTMENT Dis`en*chant"ment, n. Etym: [Pref. dis- + enchantment: cf. F. désenchantement.]

Defn: The act of disenchanting, or state of being disenchanted. Shelton.

DISENCHARM Dis`en*charm", v. t. Etym: [Pref. dis- + en (L. in) + charm.]

Defn: To free from the influence of a charm or spell; to disenchant. [R.] Jer. Taylor.

DISENCLOSE Dis`en*close, v. t.

Defn: See Disinclose.

DISENCOURAGEMENT Dis`en*cour"age*ment, n.

Defn: Discouragement. [Obs.] Spectator.

DISENCRESE Dis`en*crese", v. i. Etym: [Pref. dis- + OE. encrese, E. increase.]

Defn: To decrease. [Obs.] Chaucer.

DISENCRESE Dis`en*crese", n.

Defn: Decrease. [Obs.]

DISENCUMBER Dis`en*cum"ber, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disencumbered; p. pr. & vb. n. Disencumbering.] Etym: [Pref. dis- + encumber: cf. F. désencombrer.]

Defn: To free from encumbrance, or from anything which clogs, impedes, or obstructs; to disburden. Owen. I have disencumbered myself from rhyme. Dryden.

DISENCUMBRANCE Dis`en*cum"brance, n.

Defn: Freedom or deliverance from encumbrance, or anything burdensome or troublesome. Spectator.

DISENDOW Dis`en*dow", v. t.

Defn: To deprive of an endowment, as a church. Gladstone.

DISENDOWMENT Dis`en*dow"ment, n.

Defn: The act of depriving of an endowment or endowments. [The] disendowment of the Irish Church. G. B. Smith.

DISENFRANCHISE Dis`en*fran"chise, v. t.

Defn: To disfranchise; to deprive of the rights of a citizen. -- Dis`en*fran"chise*ment, n.

DISENGAGE Dis`en*gage" (, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disengaged; p. pr. & vb. n. Disengaging.] Etym: [Pref. dis- + engage: cf. F. désengager.]

Defn: 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 Dis`en*gage", v. i.

Defn: To release one's self; to become detached; to free one's self. From a friends's grave how soon we disengage! Young.

DISENGAGED Dis`en*gaged", a.

Defn: Not engaged; free from engagement; at leisure; free from occupation or care; vacant. -- Dis`en*ga"ged*ness, n.

DISENGAGEMENT Dis`en*gage"ment, n. Etym: [Pref. dis- + engagement: cf. F. désengagement.]

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 Dis`en*ga"ging, a.

Defn: Loosing; setting free; detaching. Disengaging machinery. See under Engaging.

DISENNOBLE Dis`en*no"ble, v. t.

Defn: To deprive of that which ennobles; to degrade. An unworthy behavior degrades and disennobles a man. Guardian.

DISENROLL Dis`en*roll", v. i. [imp. & p. p. Disenrolled; p. pr. & vb. n. Disenrolling.]

Defn: To erase from a roll or list. [Written also disenrol.] Donne.

DISENSANITY Dis`en*san"i*ty, n. Etym: [Pref. dis- + en (L. in) + sanity.]

Defn: Insanity; folly. [Obs.] What tediosity and disensanity Is here among! Beau. & Fl.

DISENSHROUDED Dis`en*shroud"ed, a.

Defn: Freed from a shroudlike covering; unveiled. The disenshrouded statue. R. Browning.

DISENSLAVE Dis`en*slave", v. t.

Defn: To free from bondage or slavery; to disenthrall. He shall disenslave and redeem his soul. South.

DISENTAIL Dis`en*tail", v. t. (Law)

Defn: To free from entailment.

DISENTANGLE 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 Dis`en*tan"gle*ment, n.

Defn: The act of disentangling or clearing from difficulties. Warton.

DISENTER Dis`en*ter", v. t.

Defn: See Disinter.

DISENTHRALL Dis`en*thrall", v. t. Etym: [See Enthrall.]

Defn: To release from thralldom or slavery; to give freedom to; to disinthrall. [Written also disenthral.] Milton.

DISENTHRALLMENT Dis`en*thrall"ment, n.

Defn: Liberation from bondage; emancipation; disinthrallment. [Written also disenthralment.]

DISENTHRONE Dis`en*throne", v. t.

Defn: To dethrone; to depose from sovereign authority. Milton.

DISENTITLE Dis`en*ti"tle, v. t.

Defn: To deprive of title or claim. Every ordinary offense does not disentitle a son to the love of his father. South.

DISENTOMB Dis`en*tomb", v. t.

Defn: To take out from a tomb; a disinter.

DISENTRAIL Dis`en*trail", v. t.

Defn: To disembowel; to let out or draw forth, as the entrails. [Obs.] As if he thought her soul to disentrail. Spenser.

DISENTRANCE Dis`en*trance", v. t.

Defn: To awaken from a trance or an enchantment. Hudibras.

DISENTWINE Dis`en*twine", v. t.

Defn: To free from being entwined or twisted. Shelley.

DISEPALOUS Di*sep"al*ous, a. Etym: [Pref. di- + sepalous.] (Bot.)

Defn: Having two sepals; two-sepaled.

DISERT Dis*ert", a. Etym: [L. disertus, for dissertus, p. p.: cf. F. disert. See Dissert.]

