Chapter CXXXI: Conclusion: Con*clu"sion, n. Etym: F., fr. L. conclusio. See Conclude (40)

DISPARITION Dis`pa*ri"tion, n. Etym: [Cf. F. disparition.]

Defn: Act of disappearing; disappearance. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.

DISPARITY Dis*par"i*ty, n.; pl. Disparities. Etym: [LL. disparitas, fr. L. dispar unlike, unequal; dis- + par equal: cf. F. disparité. See Par, Peer.]

Defn: Inequality; difference in age, rank, condition, or excellence; dissimilitude; -- followed by between, in, of, as to, etc.; as, disparity in, or of, years; a disparity as to color. The disparity between God and his intelligent creatures. I. Taylor. The disparity of numbers was not such as ought to cause any uneasiness. Macaulay.

Syn. -- Inequality; unlikeness; dissimilitude; disproportion; difference.

DISPARK Dis*park", v. t.

1. To throw (a park or inclosure); to treat (a private park) as a common. The Gentiles were made to be God's people when the Jews' inclosure was disparked. Jer. Taylor.

2. To set at large; to release from inclosure. Till his free muse threw down the pale, And did at once dispark them all. Waller.

DISPARKLE Dis*par"kle, v. t. Etym: [OF. desparpeillier.]

Defn: To scatter abroad. [Obs.] Holland.

DISPART Dis*part", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disparted; p. pr. & vb. n. Disparting.] Etym: [Pref. dis- + part: cf. OF. despartir.]

Defn: To part asunder; to divide; to separate; to sever; to rend; to rive or split; as, disparted air; disparted towers. [Archaic] Them in twelve troops their captain did dispart. Spenser. The world will be whole, and refuses to be disparted. Emerson.

DISPART Dis*part", v. i.

Defn: To separate, to open; to cleave.

DISPART Dis*part", n.

1. (Gun.)

Defn: The difference between the thickness of the metal at the mouth and at the breech of a piece of ordnance. On account of the dispart, the line of aim or line of metal, which is in a plane passing through the axis of the gun, always makes a small angle with the axis. Eng. Cys.

2. (Gun.)

Defn: A piece of metal placed on the muzzle, or near the trunnions, on the top of a piece of ordnance, to make the line of sight parallel to the axis of the bore; -- called also dispart sight, and muzzle sight.

DISPART Dis*part", v. t.

1. (Gun.)

Defn: To make allowance for the dispart in (a gun), when taking aim. Every gunner, before he shoots, must truly dispart his piece. Lucar.

2. (Gun.)

Defn: To furnish with a dispart sight.

DISPASSION Dis*pas"sion, n.

Defn: Freedom from passion; an undisturbed state; apathy. Sir W. Temple.

DISPASSIONATE Dis*pas"sion*ate, a.

1. Free from passion; not warped, prejudiced, swerved, or carried away by passion or feeling; judicial; calm; composed. Wise and dispassionate men. Clarendon.

2. Not dictated by passion; not proceeding from temper or bias; impartial; as, dispassionate proceedings; a dispassionate view.

Syn. -- Calm; cool; composed serene; unimpassioned; temperate; moderate; impartial; unruffled. -- Dis*pas"sion*ate*ly, adv. -- Dis*pas"sion*ate*ness, n.

DISPASSIONED Dis*pas"sioned, a.

Defn: Free from passion; dispassionate. [R.] "Dispassioned men." Donne.

DISPATCH Dis*patch" (; 224), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dispatched; p. pr. & vb. n. Dispatching.] Etym: [OF. despeechier, F. dépêcher; prob. from pref. des- (L. dis-) + (assumed) LL. pedicare to place obstacles in the way, fr. L. pedica fetter, fr. pes, pedis, foot. See Foot, and cf. Impeach, Despatch.] [Written also despatch.]

1. To dispose of speedily, as business; to execute quickly; to make a speedy end of; to finish; to perform. Ere we put ourselves in arms, dispatch we The business we have talked of. Shak. [The] harvest men . . . almost in one fair day dispatcheth all the harvest work. Robynson (More's Utopia).

2. To rid; to free. [Obs.] I had clean dispatched myself of this great charge. Udall.

3. To get rid of by sending off; to send away hastily. Unless dispatched to the mansion house in the country . . . they perish among the lumber of garrets. Walpole.

4. To send off or away; -- particularly applied to sending off messengers, messages, letters, etc., on special business, and implying haste. Even with the speediest expedition I will dispatch him to the emperor's couShak.

5. To send out of the world; to put to death. The company shall stone them with stones, and dispatch them with their swords. Ezek. xxiii. 47.

Syn. -- To expedite; hasten; speed; accelerate; perform; conclude; finish; slay; kill.

DISPATCH Dis*patch", v. i.

Defn: To make haste; to conclude an affair; to finish a matter of business. They have dispatched with Pompey. Shak.

DISPATCH Dis*patch", n. Etym: [Cf. OF. despeche, F. dépêche. See Dispatch, v. t.] [Written also despatch.]

1. The act of sending a message or messenger in haste or on important business.

2. Any sending away; dismissal; riddance. To the utter dispatch of all their most beloved comforts. Milton.

3. The finishing up of a business; speedy performance, as of business; prompt execution; diligence; haste. Serious business, craving quick dispatch. Shak. To carry his scythe . . . with a sufficient dispatch through a sufficient space. Paley.

4. A message dispatched or sent with speed; especially, an important official letter sent from one public officer to another; -- often used in the plural; as, a messenger has arrived with dispatches for the American minister; naval or military dispatches.

5. A message transmitted by telegraph. [Modern] Dispatch boat, a swift vessel for conveying dispatches; an advice boat. -- Dispatch box, a box for carrying dispatches; a box for papers and other conveniences when traveling.

Syn. -- Haste; hurry; promptness; celerity; speed. See Haste.

DISPATCHER Dis*patch"er, n.

Defn: One who dispatches.

DISPATCHFUL Dis*patch"ful, a.

Defn: Bent on haste; intent on speedy execution of business or any task; indicating haste; quick; as, dispatchful looks. Milton.

DISPATCHMENT Dis*patch"ment, n. Etym: [Cf. OF. despechement.]

Defn: The act of dispatching. [Obs.] State Trials (1529).

DISPATHY Dis"pa*thy, n.; pl. Dispathies. Etym: [Pref. dis- + Gr. Pathos.]

Defn: Lack of sympathy; want of passion; apathy. [R.] Many discrepancies and some dispathies between us. Southey.

DISPAUPER Dis*pau"per, v. t.

Defn: To deprive of the claim of a pauper to public support; to deprive of the privilege of suing in forma pauperis.

DISPAUPERIZE Dis*pau"per*ize, v. t.

Defn: To free a state of pauperism, or from paupers. J. S. Mill.

DISPEED Dis*peed", v. t. Etym: [Pref. dis- + speed.]

Defn: To send off with speed; to dispatch. [Obs.] Knolles. Then they dispeeded themselves of the Cid and of their mother-in-law, DoSouthey.

