DISCRUCIATEDis*cru"ci*ate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Discruciated; p. pr. & vb. n.Discruciating.] Etym: [L. discruciatus, p. p. of discruciare. SeeCruciate.]
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.
DISCULPATEDis*cul"pate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disculpated; p. pr. & vb. n.Disculpating.] Etym: [LL. disculpatus, p. p. of disculpare todisculpate; 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.
DISCULPATIONDis`cul*pa"tion, n. Etym: [Cf. F. disculpation.]
Defn: Exculpation. Burke.
DISCULPATORYDis*cul"pa*to*ry, a.
Defn: Tending to exculpate; exculpatory.
DISCUMBENCYDis*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.
DISCUMBERDis*cum"ber, v. t. Etym: [Pref. dis- + cumber: cf. OF. descombrer.]
Defn: To free from that which cumbers or impedes; to disencumber.[Archaic] Pope.
DISCUREDis*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.
DISCURRENTDis*cur"rent, a.
Defn: Not current or free to circulate; not in use. [Obs.] Sir E.Sandys.
DISCURSIONDis*cur"sion, n. Etym: [LL. discursio a running different ways. SeeDiscourse.]
Defn: The act of discoursing or reasoning; range, as from thought to thought. Coleridge.
DISCURSISTDis*cur"sist, n.
Defn: A discourser. [Obs.] L. Addison.
DISCURSIVEDis*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.
DISCURSORYDis*cur`so*ry, a.
Defn: Argumentative; discursive; reasoning. [R.] Bp. Hall.
DISCURSUSDis*cur"sus, n. Etym: [L.] (Logic)
Defn: Argumentation; ratiocination; discursive reasoning.
DISCUSDis"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.
DISCUSSERDis*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.
DISCUSSIONALDis*cus"sion*al, a.
Defn: Pertaining to discussion.
DISCUSSIVEDis*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.
DISCUSSIVEDis*cuss"ive, n. (Med.)
Defn: A medicine that discusses or disperses morbid humors; a discutient.
DISCUTIENTDis*cu"tient, a. Etym: [L. discutiens, p. pr. of discutere. SeeDiscuss.] (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.
DISDAINDis*dain", v. i.
Defn: To be filled with scorn; to feel contemptuous anger; to behaughty.And when the chief priests and scribes saw the marvels that he did .. . they disdained. Genevan Testament (Matt. xxi. 15).
DISDAINEDDis*dained", a.
Defn: Disdainful. [Obs.]Revenge the jeering and disdained contempt Of this proud king. Shak.
DISDAINFULDis*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.
DISDAINISHLYDis*dain"ish*ly, adv.
Defn: Disdainfully. [Obs.] Vives.
DISDAINOUSDis*dain"ous, a. Etym: [OF. desdeignos, desdaigneux, F. dédaigneux.]
Defn: Disdainful. [Obs.] Rom. of R.
DISDAINOUSLYDis*dain"ous*ly, adv.
Defn: Disdainfully. [Obs.] Bale.
DISDEIFYDis*de"i*fy, v. t.
Defn: To divest or deprive of deity or of a deific rank or condition.Feltham.
DISDEIGNDis*deign", v. t.
Defn: To disdain. [Obs.]Guyon much disdeigned so loathly sight. Spenser.
DISDIACLASTDis*di"a*clast, n. Etym: [Gr. (Physiol.)
Defn: One of the dark particles forming the doubly refracting disks of muscle fibers.
DISDIAPASONDis*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.
DISEASEDis*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.
DISEASEDDis*eased", a.
Defn: Afflicted with disease.It is my own diseased imagination that torments me. W. Irving.
Syn.— See Morbid.
DISEASEDNESSDis*eas"ed*ness, n.
Defn: The state of being diseased; a morbid state; sickness. [R.] T.Burnet.
DISEASEFULDis*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.]
DISEASEFULNESSDis*ease"ful*ness, n.
Defn: The quality of being diseaseful; trouble; trial. [R.] Sir P.Sidney.
DISEASEMENTDis*ease"ment, n.
Defn: Uneasiness; inconvenience. [Obs.] Bacon.
DISEDGEDis*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.
DISEDIFYDis*ed"i*fy, v. t.
Defn: To fail of edifying; to injure. [R.]
DISELDERDis*eld"er, v. t.
