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word: Discharge₂
definition:
Discharge

Dis*charge"
v. i.
To throw off or deliver a load, charge, or burden; to unload; to emit or give vent to fluid or other contents; as, the water pipe discharges freely.

The cloud, if it were oily or fatty, would not discharge.
Bacon.


word: Discharge₃
definition:
Discharge

Dis*charge"
n.
[Cf. F. décharge. See Discharge, v. t.]
1.
The act of discharging; the act of relieving of a charge or load; removal of a load or burden; unloading; as, the discharge of a ship; discharge of a cargo.

2.
Firing off; explosive removal of a charge; explosion; letting off; as, a discharge of arrows, of artillery.

3.
Act of relieving of something which oppresses or weighs upon one, as an obligation, liability, debt, accusation, etc.; acquittance; as, the discharge of a debtor.

4.
Act of removing, or getting rid of, an obligation, liability, etc.; fulfillment, as by the payment of a debt, or the performance of a trust or duty.

Indefatigable in the discharge of business.
Motley.

Nothing can absolve us from the discharge of those duties.
L'Estrange.

5.
Release or dismissal from an office, employment, etc.; dismission; as, the discharge of a workman by his employer.

6.
Legal release from confinement; liberation; as, the discharge of a prisoner.

7.
The state of being discharged or relieved of a debt, obligation, office, and the like; acquittal.

Too secure of our discharge
From penalty.
Milton.

8.
That which discharges or releases from an obligation, liability, penalty, etc., as a price of ransom, a legal document.

Death, who sets all free,
Hath paid his ransom now and full discharge.
Milton.

9.
A flowing or issuing out; emission; vent; evacuation; also, that which is discharged or emitted; as, a rapid discharge of water from the pipe.

The hemorrhage being stopped, the next occurrence is a thin serous discharge.
S. Sharp.

10.
(Elec.)
The equalization of a difference of electric potential between two points. The character of the discharge is mostly determined by the nature of the medium through which it takes place, the amount of the difference of potential, and the form of the terminal conductors on which the difference exists. The discharge may be alternating, continuous, brush, connective, disruptive, glow, oscillatory, stratified, etc.

Charge and discharge. (Equity Practice) See under Charge, n. -- Paralytic discharge (Physiol.), the increased secretion from a gland resulting from the cutting of all of its nerves.


word: Discharger
definition:
Discharger

Dis*char"ger
(?)
n.
One who, or that which, discharges. Specifically, in electricity, an instrument for discharging a Leyden jar, or electrical battery, by making a connection between the two surfaces; a discharging rod.


word: Dischurch
definition:
Dischurch

Dis*church"
(?)
v. t.
To deprive of status as a church, or of membership in a church.
Bp. Hall.


word: Discide
definition:
Discide

Dis*cide"
(?)
v. t.
[L. discidere; dis- + caedere to cut.]
To divide; to cleave in two.
[Obs.]
Spenser.


word: Disciflorous
definition:
Disciflorous

Discifloral

{ Dis`ci*flo"ral (?), Dis`ci*flo"rous (?), }
a.
[See Disk, and Floral.]
(Bot.)
Bearing the stamens on a discoid outgrowth of the receptacle; -- said of a subclass of plants.  Cf. Calycifloral.


word: Discina
definition:
Discina

Dis*ci"na
(?)
n.
[NL., fr. L. discus disk, Gr. _;.]
(Zool.)
A genus of Branchiopoda, having a disklike shell, attached by one valve, which is perforated by the peduncle.


word: Discinct
definition:
Discinct

Dis*cinct
(?)
a.
[L. discinctus, p. p. of discingere to ungird; dis- + cingere to gird.]
Ungirded; loosely dressed.
[R.]
Sir W. Scott.


word: Discind
definition:
Discind

Dis*cind"
(?)
v. t.
[L. discindere; dis- + scindere to cut, split.]
To part; to divide.
[Obs.]
Boyle.


word: Disciple
definition:
Disciple

Dis*ci"ple
(?)
n.
[OE. disciple, deciple, OF. disciple, fr. L. discipulus, fr. discere to learn (akin to docere to teach; see Docile) + prob. a root meaning to turn or drive, as in L. pellere to drive (see Pulse).]
One who receives instruction from another; a scholar; a learner; especially, a follower who has learned to believe in the truth of the doctrine of his teacher; an adherent in doctrine; as, the disciples of Plato; the disciples of our Savior.

The disciples, or The twelve disciples, the twelve selected companions of Jesus; -- also called the apostles. -- Disciples of Christ. See Christian, n., 3, and Campbellite.


word: Disciple₂
definition:
Disciple

Dis*ci"ple
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Discipled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Discipling.]
1.
To teach; to train.
[Obs.]

That better were in virtues discipled.
Spenser.

2.
To punish; to discipline.
[Obs.]
B. Jonson.

3.
To make disciples of; to convert to doctrines or principles.
[R.]

Sending missionaries to disciple all nations.
E. D. Griffin.


word: Discipleship
definition:
Discipleship

Dis*ci"ple*ship
n.
The state of being a disciple or follower in doctrines and precepts.
Jer. Taylor.


word: Disciplinable
definition:
Disciplinable

Dis"ci*plin*a*ble
(?)
a.
[Cf. F. disciplinable. See Discipline.]
1.
Capable of being disciplined or improved by instruction and training.

2.
Liable or deserving to be disciplined; subject to disciplinary punishment; as, a disciplinable offense.


word: Disciplinableness
definition:
Disciplinableness

Dis"ci*plin*a*ble*ness
n.
The quality of being improvable by discipline.
Sir M. Hale.


word: Disciplinarian₂
definition:
Disciplinarian

Dis`ci*plin*a"ri*an
n.
1.
One who disciplines; one who excels in training, especially with training, especially with regard to order and obedience; one who enforces rigid discipline; a stickler for the observance of rules and methods of training; as, he is a better disciplinarian than scholar.

2.
A Puritan or Presbyterian; -- because of rigid adherence to religious or church discipline.
[Obs.]


word: Disciplinary
definition:
Disciplinary

Dis"ci*plin*a*ry
(?)
a.
[LL. disciplinarius flogging: cf. F. disciplinaire.]
Pertaining to discipline; intended for discipline; corrective; belonging to a course of training.

Those canons . . . were only disciplinary.
Bp. Ferne.

The evils of the . . . are disciplinary and remedial.
Buckminster.


word: Discipline
definition:
Discipline

Dis`ci*pline
(?)
n.
[F. discipline, L. disciplina, from discipulus. See Disciple.]
1.
The treatment suited to a disciple or learner; education; development of the faculties by instruction and exercise; training, whether physical, mental, or moral.

Wife and children are a kind of discipline of humanity.
Bacon.

Discipline aims at the removal of bad habits and the substitution of good ones, especially those of order, regularity, and obedience.
C. J. Smith.

2.
Training to act in accordance with established rules; accustoming to systematic and regular action; drill.

Their wildness lose, and, quitting nature's part,
Obey the rules and discipline of art.
Dryden.

3.
Subjection to rule; submissiveness to order and control; habit of obedience.

The most perfect, who have their passions in the best discipline, are yet obliged to be constantly on their guard.
Rogers.

4.
Severe training, corrective of faults; instruction by means of misfortune, suffering, punishment, etc.

A sharp discipline of half a century had sufficed to educate us.
Macaulay.

5.
Correction; chastisement; punishment inflicted by way of correction and training.

Giving her the discipline of the strap.
Addison.

6.
The subject matter of instruction; a branch of knowledge.
Bp. Wilkins.

7.
(Eccl.)
The enforcement of methods of correction against one guilty of ecclesiastical offenses; reformatory or penal action toward a church member.

8.
(R. C. Ch.)
Self-inflicted and voluntary corporal punishment, as penance, or otherwise; specifically, a penitential scourge.

9.
(Eccl.)
A system of essential rules and duties; as, the Romish or Anglican discipline.


word: Discipline₂
definition:
Discipline

Dis"ci*pline
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Disciplined (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Disciplining.]
[Cf. LL. disciplinarian to flog, fr. L. disciplina discipline, and F. discipliner to discipline.]
1.
To educate; to develop by instruction and exercise; to train.

2.
To accustom to regular and systematic action; to bring under control so as to act systematically; to train to act together under orders; to teach subordination to; to form a habit of obedience in; to drill.

Ill armed, and worse disciplined.
Clarendon.

His mind . . . imperfectly disciplined by nature.
Macaulay.

3.
To improve by corrective and penal methods; to chastise; to correct.

Has he disciplined Aufidius soundly?
Shak.

4.
To inflict ecclesiastical censures and penalties upon.


word: disc jockey
definition:
disc jockey

disc" jock`ey
(dĭsk" j&obreve_;k`&ybreve_;)
n.
a person who plays records or compact disks of recorded music;
especially,
a person who selects and plays recorded music for broadcast over the radio, often making comments about the music or other topics and also announcing commercial advertising messages; also, one who plays recorded music at a dance or social gathering, especially as a profession.
[Also spelled disk jockey.]

Syn. -- DJ.


word: Disclaim
definition:
Disclaim

Dis*claim"
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Disclaimed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Disclaiming.]
1.
To renounce all claim to deny; ownership of, or responsibility for; to disown; to disavow; to reject.

He calls the gods to witness their offense;
Disclaims the war, asserts his innocence.
Dryden.

He disclaims the authority of Jesus.
Farmer.

2.
To deny, as a claim; to refuse.

The payment was irregularly made, if not disclaimed.
Milman.

3.
(Law)
To relinquish or deny having a claim; to disavow another's claim; to decline accepting, as an estate, interest, or office.
Burrill.


word: Disclaim₂
definition:
Disclaim

Dis*claim"
v. t.
To disavow or renounce all part, claim, or share.
Blackstone.

Disclaim in, Disclaim from, to disown; to disavow. [Obs.] “Nature disclaims in thee.”  Shak.


word: Disclaimer
definition:
Disclaimer

Dis*claim"er
(?)
n.
1.
One who disclaims, disowns, or renounces.

2.
(Law)
A denial, disavowal, or renunciation, as of a title, claim, interest, estate, or trust; relinquishment or waiver of an interest or estate.
Burrill.

3.
A public disavowal, as of pretensions, claims, opinions, and the like.
Burke.


word: Disclaunder
definition:
Disclaunder

Dis*claun"der
(?)
v. t.
[From OE. disclaundre, n., for sclandre, esclandre, OF. esclandre. See Sclaundre, Slander.]
To injure one's good name; to slander.
[Obs.]


word: Disclose
definition:
Disclose

Dis*close"
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Disclosed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Disclosing.]
[OE. desclosen, disclosen, fr. disclos, desclos, not shut in, open, OF. desclos, p. p. of desclore to open, F. déclore; pref. des- (L. dis-) + clore to shut, fr. L. claudere to shut. See Close, and cf. Disclusion.]
1.
To unclose; to open; -- applied esp. to eggs in the sense of to hatch.

The ostrich layeth her eggs under sand, where the heat of the discloseth them.
Bacon.

2.
To remove a cover or envelope from;; to set free from inclosure; to uncover.

The shells being broken, . . . the stone included in them is thereby disclosed and set at liberty.
Woodward.

3.
To lay open or expose to view; to cause to appear; to bring to light; to reveal.

How softly on the Spanish shore she plays,
Disclosing rock, and slope, and forest brown!
Byron.

Her lively looks a sprightly mind disclose.
Pope.

4.
To make known, as that which has been kept secret or hidden; to reveal; to expose; as, events have disclosed his designs.

If I disclose my passion,
Our friendship 's an end.
Addison.


word: Disclosed
definition:
Disclosed

Dis*closed"
(?)
p. a.
(Her.)
Represented with wings expanded; -- applied to doves and other birds not of prey.
Cussans.


word: Disclosure
definition:
Disclosure

Dis*clo"sure
(?; 135)
n.
[See Disclose, v. t., and cf. Closure.]
1.
The act of disclosing, uncovering, or revealing; bringing to light; exposure.

He feels it [his secret] beating at his heart, rising to his throat, and demanding disclosure.
D. Webster.

2.
That which is disclosed or revealed.

Were the disclosures of 1695 forgotten?
Macaulay.


word: Disclusion
definition:
Disclusion

Dis*clu"sion
(?)
n.
[L. disclusio, fr. discludere, disclusum, to separate. See Disclose.]
A shutting off; exclusion.
[Obs.]
Dr. H. More.


word: Discoast
definition:
Discoast

Dis*coast"
(?)
v. i.
[Pref. dis- + coast: cf. It. discostare.]
To depart; to quit the coast (that is, the side or border) of anything; to be separated.
[Obs.]

As far as heaven and earth discoasted lie.
G. Fletcher.

To discoast from the plain and simple way of speech.
Barrow.


word: Discoblastic
definition:
Discoblastic

Dis`co*blas"tic
(?)
a.
[Gr. _; disk + _; to grow.]
(Biol.)
Applied to a form of egg cleavage seen in osseous fishes, which occurs only in a small disk that separates from the rest of the egg.


word: Discobolus
definition:
Discobolus

Dis*cob"o*lus
(?)
n.
pl. Discoboli (#).
[L., fr. Gr. _;; _; a discu + _; to throw.]
(Fine Arts)
(a)
A thrower of the discus.
(b)
A statue of an athlete holding the discus, or about to throw it.

&hand_; The Discobolus of Myron was a famous statue of antiquity, and several copies or imitations of it have been preserved.


word: Discodactylia
definition:
Discodactylia

Dis`co*dac*tyl"i*a
(?)
n. pl.
[NL., fr. Gr. _; disk + _; finger.]
(Zool.)
A division of amphibians having suctorial disks on the toes, as the tree frogs.


word: Discodactylous
definition:
Discodactylous

Dis`co*dac"tyl*ous
(?)
a.
(Zool.)
Having sucking disks on the toes, as the tree frogs.


word: Discoid
definition:
Discoid

Dis"coid
(?)
a.
[Gr. _; quoit-shaped, _; a round plate, quoit + e'i^dos form, shape: cf. F. discoïde. See Disk.]
Having the form of a disk, as those univalve shells which have the whorls in one plane, so as to form a disk, as the pearly nautilus.