DISPEL Dis*pel", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dispelled; p. pr. & vb. n. Dispelling.] Etym: [L. dispellere; dis- + pellere to push, drive. See Pulse a beating.]

Defn: To drive away by scattering, or so to cause to vanish; to clear away; to banish; to dissipate; as, to dispel a cloud, vapors, cares, doubts, illusions. [Satan] gently raised their fainting courage, and dispelled their fears. Milton. I saw myself the lambent easy light Gild the brown horror, and dispel the night. Dryden.

DISPENCE Dis*pence", v. i. & n.

Defn: See Dispense. [Obs.]

DISPEND Dis*pend", v. t. Etym: [OF. despendre, L. dispendere to weigh out, dispense; dis- + pendere to weigh. See Pension, Spend, and cf. Dispense.]

Defn: To spend; to lay out; to expend. [Obs.] Spenser. Able to dispend yearly twenty pounds and above. Fuller.

DISPENDER Dis*pend"er, n.

Defn: One who dispends or expends; a steward. [Obs.] Wyclif (1 Cor. iv. 1).

DISPENSABLE Dis*pen"sa*ble, a. Etym: [LL. dispensabilis. See Dispense.]

1. Capable of being dispensed or administered.

2. Capable of being dispensed with. Coleridge.

DISPENSABLENESS Dis*pen"sa*ble*ness, n.

Defn: Quality of being dispensable.

DISPENSARY Dis*pen"sa*ry, n.; pl. Dispensaries. Etym: [Cf. F. dispensaire.]

1. A place where medicines are prepared and dispensed; esp., a place where the poor can obtain medical advice and medicines gratuitously or at a nominal price.

2. A dispensatory. Pope.

DISPENSATION Dis`pen*sa"tion, n. Etym: [F. dispensation, L. dispensatio.]

1. The act of dispensing or dealing out; distribution; often used of the distribution of good and evil by God to man, or more generically, of the acts and modes of his administration. To respect the dispensations of Providence. Burke.

2. That which is dispensed, dealt out, or appointed; that which is enjoined or bestowed; especially (Theol.),

Defn: a system of principles, promises, and rules ordained and administered; scheme; economy; as, the Patriarchal, Mosaic, and Christian dispensations. Neither are God's methods or intentions different in his dispensations to each private man. Rogers.

3. The relaxation of a law in a particular case; permission to do something forbidden, or to omit doing something enjoined; specifically, in the Roman Catholic Church, exemption from some ecclesiastical law or obligation to God which a man has incurred of his own free will (oaths, vows, etc.). A dispensation was obtained to enable Dr. Barrow to marry. Ward.

DISPENSATIVE Dis*pen"sa*tive, a. Etym: [Cf. F. dispensatif.]

Defn: Granting dispensation.

DISPENSATIVELY Dis*pen"sa*tive*ly, adv.

Defn: By dispensation. Wotton.

DISPENSATOR Dis"pen*sa`tor, n. Etym: [L.]

Defn: A distributer; a dispenser. Bacon.

DISPENSATORILY Dis*pen"sa*to*ri*ly, adv.

Defn: In the way of dispensation; dispensatively.

DISPENSATORY Dis*pen"sa*to*ry, a. Etym: [L. dispensatorius relating to management. See Dispense, v. t.]

Defn: Granting, or authorized to grant, dispensations. "Dispensatory power." Bp. Rainbow.

DISPENSATORY Dis*pen"sa*to*ry, n.; pl. Dispensatories (.

Defn: A book or medicinal formulary containing a systematic description of drugs, and of preparations made from them. It is usually, but not always, distinguished from a pharmacopoeia in that it issued by private parties, and not by an official body or by government.

DISPENSE Dis*pense", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dispensed; p. pr. & vb. n. Dispensing.] Etym: [F. dispenser, L. dispensare, intens. of dispendere. See Dispend.]

1. To deal out in portions; to distribute; to give; as, the steward dispenses provisions according directions; Nature dispenses her bounties; to dispense medicines. He is delighted to dispense a share of it to all the company. Sir W. Scott.

2. To apply, as laws to particular cases; to administer; to execute; to manage; to direct. While you dispense the laws, and guide the state. Dryden.

3. To pay for; to atone for. [Obs.] His sin was dispensed With gold, whereof it was compensed. Gower.

4. To exempt; to excuse; to absolve; -- with from. It was resolved that all members of the House who held commissions, should be dispensed from parliamentary attendance. Macaulay. He appeared to think himself born to be supported by others, and dispensed from all necessity of providing for himself. Johnson.

DISPENSE Dis*pense", v. i.

1. To compensate; to make up; to make amends. [Obs.] One loving hour For many years of sorrow can dispense. Spenser.

2. To give dispensation. He [the pope] can also dispense in all matters of ecclesiastical law. Addis & Arnold (Cath. Dict. ) To dispense with. (a) To permit the neglect or omission of, as a form, a ceremony, an oath; to suspend the operation of, as a law; to give up, release, or do without, as services, attention, etc.; to forego; to part with. (b) To allow by dispensation; to excuse; to exempt; to grant dispensation to or for. [Obs.] "Conniving and dispensing with open and common adultery." Milton. (c) To break or go back from, as one's word. [Obs.] Richardson.

DISPENSE Dis*pense", n. Etym: [Cf. F. dispense dispensation. See Dispense, v. t.]

Defn: Dispensation; exemption. [Obs.]

DISPENSE Dis*pense", n. Etym: [OF. despense, F. dépense.]

Defn: Expense; profusion; outlay. [Obs.] It was a vault built for great dispense. Spenser.

DISPENSER Dis*pens"er, n.

Defn: One who, or that which, dispenses; a distributer; as, a dispenser of favors.

DISPEOPLE Dis*peo"ple, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dispeopled; p. pr. & vb. n. Dispeopling.] Etym: [Pref. dis- + people: cf. F. dépeupler.]

Defn: To deprive of inhabitants; to depopulate. Leave the land dispeopled and desolate. Sir T. More. A certain island long before dispeopled . . . by sea rivers. Milton.

DISPEOPLER Dis*peo"pler, n.

Defn: One who, or that which, dispeoples; a depopulator. Gay.

DISPERGE Dis*perge", v. t. Etym: [L. dispergere. See Disperse.]

Defn: To sprinkle. [Obs.]

DISPERMOUS Di*sper"mous, a. Etym: [Gr. disperme.] (Bot.)

Defn: Containing only two seeds; two-seeded.

DISPERPLE Dis*per"ple, v. t. Etym: [OF. desparpe.]

Defn: To scatter; to sprinkle. [Obs.] Odorous water was Disperpled lightly on my head and neck. Chapman.

DISPERSAL Dis*per"sal, n.

Defn: The act or result of dispersing or scattering; dispersion. Darwin.

DISPERSE Dis*perse", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dispersed; p. pr. & vb. n. Dispersing.] Etym: [L. dispersus, p. p. of dispergere to strew, scatter. See Sparse.]