Defn: To deprive of an elder or elders, or of the office of an elder.[Obs.] Fuller.
DISELENIDEDi*sel"e*nide (; 104), n. Etym: [Pref. di- + selenide.] (Chem.)
Defn: A selenide containing two atoms of selenium in each molecule.
DISEMBARKDis`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.
DISEMBARKDis`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.
DISEMBARKATIONDis*em`bar*ka"tion, n.
Defn: The act of disembarking.
DISEMBARKMENTDis`em*bark"ment, n.
Defn: Disembarkation. [R.]
DISEMBARRASSDis`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; toextricate.To disembarrass himself of his companion. Sir W. Scott.
DISEMBARRASSMENTDis`em*bar"rass*ment, n.
Defn: Freedom or relief from impediment or perplexity.
DISEMBAYDis`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.
DISEMBITTERDis`em*bit"ter, v. t.
Defn: To free from
DISEMBODIEDDis`em*bod"ied, a.
Defn: Divested of a body; ceased to be corporal; incorporeal.The disembodied spirits of the dead. Bryant.
DISEMBODIMENTDis`em*bod"i*ment, n.
Defn: The act of disembodying, or the state of being disembodied.
DISEMBODYDis`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.
DISEMBOGUEDis`em*bogue", v. i.
Defn: To become discharged; to flow put; to find vent; to pour outcontents.Volcanos bellow ere they disembogue. Young.
DISEMBOGUEMENTDis`em*bogue"ment, n.
Defn: The act of disemboguing; discharge. Mease.
DISEMBOSSOMDis`em*bos"som, v. t.
Defn: To separate from the bosom. [R.] Young.
DISEMBOWELDis`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.
DISEMBOWELMENTDis`em*bow"el*ment, n.
Defn: The act of disemboweling, or state of being disemboweled; evisceration.
DISEMBOWEREDDis`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.
DISEMBROILDis`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 fromconfusion.Vaillant has disembroiled a history that was lost to the world beforehis time. Addison.
DISEMPLOYDis`em*ploy", v. t.
Defn: To throw out of employment. [Obs.] Jer. Taylor.
DISEMPLOYMENTDis`em*ploy"ment, n.
Defn: The state of being disemployed, or deprived of employment.This glut of leisure and disemployment. Jer. Taylor.
DISEMPOWERDis`em*pow"er, v. t.
Defn: To deprive of power; to divest of strength. H. Bushnell.
DISENABLEDis`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).
DISENAMORDis`en*am"or, v. t.
Defn: To free from the captivity of love. Shelton.
DISENCHAINEDDis`en*chained", a.
Defn: Freed from restraint; unrestrained. [Archaic] E. A. Poe.
DISENCHANTDis`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.
DISENCHANTERDis`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.
DISENCHARMDis`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.
DISENCLOSEDis`en*close, v. t.
Defn: See Disinclose.
DISENCOURAGEMENTDis`en*cour"age*ment, n.
Defn: Discouragement. [Obs.] Spectator.
DISENCRESEDis`en*crese", v. i. Etym: [Pref. dis- + OE. encrese, E. increase.]
Defn: To decrease. [Obs.] Chaucer.
DISENCRESEDis`en*crese", n.
Defn: Decrease. [Obs.]
DISENCUMBERDis`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.
DISENCUMBRANCEDis`en*cum"brance, n.
Defn: Freedom or deliverance from encumbrance, or anything burdensome or troublesome. Spectator.
DISENDOWDis`en*dow", v. t.
Defn: To deprive of an endowment, as a church. Gladstone.
DISENDOWMENTDis`en*dow"ment, n.
Defn: The act of depriving of an endowment or endowments.[The] disendowment of the Irish Church. G. B. Smith.
DISENFRANCHISEDis`en*fran"chise, v. t.
Defn: To disfranchise; to deprive of the rights of a citizen.— Dis`en*fran"chise*ment, n.
DISENGAGEDis`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.
DISENGAGEDis`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.
DISENGAGEDDis`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.
DISENGAGINGDis`en*ga"ging, a.
Defn: Loosing; setting free; detaching. Disengaging machinery. See under Engaging.
DISENNOBLEDis`en*no"ble, v. t.
Defn: To deprive of that which ennobles; to degrade.An unworthy behavior degrades and disennobles a man. Guardian.
DISENROLLDis`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.