Discoid flower (Bot.), a compound flower, consisting of tubular florets only, as a tansy, lacking the rays which are seen in the daisy and sunflower.


word: Discolith
definition:
Discolith

Dis"co*lith
(?)
n.
[Gr. _; a round plate + -lith.]
(Biol.)
One of a species of coccoliths, having an oval discoidal body, with a thick strongly refracting rim, and a thinner central portion. One of them measures about 1/50000 of an inch in its longest diameter.


word: Discolor
definition:
Discolor

Dis*col"or
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Discolored (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Discoloring.]
[OE. descolouren, OF. descolorer, F. décolorer, fr. L. dis- + cololare, coloratum, to color, color color. See Color.]
[Written also discolour.]
1.
To alter the natural hue or color of; to change to a different color; to stain; to tinge; as, a drop of wine will discolor water; silver is discolored by sea water.

2.
To alter the true complexion or appearance of; to put a false hue upon.

To discolor all your ideas.
Watts.


word: Discoloration
definition:
Discoloration

Dis*col`or*a"tion
(?)
n.
[Cf. F. decoloration.]
1.
The act of discoloring, or the state of being discolored; alteration of hue or appearance.
Darwin.

2.
A discolored spot; a stain.
Arbuthnot.


word: discolored
definition:
discolored

dis*col"ored
(?)
a.
1.
Altered in color; stained; spotted or streaked with foreign matter.

Syn. -- discoloured.
2.
Variegated; of divers colors.
[R.]

That ever wore discolored arms.
Chapman.


word: discoloured
definition:
discoloured

discoloured
adj.
same as discolored; as, discoloured paneling.
[Brit.]

Syn. -- discolored.


word: discombobulate
definition:
discombobulate

discombobulate
v.
to cause to be confused; confuse emotionally.

Syn. -- confuse, flurry, consternate, disconcert, put off, bewilder, bemuse, throw.


word: discombobulated
definition:
discombobulated

discombobulated
adj.
confused; upset; as, the hecklers pelted the discombobulated speaker with anything that came to hand.

Syn. -- discomfited, discomfitted, disconcerted.


word: Discomfit
definition:
Discomfit

Dis*com"fit
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Discomfited; p. pr. & vb. n. Discomfiting.]
[OF. desconfit, p. p. of desconfire, F. déconfire; fr. L. dis- + conficere to make ready, prepare, bring about. See Comfit, Fact.]
1.
To scatter in fight; to put to rout; to defeat.

And his proud foes discomfit in victorious field.
Spenser.

2.
To break up and frustrate the plans of; to balk_; to throw into perplexity and dejection; to disconcert.

Well, go with me and be not so discomfited.
Shak.


word: Discomfit₃
definition:
Discomfit

Dis*com"fit
n.
Rout; overthrow; discomfiture.

Such a discomfit as shall quite despoil him.
Milton.


word: discomfitted
definition:
discomfitted

discomfited

discomfited discomfitted
adj.
1.
thwarted; -- used especially of feelings of defeat and discouragement.

Syn. -- baffled, balked, discouraged, frustrated, disconcerted.

2.
same as discombobulated.

Syn. -- discombobulated.


word: Discomfiture
definition:
Discomfiture

Dis*com"fi*ture
(?; 135)
n.
[OF. desconfiture, F. déconfiture. See Discomfort, v. t., and cf. Comfiture.]
The act of discomfiting, or the state of being discomfited; rout; overthrow; defeat; frustration; confusion and dejection.

Every man's sword was against his fellow, and there was a very great discomfiture.
1 Sam. xiv. 20.

A hope destined to end . . . in discomfiture and disgrace.
Macaulay.


word: Discomfort
definition:
Discomfort

Dis*com"fort
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Discomforted; p. pr. & vb. n. Discomforting.]
[OF. desconforter, F. déconforter, to discourage; pref. des- (L dis-) + conforter. See Comfort.]
1.
To discourage; to deject.

His funeral shall not be in our camp,
Lest it discomfort us.
Shak.

2.
To destroy or disturb the comfort of; to deprive of quiet enjoyment; to make uneasy; to pain; as, a smoky chimney discomforts a family.


word: Discomfort₂
definition:
Discomfort

Dis*com"fort
n.
[OF. desconfort, F. déconfort. See Discomfort, v. t.]
1.
Discouragement.
[Obs.]
Shak.

2.
Want of comfort; uneasiness, mental or physical; disturbance of peace; inquietude; pain; distress; sorrow.
discomfort
M. Arnold.

Strive against all the discomforts of thy sufferings.
Bp. Hall.


word: Discomfortable
definition:
Discomfortable

Dis*com"fort*a*ble
(?)
a.
[Cf. OF. desconfortable.]
1.
Causing discomfort; occasioning uneasiness; making sad.
[Obs.]
Sir P. Sidney.

2.
Destitute of comfort; uncomfortable.
[R.]

A labyrinth of little discomfortable garrets.
Thackeray.


word: Discommend
definition:
Discommend

Dis`com*mend"
(?)
v. t.
1.
To mention with disapprobation; to blame; to disapprove.
[R.]
Spenser.

By commending something in him that is good, and discommending the same fault in others.
Jer. Taylor.

2.
To expose to censure or ill favor; to put out of the good graces of any one.

A compliance will discommend me to Mr. Coventry.
Pepys.


word: Discommendable
definition:
Discommendable

Dis`com*mend"a*ble
(dĭs`k&obreve_;m*mĕnd"ȧ*b'l)
a.
Deserving, disapprobation or blame.
Dis`com*mend"a*ble*ness, n.


word: Discommodate
definition:
Discommodate

Dis*com"mo*date
(?)
v. t.
[L. dis- + commodatus, p. p. of commodare to make fit or suitable, fr. commodus fit, commodious. See Commodious, and cf. Discommode.]
To discommode.
[Obs.]
Howell.


word: Discommode
definition:
Discommode

Dis`com*mode"
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Discommoded; p. pr. & vb. n. Discommoding.]
[See Discommodate.]
To put inconvenience; to incommode; to trouble.
[R.]


word: Discommon
definition:
Discommon

Dis*com"mon
(?)
v. t.
1.
To deprive of the right of common.
[R.]
Bp. Hall.

2.
To deprive of privileges.
[R.]
T. Warton.

3.
(Law)
To deprive of commonable quality, as lands, by inclosing or appropriating.
Burrill.


word: Discommunity
definition:
Discommunity

Dis`com*mu"ni*ty
(?)
n.
A lack of common possessions, properties, or relationship.

Community of embryonic structure reveals community of descent; but dissimilarity of embryonic development does not prove discommunity of descent.
Darwin.


word: Discompany
definition:
Discompany

Dis*com"pa*ny
(?)
v. t.
To free from company; to dissociate.
[R.]

It she be alone now, and discompanied.
B. Jonson.


word: Discompliance
definition:
Discompliance

Dis`com*pli"ance
(?)
n.
Failure or refusal to comply; noncompliance.

A compliance will discommend me to Mr. Coventry, and a discompliance to my lord chancellor.
Pepys.


word: Discompose
definition:
Discompose

Dis`com*pose"
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Discomposed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Discomposing.]
[Pref. dis- + compose: cf. OF. decomposer, F. décomposer.]
1.
To disarrange; to interfere with; to disturb; to disorder; to unsettle; to break up.

Or discomposed the headdress of a prude.
Pope.

2.
To throw into disorder; to ruffle; to destroy the composure or equanimity; to agitate.

Opposition . . . discomposeth the mind's serenity.
Glanvill.

3.
To put out of place or service; to discharge; to displace.
[Obs.]
Bacon.


word: Discomposed
definition:
Discomposed

Dis`com*posed"
(?)
a.
Disordered; disturbed; disquieted.
Dis`com*pos"ed*ly (#), adv. -- Dis`com*pos"ed*ness, n.


word: Discomposure
definition:
Discomposure

Dis`com*po"sure
(?; 135)
n.
1.
The state of being discomposed; disturbance; disorder; agitation; perturbation.

No discomposure stirred her features.
Akenside.

2.
Discordance; disagreement of parts.
[Obs.]
Boyle.


word: Disconcert
definition:
Disconcert

Dis`con*cert"
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Disconcerted; p. pr. & vb. n. Disconcerting.]
[Pref. dis- + concert: cf. OF. desconcerter, F. déconcerter.]
1.
To break up the harmonious progress of; to throw into disorder or confusion; as, the emperor disconcerted the plans of his enemy.

2.
To confuse the faculties of; to disturb the composure of; to discompose; to abash.

The embrace disconcerted the daughter-in-law somewhat, as the caresses of old gentlemen unshorn and perfumed with tobacco might well do.
Thackeray.


word: disconcerting
definition:
disconcerting

disconcerting
adj.
hard to deal with; causing uncertainty or confusion about how to act or react.

Syn. -- awkward, embarrassing, off-putting, sticky, tight, unenviable.


word: Disconcertion
definition:
Disconcertion

Dis`con*cer"tion
(?)
n.
The act of disconcerting, or state of being disconcerted; discomposure; perturbation.
[R.]
State Trials (1794).


word: Disconformable
definition:
Disconformable

Dis`con*form"a*ble
(?)
a.
Not conformable.

Disconformable in religion from us.
Stow (1603).


word: Disconformity
definition:
Disconformity

Dis`con*form"i*ty
(?)
n.
Want of conformity or correspondence; inconsistency; disagreement.

Those . . . in some disconformity to ourselves.
Milton.

Disagreement and disconformity betwixt the speech and the conception of the mind.
Hakewill.


word: Disconnect
definition:
Disconnect

Dis`con*nect"
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Disconnected; p. pr. & vb. n. Disconnecting.]
To dissolve the union or connection of; to disunite; to sever; to separate; to disperse.

The commonwealth itself would . . . be disconnected into the dust and powder of individuality.
Burke.

This restriction disconnects bank paper and the precious metals.
Walsh.


word: disconnected
definition:
disconnected

disconnected
adj.
1.
marked by or composed of disconnected parts or sounds.
staccato (vs. legato)

Syn. -- abrupt, broken off(predicate).

2.
not switched on or not connected to a power source; -- of electrical equipment.
off-line (vs. on-line), offline, off line(predicate)
unplugged

Syn. -- not ready, off.

3.
noncontinuous; not continuing in time or space.  Opposite of continuous.

Syn. -- disrupted, discontinuous.

4.
unconnected, detached.  Opposite of connected.

Syn. -- disjoined, separate.

5.
lacking orderly continuity; illogical or seemingly irrational; as, disconnected fragments of a story.

Syn. -- confused, disjointed, disordered, disorganized, desultory, garbled, illogical, rambling, scattered, unconnected.


word: disconnectedness
definition:
disconnectedness

disconnectedness
n.
the state of being disconnected.

Syn. -- disjunction, disjuncture, disconnection.


word: Disconnection
definition:
Disconnection

Dis`con*nec"tion
(?)
n.
The act of disconnecting, or state of being disconnected; separation; want of union.

Nothing was therefore to be left in all the subordinate members but weakness, disconnection, and confusion.
Burke.


word: Disconsent
definition:
Disconsent

Dis`con*sent"
(dĭs`k&obreve_;n*sĕnt")
v. i.
To differ; to disagree; to dissent.
[Obs.]
Milton.


word: Disconsolate₂
definition:
Disconsolate

Dis*con"so*late
(?)
a.
[LL. disconsolatus; L. dis- + consolatus, p. p. of consolari to console. See Console, v. t.]
1.
Destitute of consolation; deeply dejected and dispirited; hopelessly sad; comfortless; filled with grief; as, a bereaved and disconsolate parent.

One morn a Peri at the gate
Of Eden stood disconsolate.
Moore.

The ladies and the knights, no shelter nigh,
Were dropping wet, disconsolate and wan.
Dryden.

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


word: Disconsolated
definition:
Disconsolated

Dis*con"so*la`ted
(?)
a.
Disconsolate.
[Obs.]

A poor, disconsolated, drooping creature.
Sterne.


word: Discontent
definition:
Discontent

Dis`con*tent"
(dĭs`k&obreve_;n*tĕnt")
a.
Not content; discontented; dissatisfied.
Jer. Taylor.

Passion seemed to be much discontent, but Patience was very quiet.
Bunyan.


word: Discontent₂
definition:
Discontent

Dis`con*tent"
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Discontented; p. pr. & vb. n. Discontenting.]
To deprive of content; to make uneasy; to dissatisfy.
Suckling.


word: Discontent₃
definition:
Discontent

Dis`con*tent"
n.
1.
Want of content; uneasiness and inquietude of mind; dissatisfaction; disquiet.

Now is the winter of our discontent
Made glorious summer by this sun of York.
Shak.

The rapacity of his father's administration had excited such universal discontent.
Hallam

2.
A discontented person; a malcontent.
[R.]

Thus was the Scotch nation full of discontents.
Fuller.


word: Discontented
definition:
Discontented

Dis`con*tent"ed
(?)
p. p. & a.
Dissatisfied; uneasy in mind; malcontent.

And every one that was in distress, and every one that was in debt, and every one that was discontented, gathered themselves unto him.
1 Sam. xxii. 2.


word: Discontenting
definition:
Discontenting

Dis`con*tent"ing
a.
1.
Discontented.
[Obs.]
Shak.

2.
Causing discontent; dissatisfying.
Milton.


word: Discontentive
definition:
Discontentive

Dis`con*tent"ive
(?)
a.
Relating or tending to discontent.
[R.]
discontentive
Feltham.


word: Discontentment
definition:
Discontentment

Dis`con*tent"ment
(?)
n.
The state of being discontented; uneasiness; inquietude.
Bacon.


word: Discontinuance
definition:
Discontinuance

Dis`con*tin"u*ance
(?)
n.
1.
The act of discontinuing, or the state of being discontinued; want of continued connection or continuity; breaking off; cessation; interruption; as, a discontinuance of conversation or intercourse; discontinuance of a highway or of travel.