1. To scatter abroad; to drive to different parts; to distribute; to diffuse; to spread; as, the Jews are dispersed among all nations. The lips of the wise disperse knowledge. Prov. xv. 7. Two lions, in the still, dark night, A herd of beeves disperse. Cowper.

2. To scatter, so as to cause to vanish; to dissipate; as, to disperse vapors. Dispersed are the glories. Shak.

Syn. -- To scatter; dissipate; dispel; spread; diffuse; distribute; deal out; disseminate.

DISPERSE Dis*perse", v. i.

1. To separate; to go or move into different parts; to vanish; as, the company dispersed at ten o'clock; the clouds disperse.

2. To distribute wealth; to share one's abundance with others. He hath dispersed, he hath given to the poor. Ps. cxii. 9.

DISPERSED Dis*persed", a.

Defn: Scattered. -- Dis*pers"ed*ly, adv. -- Dis*pers"ed*ness, n. Dispersed harmony (Mus.), harmony in which the tones composing the chord are widely separated, as by an octave or more.

DISPERSENESS Dis*perse"ness, n.

Defn: Dispersedness. [Obs.]

DISPERSER Dis*pers"er, n.

Defn: One that disperses.

DISPERSION Dis*per"sion, n. Etym: [CF. F. dispersion.]

1. The act or process of scattering or dispersing, or the state of being scattered or separated; as, the Jews in their dispersion retained their rites and ceremonies; a great dispersion of the human family took place at the building of Babel. The days of your slaughter and of your dispersions are accomplished. Jer. xxv. 34.

2. (Opt.)

Defn: The separation of light into its different colored rays, arising from their different refrangibilities. Dispersion of the optic axes (Crystallog.), the separation of the optic axes in biaxial crystals, due to the fact that the axial angle has different values for the different colors of the spectrum.

DISPERSIVE Dis*pers"ive, a.

Defn: Tending to disperse. Dispersive power (Opt.), the relative effect of a material in separating the different rays of light by refraction, as when the substance is formed into a prism. -- Dis*pers"ive*ness, n.

DISPERSONATE Dis*per"son*ate, v. t.

Defn: To deprive of personality or individuality. [R.] We multiply; we dispersonate ourselves. Hare.

DISPIRIT Dis*pir"it, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dispirited; p. pr. & vb. n. Dispiriting.] Etym: [Pref. dis- + spirit.]

1. To deprive of cheerful spirits; to depress the spirits of; to dishearten; to discourage. Not dispirited with my afflictions. Dryden. He has dispirited himself by a debauch. Collier.

2. To distill or infuse the spirit of. [Obs. or R.] This makes a man master of his learning, and dispirits the book into the scholar. Fuller.

Syn. -- To dishearten; discourage; deject; damp; depress; cast down; intimidate; daunt; cow.

DISPIRITED Dis*pir"it*ed, a.

Defn: Depressed in spirits; disheartened; daunted. -- Dis*pir"it*ed*ly, adv. -- Dis*pir"it*ed, n.

DISPIRITMENT Dis*pir"it*ment, n.

Defn: Depression of spirits; discouragement. [R.] Procter, in evident distress and dispiritment, was waiting the slow conclusion of this. Carlyle.

DISPITEOUS Dis*pit"e*ous, a. Etym: [Pref. dis- + piteous. Cf. Despiteous.]

Defn: Full of despite; cruel; spiteful; pitiless. Spenser. -- Dis*pit"e*ous*ly, adv. [Obs.]

DISPLACE Dis*place", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Displaced; p. pr. & vb. n. Displacing.] Etym: [Pref. dis- + place: cf. F. déplacer.]

1. To change the place of; to remove from the usual or proper place; to put out of place; to place in another situation; as, the books in the library are all displaced.

2. To crowd out; to take the place of. Holland displaced Portugal as the mistress of those seas. London Times.

3. To remove from a state, office, dignity, or employment; to discharge; to depose; as, to displace an officer of the revenue.

4. To dislodge; to drive away; to banish. [Obs.] You have displaced the mirth. Shak.

Syn. -- To disarrange; derange; dismiss; discard.

DISPLACEABLE Dis*place"a*ble, a.

Defn: Capable of being displaced.

DISPLACEMENT Dis*place"ment, n. Etym: [Cf. F. déplacement.]

1. The act of displacing, or the state of being displaced; a putting out of place. Unnecessary displacement of funds. A. Hamilton. The displacement of the sun by parallax. Whewell.

2. The quantity of anything, as water, displaced by a floating body, as by a ship, the weight of the displaced liquid being equal to that of the displacing body.

3. (Chem.)

Defn: The process of extracting soluble substances from organic material and the like, whereby a quantity of saturated solvent is displaced, or removed, for another quantity of the solvent. Piston displacement (Mech.), the volume of the space swept through, or weight of steam, water, etc., displaced, in a given time, by the piston of a steam engine or pump.

DISPLACENCY Dis*pla"cen*cy, n. Etym: [LL. displacentia, for L. displicentia, fr. displicere to displease; dis- + placere to please. See Displease, and cf. Displeasance.]

Defn: Want of complacency or gratification; envious displeasure; dislike. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

DISPLACER Dis*pla"cer, n.

1. One that displaces.

2. (Chem.)

Defn: The funnel part of the apparatus for solution by displacement.

DISPLANT Dis*plant", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Di; p. pr. & vb. n. Displanting.] Etym: [Pref. dis- + plant: cf. OF. desplanter, F. déplanter.]

1. To remove (what is planted or fixed); to unsettle and take away; to displace; to root out; as, to displant inhabitants. I did not think a look, Or a poor word or two, could have displanted Such a fixed constancy. Beau. & Fl.

2. To strip of what is planted or settled; as, to displant a country of inhabitants. Spenser.

DISPLANTATION Dis`plan*ta"tion, n.

Defn: The act of displanting; removal; displacement. Sir W. Raleigh.

DISPLAT Dis*plat", v. t.

Defn: To untwist; to uncurl; to unplat. [Obs.] Hakewill.

DISPLAY Dis*play", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Displayed; p. pr. & vb. n. Displaying.] Etym: [OE. displaien, desplaien, OF. despleier, desploier, F. déployer; pref. des- (L. dis-) + pleier, ploier, plier, F. ployer, plier, to fold, bend, L. plicare. See Ply, and cf. Deploy, Splay.]

1. To unfold; to spread wide; to expand; to stretch out; to spread. The northern wind his wings did broad display. Spenser.

2. (Mil.)

Defn: To extend the front of (a column), bringing it into line. Farrow.

3. To spread before the view; to show; to exhibit to the sight, or to the mind; to make manifest. His statement . . . displays very clearly the actual condition of the army. Burke.

4. To make an exhibition of; to set in view conspicuously or ostentatiously; to exhibit for the sake of publicity; to parade. Proudly displaying the insignia of their order. Prescott.

5. (Print.)

Defn: To make conspicuous by large or prominent type.

6. To discover; to descry. [Obs.] And from his seat took pleasure to display The city so adorned with towers. Chapman.

Syn. -- To exhibit; show; manifest; spread out; parade; expand; flaunt.