DISENSANITYDis`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.
DISENSHROUDEDDis`en*shroud"ed, a.
Defn: Freed from a shroudlike covering; unveiled.The disenshrouded statue. R. Browning.
DISENSLAVEDis`en*slave", v. t.
Defn: To free from bondage or slavery; to disenthrall.He shall disenslave and redeem his soul. South.
DISENTAILDis`en*tail", v. t. (Law)
Defn: To free from entailment.
DISENTANGLEDis`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 fromembarrassing 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.
DISENTANGLEMENTDis`en*tan"gle*ment, n.
Defn: The act of disentangling or clearing from difficulties. Warton.
DISENTERDis`en*ter", v. t.
Defn: See Disinter.
DISENTHRALLDis`en*thrall", v. t. Etym: [See Enthrall.]
Defn: To release from thralldom or slavery; to give freedom to; to disinthrall. [Written also disenthral.] Milton.
DISENTHRALLMENTDis`en*thrall"ment, n.
Defn: Liberation from bondage; emancipation; disinthrallment.[Written also disenthralment.]
DISENTHRONEDis`en*throne", v. t.
Defn: To dethrone; to depose from sovereign authority. Milton.
DISENTITLEDis`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.
DISENTOMBDis`en*tomb", v. t.
Defn: To take out from a tomb; a disinter.
DISENTRAILDis`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.
DISENTRANCEDis`en*trance", v. t.
Defn: To awaken from a trance or an enchantment. Hudibras.
DISENTWINEDis`en*twine", v. t.
Defn: To free from being entwined or twisted. Shelley.
DISEPALOUSDi*sep"al*ous, a. Etym: [Pref. di- + sepalous.] (Bot.)
Defn: Having two sepals; two-sepaled.
DISERTDis*ert", a. Etym: [L. disertus, for dissertus, p. p.: cf. F. disert.See Dissert.]
Defn: Eloquent. [Obs.]
DISERTITUDEDis*er"ti*tude, n. Etym: [L. disertitud
Defn: Eloquence. [Obs.]
DISERTYDis*ert"y, adv.
Defn: Expressly; clearly; eloquently. [Obs.] Holland.
DISESPOUSEDis`es*pouse", v. t.
Defn: To release from espousal or plighted faith. [Poetic] Milton.
DISESTABLISHDis`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.
DISESTABLISHMENTDis`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.
DISESTEEMDis`es*teem", n.
Defn: Want of esteem; low estimation, inclining to dislike; disfavor;disrepute.Disesteem and contempt of the public affairs. Milton.
DISESTEEMDis`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.
DISESTEEMERDis`es*teem"er, n.
Defn: One who disesteems. Boyle.
DISESTIMATIONDis*es`ti*ma"tion, n.
Defn: Disesteem.
DISEXERCISEDis*ex"er*cise, v. t.
Defn: To deprive of exercise; to leave untrained. [Obs.]By disexercising and blunting our abilities. Milton.
DISFAMEDis*fame", n.
Defn: Disrepute. [R.] Tennyson.
DISFANCYDis*fan"cy, v. t.
Defn: To dislike. [Obs.]
DISFASHIONDis*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.
DISFAVORDis*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.
DISFAVORABLEDis*fa"vor*a*ble, a. Etym: [Cf. F. défavorable.]
Defn: Unfavorable. [Obs.] Stow.
DISFAVORABLYDis*fa"vor*a*bly, adv.
Defn: Unpropitiously. [Obs.]
DISFAVORERDis*fa"vor*er, n.
Defn: One who disfavors. Bacon.
DISFEATUREDis*fea"ture, v. t. Etym: [Cf. Defeature.]
Defn: To deprive of features; to mar the features of. [R.]
DISFELLOWSHIPDis*fel"low*ship, v. t. Etym: [See Fellowship, v. t.]
Defn: To exclude from fellowship; to refuse intercourse with, as anassociate.An attempt to disfellowship an evil, but to fellowship the evildoer.Freewill Bapt. Quart.
DISFIGURATIONDis*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.
DISFIGUREDis*fig"ure, n.
Defn: Disfigurement; deformity. [Obs.] Chaucer.
DISFIGUREMENTDis*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.
DISFIGURERDis*fig"ur*er, n.
Defn: One who disfigures.
DISFLESHDis*flesh", v. t.