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


word: Discontinuation
definition:
Discontinuation

Dis`con*tin`u*a"tion
(?)
n.
[Cf. F. discontinuation.]
Breach or interruption of continuity; separation of parts in a connected series; discontinuance.

Upon any discontinuation of parts, made either by bubbles or by shaking the glass, the whole mercury falls.
Sir I. Newton.


word: Discontinue
definition:
Discontinue

Dis`con*tin"ue
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Discontinued (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Discontinuing.]
[Cf. F. discontinuer.]
To interrupt the continuance of; to intermit, as a practice or habit; to put an end to; to cause to cease; to cease using, to stop; to leave off.

Set up their conventicles again, which had been discontinued.
Bp. Burnet.

I have discontinued school
Above a twelvemonth.
Shak.

Taught the Greek tongue, discontinued before in these parts the space of seven hundred years.
Daniel.

They modify and discriminate the voice, without appearing to discontinue it.
Holder.


word: Discontinue₂
definition:
Discontinue

Dis`con*tin"ue
v. i.
1.
To lose continuity or cohesion of parts; to be disrupted or broken off.
Bacon.

2.
To be separated or severed; to part.

Thyself shalt discontinue from thine heritage.
Jer. xvii. 4.


word: Discontinuee
definition:
Discontinuee

Dis`con*tin`u*ee"
(?)
n.
(Law)
One whose possession of an estate is broken off, or discontinued; one whose estate is subject to discontinuance.


word: Discontinuer
definition:
Discontinuer

Dis`con*tin"u*er
(?)
n.
One who discontinues, or breaks off or away from; an absentee.

He was no gadder abroad, not discontinuer from his convent for a long time.
Fuller.


word: Discontinuity
definition:
Discontinuity

Dis*con`ti*nu"i*ty
(?)
n.
Want of continuity or cohesion; disunion of parts.
Discontinuity
Boyle.


word: Discontinuor
definition:
Discontinuor

Dis`con*tin"u*or
(?)
n.
(Law)
One who deprives another of the possession of an estate by discontinuance. See Discontinuance, 2.


word: Discontinuous
definition:
Discontinuous

Dis`con*tin"u*ous
(?)
a.
1.
Not continuous; interrupted; broken off.

A path that is zigzag, discontinuous, and intersected at every turn by human negligence.
De Quincey.

2.
Exhibiting a dissolution of continuity; gaping.
Discontinuous
Milton.

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


word: Disconvenient
definition:
Disconvenient

Dis`con*ven"ient
(?)
a.
Not convenient or congruous; unsuitable; ill-adapted.
[Obs.]
Bp. Reynolds.


word: Discophora
definition:
Discophora

Dis*coph"o*ra
(?)
n. pl.
[NL., fr. Gr. _; disk + _; to bear.]
(Zool.)
A division of acalephs or jellyfishes, including most of the large disklike species.
Dis*coph"o*rous (#), a.


word: Discord
definition:
Discord

Dis"cord`
(?)
n.
[OE. discord, descord, OF. discorde, descorde, F. discorde, from L. discordia, fr. discors, -cordis, discordant, disagreeable; dis- + cor, cordis, heart; cf. F. discord, n., and OF. descorder, discorder, F. discorder, to discord, L. discordare, from discors. See Heart, and cf. Discord, v. i.]
1.
Want of concord or agreement; absence of unity or harmony in sentiment or action; variance leading to contention and strife; disagreement; -- applied to persons or to things, and to thoughts, feelings, or purposes.

A false witness that speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren.
Prov. vi. 19.

Peace to arise out of universal discord fomented in all parts of the empire.
Burke.

2.
(Mus.)
Union of musical sounds which strikes the ear harshly or disagreeably, owing to the incommensurability of the vibrations which they produce; want of musical concord or harmony; a chord demanding resolution into a concord.

For a discord itself is but a harshness of divers sounds m_;_;_;ing.
Bacon.

Apple of discord. See under Apple.


word: Discord₂
definition:
Discord

Dis*cord"
(?)
v. i.
[OE. discorden, descorden, from the French. See Discord, n.]
To disagree; to be discordant; to jar; to clash; not to suit.
[Obs.]

The one discording with the other.
Bacon.


word: Discordable
definition:
Discordable

Dis*cord"a*ble
(?)
a.
[Cf. OF. descordable.]
That may produce discord; disagreeing; discordant.
[R.]
Halliwell.


word: Discordancy
definition:
Discordancy

Discordance

{ Dis*cord"ance (?), Dis*cord"an*cy (?), }
n.
[Cf. F. discordance.]
State or quality of being discordant; disagreement; inconsistency.

There will arise a thousand discordances of opinion.
I. Taylor.


word: Discordant
definition:
Discordant

Dis*cord"ant
(?)
a.
[OE. discordant, descordaunt, OF. descordant, discordant, F. discordant, p. pr. of discorder, OF. also, descorder. See Discord, n.]
1.
Disagreeing; incongruous; being at variance; clashing; opposing; not harmonious.

The discordant elements out of which the emperor had compounded his realm did not coalesce.
Motley.

2.
[See Discord, n., 2.]
(Mus.)
Dissonant; not in harmony or musical concord; harsh; jarring; as, discordant notes or sounds.

For still their music seemed to start
Discordant echoes in each heart.
Longfellow.

3.
(Geol.)
Said of strata which lack conformity in direction of bedding, either as in unconformability, or as caused by a fault.


word: Discorporate
definition:
Discorporate

Dis*cor"po*rate
(?)
a.
Deprived of the privileges or form of a body corporate.
[Obs.]
Jas. II.


word: Discounsel
definition:
Discounsel

Dis*coun"sel
(?)
v. t.
[Pref. dis- + counsel: cf. OF. desconseiller.]
To dissuade.
[Obs.]
Spenser.


word: Discount
definition:
Discount

Dis"count`
(?; 277)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Discounted; p. pr. & vb. n. Discounting.]
[OF. desconter, descompter, to deduct, F. décompter to discount; pref. des- (L. dis-) + conter, compter. See Count, v.]
1.
To deduct from an account, debt, charge, and the like; to make an abatement of; as, merchants sometimes discount five or six per cent for prompt payment of bills.

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

Discount only unexceptionable paper.
Walsh.

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

4.
To leave out of account; to take no notice of.
[R.]

Of the three opinions (I discount Brown's).
Sir W. Hamilton.


word: Discount₂
definition:
Discount

Dis"count`
(?; 277)
v. i.
To lend, or make a practice of lending, money, abating the discount; as, the discount for sixty or ninety days.


word: Discount₃
definition:
Discount

Dis"count`
(?)
n.
[Cf. F. décompte. See Discount, v. t.]
1.
A counting off or deduction made from a gross sum on any account whatever; an allowance upon an account, debt, demand, price asked, and the like; something taken or deducted.

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

3.
The rate of interest charged in discounting.

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


word: Discountable
definition:
Discountable

Dis*count"a*ble
(?)
a.
Capable of being, or suitable to be, discounted; as, certain forms are necessary to render notes discountable at a bank.


word: Discountenance
definition:
Discountenance

Dis*coun"te*nance
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Discountenanced (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Discountenancing (?).]
[Pref. dis- + countenance: cf. OF. descontenancer, F. décontenancer.]
1.
To ruffle or discompose the countenance of; to put of countenance; to put to shame; to abash.

How would one look from his majestic brow . . . 
Discountenance her despised!
Milton.

The hermit was somewhat discountenanced by this observation.
Sir W. Scott.

2.
To refuse to countenance, or give the support of one's approval to; to give one's influence against; to restrain by cold treatment; to discourage.

A town meeting was convened to discountenance riot.
Bancroft.


word: Discountenance₂
definition:
Discountenance

Dis*coun"te*nance
n.
Unfavorable aspect; unfriendly regard; cold treatment; disapprobation; whatever tends to check or discourage.

He thought a little discountenance on those persons would suppress that spirit.
Clarendon.


word: Discourage
definition:
Discourage

Dis*cour"age
(?; 48)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Discouraged (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Discouraging (?).]
[Pref. dis- + courage: cf. OF. descoragier, F. décourager: pref. des- (L. dis-) + corage, F. courage. See Courage.]
1.
To extinguish the courage of; to dishearten; to depress the spirits of; to deprive of confidence; to deject; -- the opposite of encourage; as, he was discouraged in his undertaking; he need not be discouraged from a like attempt.

Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged.
Col. iii. 21.

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


word: Discourageable
definition:
Discourageable

Dis*cour"age*a*ble
(?)
a.
Capable of being discouraged; easily disheartened.
Bp. Hall.


word: Discouragement
definition:
Discouragement

Dis*cour"age*ment
(?)
n.
[Cf. OF. descouragement, F. découragement.]
1.
The act of discouraging, or the state of being discouraged; depression or weakening of confidence; dejection.

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


word: Discourager
definition:
Discourager

Dis*cour"a*ger
(?)
n.
One who discourages.

The promoter of truth and the discourager of error.
Sir G. C. Lewis.


word: Discouraging
definition:
Discouraging

Dis*cour"a*ging
(?)
a.
Causing or indicating discouragement.
Dis*cour"a*ging*ly, adv.


word: Discourse
definition:
Discourse

Dis*course"
(?)
n.
[L. discursus a running to and fro, discourse, fr. discurrere, discursum, to run to and fro, to discourse; dis- + currere to run: cf. F. discours. See Course.]
1.
The power of the mind to reason or infer by running, as it were, from one fact or reason to another, and deriving a conclusion; an exercise or act of this power; reasoning; range of reasoning faculty.
[Obs.]

Difficult, strange, and harsh to the discourses of natural reason.
South.

Sure he that made us with such large discourse,
Looking before and after, gave us not
That capability and godlike reason
To fust in us unused.
Shak.

2.
Conversation; talk.

In their discourses after supper.
Shak.

Filling the head with variety of thoughts, and the mouth with copious discourse.
Locke.

3.
The art and manner of speaking and conversing.

Of excellent breeding, admirable discourse.
Shak.

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

5.
Dealing; transaction.
[Obs.]

Good Captain Bessus, tell us the discourse
Betwixt Tigranes and our king, and how
We got the victory.
Beau. &  Fl.


word: Discourse₂
definition:
Discourse

Dis*course"
(?)
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Discoursed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Discoursing.]
1.
To exercise reason; to employ the mind in judging and inferring; to reason.
[Obs.]
discourse
Dryden.

2.
To express one's self in oral discourse; to expose one's views; to talk in a continuous or formal manner; to hold forth; to speak; to converse.

Bid me discourse, I will enchant thine ear.
Shak.

3.
To relate something; to tell.
Shak.

4.
To treat of something in writing and formally.


word: Discourse₃
definition:
Discourse

Dis*course"
v. t.
1.
To treat of; to expose or set forth in language.
[Obs.]

The life of William Tyndale . . . is sufficiently and at large discoursed in the book.
Foxe.

2.
To utter or give forth; to speak.

It will discourse most eloquent music.
Shak.

3.
To talk to; to confer with.
[Obs.]

I have spoken to my brother, who is the patron, to discourse the minister about it.
Evelyn.


word: Discourser
definition:
Discourser

Dis*cours"er
(?)
n.
1.
One who discourse; a narrator; a speaker; an haranguer.

In his conversation he was the most clear discourser.
Milward.

2.
The writer of a treatise or dissertation.

Philologers and critical discoursers.
Sir T. Browne.


word: Discoursive
definition:
Discoursive

Dis*cours"ive
(?)
a.
[See Discursive.]
1.
Reasoning; characterized by reasoning; passing from premises to consequences; discursive.
Milton.

2.
Containing dialogue or conversation; interlocutory.

The epic is everywhere interlaced with dialogue or discoursive scenes.
Dryden.

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


word: Discoursive₂
definition:
Discoursive

Dis*cours"ive
n.
The state or quality of being discoursive or able to reason.
[R.]
Feltham.


word: Discourteous
definition:
Discourteous

Dis*cour"te*ous
(?; see Courteous, 277)
a.
[Pref. dis- + courteous: cf. OF. discortois.]
Uncivil; rude; wanting in courtesy or good manners; uncourteous.
Dis*cour"te*ous*ly, adv. -- Dis*cour"te*ous*ness, n.


word: Discourtesy
definition:
Discourtesy

Dis*cour"te*sy
(?)
n.
[Pref. dis- + courtesy: cf. OF. descourtoisie.]
Rudeness of behavior or language; ill manners; manifestation of disrespect; incivility.

Be calm in arguing; for fierceness makes
Error a fault, and truth discourtesy.
Herbert.


word: Discover
definition:
Discover

Dis*cov"er
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Discovered (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Discovering.]
[OE. discoveren, discuren, descuren, OF. descovrir, descouvrir, F. découvrir; des- (L. dis-) + couvrir to cover. See Cover.]
1.
To uncover.
[Obs.]

Whether any man hath pulled down or discovered any church.
Abp. Grindal.

2.
To disclose; to lay open to view; to make visible; to reveal; to make known; to show (what has been secret, unseen, or unknown).
[Archaic]

Go, draw aside the curtains, and discover
The several caskets to this noble prince.
Shak.

Prosperity doth best discover vice; but adversity doth best discover virtue.
Bacon.

We will discover ourselves unto them.
1 Sam. xiv. 8.

Discover not a secret to another.
Prov. xxv. 9.

3.
To obtain for the first time sight or knowledge of, as of a thing existing already, but not perceived or known; to find; to ascertain; to espy; to detect.
[wns=1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8]

Some to discover islands far away.
Shak.

4.
To manifest without design; to show.

The youth discovered a taste for sculpture.
C. J. Smith.