DISPLAY Dis*play", v. i.

Defn: To make a display; to act as one making a show or demonstration. Shak.

DISPLAY Dis*play", n.

1. An opening or unfolding; exhibition; manifestation. Having witnessed displays of his power and grace. Trench.

2. Ostentatious show; exhibition for effect; parade. He died, as erring man should die, Without display, without parade. Byron.

DISPLAYED Dis*played", a.

1. Unfolded; expanded; exhibited conspicuously or ostentatiously.

2. (Her.)

Defn: With wings expanded; -- said of a bird of pray, esp. an eagle.

3. (Print.)

Defn: Set with lines of prominent type interspersed, to catch the eye.

DISPLAYER Dis*play"er, n.

Defn: One who, or that which, displays.

DISPLE Dis"ple, v. t.

Defn: To discipline; to correct. [Obs.] And bitter Penance, with an iron whip, Was wont him once to disple every day. Spenser.

DISPLEASANCE Dis*pleas"ance, n. Etym: [OF. desplaisance, F. déplaisance. Cf. Displacency.]

Defn: Displeasure; discontent; annoyance. [Obs.] Chaucer.

DISPLEASANT Dis*pleas"ant, a. Etym: [OF. desplaisant, F. déplaisant. See Displease.]

Defn: Unpleasing; offensive; unpleasant. [Obs.] Speed. -- Dis*pleas"ant*ly, adv. [Obs.] Strype. -- Dis*pleas"ant*ness, n. [Obs.]

DISPLEASE Dis*please", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Displeased; p. pr. & vb. n. Displeasing.] Etym: [OF. desplaisir, whence F. déplaisir displeasure; pref. des- (L. dis-) + plaisir to please. See Please, and cf. Displeasure.]

1. To make not pleased; to excite a feeling of disapprobation or dislike in; to be disagreeable to; to offend; to vex; -- often followed by with or at. It usually expresses less than to anger, vex, irritate, or provoke. God was displeased with this thing. 1 Chron. xxi. 7. Wilt thou be displeased at us forever Psalms lxxxv. 5 (Bk. of Com. Prayer). This virtuous plaster will displease Your tender sides. J. Fletcher. Adversity is so wholesome . . . why should we be displeased therewith Barrow.

2. To fail to satisfy; to miss of. [Obs.] I shall displease my ends else. Beau. & Fl.

Syn. -- To offend; disgust; vex; annoy; dissatisfy; chafe; anger; provoke; affront.

DISPLEASE Dis*please", v. i.

Defn: To give displeasure or offense. [Obs.]

DISPLEASEDLY Dis*pleas"ed*ly, adv.

Defn: With displeasure. [R.]

DISPLEASEDNESS Dis*pleas"ed*ness, n.

Defn: Displeasure. [R.] South.

DISPLEASER Dis*pleas"er, n.

Defn: One who displeases.

DISPLEASING Dis*pleas"ing, a.

Defn: Causing displeasure or dissatisfaction; offensive; disagreeable. -- Dis*pleas"ing*ly, adv. -- Dis*pleas"ing*ness, n. Locke.

DISPLEASURE Dis*pleas"ure, n. Etym: [Pref. dis- + pleasure: cf. OF. desplaisir, F. déplaisir. Cf. Displease.]

1. The feeling of one who is displeased; irritation or uneasiness of the mind, occasioned by anything that counteracts desire or command, or which opposes justice or a sense of propriety; disapprobation; dislike; dissatisfaction; disfavor; indignation. O Lord, rebuke me not in thine anger, neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure. Ps. vi. 1. Undoubtedly he will relent, and turn From his displeasure. Milton.

2. That which displeases; cause of irritation or annoyance; offense; injury. Hast thou delight to see a wretched man Do outrage and displeasure to himself Shak.

3. State of disgrace or disfavor; disfavor. [Obs.] He went into Poland, being in displeasure with the pope for overmuch familiarity. Peacham.

Syn. -- Dissatisfaction; disapprobation; disfavor; distaste; dislike; anger; hate; aversion; indignation; offense.

DISPLEASURE Dis*pleas"ure, v. t.

Defn: To displease. [Obs.] Bacon.

DISPLENISH Dis*plen"ish, v. t.

Defn: To deprive or strip, as a house of furniture, or a barn of stock. [Scot.]

DISPLICENCE; DISPLICENCY Dis"pli*cence, Dis"pli*cen*cy, n. Etym: [L. displicentia. See Displacency.]

Defn: Dislike; dissatisfaction; discontent. [Obs.] W. Montagu.

DISPLODE Dis*plode", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disploded; p. pr. & vb. n. Disploding.] Etym: [L. displodere, displosum; dis- + plodere, plaudere, to clap, strike, beat.]

Defn: To discharge; to explode. In posture to displode their second tire Of thunder. Milton.

DISPLODE Dis*plode", v. i.

Defn: To burst with a loud report; to explode. "Disploding engines." Young.

DISPLOSION Dis*plo"sion, n.

Defn: Explosion. The vast displosion dissipates the clouds. Young.

DISPLOSIVE Dis*plo"sive, a.

Defn: Explosive.

DISPLUME Dis*plume", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Displumed; p. pr. & vb. n. Displuming.] Etym: [Pref. dis- + plume: cf. OF. desplumer, F. déplumer.]

Defn: To strip of, or as of, a plume, or plumes; to deprive of decoration; to dishonor; to degrade. Displumed, degraded, and metamorphosed. Burke.

DISPOLINE Dis"po*line, n. (Chem.)

Defn: One of several isomeric organic bases of the quinoline series of alkaloids.

DISPOND Dis*pond", n.

Defn: See Despond.

DISPONDEE Di*spon"dee, n. Etym: [L. dispondeus, Gr. (Gr.

Defn: A double spondee; a foot consisting of four long syllables.

DISPONE Dis*pone", v. t. Etym: [L. disponere. See Disposition.]

1. (Her.)

Defn: To dispose.

2. To dispose of. Chaucer.

3. (Scots Law)

Defn: To make over, or convey, legally. He has disponed . . . the whole estate. Sir W. Scott.

DISPONEE Dis`po*nee", n. (Scots Law)

Defn: The person to whom any property is legally conveyed.

DISPONER Dis*pon"er, n. (Scots Law)

Defn: One who legally transfers property from himself to another.

DISPONGE Dis*ponge", v. t. Etym: [Pref. dis- + sponge.]

Defn: To sprinkle, as with water from a sponge. [Poetic & Rare] [Written also dispunge.] O sovereign mistress of true melancholy, The poisonous damp of night disponge upon me. Shak.

DISPOPE Dis*pope", v. t.

Defn: To refuse to consider as pope; to depose from the popedom. One whom they disposed. Tennyson.

DISPOROUS Di*spor"ous, a. Etym: [Pref. di- + sporous.] (Biol.)

Defn: Having two spores.

DISPORT Dis*port", n. Etym: [OF. desport, deport. See Disport, v. i., and cf. Sport.]