Defn: To reduce the flesh or obesity of. [Obs.] Shelton.
DISFORESTDis*for"est, v. t.
1. To disafforest. Fuller.
2. To clear or deprive of forests or trees.
DISFORESTATIONDis*for`es*ta"tion, n.
Defn: The act of clearing land of forests. Daniel.
DISFORMITYDis*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.
DISFRANCHISEDis*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.
DISFRANCHISEMENTDis*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.
DISFRIARDis*fri"ar, v. t.
Defn: To depose or withdraw from the condition of a friar. [Obs.]Many did quickly unnun and disfriar themselves. Fuller.
DISFROCKDis*frock", v. t.
Defn: To unfrock.
DISFURNISHDis*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.
DISFURNISHMENTDis*fur"nish*ment, n.
Defn: The act of disfurnishing, or the state of being disfurnished.Daniel.
DISFURNITUREDis*fur"ni*ture, n.
Defn: The act of disfurnishing, or the state of being disfurnished.[Obs.]
DISFURNITUREDis*fur"ni*ture, v. t.
Defn: To disfurnish. [R.] East.
DISGAGEDis*gage", v. t.
Defn: To free from a gage or pledge; to disengage. [Obs.] Holland.
DISGALLANTDis*gal"lant, v. t.
Defn: To deprive of gallantry. [Obs.] B. Jonson.
DISGARLANDDis*gar"land, v. t.
Defn: To strip of a garland. [Poetic] "Thy locks disgarland."Drummond.
DISGARNISHDis*gar"nish, v. t. Etym: [Pref. dis- + garnish. See Degarnish.]
Defn: To divest of garniture; to disfurnish; to dismantle. Bp. Hall.
DISGARRISONDis*gar"ri*son, v. t.
Defn: To deprive of a garrison. Hewyt.
DISGAVEL Dis*gav"el, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disgaveled or Disgaveled; p. pr. & vb. n. Disgaveling.] Etym: [See Gavelkind.] (Eng. Law)
Defn: To deprive of that principal quality of gavelkind tenure by which lands descend equally among all the sons of the tenant; — said of lands. Burrill.
DISGESTDis*gest", v. t.
Defn: To digest. [Obs.] Bacon.
DISGESTIONDis*ges"tion, n.
Defn: Digestion. [Obs.]
DISGLORIFYDis*glo"ri*fy, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disglorified; p. pr. & vb. n.Disglorifying.]
Defn: To deprive of glory; to treat with indignity. [R.]Disglorified, blasphemed, and had in scorn. Milton.
DISGLORYDis*glo"ry, n.
Defn: Dishonor. [Obs.]To the disglory of God's name. Northbrooke.
DISGORGEDis*gorge", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disgorged; p. pr. & vb. n.Disgorging.] Etym: [F. dégorger, earlier desgorger; pref. dé-, des-(L. dis-) + gorge. See Gorge.]
1. To eject or discharge by the throat and mouth; to vomit; to pour forth or throw out with violence, as if from the mouth; to discharge violently or in great quantities from a confined place. This mountain when it rageth, . . . casteth forth huge stones, disgorgeth brimstone. Hakluyt. They loudly laughed To see his heaving breast disgorge the briny draught. Dryden.
2. To give up unwillingly as what one has wrongfully seized and appropriated; to make restitution of; to surrender; as, he was compelled to disgorge his ill-gotten gains.
DISGORGEDis*gorge", v. i.
Defn: To vomit forth what anything contains; to discharge; to makerestitution.See where it flows, disgorging at seven mouths Into the sea. Milton.
DISGORGEMENTDis*gorge"ment, n. Etym: [Cf. F. dégorgement.]
Defn: The act of disgorging; a vomiting; that which is disgorged. Bp.Hall.
DISGOSPELDis*gos"pel, v. i.
Defn: To be inconsistent with, or act contrary to, the precepts of the gospel; to pervert the gospel. [Obs.] Milton.
DISGRACEDis*grace", n. Etym: [F. disgrâce; pref. dis- (L. dis-) + grâce. SeeGrace.]
1. The condition of being out of favor; loss of favor, regard, or respect. Macduff lives in disgrace. Shak.
2. The state of being dishonored, or covered with shame; dishonor; shame; ignominy. To tumble down thy husband and thyself From top of honor to disgrace's feet Shak.