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


word: Discover₂
definition:
Discover

Dis*cov"er
v. i.
To discover or show one's self.
[Obs.]

This done, they discover.
Decker.

Nor was this the first time that they discovered to be followers of this world.
Milton.


word: Discoverable
definition:
Discoverable

Dis*cov"er*a*ble
(?)
a.
Capable of being discovered, found out, or perceived; as, many minute animals are discoverable only by the help of the microscope; truths discoverable by human industry.


word: Discoverer
definition:
Discoverer

Dis*cov"er*er
(?)
n.
1.
One who discovers; one who first comes to the knowledge of something; one who discovers an unknown country, or a new principle, truth, or fact.

The discoverers and searchers of the land.
Sir W. Raleigh.

2.
A scout; an explorer.
Shak.


word: Discovert
definition:
Discovert

Dis*cov"ert
(?)
a.
[Cf. F. découvert uncovered, OF. descovert. See Discover, Covert.]
(Law)
Not covert; not within the bonds of matrimony; unmarried; -- applied either to a woman who has never married or to a widow.


word: Discovert₂
definition:
Discovert

Dis*cov"ert
n.
An uncovered place or part.
[Obs.]

At discovert, uncovered. [Obs.] Chaucer.


word: Discoverture
definition:
Discoverture

Dis*cov"er*ture
(?; 135)
n.
[Pref. dis- + coverture: cf. OF. descoverture.]
1.
Discovery.
[Obs.]

2.
(Law)
A state of being released from coverture; freedom of a woman from the coverture of a husband.


word: Discovery
definition:
Discovery

Dis*cov"er*y
(?)
n.
pl. Discoveries (_;).
1.
The action of discovering; exposure to view; laying open; showing; as, the discovery of a plot.

2.
A making known; revelation; disclosure; as, a bankrupt is bound to make a full discovery of his assets.

In the clear discoveries of the next [world].
South.

3.
Finding out or ascertaining something previously unknown or unrecognized; as, Harvey's discovery of the circulation of the blood.

A brilliant career of discovery and conquest.
Prescott.

We speak of the “invention” of printing, the discovery of America.
Trench.

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

5.
Exploration; examination.
[Obs.]


word: Discradle
definition:
Discradle

Dis*cra"dle
(?)
v. t.
To take from a cradle.
[R.]

This airy apparition first discradled
From Tournay into Portugal.
Ford.


word: Discredit
definition:
Discredit

Dis*cred"it
(?)
n.
[Cf. F. discrédit.]
1.
The act of discrediting or disbelieving, or the state of being discredited or disbelieved; as, later accounts have brought the story into discredit.

2.
Hence, some degree of dishonor or disesteem; ill repute; reproach; -- applied to persons or things.

It is the duty of every Christian to be concerned for the reputation or discredit his life may bring on his profession.
Rogers.


word: Discredit₂
definition:
Discredit

Dis*cred"it
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Discredited; p. pr. & vb. n. Discrediting.]
[Cf. F. discréditer.]
1.
To refuse credence to; not to accept as true; to disbelieve; as, the report is discredited.

2.
To deprive of credibility; to destroy confidence or trust in; to cause disbelief in the accuracy or authority of.

An occasion might be given to the . . . papists of discrediting our common English Bible.
Strype.

2.
To deprive of credit or good repute; to bring reproach upon; to make less reputable; to disgrace.

He. . . least discredits his travels who returns the same man he went.
Sir H. Wotton.


word: discreditable
definition:
discreditable

dis*cred"it*a*ble
(?)
a.
Not creditable; injurious to reputation; disgraceful; disreputable.
Dis*cred"it*a*bly, adv.


word: discredited
definition:
discredited

discredited
adj.
1.
being brought into disrepute; as, a discredited politician.

Syn. -- damaged.

2.
suffering shame.

Syn. -- disgraced, dishonored, shamed.

3.
having been shown to be incorrect; as, a discredited theory or policy.


word: Discreet
definition:
Discreet

Dis*creet"
(?)
a.
[Compar. Discreeter (?); superl. Discreetest.]
[F. discret, L. discretus separated (whence the meaning reserved, prudent), p. p. of discernere. See Discern, and cf. Discrete.]
1.
Possessed of discernment, especially in avoiding error or evil, and in the adaptation of means to ends; prudent; sagacious; judicious; not rash or heedless; cautious.

It is the discreet man, not the witty, nor the learned, nor the brave, who guides the conversation, and gives measures to society.
Addison.

Satire 's my weapon, but I 'm too discreet
To run amuck, and tilt at all I meet.
Pope.

The sea is silent, the sea is discreet.
Longfellow.

2.
Differing; distinct.
[Obs.]
Spenser.


word: Discrepancy
definition:
Discrepancy

Discrepance

{ Dis*crep"ance (?; 277), Dis*crep"an*cy (?), }
n.
pl. -ances (#), -ancies (#).
[L. disrepantia: cf. OF. discrepance. See Discrepant.]
The state or quality of being discrepant; disagreement; variance; discordance; dissimilarity; contrariety.

There hath been ever a discrepance of vesture of youth and age, men and women.
Sir T. Elyot.

There is no real discrepancy between these two genealogies.
G. S. Faber.


word: Discrepant
definition:
Discrepant

Dis*crep"ant
(?)
a.
[L. discrepans, -antis, p. pr. of discrepare to sound differently or discordantly; dis- + crepare to rattle, creak: cf. OF. discrepant. See Crepitate.]
Discordant; at variance; disagreeing; contrary; different.

The Egyptians were . . . the most oddly discrepant from the rest in their manner of worship.
Cudworth.


word: Discrete
definition:
Discrete

Dis*crete"
(?)
a.
[L. discretus, p. p. of discernere. See Discreet.]
1.
Separate; distinct; disjunct.
Sir M. Hale.

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

3.
(Bot.)
Separate; not coalescent; -- said of things usually coalescent.

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


word: Discretion
definition:
Discretion

Dis*cre"tion
(?)
n.
[F. discrétion, L. discretio separation, difference, discernment, fr. discernere, discretum. See Discreet, Discern.]
1.
Disjunction; separation.
[Obs.]
Mede.

2.
The quality of being discreet; wise conduct and management; cautious discernment, especially as to matters of propriety and self-control; prudence; circumspection; wariness.

The better part of valor is discretion.
Shak.

The greatest parts without discretion may be fatal to their owner.
Hume.

3.
Discrimination.

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

4.
Freedom to act according to one's own judgment; unrestrained exercise of choice or will.

At discretion, without conditions or stipulations.


word: Discretionary
definition:
Discretionary

Discretional

{ Dis*cre"tion*al (?), Dis*cre"tion*a*ry (?), }
[Cf. F. discrétionnaire.]
Left to discretion; unrestrained except by discretion or judgment; as, an ambassador with discretionary powers.


word: Discretionarily
definition:
Discretionarily

Discretionally

{ Dis*cre"tion*al*ly (?), Dis*cre"tion*a*ri*ly (?), }
adv.
At discretion; according to one's discretion or judgment.


word: Discretive
definition:
Discretive

Dis*cre"tive
(?)
a.
[L. discretivus. See Discrete.]
Marking distinction or separation; disjunctive.

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


word: Discriminal
definition:
Discriminal

Dis*crim"i*nal
(?)
a.
[L. discriminalis serving to divide.]
In palmistry, applied to the line which marks the separation between the hand and the arm.


word: Discriminant
definition:
Discriminant

Dis*crim"i*nant
(?)
n.
[L. discriminans, p. pr. of discriminare.]
(Math.)
The eliminant of the n partial differentials of any homogenous function of n variables. See Eliminant.


word: Discriminate
definition:
Discriminate

Dis*crim"i*nate
(?)
a.
[L. discriminatus, p. p. of discriminare to divide, separate, fr. discrimen division, distinction, decision, fr. discernere. See Discern, and cf. Criminate.]
Having the difference marked; distinguished by certain tokens.
Bacon.


word: Discriminate₂
definition:
Discriminate

Dis*crim"i*nate
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Discriminated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Discriminating (?).]
To set apart as being different; to mark as different; to separate from another by discerning differences; to distinguish.
Cowper.

To discriminate the goats from the sheep.
Barrow.


word: Discriminate₃
definition:
Discriminate

Dis*crim"i*nate
(?)
v. i.
1.
To make a difference or distinction; to distinguish accurately; as, in judging of evidence, we should be careful to discriminate between probability and slight presumption.

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


word: Discriminating
definition:
Discriminating

Dis*crim"i*na`ting
(?)
a.
1.
Marking a difference; distinguishing.
Dis*crim"i*na`ting*ly, adv.

And finds with keen discriminating sight,
Black's not so black; -- nor white so very white.
Canning.

2.
making careful or fine distinctions, especially as to quality or accuracy; as, a discriminating observer.

Syn. -- discerning, perspicacious.
3.
having a refined taste or excellent judgment; as, a discriminating taste.


word: Discrimination
definition:
Discrimination

Dis*crim`i*na"tion
(?)
n.
[L. discriminatio the contrasting of opposite thoughts.]
1.
The act of discriminating, distinguishing, or noting and marking differences.

To make an anxious discrimination between the miracle absolute and providential.
Trench.

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

3.
(Railroads)
The arbitrary imposition of unequal tariffs for substantially the same service.

A difference in rates, not based upon any corresponding difference in cost, constitutes a case of discrimination.
A. T. Hadley.

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

5.
That which discriminates; mark of distinction.


word: Discriminative
definition:
Discriminative

Dis*crim"i*na*tive
(?)
a.
1.
Marking a difference; distinguishing; distinctive; characteristic.

That peculiar and discriminative form of life.
Johnson.

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


word: Discriminous
definition:
Discriminous

Dis*crim"i*nous
(?)
a.
[LL. discriminosus, fr. L. discrimen the dangerous, decisive moment. See Discriminate, a.]
Hazardous; dangerous.
[Obs.]
Harvey.


word: Discrown
definition:
Discrown

Dis*crown"
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Discrowned (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Discrowning.]
To deprive of a crown.

The end had crowned the work; it not unreasonably discrowned the workman.
Motley.


word: Discruciate
definition:
Discruciate

Dis*cru"ci*ate
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Discruciated; p. pr. & vb. n. Discruciating.]
[L. discruciatus, p. p. of discruciare. See Cruciate.]
To torture; to excruciate.
[Obs.]

Discruciate a man in deep distress.
Herrick.


word: Discubitory
definition:
Discubitory

Dis*cu"bi*to*ry
(?)
a.
[L. discumbere, discubitum, to lie down, recline at table; dis- + cumbere (in comp.) to lie down.]
Leaning; fitted for a reclining posture.
[Obs.]
Sir T. Browne.


word: Disculpate
definition:
Disculpate

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


word: Discumbency
definition:
Discumbency

Dis*cum"ben*cy
(?)
n.
[From L. discumbens, p. pr. of discumbere. See Discubitory.]
The act of reclining at table according to the manner of the ancients at their meals.
Sir T. Browne.


word: Discumber
definition:
Discumber

Dis*cum"ber
(?)
v. t.
[Pref. dis- + cumber: cf. OF. descombrer.]
To free from that which cumbers or impedes; to disencumber.
[Archaic]
Pope.


word: Discure
definition:
Discure

Dis*cure"
(?)
v. t.
[See Discover.]
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.


word: Discurrent
definition:
Discurrent

Dis*cur"rent
(?)
a.
Not current or free to circulate; not in use.
[Obs.]
Sir E. Sandys.


word: Discursion
definition:
Discursion

Dis*cur"sion
(?)
n.
[LL. discursio a running different ways. See Discourse.]
The act of discoursing or reasoning; range, as from thought to thought.
Coleridge.


word: Discursive
definition:
Discursive

Dis*cur"sive
(?)
a.
[Cf. F. discursif. See Discourse, and cf. Discoursive.]
1.
Passing from one thing to another; ranging over a wide field; roving; digressive; desultory.
Discursive
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.


word: Discus
definition:
Discus

Dis"cus
(?)
n.
pl. E. Discuses (#), L. Disci (#).
[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.

&hand_; 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.


word: Discuss
definition:
Discuss

Dis*cuss"
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Discussed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Discussing.]
[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.
[archaic]
This usage is preserved only in the word discussive.

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.
discussed
Tennyson.
discuss
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)
To examine or search thoroughly; to exhaust a remedy against, as against a principal debtor before proceeding against the surety.
Burrill.


word: discussant
definition:
discussant

discussant
n.
a participant in a discussion, especially a member of a panel.

Syn. -- panelist.


word: Discussion
definition:
Discussion

Dis*cus"sion
(?)
n.
[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.
[archaic]

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 Discussion of an equation (Math.), the operation of assigning different reasonable values to the arbitrary quantities and interpreting the result. Math. Dict.


word: discussive
definition:
discussive

dis*cuss"ive
(?)
a.
[Cf. F. discussif.]
1.
(Med.)
Able or tending to discuss or disperse tumors or coagulated matter; discutient.

2.
Doubt-dispelling; decisive.
[R.]

A kind of peremptory and discussive voice.
Hopkins.


word: Discussive
definition:
Discussive

Dis*cuss"ive
n.
(Med.)
A medicine that discusses or disperses morbid humors; a discutient.


word: Discutient
definition:
Discutient

Dis*cu"tient
(?)
a.
[L. discutiens, p. pr. of discutere. See Discuss.]
(Med.)
Serving to disperse morbid matter; discussive; as, a discutient application.
n. An agent (as a medicinal application) which serves to disperse morbid matter. “Foment with discutiens.”
Wiseman.


word: Disdain
definition:
Disdain

Dis*dain"
(?; 277)
n.
[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.

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.


word: Disdain₂
definition:
Disdain

Dis*dain"
(?; 277)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Disdained (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Disdaining.]
[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 David, he disdained him; for he was but a youth.
1 Sam. xvii. 42.

'T is great, 't is manly to disdain disguise.
Young.


word: Disdain₃
definition:
Disdain

Dis*dain"
v. i.
To be filled with scorn; to feel contemptuous anger; to be haughty.