Defn: Play; sport; pastime; diversion; playfulness. Milton.

DISPORT Dis*port", v. i. [imp. & p. p. Disported; p. pr. & vb. n. Disporting.] Etym: [OF. se desporter; pref. des- (L. dis-) + F. porter to carry; orig. therefore, to carry one's self away from work, to go to amuse one's self. See Port demeanor, and cf. Sport.]

Defn: To play; to wanton; to move in gayety; to move lightly and without restraint; to amuse one's self. Where light disports in ever mingling dyes. Pope. Childe Harold basked him in the noontide sun, Disporting there like any other fly. Byron.

DISPORT Dis*port", v. t. Etym: [OF. desporter. See Disport, v. i.]

1. To divert or amuse; to make merry. They could disport themselves. Buckle.

2. To remove from a port; to carry away. Prynne.

DISPORTMENT Dis*port"ment, n.

Defn: Act of disporting; diversion; play. [Obs.] Dr. H. More.

DISPOSABLE Dis*pos"a*ble, a. Etym: [From Dispose.]

Defn: Subject to disposal; free to be used or employed as occasion may require; not assigned to any service or use. The great of this kingdom . . . has easily afforded a disposable surplus. Burke.

DISPOSAL Dis*pos"al, n. Etym: [From Dispose.]

1. The act of disposing, or disposing of, anything; arrangement; orderly distribution; a putting in order; as, the disposal of the troops in two lines.

2. Ordering; regulation; adjustment; management; government; direction. The execution leave to high disposal. Milton.

3. Regulation of the fate, condition, application, etc., of anything; the transference of anything into new hands, a new place, condition, etc.; alienation, or parting; as, a disposal of property. A domestic affair of great importance, which is no less than the disposal of my sister Jenny for life. Tatler.

4. Power or authority to dispose of, determine the condition of, control, etc., especially in the phrase at, or in, the disposal of. The sole and absolute disposal of him an his concerns. South.

Syn. -- Disposition; dispensation; management; conduct; government; distribution; arrangement; regulation; control.

DISPOSE Dis*pose", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disposed; p. pr. & vb. n. Disposing.] Etym: [F. disposer; pref. dis- + poser to place. See Pose.]

1. To distribute and put in place; to arrange; to set in order; as, to dispose the ships in the form of a crescent. Who hath disposed the whole world Job xxxiv. 13. All ranged in order and disposed with grace. Pope. The rest themselves in troops did else dispose. Spenser.

2. To regulate; to adjust; to settle; to determine. The knightly forms of combat to dispose. Dryden.

3. To deal out; to assign to a use; to bestow for an object or purpose; to apply; to employ; to dispose of. Importuned him that what he designed to bestow on her funeral, he would rather dispose among the poor. Evelyn.

4. To give a tendency or inclination to; to adapt; to cause to turn; especially, to incline the mind of; to give a bent or propension to; to incline; to make inclined; -- usually followed by to, sometimes by for before the indirect object. Endure and conquer; Jove will soon dispose To future good our past and present woes. Dryden. Suspicions dispose kings to tyranny, husbands to jealousy, and wise men to irresolution and melancholy. Bacon. To dispose of. (a) To determine the fate of; to exercise the power of control over; to fix the condition, application, employment, etc. of; to direct or assign for a use. Freedom to order their actions and dispose of their possessions and persons. Locke.

(b) To exercise finally one's power of control over; to pass over into the control of some one else, as by selling; to alienate; to part with; to relinquish; to get rid of; as, to dispose of a house; to dispose of one's time. More water . . . than can be disposed of. T. Burnet. I have disposed of her to a man of business. Tatler. A rural judge disposed of beauty's prize. Waller.

Syn. -- To set; arrange; order; distribute; adjust; regulate; adapt; fit; incline; bestow; give.

DISPOSE Dis*pose", v. i.

Defn: To bargain; to make terms. [Obs.] She had disposed with Cæsar. Shak.

DISPOSE Dis*pose", n.

1. Disposal; ordering; management; power or right of control. [Obs.] But such is the dispose of the sole Disposer of empires. Speed.

2. Cast of mind; disposition; inclination; behavior; demeanor. [Obs.] He hath a person, and a smooth dispose To be suspected. Shak.

DISPOSED 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 Dis*pos"ed*ness, n.

Defn: The state of being disposed or inclined; inclination; propensity. [R.]

DISPOSEMENT Dis*pose"ment, n.

Defn: Disposal. [Obs.] Goodwin.

DISPOSER Dis*pos"er, n.

Defn: One who, or that which, disposes; a regulator; a director; a bestower. Absolute lord and disposer of all things. Barrow.

DISPOSINGLY Dis*pos"ing*ly, adv.

Defn: In a manner to dispose.

DISPOSITED Dis*pos"it*ed, a. Etym: [See Disposition.]

Defn: Disposed. [Obs.] Glanvill.

DISPOSITION Dis`po*si"tion, n. Etym: [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 Dis`po*si"tion*al, a.

Defn: Pertaining to disposition.

DISPOSITIONED Dis`po*si"tioned, a.

Defn: Having (such) a disposition; -- used in compounds; as, well- dispositioned.

DISPOSITIVE Dis*pos"i*tive, a. Etym: [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 Dis*pos"i*tive*ly, adv.

Defn: 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 Dis*pos"it*or, n. Etym: [L. See Disposition.]

1. A disposer.

2. (Astrol.)

Defn: The planet which is lord of the sign where another planet is. [Obs.] Crabb.

DISPOSSESS Dis`pos*sess" (; see Possess), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dispossessed; p. pr. & vb. n. Dispossessing.] Etym: [Pref. dis- + possess: cf. F. déposséder.]

Defn: 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 Dis`pos*ses"sion, n. Etym: [Cf. F. dépossession.]

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

2. (Law)

Defn: 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 Dis`pos*sess"or, n.

Defn: One who dispossesses. Cowley.

DISPOST Dis*post", v. t.

Defn: To eject from a post; to displace. [R.] Davies (Holy Roode).

DISPOSURE Dis*po"sure, n. Etym: [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 Dis*prais"a*ble, a.

Defn: Blamable. [R.]

DISPRAISE Dis*praise", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dispraised; p. pr. & vb. n. Dispraising.] Etym: [OE. dispreisen, OF. desprisier, despreisier, F. dépriser; pref. des- (L. dis-) + prisier, F. priser, to prize, praise. See Praise, and cf. Disprize, Depreciate.]

Defn: 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 Dis*praise", n. Etym: [Cf. OF. despris. See Dispraise, v. t.]

Defn: The act of dispraising; detraction; blame censure; reproach; disparagement. Dryden. In praise and in dispraise the same. Tennyson.

DISPRAISER Dis*prais"er, n.

Defn: One who blames or dispraises.

DISPRAISINGLY Dis*praising*ly, adv.

Defn: By way of dispraise.

DISPREAD Dis*pread", v. t. Etym: [Pref. dis- + spread.]