3. That which brings dishonor; cause of shame or reproach; great discredit; as, vice is a disgrace to a rational being.
4. An act of unkindness; a disfavor. [Obs.] The interchange continually of favors and disgraces. Bacon.
Syn. — Disfavor; disesteem; opprobrium; reproach; discredit; disparagement; dishonor; shame; infamy; ignominy; humiliation.
DISGRACEDis*grace", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disgraced; p. pr. & vb. n.Disgracing.] Etym: [Cf. F. disgracier. See Disgrace, n.]
1. To put out favor; to dismiss with dishonor.Flatterers of the disgraced minister. Macaulay.Pitt had been disgraced and the old Duke of Newcastle dismissed. J.Morley.
2. To do disfavor to; to bring reproach or shame upon; to dishonor; to treat or cover with ignominy; to lower in estimation. Shall heap with honors him they now disgrace. Pope. His ignorance disgraced him. Johnson.
3. To treat discourteously; to upbraid; to revile. The goddess wroth gan foully her disgrace. Spenser.
Syn. — To degrade; humble; humiliate; abase; disparage; defame; dishonor; debase.
DISGRACEFULDis*grace"ful, a.
Defn: Bringing disgrace; causing shame; shameful; dishonorable;unbecoming; as, profaneness is disgraceful to a man.— Dis*grace"ful*fy, adv.— Dis*grace"ful*ness, n.The Senate have cast you forth disgracefully. B. Jonson.
DISGRACERDis*gra"cer, n.
Defn: One who disgraces.
DISGRACIOUSDis*gra"cious, a. Etym: [Cf. F. disgracieux.]
Defn: Wanting grace; unpleasing; disagreeable. Shak.
DISGRACIVEDis*gra"cive, a.
Defn: Disgracing. [Obs.] Feltham.
DISGRADATIONDis`gra*da"tion, n. (Scots Law)
Defn: Degradation; a stripping of titles and honors.
DISGRADEDis*grade", v. t.
Defn: To degrade. [Obs.] Foxe.
DISGRADUATEDis*grad"u*ate, v. t.
Defn: To degrade; to reduce in rank. [Obs.] Tyndale.
DISGREGATE Dis"gre*gate, v. t. Etym: [L. disgregare; dis- + gregare to collect, fr. grex, gregis, flock or herd.]
Defn: To disperse; to scatter; — opposite of congregate. [Obs.]
DISGREGATIONDis`gre*ga"tion, n. (Physiol.)
Defn: The process of separation, or the condition of being separate, as of the molecules of a body.
DISGRUNTLEDis*grun"tle, v. t.
Defn: To dissatisfy; to disaffect; to anger. [Colloq.]
DISGUISEDis*guise" (; 232), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disguised; p. pr. & vb. n.Disguising.] Etym: [OE. desguisen, disgisen, degisen, OF. desguisier,F. déguiser; pref. des- (L. dis-) + guise. See Guise.]
1. To change the guise or appearance of; especially, to conceal by an unusual dress, or one intended to mislead or deceive. Bunyan was forced to disguise himself as a wagoner. Macaulay.
2. To hide by a counterfeit appearance; to cloak by a false show; to mask; as, to disguise anger; to disguise one's sentiments, character, or intentions. All God's angels come to us disguised. Lowell.
3. To affect or change by liquor; to intoxicate. I have just left the right worshipful, and his myrmidons, about a sneaker or five gallons; the whole magistracy was pretty well disguised before I gave them the ship. Spectator.
Syn. — To conceal; hide; mask; dissemble; dissimulate; feign; pretend; secrete. See Conceal.
DISGUISEDis*guise", n.
1. A dress or exterior put on for purposes of concealment or of deception; as, persons doing unlawful acts in disguise are subject to heavy penalties. There is no passion steals into the heart more imperceptibly and covers itself under more disguises, than pride. Addison.
2. Artificial language or manner assumed for deception; false appearance; counterfeit semblance or show. That eye which glances through all disguises. D. Webster.
3. Change of manner by drink; intoxication. Shak.
4. A masque or masquerade. [Obs.] Disguise was the old English word for a masque. B. Jonson.
DISGUISEDLYDis*guis"ed*ly, adv.
Defn: In disguise.
DISGUISEDNESSDis*guis"ed*ness, n.
Defn: The state of being disguised.