And when the chief priests and scribes saw the marvels that he did . . . they disdained.
Genevan Testament (Matt. xxi. 15).


word: Disdained
definition:
Disdained

Dis*dained"
(?)
a.
Disdainful.
[Obs.]

Revenge the jeering and disdained contempt
Of this proud king.
Shak.


word: Disdainful
definition:
Disdainful

Dis*dain"ful
(?)
a.
Full of disdain; expressing disdain; scornful; contemptuous; haughty.

From these
Turning disdainful to an equal good.
Akenside.


word: Disdainous
definition:
Disdainous

Dis*dain"ous
(?)
a.
[OF. desdeignos, desdaigneux, F. dédaigneux.]
Disdainful.
[Obs.]
Rom. of R.


word: Disdeify
definition:
Disdeify

Dis*de"i*fy
(?)
v. t.
To divest or deprive of deity or of a deific rank or condition.
Feltham.


word: Disdeign
definition:
Disdeign

Dis*deign"
(?)
v. t.
To disdain.
[Obs.]

Guyon much disdeigned so loathly sight.
Spenser.


word: Disdiaclast
definition:
Disdiaclast

Dis*di"a*clast
(?)
n.
[Gr. di`s- twice + diakla^n to break in twain; dia` through + kla^n to break.]
(Physiol.)
One of the dark particles forming the doubly refracting disks of muscle fibers.


word: Disdiapason
definition:
Disdiapason

Dis*di`a*pa"son
(?)
n.
[Pref. dis- (Gr. _;) + diapason.]
(Anc. Mus.)
An interval of two octaves, or a fifteenth; -- called also bisdiapason.  Compare diapason{1}.


word: Disease
definition:
Disease

Dis*ease"
(?)
n.
[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.


word: Disease₂
definition:
Disease

Dis*ease"
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Diseased (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Diseasing.]
1.
To deprive of ease; to disquiet; to trouble; to distress.
[Obs.]

His double burden did him sore disease.
Spenser.

2.
To derange the vital functions of; to afflict with disease or sickness; to disorder; -- used almost exclusively in the participle diseased.

He was diseased in body and mind.
Macaulay.


word: Diseased
definition:
Diseased

Dis*eased"
(?)
a.
Afflicted with disease.

It is my own diseased imagination that torments me.
W. Irving.


word: Diseasedness
definition:
Diseasedness

Dis*eas"ed*ness
(?)
n.
The state of being diseased; a morbid state; sickness.
[R.]
T. Burnet.


word: Diseaseful
definition:
Diseaseful

Dis*ease"ful
(?)
a.
1.
Causing uneasiness.
[Obs.]

Disgraceful to the king and diseaseful to the people.
Bacon.

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


word: Diseasefulness
definition:
Diseasefulness

Dis*ease"ful*ness
n.
The quality of being diseaseful; trouble; trial.
[R.]
Sir P. Sidney.


word: Disedge
definition:
Disedge

Dis*edge"
(?)
v. t.
To deprive of an edge; to blunt; to dull.

Served a little to disedge
The sharpness of that pain about her heart.
Tennyson.


word: Diselder
definition:
Diselder

Dis*eld"er
(?)
v. t.
To deprive of an elder or elders, or of the office of an elder.
[Obs.]
Fuller.


word: Diselenide
definition:
Diselenide

Di*sel"e*nide
(?; 104)
n.
[Pref. di- + selenide.]
(Chem.)
A selenide containing two atoms of selenium in each molecule.


word: Disembark
definition:
Disembark

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


word: Disembark₂
definition:
Disembark

Dis`em*bark"
(?)
v. i.
To go ashore out of a ship or boat; to leave a ship; to debark.

And, making fast their moorings, disembarked.
Cowper.


word: Disembarrass
definition:
Disembarrass

Dis`em*bar"rass
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Disembarrassed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Disembarrassing.]
[Pref. dis- + embarrass: cf. F. désembarasser.]
To free from embarrassment, or perplexity; to clear; to extricate.

To disembarrass himself of his companion.
Sir W. Scott.


word: Disembay
definition:
Disembay

Dis`em*bay"
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Disembayed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Disembaying.]
[Pref. dis- + embay.]
To clear from a bay.
Sherburne.


word: Disembellish
definition:
Disembellish

Dis`em*bel"lish
(?)
v. t.
[Pref. dis- + embellish: cf. F. désembellir.]
To deprive of embellishment; to disadorn.
Carlyle.


word: Disembodied
definition:
Disembodied

Dis`em*bod"ied
(?)
a.
Divested of a body; ceased to be corporal; incorporeal.

The disembodied spirits of the dead.
Bryant.


word: Disembodiment
definition:
Disembodiment

Dis`em*bod"i*ment
(?)
n.
The act of disembodying, or the state of being disembodied.


word: Disembody
definition:
Disembody

Dis`em*bod"y
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Disembodied (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Disembodying.]
1.
To divest of the body or corporeal existence.

Devils embodied and disembodied.
Sir W. Scott.

2.
(Mil.)
To disarm and disband, as a body of soldiers.
Wilhelm.


word: Disembogue
definition:
Disembogue

Dis`em*bogue"
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Disembogued (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Disemboguing.]
[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 Timavus raves,
And through nine channels disembogues his waves.
Addison.

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


word: Disembogue₂
definition:
Disembogue

Dis`em*bogue"
v. i.
To become discharged; to flow out; to find vent; to pour out contents.

Volcanos bellow ere they disembogue.
Young.


word: Disembowel
definition:
Disembowel

Dis`em*bow"el
(dĭs`ĕm*bou"ĕl)
v. t.
[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.]
disemboweled
J. Philips.


word: Disembowelment
definition:
Disembowelment

Dis`em*bow"el*ment
(?)
n.
The act of disemboweling, or state of being disemboweled; evisceration.


word: Disembrangle
definition:
Disembrangle

Dis`em*bran"gle
(?)
v. t.
[Pref. dis- + em = en (L. in) + brangle.]
To free from wrangling or litigation.
[Obs.]
Berkeley.


word: Disembroil
definition:
Disembroil

Dis`em*broil"
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Disembroiled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Disembroiling.]
[Pref. dis- + embroil.]
To disentangle; to free from perplexity; to extricate from confusion.

Vaillant has disembroiled a history that was lost to the world before his time.
Addison.


word: Disemployment
definition:
Disemployment

Dis`em*ploy"ment
(?)
n.
The state of being disemployed, or deprived of employment.

This glut of leisure and disemployment.
Jer. Taylor.


word: Disenable
definition:
Disenable

Dis`en*a"ble
(?)
v. t.
[Pref. dis- + enable.]
To disable; to disqualify.

The sight of it might damp me and disenable me to speak.
State Trials (1640).


word: Disenchant
definition:
Disenchant

Dis`en*chant"
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Disenchanted; p. pr. & vb. n. Disenchanting.]
[Pref. dis- + enchant: cf. F. désenchanter.]
1.
To free from enchantment; to deliver from the power of charms or spells.

Haste to thy work; a noble stroke or two
Ends all the charms, and disenchants the grove.
Dryden.

2.
to free (a person) from fascination or delusion; to destroy the false hopes or overoptimistic expectations of (a person); to disillusion; -- used with people or events as the agent (subject); as, the candidate was disenchanted by the low turnout at the rally.


word: disenchanting
definition:
disenchanting

disenchanting
adj.
freeing from illusion, credulity, overoptimism, or false belief.

Syn. -- disillusioning.


word: Disenchantment
definition:
Disenchantment

Dis`en*chant"ment
(?)
n.
[Pref. dis- + enchantment: cf. F. désenchantement.]
The act of disenchanting, or state of being disenchanted.
Shelton.


word: Disencharm
definition:
Disencharm

Dis`en*charm"
(?)
v. t.
[Pref. dis- + en (L. in) + charm.]
To free from the influence of a charm or spell; to disenchant.
[R.]
Jer. Taylor.


word: Disencrese
definition:
Disencrese

Dis`en*crese"
(?)
v. i.
[Pref. dis- + OE. encrese, E. increase.]
To decrease.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.


word: Disencumber
definition:
Disencumber

Dis`en*cum"ber
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Disencumbered (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Disencumbering.]
[Pref. dis- + encumber: cf. F. désencombrer.]
To free from encumbrance, or from anything which clogs, impedes, or obstructs; to disburden.
Owen.

I have disencumbered myself from rhyme.
Dryden.


word: Disencumbrance
definition:
Disencumbrance

Dis`en*cum"brance
(?)
n.
Freedom or deliverance from encumbrance, or anything burdensome or troublesome.
Spectator.


word: Disendowment
definition:
Disendowment

Dis`en*dow"ment
(?)
n.
The act of depriving of an endowment or endowments.

[The] disendowment of the Irish Church.
G. B. Smith.


word: Disenfranchise
definition:
Disenfranchise

Dis`en*fran"chise
(?)
v. t.
To disfranchise; to deprive of the rights of a citizen.
Dis`en*fran"chise*ment (#), n.


word: disenfranchised
definition:
disenfranchised

disenfranchised
adj.
deprived of the rights of citizenship, especially the right to vote.  Opposite of enfranchised.

Syn. -- disfranchised, voteless.


word: Disengage
definition:
Disengage

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


word: Disengage₂
definition:
Disengage

Dis`en*gage"
v. i.
To release one's self; to become detached; to free one's self.

From a friends's grave how soon we disengage!
Young.


word: Disengaged
definition:
Disengaged

Dis`en*gaged"
(?)
a.
Not engaged; free from engagement; at leisure; free from occupation or care; vacant.
Dis`en*ga"ged*ness (#), n.


word: Disengagement
definition:
Disengagement

Dis`en*gage"ment
(?)
n.
[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.


word: Disengaging
definition:
Disengaging

Dis`en*ga"ging
(?)
a.
Loosing; setting free; detaching.

Disengaging machinery. See under Engaging.


word: Disennoble
definition:
Disennoble

Dis`en*no"ble
(?)
v. t.
To deprive of that which ennobles; to degrade.

An unworthy behavior degrades and disennobles a man.
Guardian.


word: Disenroll
definition:
Disenroll

Dis`en*roll"
(?)
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Disenrolled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Disenrolling.]
To erase from a roll or list.
[Written also disenrol.]
Donne.


word: Disensanity
definition:
Disensanity

Dis`en*san"i*ty
(?)
n.
[Pref. dis- + en (L. in) + sanity.]
Insanity; folly.
[Obs.]

What tediosity and disensanity
Is here among!
Beau. & Fl.


word: Disenshrouded
definition:
Disenshrouded

Dis`en*shroud"ed
(?)
a.
Freed from a shroudlike covering; unveiled.

The disenshrouded statue.
R. Browning.


word: Disenslave
definition:
Disenslave

Dis`en*slave"
(?)
v. t.
To free from bondage or slavery; to disenthrall.

He shall disenslave and redeem his soul.
South.


word: disentangle
definition:
disentangle

dis`en*tan"gle
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Disentangled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Disentangling (?).]
1.
To free from entanglement; to release from a condition of being intricately and confusedly involved or interlaced; to reduce to orderly arrangement; to straighten out; as, to disentangle a skein of yarn.

2.
To extricate from complication and perplexity; disengage from embarrassing connection or intermixture; to disembroil; to set free; to separate.

To disentangle truth from error.
Stewart.

To extricate and disentangle themselves out of this labyrinth.
Clarendon.

A mind free and disentangled from all corporeal mixtures.
Bp. Stillingfleet.


word: disentangled
definition:
disentangled

disentangled
adj.
1.
freed from an entanglement; -- of people or agents.

Syn. -- extricated, freed.

2.
straightened out.

Syn. -- loosened, unsnarled.


word: Disentanglement
definition:
Disentanglement

Dis`en*tan"gle*ment
(?)
n.
The act of disentangling or clearing from difficulties.
Warton.


word: Disenthrall
definition:
Disenthrall

Dis`en*thrall"
(?)
v. t.
[See Enthrall.]
To release from thralldom or slavery; to give freedom to; to disinthrall.
[Written also disenthral.]
Milton.


word: Disenthrallment
definition:
Disenthrallment

Dis`en*thrall"ment
(?)
n.
Liberation from bondage; emancipation; disinthrallment.
[Written also disenthralment.]


word: Disentitle
definition:
Disentitle

Dis`en*ti"tle
(?)
v. t.
To deprive of title or claim.

Every ordinary offense does not disentitle a son to the love of his father.
South.


word: Disentrail
definition:
Disentrail

Dis`en*trail"
(?)
v. t.
To disembowel; to let out or draw forth, as the entrails.
[Obs.]

As if he thought her soul to disentrail.
Spenser.


word: Disert
definition:
Disert

Dis*ert"
(?)
a.
[L. disertus, for dissertus, p. p.: cf. F. disert. See Dissert.]
Eloquent.
[Obs.]


word: Disestablish
definition:
Disestablish

Dis`es*tab"lish
(?)
v. t.
To unsettle; to break up (anything established); to deprive, as a church, of its connection with the state.
M. Arnold.


word: Disestablishment
definition:
Disestablishment

Dis`es*tab"lish*ment
(?)
n.
1.
The act or process of unsettling or breaking up that which has been established; specifically, the withdrawal of the support of the state from an established church; as, the disestablishment and disendowment of the Irish Church by Act of Parliament.

2.
The condition of being disestablished.


word: disestablishmentarianism
definition:
disestablishmentarianism

dis`es*tab`lish*men*ta"ri*an*ism
(?)
n.
The doctrine or political position that advocates abrogating the establishment of a church as the official state religion.

Prior to the Puritans, very few earlier believers contended for any form of disestablishmentarianism.
David. W. Hall (Savior or Servant? Putting Government in Its Place: The Covenant Foundation, 1996)


word: Disesteem
definition:
Disesteem

Dis`es*teem"
(?)
n.
Want of esteem; low estimation, inclining to dislike; disfavor; disrepute.