Defn: To spread abroad, or different ways; to spread apart; to open; as, the sun dispreads his beams. Spenser.

DISPREAD Dis*pread", v. i.

Defn: To extend or expand itself. [R.] While tyrant Hdispreading through the sky. Thomson.

DISPREADER Dis*pread"er, n.

Defn: One who spreads abroad. Dispreaders both of vice and error. Milton.

DISPREJUDICE Dis*prej"u*dice, v. t.

Defn: To free from prejudice. [Obs.] W. Montagu.

DISPREPARE Dis`pre*pare", v. t.

Defn: To render unprepared. [Obs.] Hobbes.

DISPRINCE Dis*prince", v. t.

Defn: 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 Dis*pris"on, v. t.

Defn: To let loose from prison, to set all liberty. [R.] Bulwer.

DISPRIVILEGE Dis*priv"i*lege, v. t.

Defn: To deprive of a privilege or privileges. [R.]

DISPRIZE Dis*prize", v. t. Etym: [Cf. Dispraise.]

Defn: To do preciate. [R.] Cotton (Ode to Lydia).

DISPROFESS Dis`pro*fess", v. t.

Defn: To renounce the profession or pursuit of. His arms, which he had vowed to disprofess. Spenser.

DISPROFIT Dis*prof"it, n.

Defn: Loss; damage. Foxe.

DISPROFIT Dis*prof"it, v. i. & i.

Defn: To be, or to cause to be, without profit or benefit. [Obs. or Archaic] Bale.

DISPROFITABLE Dis*prof"it*a*ble, a.

Defn: Unprofitable. [Obs.]

DISPROOF Dis*proof", n. Etym: [Pref. dis- + proof. Cf. Disprove.]

Defn: 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 Dis*prop"er*ty, v. t.

Defn: To cause to be no longer property; to dispossess of. [R.] Shak.

DISPROPORTION Dis`pro*por"tion, n. Etym: [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 Dis`pro*por"tion, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disproportioned; p. pr. & vb. n. Disproportioning.]

Defn: 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 Dis`pro*por"tion*a*ble, a.

Defn: 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 Dis`pro*por"tion*al, a.

Defn: 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 Dis`pro*por`tion*al"i*ty, n.

Defn: The state of being disproportional. Dr. H. More.

DISPROPORTIONALLY Dis`pro*por"tion*al*ly, adv.

Defn: In a disproportional manner; unsuitably in form, quantity, or value; unequally.

DISPROPORTIONATE Dis`pro*por"tion*ate, a.

Defn: 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 Dis*pro"pri*ate, v. t. Etym: [L. dis- + propriare to appropriate, fr. proprius one's own, proper.]

Defn: To cancel the appropriation of; to disappropriate. [R.]

DISPROVABLE Dis*prov"a*ble, a.

Defn: Capable of being disproved or refuted. Boyle.

DISPROVAL Dis*prov"al, n.

Defn: Act of disproving; disproof. [R.]

DISPROVE Dis*prove", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disproved; p. pr. & vb. n. Disproving.] Etym: [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 Dis*prov"er, n.

Defn: One who disproves or confutes.

DISPROVIDE Dis`pro*vide", v. t.

Defn: Not to provide; to fail to provide. [Obs.] Boyle.

DISPUNCT Dis*punct", a.

Defn: Wanting in punctilious respect; discourteous. [Obs.] That were dispunct to the ladies. B. Jonson.

DISPUNCT Dis*punct", v. t. Etym: [See 1st Dispunge.]

Defn: To expunge. [Obs.] Foxe.

DISPUNGE Dis*punge", v. t. Etym: [L. dispungere to prick apart, i. e., check off the debts and credits of an account; dis- + pungere to prick.]

Defn: To expunge; to erase. [Obs.]

DISPUNGE Dis*punge", v. t.

Defn: See Disponge. [Obs.]

DISPUNISHABLE Dis*pun"ish*a*ble, a.

Defn: Without penal restraint; not punishable. [R.] Swift.

DISPURPOSE Dis*pur"pose, v. t.

Defn: To dissuade; to frustrate; as, to dispurpose plots. [R.] A. Brewer.

DISPURSE Dis*purse", v. t.

Defn: To disburse. [Obs.] Shak.

DISPURVEY Dis`pur*vey", v. t. Etym: [Pref. dis- + purvey: cf. OF. desporveoir, F. dépourvoir.]

Defn: To disfurnish; to strip. [Obs.] Heywood.

DISPURVEYANCE Dis`pur*vey"ance, n.

Defn: Want of provisions; [Obs.] Spenser.

DISPUTABLE Dis`pu*ta*ble, a. Etym: [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 Dis`pu*ta*ble*ness, n.

Defn: State of being disputable.

DISPUTACITY Dis`pu*tac"i*ty, n. Etym: [See Dispute, v. i.]

Defn: Proneness to dispute. [Obs.] Bp. Ward.

DISPUTANT Dis"pu*tant, a. Etym: [L. disputants, p. pr. of disputare: cf. F. disputant. See Dispute, v. i.]

Defn: Disputing; engaged in controversy. Milton.

DISPUTANT Dis"pu*tant, n.

Defn: One who disputes; one who argues A singularly eager, acute, and pertinacious disputant. Macaulay.

DISPUTATION Dis`pu*ta"tion, n. Etym: [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 Dis`pu*ta"tious, a.

Defn: 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 Dis*put"a*tive, a. Etym: [L. disputativus.]

Defn: Disposed to dispute; inclined to cavil or to reason in opposition; as, a disputative temper. I. Watts.

DISPUTE Dis*pute", v. i. [imp. & p. p. Disputed; p. pr. & vb. n. Disputing.] Etym: [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.]

Defn: 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 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 Dis*pute", n. Etym: [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 Dis*pute"less, a.

Defn: Admitting no dispute; incontrovertible. Bailey.

DISPUTER Dis*put"er, n.

Defn: One who disputes, or who is given to disputes; a controvertist. Where is the disputer of this world 1 Cor. i. 20.

DISPUTISON Dis*pu"ti*son, n. Etym: [See Disputation.]

Defn: Dispute; discussion. [Obs.] Chaucer.

DISQUALIFICATION Dis*qual`i*fi*ca"tion, n.

1. The act of disqualifying, or state of being disqualified; want of qualification; incompetency; disability; as, the disqualification of men for holding certain offices.

2. That which disqualifies; that which incapacitates or makes unfit; as, conviction of crime is a disqualification of a person for office; sickness is a disqualification for labor. I must still retain the consciousness of those disqualifications which you have been pleased to overlook. Sir J. Shore.

DISQUALIFY Dis*qual"i*fy, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disqualified; p. pr. & vb. n. Disqualifying.]

1. To deprive of the qualities or properties necessary for any purpose; to render unfit; to incapacitate; -- with for or from before the purpose, state, or act. My common illness disqualifies me for all conversation; I mean my deafness. Swift. Me are not disqualified by their engagements in trade from being received in high society. Southey.

2. To deprive of some power, right, or privilege, by positive restriction; to disable; to debar legally; as, a conviction of perjury disqualifies a man to be a witness.