DISGUISEMENTDis*guise"ment, n.
Defn: Disguise. [R.] Spenser.
DISGUISERDis*guis"er, n.
1. One who, or that which, disguises. Shak.
2. One who wears a disguise; an actor in a masquerade; a masker. [Obs.] E. Hall.
DISGUISINGDis*guis"ing, n.
Defn: A masque or masquerade. [Obs.]
DISGUSTDis*gust", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disgusted; p. pr. & vb. n.Disgusting.] Etym: [OF. desgouster, F. dégoûter; pref. des- (L. dis-)+ gouster to taste, F. goûter, fr. L. gustare, fr. gustus taste. SeeGust to taste.]
Defn: To provoke disgust or strong distaste in; to cause (any one) loathing, as of the stomach; to excite aversion in; to offend the moral taste of; — often with at, with, or by. To disgust him with the world and its vanities. Prescott. Ærius is expressly declared . . . to have been disgusted at failing. J. H. Newman. Alarmed and disgusted by the proceedings of the convention. Macaulay.
DISGUSTDis*gust", n. Etym: [Cf. OF. desgoust, F. dégoût. See Disgust, v. t.]
Defn: Repugnance to what is offensive; aversion or displeasure produced by something loathsome; loathing; strong distaste; — said primarily of the sickening opposition felt for anything which offends the physical organs of taste; now rather of the analogous repugnance excited by anything extremely unpleasant to the moral taste or higher sensibilities of our nature; as, an act of cruelty may excite disgust. The manner of doing is more consequence than the thing done, and upon that depends the satisfaction or disgust wherewith it is received. Locke. In a vulgar hack writer such oddities would have excited only disgust. Macaulay.
Syn. — Nausea; loathing; aversion; distaste; dislike; disinclination; abomination. See Dislike.
DISGUSTFULDis*gust"ful, a.
Defn: Provoking disgust; offensive to the taste; exciting aversion;disgusting.That horrible and disgustful situation. Burke.
DISGUSTFULNESSDis*gust"ful*ness, n.
Defn: The state of being disgustful.
DISGUSTINGDis*gust"ing, a.
Defn: That causes disgust; sickening; offensive; revolting.— Dis*gust"ing*ly, adv.
DISHDish, n. Etym: [AS. disc, L. discus dish, disc, quoit, fr. Gr. Dais,Desk, Disc, Discus.]
1. A vessel, as a platter, a plate, a bowl, used for serving up food at the table. She brought forth butter in a lordly dish. Judg. v. 25.
2. The food served in a dish; hence, any particular kind of food; as, a cold dish; a warm dish; a delicious dish. "A dish fit for the gods." Shak. Home-home dishes that drive one from home. Hood.
3. The state of being concave, or like a dish, or the degree of such concavity; as, the dish of a wheel.
4. A hollow place, as in a field. Ogilvie.
5. (Mining) (a) A trough about 28 inches long, 4 deep, and 6 wide, in which ore is measured. (b) That portion of the produce of a mine which is paid to the land owner or proprietor.
DISHDish, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dished; p. pr. & vb. n. Dishing.]
1. To put in a dish, ready for the table.
2. To make concave, or depress in the middle, like a dish; as, to dish a wheel by inclining the spokes.
3. To frustrate; to beat; to ruin. [Low] To dish out.
1. To serve out of a dish; to distribute in portions at table.
2. (Arch.) To hollow out, as a gutter in stone or wood. — To dish up, to take (food) from the oven, pots, etc., and put in dishes to be served at table.
DISHABILITATEDis`ha*bil"i*tate, v. t. Etym: [Cf. Disability.]
Defn: To disqualify. [R.]
DISHABILLEDis`ha*bille", n. Etym: [See Deshabille.]
Defn: An undress; a loose, negligent dress; deshabille.They breakfast in dishabille. Smollett.
DISHABITDis*hab"it, v. t. Etym: [Pref. dis- + habit to inhabit.]
Defn: To dislodge. [Obs.] Those sleeping stones . . . from their fixed beds of lime Had been dishabited. Shak.
DISHABITEDDis*hab"it*ed, p. a.
Defn: Rendered uninhabited. "Dishabited towns." R. Carew.
DISHABITUATEDis`ha*bit"u*ate, v. t.
Defn: To render unaccustomed.