Disesteem and contempt of the public affairs.
Milton.


word: Disesteem₂
definition:
Disesteem

Dis`es*teem"
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Disesteemed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Disesteeming.]
1.
To feel an absence of esteem for; to regard with disfavor or slight contempt; to slight.

But if this sacred gift you disesteem.
Denham.

Qualities which society does not disesteem.
Ld. Lytton.

2.
To deprive of esteem; to bring into disrepute; to cause to be regarded with disfavor.
[Obs.]

What fables have you vexed, what truth redeemed,
Antiquities searched, opinions disesteemed?
B. Jonson.


word: Disexercise
definition:
Disexercise

Dis*ex"er*cise
(?)
v. t.
To deprive of exercise; to leave untrained.
[Obs.]

By disexercising and blunting our abilities.
Milton.


word: Disfashion
definition:
Disfashion

Dis*fash"ion
(?)
v. t.
[Pref. dis- + fashion. See Fashion, and cf. Defeat.]
To disfigure.
[Obs.]
Sir T. More.


word: Disfavor
definition:
Disfavor

Dis*fa"vor
(?)
n.
[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.


word: Disfavor₂
definition:
Disfavor

Dis*fa"vor
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Disfavored (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Disfavoring.]
1.
To withhold or withdraw favor from; to regard with disesteem; to show disapprobation of; to discountenance.

Countenanced or disfavored according as they obey.
Swift.

2.
To injure the form or looks of.
[R.]
B. Jonson.


word: Disfeature
definition:
Disfeature

Dis*fea"ture
(?; 135)
v. t.
[Cf. Defeature.]
To deprive of features; to mar the features of.
[R.]


word: Disfellowship
definition:
Disfellowship

Dis*fel"low*ship
(?)
v. t.
[See Fellowship, v. t.]
To exclude from fellowship; to refuse intercourse with, as an associate.

An attempt to disfellowship an evil, but to fellowship the evildoer.
Freewill Bapt. Quart.


word: Disfiguration
definition:
Disfiguration

Dis*fig`u*ra"tion
(?)
n.
[See Disfigure, and cf. Defiguration.]
The act of disfiguring, or the state of being disfigured; defacement; deformity; disfigurement.
Gauden.


word: Disfigure
definition:
Disfigure

Dis*fig"ure
(?; 135)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Disfigured (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Disfiguring.]
[OF. desfigurer, F. défigurer; pref. des- (L. dis-) + figurer to fashion, shape, fr. L. figurare, fr. figura figure. See Figure, and cf. Defiguration.]
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.


word: disfigured
definition:
disfigured

disfigured
adj.
having the appearance spoiled; as, a disfigured face; strip mining left a disfigured landscape.


word: Disfigurement
definition:
Disfigurement

Dis*fig"ure*ment
(?)
n.
1.
Act of disfiguring, or state of being disfigured; deformity.
Milton.

2.
That which disfigures; a defacement; a blot.

Uncommon expressions . . . are a disfigurement rather than any embellishment of discourse.
Hume.


word: Disforest
definition:
Disforest

Dis*for"est
(?)
v. t.
1.
To disafforest.
Fuller.

2.
To clear or deprive of forests or trees.


word: Disformity
definition:
Disformity

Dis*form"i*ty
(?)
n.
[Cf. Deformity.]
Discordance or diversity of form; unlikeness in form.

Uniformity or disformity in comparing together the respective figures of bodies.
S. Clarke.


word: Disfranchise
definition:
Disfranchise

Dis*fran"chise
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Disfranchised (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Disfranchising.]
[Cf. Diffranchise.]
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.


word: disfranchised
definition:
disfranchised

disfranchised
adj.
deprived of the rights of citizenship especially the right to vote.  Opposite of enfranchised.

Syn. -- disenfranchised, voteless.


word: Disfranchisement
definition:
Disfranchisement

Dis*fran"chise*ment
(?)
n.
The act of disfranchising, or the state of being 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.


word: Disfriar
definition:
Disfriar

Dis*fri"ar
(dĭs*frī"ẽr)
v. t.
To depose or withdraw from the condition of a friar.
[Obs.]

Many did quickly unnun and disfriar themselves.
Fuller.


word: Disfurnish
definition:
Disfurnish

Dis*fur"nish
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Disfurnished (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Disfurnishing.]
[Pref. dis- + furnish.]
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.


word: Disfurnishment
definition:
Disfurnishment

Dis*fur"nish*ment
(?)
n.
The act of disfurnishing, or the state of being disfurnished.
Daniel.


word: Disfurniture
definition:
Disfurniture

Dis*fur"ni*ture
(?; 135)
n.
The act of disfurnishing, or the state of being disfurnished.
[Obs.]


word: Disgarnish
definition:
Disgarnish

Dis*gar"nish
(?)
v. t.
[Pref. dis- + garnish. See Degarnish.]
To divest of garniture; to disfurnish; to dismantle.
Bp. Hall.


word: Disgavel
definition:
Disgavel

Dis*gav"el
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Disgaveled (?) or Disgaveled; p. pr. & vb. n. Disgaveling.]
[See Gavelkind.]
(Eng. Law)
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.


word: Disglorify
definition:
Disglorify

Dis*glo"ri*fy
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Disglorified (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Disglorifying.]
To deprive of glory; to treat with indignity.
[R.]

Disglorified, blasphemed, and had in scorn.
Milton.


word: Disgorge
definition:
Disgorge

Dis*gorge"
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Disgorged (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Disgorging.]
[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.


word: Disgorge₂
definition:
Disgorge

Dis*gorge"
v. i.
To vomit forth what anything contains; to discharge; to make restitution.

See where it flows, disgorging at seven mouths
Into the sea.
Milton.


word: Disgorgement
definition:
Disgorgement

Dis*gorge"ment
(?)
n.
[Cf. F. dégorgement.]
The act of disgorging; a vomiting; that which is disgorged.
Bp. Hall.


word: Disgospel
definition:
Disgospel

Dis*gos"pel
(?)
v. i.
To be inconsistent with, or act contrary to, the precepts of the gospel; to pervert the gospel.
[Obs.]
Milton.


word: Disgrace
definition:
Disgrace

Dis*grace"
(?; 277)
n.
[F. disgrâce; pref. dis- (L. dis-) + grâce. See Grace.]
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.


word: Disgrace₂
definition:
Disgrace

Dis*grace"
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Disgraced (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Disgracing (?).]
[Cf. F. disgracier. See Disgrace, n.]
1.
To put out of 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.


word: Disgraceful
definition:
Disgraceful

Dis*grace"ful
(?)
a.
Bringing disgrace; causing shame; shameful; dishonorable; unbecoming; as, profaneness is disgraceful to a man.
Dis*grace"ful*ly, adv. -- Dis*grace"ful*ness, n.

The Senate have cast you forth disgracefully.
B. Jonson.


word: Disgracious
definition:
Disgracious

Dis*gra"cious
(?)
a.
[Cf. F. disgracieux.]
Wanting grace; unpleasing; disagreeable.
Shak.


word: Disgregate
definition:
Disgregate

Dis"gre*gate
(?)
v. t.
[L. disgregare; dis- + gregare to collect, fr. grex, gregis, flock or herd.]
To disperse; to scatter; -- opposite of congregate.
[Obs.]


word: Disgregation
definition:
Disgregation

Dis`gre*ga"tion
(?)
n.
(Physiol.)
The process of separation, or the condition of being separate, as of the molecules of a body.


word: Disguise
definition:
Disguise

Dis*guise"
(?; 232)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Disguised (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Disguising.]
[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 of five gallons; the whole magistracy was pretty well disguised before I gave them the ship.
Spectator.


word: Disguise₂
definition:
Disguise

Dis*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 which 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.


word: Disguiser
definition:
Disguiser

Dis*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.


word: Disgust
definition:
Disgust

Dis*gust"
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Disgusted; p. pr. & vb. n. Disgusting.]
[OF. desgouster, F. dégoûter; pref. des- (L. dis-) + gouster to taste, F. goûter, fr. L. gustare, fr. gustus taste. See Gust to taste.]
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.


word: Disgust₂
definition:
Disgust

Dis*gust"
n.
[Cf. OF. desgoust, F. dégoût. See Disgust, v. t.]
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.


word: disgusted
definition:
disgusted

disgusted
adj.
having a strong distaste from surfeit.

Syn. -- fed up(predicate), sick of(predicate), tired of(predicate).


word: Disgustful
definition:
Disgustful

Dis*gust"ful
(?)
a.
Provoking disgust; offensive to the taste; exciting aversion; disgusting.

That horrible and disgustful situation.
Burke.


word: Disgusting
definition:
Disgusting

Dis*gust"ing
a.
That causes disgust; sickening; offensive; revolting.
Dis*gust"ing*ly, adv.


word: Dish
definition:
Dish

Dish
(dĭsh)
n.
[AS. disc, L. discus dish, disc, quoit, fr. Gr. di`skos quoit, fr. dikei^n to throw.  Cf. 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, especially prepared 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.

6.
anything with a discoid and concave shape, like that of a dish.

7.
an electronic device with a concave reflecting surface which focuses reflected radio waves to or from a point, used as a receiving or transmitting antenna; also called dish antenna.  The dish is often shaped as a paraboloid so as to achieve a high sensitivity and enable reception of weak signals when used as a receiving antenna, or to focus transmitted signals into a narrow beam when used as a transmitting antenna.

Syn. -- dish aerial, dish antenna, saucer.
8.
a very attractive woman or young lady, especaially one sexually attractive; -- sometimes considered offensive and sexist; as, the departmental secretary is quite a dish.
[slang]

Syn. -- smasher, stunner, knockout, beauty, sweetheart, peach, lulu, looker, mantrap, dish.
9.
a favorite activity, or an activity at which one excels.
[slang]

Syn. -- cup of tea, bag.
10.
the quantity that a dish will hold, or a dish filled with some material.

Syn. -- dishful.
satellite dish a dish antenna used to receive signals from or to transmit signals to a satellite which transmits or receives radio signals.  In most common usage, it refers to small dish antennas used to receive television programs broadcast from geostationary satellites.


word: Dish₂
definition:
Dish

Dish
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]

4.
to talk about (a person) in a disparaging manner; to gossip about (a person); as, the secretaries spent their break time dishing the newest employee.
[slang]

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. 2. to dispense freely; -- also used figuratively; as, to dish out punishment; to dish out abuse or insult. -- To dish up, to take (food) from the oven, pots, etc., and put in dishes to be served at table.


word: Dishabille
definition:
Dishabille

Dis`ha*bille"
(?)
n.
[See Deshabille.]
An undress; a loose, negligent dress; deshabille.

They breakfast in dishabille.
Smollett.


word: Dishabit
definition:
Dishabit

Dis*hab"it
(?)
v. t.
[Pref. dis- + habit to inhabit.]
To dislodge.
[Obs.]

Those sleeping stones . . . from their fixed beds of lime
Had been dishabited.
Shak.


word: Dishable
definition:
Dishable

Dis*ha"ble
(?)
v. t.
1.
To disable.
[Obs.]

2.
To disparage.
[Obs.]

She oft him blamed . . . and him dishabled quite.
Spenser.


word: Dishallow
definition:
Dishallow

Dis*hal"low
(?)
v. t.
To make unholy; to profane.
Tennyson.

Nor can the unholiness of the priest dishallow the altar.
T. Adams.


word: Disharmony
definition:
Disharmony

Dis*har"mo*ny
(?)
n.
Want of harmony; discord; incongruity.
[R.]

A disharmony in the different impulses that constitute it [our nature].
Coleridge.


word: Dishearten
definition:
Dishearten

Dis*heart"en
(dĭs*härt"'n)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Disheartened (dĭs*härt"'nd); p. pr. & vb. n. Disheartening.]
[Pref. dis- + hearten.]
To discourage; to deprive of courage and hope; to depress the spirits of; to deject.

Regiments . . . utterly disorganized and disheartened.
Macaulay.


word: disheartened
definition:
disheartened

dis*heart"ened
(dĭs*härt"'nd)
adj.
made less hopeful or enthusiastic; as, their lack of interest disheartened the instructor.
pessimistic

Syn. -- demoralized, discouraged.


word: disheartening
definition:
disheartening

disheartening
adj.
Causing loss of hope or enthusiasm.

Syn. -- demoralizing, demoralising, dispiriting.


word: disheartenment
definition:
disheartenment

dis*heart"en*ment
(dĭs*härt"'n*ment)
n.
Discouragement; dejection; depression of spirits.


word: dishelm
definition:
dishelm

dis*helm"
(dĭs*hĕlm")
v. t.
[Pref. dis- + helm helmet.]
To deprive of the helmet.
[Poetic]

Lying stark,
Dishelmed and mute, and motionlessly pale.
Tennyson.


word: disherison
definition:
disherison

dis*her"i*son
(dĭs*hĕr"ĭz'n)
n.
[See Disherit.]
The act of disheriting, or debarring from inheritance; disinherison.
Bp. Hall.


word: disherit
definition:
disherit

dis*her"it
(dĭs*hĕr"ĭt)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Disherited; p. pr. & vb. n. Disheriting.]
[F. déshériter; pref. dés- (L. dis-) + hériter to inherit. See Inherit, and cf. Dusheir, Disinherit.]
To disinherit; to cut off, or detain, from the possession or enjoyment of an inheritance.
[Obs.]
Spenser.


word: Disheritance
definition:
Disheritance

Dis*her"it*ance
(dĭs*hĕr"ĭt*ans)
n.
[Cf. OF. desheritance.]
The act of disinheriting or state of being disinherited; disinheritance.
[Obs.]
Beau. & Fl.


word: Dishevel
definition:
Dishevel

Di*shev"el
(dĭ*shĕv"'l or -ĕl)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Disheveled (?) or Dishevelled; p. pr. & vb. n. Disheveling or Dishevelling.]
[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.


word: Dishevel₂
definition:
Dishevel

Di*shev"el
v. i.
To be spread in disorder or hang negligently, as the hair.
[R.]
Sir T. Herbert.


word: Dishevele
definition:
Dishevele

Di*shev"ele
(?)
p. p. & a.
Disheveled.
[Obs.]