DISQUANTITY Dis*quan"ti*ty, v. t.

Defn: To diminish the quantity of; to lessen. [Obs.] Shak.

DISQUIET Dis*qui"et, a.

Defn: Deprived of quiet; impatient; restless; uneasy. [R.] Shak.

DISQUIET Dis*qui"et, n.

Defn: Want of quiet; want of tranquility in body or mind; uneasiness; restlessness; disturbance; anxiety. Swift.

DISQUIET Dis*qui"et, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disquieted; p. pr. & vb. n. Disquieting.]

Defn: To render unquiet; to deprive of peace, rest, or tranquility; to make uneasy or restless; to disturb. Why art thou cast down, O my soul, and why art thou disquieted within me Ps. xlii. 11. As quiet as these disquieted times will permit. Sir W. Scott.

Syn. -- To harass; disturb; vex; fret; excite; agitate.

DISQUIETAL Dis*qui"et*al, n.

Defn: The act of disquieting; a state of disquiet. [Obs.] [It] roars and strives 'gainst its disquietal. Dr. H. More.

DISQUIETER Dis*qui"et*er, n.

Defn: One who, or that which, disquiets, or makes uneasy; a disturber.

DISQUIETFUL Dis*qui"et*ful, a.

Defn: Producing inquietude or uneasiness. [R.] Barrow.

DISQUIETIVE Dis*qui"et*ive, a.

Defn: Tending to disquiet. [R.]

DISQUIETLY Dis*qui"et*ly, adv.

Defn: In a disquiet manner; uneasily; as, he rested disquietly that night. [R.] Wiseman.

DISQUIETMENT Dis*qui"et*ment, n.

Defn: State of being disquieted; uneasiness; harassment. [R.] Hopkins.

DISQUIETNESS Dis*qui"et*ness, n.

Defn: Disturbance of quiet in body or mind; restlessness; uneasiness. Hooker.

DISQUIETOUS Dis*qui"et*ous, a.

Defn: Causing uneasiness. [R.] So distasteful and disquietous to a number of men. Milton.

DISQUIETTUDE Dis*qui"et*tude, n.

Defn: Want of peace or tranquility; uneasiness; disturbance; agitation; anxiety. Fears and disquietude, and unavoidable anxieties of mind. Abp. Sharp.

DISQUISITION Dis`qui*si"tion, n. Etym: [L. disquisitio, fr. disquirere to inquire diligently, investigate; dis- + quaerere to seek. See Quest.]

Defn: A formal or systematic inquiry into, or discussion of, any subject; a full examination or investigation of a matter, with the arguments and facts bearing upon it; elaborate essay; dissertation. For accurate research or grave disquisition he was not well qualified. Macaulay.

DISQUISITIONAL Dis`qui*si"tion*al, a.

Defn: Pertaining to disquisition; of the nature of disquisition.

DISQUISITIONARY Dis`qui*si"tion*a*ry, a.

Defn: Pertaining to disquisition; disquisitional.

DISQUISITIVE Dis*quis"i*tive, a.

Defn: Relating to disquisition; fond discussion or investigation; examining; inquisitive.

DISQUISITORIAL Dis*quis`i*to"ri*al, a.

Defn: Disquisitory.

DISQUISITORY Dis*quis"i*to*ry, a.

Defn: Of or pertaining to disquisition; disquisitive. Ed. Rev.

DISRANGE Dis*range", v. t. Etym: [Pref. dis- + range: cf. OF. desrengier, F. dérangier. See Derange, Disrank.]

Defn: To disarrange. [Obs.] Wood.

DISRANK Dis*rank" (; see Dis-), v. t. Etym: [Cf. Derange.]

1. To degrade from rank. [Obs.]

2. To throw out of rank or into confusion. Decker.

DISRATE Dis*rate", v. t.

Defn: To reduce to a lower rating or rank; to degrade. Marryat.

DISRAY Dis*ray", variant

Defn: of Disarray. [Obs.] Holland.

DISREALIZE Dis*re"al*ize, v. t.

Defn: To divest of reality; to make uncertain. [Obs.] Udall.

DISREGARD Dis`re*gard", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disregarded; p. pr. & vb. n. Disregarding.]

Defn: Not to regard; to pay no heed to; to omit to take notice of; to neglect to observe; to slight as unworthy of regard or notice; as, to disregard the admonitions of conscience. Studious of good, man disregarded fame. Blackmore.

DISREGARD Dis`re*gard", n.

Defn: The act of disregarding, or the state of being disregarded; intentional neglect; omission of notice; want of attention; slight. The disregard of experience. Whewell.

DISREGARDER Dis`re*gard"er, n.

Defn: One who disregards.

DISREGARDFUL Dis`re*gard"ful, a.

Defn: Neglect; negligent; heedless; regardless.

DISREGARDFULLY Dis`re*gard"ful*ly, adv.

Defn: Negligently; heedlessly.

DISRELISH Dis*rel"ish (; see Dis-), n.

1. Want of relish; dislike (of the palate or of the mind); distaste; a slight degree of disgust; as, a disrelish for some kinds of food. Men love to hear of their power, but have an extreme disrelish to be told of their duty. Burke.

2. Absence of relishing or palatable quality; bad taste; nauseousness. Milton.

DISRELISH Dis*rel"ish, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disrelished; p. pr. & vb. n. Disrelishing.]

1. Not to relish; to regard as unpalatable or offensive; to feel a degree of disgust at. Pope.

2. To deprive of relish; to make nauseous or disgusting in a slight degree. Milton.

DISREMEMBER Dis`re*mem"ber, v. t.

Defn: To fail to remember; to forget. [Obs. or Archaic]

DISREPAIR Dis`re*pair", n.

Defn: A state of being in bad condition, and wanting repair. The fortifications were ancient and in disrepair. Sir W. Scott.

DISREPUTABILITY Dis*rep`u*ta*bil"i*ty, n.

Defn: The state of being disreputable. [R.]

DISREPUTABLE Dis*rep"u*ta*ble, a.

Defn: Not reputable; of bad repute; not in esteem; dishonorable; disgracing the reputation; tending to bring into disesteem; as, it is disreputable to associate familiarly with the mean, the lewd, and the profane. Why should you think that conduct disreputable in priests which you probably consider as laudable in yourself Bp. Watson.

Syn. -- Dishonorable; discreditable; low; mean; disgraceful; shameful.

DISREPUTABLY Dis*rep"u*ta*bly, adv.

Defn: In a disreputable manner.

DISREPUTATION Dis*rep`u*ta"tion, n.

Defn: Loss or want of reputation or good name; dishonor; disrepute; disesteem. "A disreputation of piety." Jer. Taylor.

DISREPUTE Dis`re*pute", n.

Defn: Loss or want of reputation; ill character; disesteem; discredit. At the beginning of the eighteenth century astrology fell into general disrepute. Sir W. Scott.

Syn. -- Disesteem; discredit; dishonor; disgrace.

DISREPUTE Dis`re*pute", v. t.