DISHABLEDis*ha"ble, v. t.
1. To disable. [Obs.]
2. To disparage. [Obs.] She oft him blamed . . . and him dishabled quite. Spenser.
DISHALLOWDis*hal"low, v. t.
Defn: To make unholy; to profane. Tennyson.Nor can the unholiness of the priest dishallow the altar. T. Adams.
DISHARMONIOUSDis`har*mo"ni*ous, a.
Defn: Unharmonious; discordant. [Obs.] Hallywell.
DISHARMONYDis*har"mo*ny, n.
Defn: Want of harmony; discord; incongruity. [R.] A disharmony in the different impulses that constitute it [our nature]. Coleridge.
DISHAUNTDis*haunt", v. t.
Defn: To leave; to quit; to cease to haunt. Halliwell.
DISHCLOTHDish"cloth`, n.
Defn: A cloth used for washing dishes.
DISHCLOUTDish"clout`, n.
Defn: A dishcloth. [Obsolescent]
DISHEARTDis*heart", v. t.
Defn: To dishearten. [Obs.]
DISHEARTENDis*heart"en, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disheartened; p. pr. & vb. n.Disheartening.] Etym: [Pref. dis- + hearten.]
Defn: To discourage; to deprive of courage and hope; to depress thespirits of; to deject.Regiments . . . utterly disorganized and disheartened. Macaulay.
Syn.— To dispirit; discourage; depress; deject; deter; terrify.
DISHEARTENMENTDis*heart"en*ment, n.
Defn: Discouragement; dejection; depression of spirits.
DISHEIRDis*heir", v. t. Etym: [Cf. Disherit.]
Defn: To disinherit. [Obs.] Dryden.
DISHELMDis*helm", v. t. Etym: [Pref. dis- + helm helmet.]
Defn: To deprive of the helmet. [Poetic]Lying stark, Dishelmed and mute, and motionlessly pale. Tennyson.
DISHERISONDis*her"i*son, n. Etym: [See Disherit.]
Defn: The act of disheriting, or debarring from inheritance; disinhersion. Bp. Hall.
DISHERITDis*her"it, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disherited; p. pr. & vb. n.Disheriting.] Etym: [F. déshériter; pref. dés- (L. dis-) + hériter toinherit. See Inherit, and cf. Dusheir, Disinherit.]
Defn: To disinherit; to cut off, or detain, from the possession or enjoyment of an inheritance. [Obs.] Spenser.
DISHERITANCEDis*her"it*ance, n. Etym: [Cf. OF. desheritance.]
Defn: The act of disinheriting or state of being disinherited; disinheritance. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl.
DISHERITORDis*her"it*or, n. (Law)
Defn: One who puts another out of his inheritance.
DISHEVEL Di*shev"el, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disheveled or Dishevelled; p. pr. & vb. n. Disheveling or Dishevelling.] Etym: [OF. descheveler, F. décheveler, LL. discapillare; dis- + L. capillus the hair of the head. See Capillary.]
1. To suffer (the hair) to hang loosely or disorderly; to spread or throw (the hair) in disorder; — used chiefly in the passive participle. With garments rent and hair disheveled, Wringing her hands and making piteous moan. Spenser.
2. To spread loosely or disorderly. Like the fair flower disheveled in the wind. Cowper.
DISHEVELDi*shev"el, v. i.
Defn: To be spread in disorder or hang negligently, as the hair. [R.]Sir T. Herbert.
DISHEVELEDi*shev"ele, p. p. & a.
Defn: Disheveled. [Obs.]Dishevele, save his cap, he rode all bare. Chaucer.
DISHEVELEDDi*shev"eled, a.
1. Having in loose disorder; disarranged; as, disheveled hair.
2. Having the hair in loose disorder. The dancing maidens are disheveled Mænads. J. A. Symonds.
DISHFULDish"ful, n.; pl. Dishfuls (.
Defn: As much as a dish holds when full.
DISHINGDish"ing, a.
Defn: Dish-shaped; concave.
DISHONEST Dis*hon"est, a. Etym: [Pref. dis- + honest: cf. F. déshonnête, OF. deshoneste.]
1. Dishonorable; shameful; indecent; unchaste; lewd. [Obs.]Inglorious triumphs and dishonest scars. Pope.Speak no foul or dishonest words before them [the women]. Sir T.North.