Dishevele, save his cap, he rode all bare.
Chaucer.

adj.
1.
; .

Syn. -- disheveled, ungroomed.


word: dishevelled
definition:
dishevelled

disheveled

di*shev"eled, di*shev"elled
(?)
a.
1.
Hanging in loose disorder; disarranged; in disarray; not made neat; -- used especially of hair or clothing; as, disheveled hair.

2.
Having the hair in loose disorder.

The dancing maidens are disheveled Mænads.
J. A. Symonds.


word: Dishonest
definition:
Dishonest

Dis*hon"est
(?)
a.
[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.


word: Dishonest₂
definition:
Dishonest

Dis*hon"est
v. t.
[Cf. OF. deshonester.]
To disgrace; to dishonor; as, to dishonest a maid.
[Obs.]

I will no longer dishonest my house.
Chapman.


word: Dishonesty
definition:
Dishonesty

Dis*hon"es*ty
(?)
n.
[Cf. OF. deshonesté, F. déshonnêteté.]
1.
Dishonor; dishonorableness; shame.
[Obs.]
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.


word: Dishonor
definition:
Dishonor

Dis*hon"or
(dĭs*&obreve_;n"ẽr or dĭz*&obreve_;n"ẽr)
n.
[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)
The nonpayment or nonacceptance of commercial paper by the party on whom it is drawn.


word: Dishonor₂
definition:
Dishonor

Dis*hon"or
(dĭs*&obreve_;n"ẽr or dĭz*&obreve_;n"ẽr)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Dishonored (dĭs*&obreve_;n"ẽrd or dĭz*&obreve_;n"ẽrd); p. pr. & vb. n. Dishonoring.]
[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.


word: Dishonorable
definition:
Dishonorable

Dis*hon"or*a*ble
(?)
a.
[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.


word: Dishonorary
definition:
Dishonorary

Dis*hon"or*a*ry
(?)
a.
Bringing dishonor on; tending to disgrace; lessening reputation.
Holmes.


word: Dishonorer
definition:
Dishonorer

Dis*hon"or*er
(?)
n.
One who dishonors or disgraces; one who treats another indignity.
Milton.


word: Dishwasher
definition:
Dishwasher

Dish"wash`er
(?)
n.
1.
One who, or that which, washes dishes.

2.
(Zool.)
A European bird; the wagtail.

3.
an electrical appliance{4} which washes tableware automatically by directing powerful streams of hot soapy water at the items from multiple jets.


word: Disillusion
definition:
Disillusion

Dis`il*lu"sion
(?)
n.
The act or process of freeing from an illusion, or the state of being freed therefrom.
Lowell.


word: Disillusionize
definition:
Disillusionize

Dis`il*lu"sion*ize
(?)
v. t.
To disenchant; to free from illusion.
disillusionizing
W. Black.


word: Disillusionment
definition:
Disillusionment

Dis`il*lu"sion*ment
(?)
n.
The act of freeing from an illusion, or the state of being freed therefrom.


word: Disimbitter
definition:
Disimbitter

Dis`im*bit"ter
(?)
v. t.
[Pref. dis- + imbitter.  Cf. Disembitter.]
To free from bitterness.


word: Disimpark
definition:
Disimpark

Dis`im*park"
(?)
v. t.
To free from the barriers or restrictions of a park.
[R.]
Spectator.


word: Disimprovement
definition:
Disimprovement

Dis`im*prove"ment
(?)
n.
Reduction from a better to a worse state; as, disimprovement of the earth; specific features which are worse than former features; disimprovements in the new Windows operating system.


word: Disinclination
definition:
Disinclination

Dis*in`cli*na"tion
(?)
n.
The state of being disinclined; want of propensity, desire, or affection; slight aversion or dislike; indisposition.

Disappointment gave him a disinclination to the fair sex.
Arbuthnot.

Having a disinclination to books or business.
Guardian.


word: Disincline
definition:
Disincline

Dis`in*cline"
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Disinclined (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Disinclining.]
To incline away the affections of; to excite a slight aversion in; to indispose; to make unwilling; to alienate.

Careful . . . to disincline them from any reverence or affection to the Queen.
Clarendon.

To social scenes by nature disinclined.
Cowper.


word: Disincorporate
definition:
Disincorporate

Dis`in*cor"po*rate
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Disincorporated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Disincorporating (?).]
1.
To deprive of corporate powers, rights, or privileges; to divest of the condition of a corporate body.

2.
To detach or separate from a corporation.
Bacon.


word: Disincorporate₂
definition:
Disincorporate

Dis`in*cor"po*rate
(?)
a.
Separated from, or not included in, a corporation; disincorporated.
Bacon.


word: Disincorporation
definition:
Disincorporation

Dis`in*cor`po*ra"tion
(?)
n.
Deprivation of the rights and privileges of a corporation.
T. Warton.


word: Disinfect
definition:
Disinfect

Dis`in*fect"
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Disinfected; p. pr. & vb. n. Disinfecting.]
To free from infectious or contagious matter; to destroy putrefaction; to purify; to make innocuous.

When the infectious matter and the infectious matter and the odoriferous matter are one . . . then to deodorize is to disinfect.
Ure.


word: disinfectant
definition:
disinfectant

dis`in*fect"ant
(?)
n.
That which disinfects, especially an agent for killing or removing the microorganisms which cause infection.  Commonly used disinfectants are chlorine, sodium hypochlorite solution, hydrogen peroxide, and alcohol.


word: disinfector
definition:
disinfector

dis`in*fect"or
(?)
n.
One who, or that which, disinfects; an apparatus for applying disinfectants.


word: disinflation
definition:
disinflation

disinflation
n.
1.
a reduction in the rate of price increases; a lessening of inflationary pressure.

2.
a reduction of the value of a currency in international exchange markets caused by a government; -- usually done as a means to improve the country's international balance of payments.


word: Disingenuous
definition:
Disingenuous

Dis`in*gen"u*ous
(?)
a.
1.
Not noble; unbecoming true honor or dignity; mean; unworthy; as, disingenuous conduct or schemes.

2.
Not ingenuous; wanting in noble candor or frankness; not frank or open; uncandid; unworthily or meanly artful.

So disingenuous as not to confess them [faults].
Pope.


word: Disinherison
definition:
Disinherison

Dis`in*her"i*son
(?)
n.
[See Disinherit, v. t., and cf. Disherison.]
Same as Disherison.
Bacon.


word: Disinherit
definition:
Disinherit

Dis`in*her"it
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Disinherited; p. pr. & vb. n. Disinheriting.]
[Cf. Disherit, Disheir.]
1.
To cut off from an inheritance or from hereditary succession; to prevent, as an heir, from coming into possession of any property or right, which, by law or custom, would devolve on him in the course of descent.

Of how fair a portion Adam disinherited his whole posterity!
South.

2.
To deprive of heritage; to dispossess.

And disinherit Chaos, that reigns here.
Milton.


word: Disinheritance
definition:
Disinheritance

Dis`in*her"it*ance
(?)
n.
The act of disinheriting, or the condition of being; disinherited; disherison.


word: Disintegrable
definition:
Disintegrable

Dis*in"te*gra*ble
(?)
a.
Capable of being disintegrated, or reduced to fragments or powder.

Argillo-calcite is readily disintegrable by exposure.
Kirwan.


word: Disintegrate
definition:
Disintegrate

Dis*in"te*grate
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Disintegrated; p. pr. & vb. n. Disintegrating.]
[L. dis- + integratus, p. p. of integrare to renew, repair, fr. integer entire, whole. See Integer.]
To separate into integrant parts; to reduce to fragments or to powder; to break up, or cause to fall to pieces, as a rock, by blows of a hammer, frost, rain, and other mechanical or atmospheric influences.

Marlites are not disintegrated by exposure to the atmosphere, at least in six years.
Kirwan.


word: Disintegrate₂
definition:
Disintegrate

Dis*in"te*grate
v. i.
To decompose into integrant parts; as, chalk rapidly disintegrates.


word: Disintegration
definition:
Disintegration

Dis*in`te*gra"tion
(?)
n.
(a)
The process by which anything is disintegrated; the condition of anything which is disintegrated.
(b)
(Geol.)
The wearing away or falling to pieces of rocks or strata, produced by atmospheric action, frost, ice, etc.

Society had need of further disintegration before it could begin to reconstruct itself locally.
Motley.


word: Disintegrator
definition:
Disintegrator

Dis*in"te*gra`tor
(?)
n.
(Mech.)
A machine for grinding or pulverizing by percussion.


word: Disinter
definition:
Disinter

Dis`in*ter"
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Disinterred (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Disinterring.]
1.
To take out of the grave or tomb; to unbury; to exhume; to dig up.

2.
To bring out, as from a grave or hiding place; to bring from obscurity into view.
Addison.


word: Disinteress
definition:
Disinteress

Dis*in"ter*ess
(?)
v. t.
[F. désintéresser to deprive of interest in; pref. dés- (L. dis-) + intéresser to interest, fr. L. interesse to import, concern. See Interest, and cf. Disinterest.]
To deprive or rid of interest in, or regard for; to disengage.
[Obs.]


word: Disinteressment
definition:
Disinteressment

Dis*in"ter*ess*ment
(?)
n.
[Cf. F. désintéressement.]
Disinterestedness; impartiality; fairness.
[Obs.]
Prior.


word: Disinterest
definition:
Disinterest

Dis*in"ter*est
(?)
p. a.
Disinterested.
[Obs.]

The measures they shall walk by shall be disinterest and even.
Jer. Taylor.


word: Disinterest₂
definition:
Disinterest

Dis*in"ter*est
n.
1.
What is contrary to interest or advantage; disadvantage.
[Obs.]
Glanvill.

2.
Indifference to profit; want of regard to private advantage; disinterestedness.
[Obs.]
Johnson.


word: Disinterested
definition:
Disinterested

Dis*in"ter*est*ed
a.
[Cf. Disinteressed.]
Not influenced by regard to personal interest or advantage; free from selfish motive; having no relation of interest or feeling; not biased or prejudiced; as, a disinterested decision or judge.

The happiness of disinterested sacrifices.
Channing.


word: Disinterestedness
definition:
Disinterestedness

Dis*in"ter*est*ed*ness
n.
The state or quality of being disinterested; impartiality.

That perfect disinterestedness and self-devotion of which man seems to be incapable, but which is sometimes found in woman.
Macaulay.


word: Disinterment
definition:
Disinterment

Dis`in*ter"ment
(?)
n.
The act of disinterring, or taking out of the earth; exhumation.


word: Disinthrall
definition:
Disinthrall

Dis`in*thrall"
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Disinthralled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Disinthralling.]
[Pref. dis- + inthrall.  Cf. Disenthrall.]
To free from thralldom; to disenthrall.
[Written also disinthral.]


word: Disinthrallment
definition:
Disinthrallment

Dis`in*thrall"ment
(?)
n.
A releasing from thralldom or slavery; disenthrallment.
[Written also disinthralment.]


word: Disinure
definition:
Disinure

Dis`in*ure"
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Disinured (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Disinuring.]
[Pref. dis- + inure.]
To render unaccustomed or unfamiliar.

We are hindered and disinured . . . towards the true knowledge.
Milton.


word: Disinvestiture
definition:
Disinvestiture

Dis`in*ves"ti*ture
(?; 135)
n.
The act of depriving of investiture.
[Obs.]
Ogilvie.


word: Disinvolve
definition:
Disinvolve

Dis`in*volve"
(?)
v. t.
To uncover; to unfold or unroll; to disentangle.
[R.]
Dr. H. More.


word: Disjection
definition:
Disjection

Dis*jec"tion
(?)
n.
[L. disjicere, disjectum, to throw asunder, disperse; dis- + jacere to throw.]
Destruction; dispersion.
Bp. Horsley.


word: Disjoin
definition:
Disjoin

Dis*join"
(dĭs*join")
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Disjoined (dĭs*joind"); p. pr. & vb. n. Disjoining.]
[OF. desjoindre, F. disjoindre, déjoindre, fr. L. disjungere; dis- + jungere to join. See Join, and cf. Disjoint, Disjunct.]
To part; to disunite; to separate; to sunder.

That marriage, therefore, God himself disjoins.
Milton.

Never let us lay down our arms against France, till we have utterly disjoined her from the Spanish monarchy.
Addison.

Windmill Street consisted of disjoined houses.
Pennant.


word: Disjoint
definition:
Disjoint

Dis*joint"
(?)
a.
[OF. desjoint, p. p. of desjoindre. See Disjoin.]
Disjointed; unconnected; -- opposed to conjoint.
Milton.


word: Disjoint₂
definition:
Disjoint

Dis*joint"
n.
[From OF. desjoint, p. p. of desjoindre. See Disjoint, v. t.]
Difficult situation; dilemma; strait.
[Obs.]
disjoint
Chaucer.


word: Disjoint₃
definition:
Disjoint

Dis*joint"
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Disjointed; p. pr. & vb. n. Disjointing.]
1.
To separate the joints of; to separate, as parts united by joints; to put out of joint; to force out of its socket; to dislocate; as, to disjoint limbs; to disjoint bones; to disjoint a fowl in carving.

Yet what could swords or poisons, racks or flame,
But mangle and disjoint the brittle frame?
Prior.

2.
To separate at junctures or joints; to break where parts are united; to break in pieces; as, disjointed columns; to disjoint an edifice.

Some half-ruined wall
Disjointed and about to fall.
Longfellow.