Defn: To bring into disreputation; to hold in dishonor. [R.] More inclined to love them tan to disrepute them. Jer. Taylor.

DISRESPECT Dis`re*spect", n.

Defn: Want of respect or reverence; disesteem; incivility; discourtesy. Impatience of bearing the least affront or disrespect. Pope.

DISRESPECT Dis`re*spect", v. t.

Defn: To show disrespect to. We have disrespected and slighted God. Comber.

DISRESPECTABILITY Dis`re*spect`a*bil"i*ty, n.

Defn: Want of respectability. Thackeray.

DISRESPECTABLE Dis`re*spect"a*ble, a.

Defn: Not respectable; disreputable. M. Arnold.

DISRESPECTER Dis`re*spect"er, n.

Defn: One who disrespects.

DISRESPECTFUL Dis`re*spect"ful, a.

Defn: Wanting in respect; manifesting disesteem or lack of respect; uncivil; as, disrespectful behavior. -- Dis`re*spect"ful*ly, adv. -- Dis`re*spect"ful*ness, n.

DISRESPECTIVE Dis`re*spect"ive, a.

Defn: Showing want of respect; disrespectful. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.

DISREVERENCE Dis*rev"er*ence, v. t.

Defn: To treat irreverently or with disrespect. [Obs.] Sir T. More.

DISROBE Dis*robe" (; see Dis-), v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Disrobed; p. pr. & vb. n. Disrobing.]

Defn: To divest of a robe; to undress; figuratively, to strip of covering; to divest of that which clothes or decorates; as, autumn disrobes the fields of verdure. Two great peers were disrobed of their glory. Sir H. Wotton.

DISROBER Dis*rob"er, n.

Defn: One who, or that which, disrobes.

DISROOF Dis*roof", v. t.

Defn: To unroof. [R.] Carlyle.

DISROOT Dis*root", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disrooted; p. pr. & vb. n. Disrooting.]

Defn: To tear up the roots of, or by the roots; hence, to tear from a foundation; to uproot. A piece of ground disrooted from its situation by subterraneous inundations. Goldsmith.

DISROUT Dis*rout", v. i. Etym: [Cf. OF. desrouter, F. dérouter.]

Defn: To put to rout. Taylor (1630).

DISRUDDER Dis*rud"der, v. t.

Defn: To deprive of the rudder, as a ship.

DISRULILY Dis*ru"li*ly, adv.

Defn: In a disorderly manner. [Obs.] Rom. of R.

DISRULY Dis*ru"ly, a.

Defn: Unruly; disorderly. [Obs.]

DISRUPT Dis*rupt", a. Etym: [L. disruptus, diruptus, p. p. of disrumpere, to break or burst asunder; dis- + rumpere to break, burst. See Rupture.]

Defn: Rent off; torn asunder; severed; disrupted.

DISRUPT Dis*rupt", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disrupted; p. pr. & vb. n. Disrupting.]

Defn: To break asunder; to rend. Thomson.

DISRUPTION Dis*rup"tion, n. Etym: [L. disruptio, diruptio.]

Defn: The act or rending asunder, or the state of being rent asunder or broken in pieces; breach; rent; dilaceration; rupture; as, the disruption of rocks in an earthquake; disruption of a state.

DISRUPTIVE Dis*rupt"ive, a.

Defn: Causing, or tending to cause, disruption; caused by disruption; breaking through; bursting; as, the disruptive discharge of an electrical battery. Nichol.

DISRUPTURE Dis*rup"ture, n.

Defn: Disruption. [R.] Jefferson.

DISSATISFACTION Dis*sat`is*fac"tion, n.

Defn: The state of being dissatisfied, unsatisfied, or discontented; uneasiness proceeding from the want of gratification, or from disappointed wishes and expectations. The ambitious man has little happiness, but is subject to much uneasiness and dissatisfaction. Addison.

Syn. -- Discontent; discontentment; displeasure; disapprobation; distaste; dislike.

DISSATISFACTORY Dis*sat`is*fac"to*ry, a.

Defn: Causing dissatisfaction; unable to give content; unsatisfactory; displeasing. To have reduced the different qualifications in the different States to one uniform rule, would probably have been as dissatisfactory to some of the States, as difficult for the Convention. A. Hamilton. -- Dis*sat`is*fac"to*ri*ness, n.

DISSATISFY Dis*sat"is*fy, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dissatisfied; p. pr. & vb. n. Dissatisfying.]

Defn: To render unsatisfied or discontented; to excite uneasiness in by frustrating wishes or expectations; to displease by the want of something requisite; as, to be dissatisfied with one's fortune. The dissatisfied factions of the autocracy. Bancroft.

DISSEAT Dis*seat", v. t.

Defn: To unseat. [R.] Shak.

DISSECT Dis*sect", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dissected; p. pr. & vb. n. Dissecting.] Etym: [L. dissectus, p. p. of dissecare; dis- + secare to cut. See Section.]

1. (Anat.)

Defn: To divide into separate parts; to cut in pieces; to separate and expose the parts of, as an animal or a plant, for examination and to show their structure and relations; to anatomize.

2. To analyze, for the purposes of science or criticism; to divide and examine minutely. This paragraph . . . I have dissected for a sample. Atterbury.

DISSECTED Dis*sect"ed, a.

1. Cut into several parts; divided into sections; as, a dissected map.

2. (Bot.)

Defn: Cut deeply into many lobes or divisions; as, a dissected leaf.

DISSECTIBLE Dis*sect"i*ble, a.

Defn: Capable of being dissected, or separated by dissection. Paley.

DISSECTING Dis*sect"ing, a.

1. Dividing or separating the parts of an animal or vegetable body; as, a dissecting aneurism, one which makes its way between or within the coats of an artery.

2. Of or pertaining to, or received during, a dissection; as, a dissecting wound.

3. Used for or in dissecting; as, a dissecting knife; a dissecting microscope.

DISSECTION Dis*sec"tion, n. Etym: [Cf. F. dissection.]

1. The act of dissecting an animal or plant; as, dissection of the human body was held sacrilege till the time of Francis I.

2. Fig.: The act of separating or dividing for the purpose of critical examination.

3. Anything dissected; especially, some part, or the whole, of an animal or plant dissected so as to exhibit the structure; an anatomical so prepared. Dissection wound, a poisoned wound incurred during the dissection of a dead body.

DISSECTOR Dis*sect"or, n. Etym: [Cf. F. dissecteur.]

Defn: One who dissects; an anatomist.

DISSEIZE Dis*seize", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disseized; p. pr. & vb. n. Disseizing.] Etym: [Pref. dis- + seize: cf. F. dessaisir.] (Law)

Defn: To deprive of seizin or possession; to dispossess or oust wrongfully (one in freehold possession of land); -- followed by of; as, to disseize a tenant of his freehold. [Written also disseise.] Which savage beasts strive as eagerly to keep and hold those golden mines, as the Arimaspians to disseize them thereof. Holland.

DISSEIZEE Dis`sei*zee", n. (Law)