2. Dishonored; disgraced; disfigured. [Obs.] Dishonest with lopped arms the youth appears, Spoiled of his nose and shortened of his ears. Dryden.
3. Wanting in honesty; void of integrity; faithless; disposed to cheat or defraud; not trustworthy; as, a dishonest man.
4. Characterized by fraud; indicating a want of probity; knavish;fraudulent; unjust.To get dishonest gain. Ezek. xxii. 27.The dishonest profits of men in office. Bancroft.
DISHONESTDis*hon"est, v. t. Etym: [Cf. OF. deshonester.]
Defn: To disgrace; to dishonor; as, to dishonest a maid. [Obs.]I will no longer dishonest my house. Chapman.
DISHONESTLYDis*hon"est*ly, adv.
Defn: In a dishonest manner.
DISHONESTYDis*hon"es*ty, n. Etym: [Cf. OF. deshonesté, F. déshonnêteté.]
1. Dishonor; dishonorableness; shame. [Obs.] "The hidden things of dishonesty." 2 Cor. iv. 2.
2. Want of honesty, probity, or integrity in principle; want of fairness and straightforwardness; a disposition to defraud, deceive, or betray; faithlessness.
3. Violation of trust or of justice; fraud; any deviation from probity; a dishonest act.
4. Lewdness; unchastity. Shak.
DISHONOR Dis*hon"or, n. Etym: [OE. deshonour, dishonour, OF. deshonor, deshonur, F. déshonneur; pref. des- (L. dis-) + honor, honur, F. honneur, fr. L. honor. See Honor.] [Written also dishonour.]
1. Lack of honor; disgrace; ignominy; shame; reproach. It was not meet for us to see the king's dishonor. Ezra iv. 14. His honor rooted in dishonor stood. Tennyson.
2. (Law)
Defn: The nonpayment or nonacceptance of commercial paper by the party on whom it is drawn.
Syn.— Disgrace; ignominy; shame; censure; reproach; opprobrium.
DISHONOR Dis*hon"or, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dishonored; p. pr. & vb. n. Dishonoring.] Etym: [OE. deshonouren, F. déshonorer; pref. dés- (L. dis-) + honorer to honor, fr. L. honorare. See Honor, v. t.] [Written also dishonour.]
1. To deprive of honor; to disgrace; to bring reproach or shame on; to treat with indignity, or as unworthy in the sight of others; to stain the character of; to lessen the reputation of; as, the duelist dishonors himself to maintain his honor. Nothing . . . that may dishonor Our law, or stain my vow of Nazarite. Milton.
2. To violate the chastity of; to debauch. Dryden.
3. To refuse or decline to accept or pay; — said of a bill, check, note, or draft which is due or presented; as, to dishonor a bill exchange.
Syn. — To disgrace; shame; debase; degrade; lower; humble; humiliate; debauch; pollute.
DISHONORABLEDis*hon"or*a*ble, a. Etym: [Cf. F. déshonorable.]
1. Wanting in honor; not honorable; bringing or deserving dishonor; staining the character, and lessening the reputation; shameful; disgraceful; base.
2. Wanting in honor or esteem; disesteemed.He that is dishonorable in riches, how much more in poverty! Ecclus.x. 31.To find ourselves dishonorable graves. Shak.— Dis*hon"or*a*ble*ness, n.— Dis*hon"or*a*bly, adv.
DISHONORARYDis*hon"or*a*ry, a.
Defn: Bringing dishonor on; tending to disgrace; lessening reputation. Holmes.
DISHONORERDis*hon"or*er, n.
Defn: One who dishonors or disgraces; one who treats another indignity. Milton.
DISHORNDis*horn", v. t.
Defn: To deprive of horns; as, to dishorn cattle. "Dishorn the spirit." Shak.
DISHORSEDis*horse", v. t.
Defn: To dismount. Tennyson.
DISHOUSEDis*house", v. t.
Defn: To deprive of house or home. "Dishoused villagers." JamesWhite.
DISHUMORDis*hu"mor, n.
Defn: Ill humor. [Obs.]
DISHUMORDis*hu"mor, v. t.
Defn: To deprive of humor or desire; to put out of humor. [Obs.] B.Jonson.
DISHWASHERDish"wash`er, n.
1. One who, or that which, washes dishes.
2. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A European bird; the wagtail.