Defn: Eloquent. [Obs.]

DISERTITUDE Dis*er"ti*tude, n. Etym: [L. disertitud

Defn: Eloquence. [Obs.]

DISERTY Dis*ert"y, adv.

Defn: Expressly; clearly; eloquently. [Obs.] Holland.

DISESPOUSE Dis`es*pouse", v. t.

Defn: To release from espousal or plighted faith. [Poetic] Milton.

DISESTABLISH Dis`es*tab"lish, v. t.

Defn: To unsettle; to break up (anything established); to deprive, as a church, of its connection with the state. M. Arnold.

DISESTABLISHMENT 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 Dis`es*teem", n.

Defn: Want of esteem; low estimation, inclining to dislike; disfavor; disrepute. Disesteem and contempt of the public affairs. Milton.

DISESTEEM 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 Dis`es*teem"er, n.

Defn: One who disesteems. Boyle.

DISESTIMATION Dis*es`ti*ma"tion, n.

Defn: Disesteem.

DISEXERCISE Dis*ex"er*cise, v. t.

Defn: To deprive of exercise; to leave untrained. [Obs.] By disexercising and blunting our abilities. Milton.

DISFAME Dis*fame", n.

Defn: Disrepute. [R.] Tennyson.

DISFANCY Dis*fan"cy, v. t.

Defn: To dislike. [Obs.]

DISFASHION Dis*fash"ion, v. t. Etym: [Pref. dis- + fashion. See Fashion, and cf. Defeat.]

Defn: To disfigure. [Obs.] Sir T. More.

DISFAVOR Dis*fa"vor, n. Etym: [Pref. dis- + favor: cf. OF. disfaveur, F. défaveur.] [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 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 Dis*fa"vor*a*ble, a. Etym: [Cf. F. défavorable.]

Defn: Unfavorable. [Obs.] Stow.

DISFAVORABLY Dis*fa"vor*a*bly, adv.

Defn: Unpropitiously. [Obs.]

DISFAVORER Dis*fa"vor*er, n.

Defn: One who disfavors. Bacon.

DISFEATURE Dis*fea"ture, v. t. Etym: [Cf. Defeature.]

Defn: To deprive of features; to mar the features of. [R.]

DISFELLOWSHIP Dis*fel"low*ship, v. t. Etym: [See Fellowship, v. t.]

Defn: 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 Dis*fig`u*ra"tion, n. Etym: [See Disfigure, and cf. Defiguration.]

Defn: The act of disfiguring, or the state of being disfigured; defacement; deformity; disfigurement. Gauden.

DISFIGURE Dis*fig"ure, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disfigured; p. pr. & vb. n. Disfiguring.] Etym: [OF. desfigurer, F. défigurer; pref. des- (L. dis-) + figurer to fashion, shape, fr. L. figurare, fr. figura figure. See Figure, and cf. Defiguration.]

Defn: 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 Dis*fig"ure, n.

Defn: Disfigurement; deformity. [Obs.] Chaucer.

DISFIGUREMENT 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 Dis*fig"ur*er, n.

Defn: One who disfigures.

DISFLESH Dis*flesh", v. t.

Defn: To reduce the flesh or obesity of. [Obs.] Shelton.

DISFOREST Dis*for"est, v. t.

1. To disafforest. Fuller.

2. To clear or deprive of forests or trees.

DISFORESTATION Dis*for`es*ta"tion, n.

Defn: The act of clearing land of forests. Daniel.

DISFORMITY Dis*form"i*ty, n. Etym: [Cf. Deformity.]

Defn: Discordance or diversity of form; unlikeness in form. Uniformity or disformity in comparing together the respective figures of bodies. S. Clarke.

DISFRANCHISE Dis*fran"chise, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disfranchised; p. pr. & vb. n. Disfranchising.] Etym: [Cf. Diffranchise.]

Defn: To deprive of a franchise or chartered right; to dispossess of the rights of a citizen, or of a particular privilege, as of voting, holding office, etc. Sir William Fitzwilliam was disfranchised. Fabyan (1509). He was partially disfranchised so as to be made incapable of taking part in public affairs. Thirlwall.

DISFRANCHISEMENT Dis*fran"chise*ment, n.

Defn: The act of disfranchising, or the state disfranchised; deprivation of privileges of citizenship or of chartered immunities. Sentenced first to dismission from the court, and then to disfranchisement and expulsion from the colony. Palfrey.

DISFRIAR Dis*fri"ar, v. t.

Defn: To depose or withdraw from the condition of a friar. [Obs.] Many did quickly unnun and disfriar themselves. Fuller.

DISFROCK Dis*frock", v. t.

Defn: To unfrock.

DISFURNISH Dis*fur"nish, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disfurnished; p. pr. & vb. n. Disfurnishing.] Etym: [Pref. dis- + furnish.]

Defn: To deprive of that with which anything is furnished (furniture, equipments, etc.); to strip; to render destitute; to divest. I am a thing obscure, disfurnished of All merit, that can raise me higher. Massinger.

DISFURNISHMENT Dis*fur"nish*ment, n.

Defn: The act of disfurnishing, or the state of being disfurnished. Daniel.

DISFURNITURE Dis*fur"ni*ture, n.