3.
To break the natural order and relations of; to make incoherent; as, a disjointed speech.


word: Disjointed
definition:
Disjointed

Dis*joint"ed
a.
Separated at the joints; disconnected; incoherent.
Dis*joint"ed*ly, adv. -- Dis*joint"ed*ness, n.


word: Disjunct
definition:
Disjunct

Dis*junct"
(dĭs*jŭ&nsmacr_;kt")
a.
[L. disjunctus, p. p. of disjungere to disjoin. See Disjoin, and cf. Disjoint.]
1.
Disjoined; separated.
[R.]

2.
(Zool.)
Having the head, thorax, and abdomen separated by a deep constriction.

Disjunct tetrachords (Mus.), tetrachords so disposed to each other that the gravest note of the upper is one note higher than the acutest note of the other.


word: Disjunction
definition:
Disjunction

Dis*junc"tion
(?)
n.
[L. disjunctio.]
1.
The act of disjoining; disunion; separation; a parting; as, the disjunction of soul and body.

2.
A disjunctive proposition.
Coleridge.


word: Disjunctive
definition:
Disjunctive

Dis*junc"tive
(?)
a.
[L. disjunctivus: cf. F. disjonctif.]
1.
Tending to disjoin; separating; disjoining.

2.
(Mus.)
Pertaining to disjunct tetrachords.
Disjunctive
Moore (Encyc. of Music).

Disjunctive conjunction (Gram.), one connecting grammatically two words or clauses, expressing at the same time an opposition or separation inherent in the notions or thoughts; as, either, or, neither, nor, but, although, except, lest, etc. -- Disjunctive proposition, a proposition in which the parts are connected by disjunctive conjunctions, specifying that one of two or more propositions may hold, but that no two propositions may hold at the same time; as it is either day or night. -- Disjunctive syllogism (Logic), one in which the major proposition is disjunctive; as, the earth moves in a circle or an ellipse; but in does not move in a circle, therefore it moves in an ellipse.


word: Disjunctive₂
definition:
Disjunctive

Dis*junc"tive
n.
(a)
(Gram.)
A disjunctive conjunction.
(b)
(Logic)
A disjunctive proposition.


word: Disjuncture
definition:
Disjuncture

Dis*junc"ture
(?; 135)
n.
The act of disjoining, or state of being disjoined; separation.
Fuller.


word: Disk
definition:
Disk

Disk
(dĭsk)
n.
[L. discus, Gr. di`skos. See Dish.]
[Written also disc.]
1.
A discus; a quoit.

Some whirl the disk, and some the javelin dart.
Pope.

2.
A flat, circular plate; as, a disk of metal or paper.

3.
(Astron.)
The circular figure of a celestial body, as seen projected of the heavens.

4.
(Biol.)
A circular structure either in plants or animals; as, a blood disk; germinal disk, etc.

5.
(Bot.)
(a)
The whole surface of a leaf.
(b)
The central part of a radiate compound flower, as in sunflower.
(c)
A part of the receptacle enlarged or expanded under, or around, or even on top of, the pistil.

6.
(Zool.)
(a)
The anterior surface or oral area of cœlenterate animals, as of sea anemones.
(b)
The lower side of the body of some invertebrates, especially when used for locomotion, when it is often called a creeping disk.
(c)
In owls, the space around the eyes.

Disk engine, a form of rotary steam engine. -- Disk shell (Zool.), any species of Discina.


word: Disk clutch
definition:
Disk clutch

Disk clutch
(Engin.)
A friction clutch in which the gripping surfaces are disks or more or less resemble disks.


word: diskette
definition:
diskette

diskette
n.
(Computers)
a data-storage medium consisting of a small plastic disk coated with a thin layer of magnetizable material on one or both sides, enclosed in a stiff envelope with a radial slit.  It is used in a specially designed disk drive, in which the disk is rotated at high speed, and which stores data on the disk by causing changes in the direction of magnetization of the magnetic layer as the disk spins and as sequential locations on the disk pass under the read-write head of the drive.  Reading of the data occurs in the reverse process, by detection of the patterns of magnetization of the disk.  Such disks are used to store data or programs for a microcomputer.

Syn. -- floppy, floppy disk.


word: Diskless
definition:
Diskless

Disk"less
(?)
a.
Having no disk; appearing as a point and not expanded into a disk, as the image of a faint star in a telescope.


word: disklike
definition:
disklike

disklike
adj.
resembling a disk in shape; circular and having a height considerably smaller than the diameter.

Syn. -- discoid, discoidal.


word: Disleave
definition:
Disleave

Dis*leave"
(?)
v. t.
To deprive of leaves.
[R.]

The cankerworms that annually that disleaved the elms.
Lowell.


word: Dislike
definition:
Dislike

Dis*like"
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Disliked (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Disliking.]
1.
To regard with dislike or aversion; to disapprove; to disrelish.

Every nation dislikes an impost.
Johnson.

2.
To awaken dislike in; to displease.
Disliking
Marston.
dislikes
Shak.


word: dislike
definition:
dislike

dis*like"
n.
1.
A feeling of positive and usually permanent aversion to something unpleasant, uncongenial, or offensive; disapprobation; repugnance; displeasure; disfavor; -- the opposite of liking or fondness.

God's grace . . . gives him continual dislike to sin.
Hammond.

The hint malevolent, the look oblique,
The obvious satire, or implied dislike.
Hannah More.

We have spoken of the dislike of these excellent women for Sheridan and Fox.
J. Morley.

His dislike of a particular kind of sensational stories.
A. W. Ward.

2.
Discord; dissension.
[Obs.]
Fairfax.


word: dislikeful
definition:
dislikeful

dis*like"ful
(?)
a.
Full of dislike; disaffected; malign; disagreeable.
[Obs.]
Spenser.


word: Dislocate
definition:
Dislocate

Dis"lo*cate
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Dislocated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Dislocating (?).]
[LL. dislocatus, p. p. of dislocare; dis- + locare to place, fr. locus place. See Locus.]
To displace; to put out of its proper place. Especially, of a bone: To remove from its normal connections with a neighboring bone; to put out of joint; to move from its socket; to disjoint; as, to dislocate your bones.
Shak.

After some time the strata on all sides of the globe were dislocated.
Woodward.

And thus the archbishop's see, dislocated or out of joint for a time, was by the hands of his holiness set right again.
Fuller.


word: dislocated
definition:
dislocated

dislocated
adj.
separated at the joint; -- used especially of limbs; as, a dislocated knee.

Syn. -- disjointed, separated.


word: Dislocation
definition:
Dislocation

Dis`lo*ca"tion
(?)
n.
[Cf. F. dislocation.]
1.
The act of displacing, or the state of being displaced.
T. Burnet.

2.
(Geol.)
The displacement of parts of rocks or portions of strata from the situation which they originally occupied. Slips, faults, and the like, are dislocations.

3.
(Surg.)
The act of dislocating, or putting out of joint; also, the condition of being thus displaced.


word: Dislodge
definition:
Dislodge

Dis*lodge"
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Dislodged (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Dislodging.]
[OF. deslogier, F. déloger; pref. des- (L. dis-) + OF. logier, F. loger. See Lodge.]
1.
To drive from a lodge or place of rest; to remove from a place of quiet or repose; as, shells resting in the sea at a considerate depth are not dislodged by storms.

2.
To drive out from a place of hiding or defense; as, to dislodge a deer, or an enemy.

The Volscians are dislodg'd.
Shak.


word: Dislodge₂
definition:
Dislodge

Dis*lodge"
v. i.
To go from a place of rest.
[R.]

Where Light and Darkness in perpetual round
Lodge and dislodge by turns.
Milton.


word: dislodgement
definition:
dislodgement

dislodgement
n.
1.
forced removal from a position of advantage.

Syn. -- dislodgment.

2.
dislodgment.


word: Dislodgment
definition:
Dislodgment

Dis*lodg"ment
(?)
n.
[Cf. F. délogement, OF. deslogement.]
The act or process of dislodging, or the state of being dislodged.


word: Disloign
definition:
Disloign

Dis*loign"
(?)
v. t.
[OF. desloignier. See Eloign.]
To put at a distance; to remove.
[Obs.]

Low-looking dales, disloigned from common gaze.
Spenser.


word: Disloyal
definition:
Disloyal

Dis*loy"al
(?)
a.
[Pref. dis- + loyal: cf. OF. desloial, desleal, F. déloyal. See Loyal.]
Not loyal; not true to a sovereign or lawful superior, or to the government under which one lives; false where allegiance is due; faithless; as, a subject disloyal to the king; a husband disloyal to his wife.

Without a thought disloyal.
Mrs. Browning.


word: Disloyalty
definition:
Disloyalty

Dis*loy"al*ty
(?)
n.
[Pref. dis- + loyalty: cf. OF. desloiauté, deslealté, F. déloyauté.]
Want of loyalty; lack of fidelity; violation of allegiance.


word: Dismail
definition:
Dismail

Dis*mail"
(?)
v. t.
[Pref. dis- + mail: cf. OF. desmaillier.]
To divest of coat of mail.
Spenser.


word: Dismal
definition:
Dismal

Dis"mal
(?)
a.
[Formerly a noun; e. g., “I trow it was in the dismalle.” Chaucer. Of uncertain origin; but perh. (as suggested by Skeat) from OF. disme, F. dîme, tithe, the phrase dismal day properly meaning, the day when tithes must be paid. See Dime.]
1.
Fatal; ill-omened; unlucky.
[Obs.]

An ugly fiend more foul than dismal day.
Spenser.

2.
Gloomy to the eye or ear; sorrowful and depressing to the feelings; foreboding; cheerless; dull; dreary; as, a dismal outlook; dismal stories; a dismal place.

Full well the busy whisper, circling round,
Convey'd the dismal tidings when he frowned.
Goldsmith.

A dismal description of an English November.
Southey.


word: Dismantle
definition:
Dismantle

Dis*man"tle
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Dismantled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Dismantling (?).]
[F. démanteler, OF. desmanteler; pref: des- (L. dis-) + manteler to cover with a cloak, defend, fr. mantel, F. manteau, cloak. See Mantle.]
1.
To strip or deprive of dress; to divest.

2.
To strip of furniture and equipments, guns, etc.; to unrig; to strip of walls or outworks; to break down; as, to dismantle a fort, a town, or a ship.

A dismantled house, without windows or shutters to keep out the rain.
Macaulay.

3.
To disable; to render useless.
Comber.


word: Dismarry
definition:
Dismarry

Dis*mar"ry
(?)
v. t.
[Pref. dis- + marry: cf. OF. desmarier, F. démarier.]
To free from the bonds of marriage; to divorce.
[Obs.]
Ld. Berners.


word: Dismast
definition:
Dismast

Dis*mast"
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Dismasted; p. pr. & vb. n. Dismasting.]
[Pref. dis- + mast: cf. F. démâter.]
To deprive of a mast of masts; to break and carry away the masts from; as, a storm dismasted the ship.


word: Dismastment
definition:
Dismastment

Dis*mast"ment
(?)
n.
The act of dismasting; the state of being dismasted.
[R.]
Marshall.


word: Dismay
definition:
Dismay

Dis*may"
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Dismayed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Dismaying.]
[OE. desmaien, dismaien, OF. esmaier; pref. es- (L. ex) + OHG. magan to be strong or able; akin to E. may. In English the pref. es- was changed to dis- (L. dis-). See May, v. i.]
1.
To disable with alarm or apprehensions; to depress the spirits or courage of; to deprive or firmness and energy through fear; to daunt; to appall; to terrify.

Be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed.
Josh. i. 9.

What words be these? What fears do you dismay?
Fairfax.

2.
To render lifeless; to subdue; to disquiet.
[Obs.]

Do not dismay yourself for this.
Spenser.
So flies a herd of beeves, that hear, dismayed,
The lions roaring through the midnight shade.
Pope.

Jove got such heroes as my sire, whose soul
No fear could daunt, nor earth nor hell control.
Pope.

Now the last ruin the whole host appalls;
Now Greece has trembled in her wooden walls.
Pope.


word: Dismay₃
definition:
Dismay

Dis*may"
n.
[Cf. OF. esmai, F. émoi. See Dismay, v. t.]
1.
Loss of courage and firmness through fear; overwhelming and disabling terror; a sinking of the spirits; consternation.

I . . . can not think of such a battle without dismay.
Macaulay.

Thou with a tiger spring dost leap upon thy prey,
And tear his helpless breast, o'erwhelmed with wild dismay.
Mrs. Barbauld.

2.
Condition fitted to dismay; ruin.
Spenser.


word: Dismayedness
definition:
Dismayedness

Dis*may"ed*ness
(?)
n.
A state of being dismayed; dejection of courage; dispiritedness.


word: Dismember
definition:
Dismember

Dis*mem"ber
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Dismembered (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Dismembering.]
[OF. desmembrer, F. démembrer; pref. des- (L. dis) + OF. & F. membre limb. See Member.]
1.
To tear limb from limb; to dilacerate; to disjoin member from member; to tear or cut in pieces; to break up.

Fowls obscene dismembered his remains.
Pope.

A society lacerated and dismembered.
Gladstone.

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

2.
To deprive of membership.
[Obs.]

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


word: Dismemberment
definition:
Dismemberment

Dis*mem"ber*ment
(?)
n.
[Cf. OF. desmembrement, F. démembrement.]
The act of dismembering, or the state of being dismembered; cutting in piece; m_;tilation; division; separation.

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


word: Dismiss
definition:
Dismiss

Dis*miss"
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Dismissed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Dismissing.]
[L. dis- + missus, p. p. of mittere to send: cf. dimittere, OF. desmetre, F. démettre. See Demise, and cf. Dimit.]
1.
To send away; to give leave of departure; to cause or permit to go; to put away.

He dismissed the assembly.
Acts xix. 41.

Dismiss their cares when they dismiss their flock.
Cowper.

Though he soon dismissed himself from state affairs.
Dryden.

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

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


word: Dismissal
definition:
Dismissal

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

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


word: Dismission
definition:
Dismission

Dis*mis"sion
(?)
n.
[Cf. L. dimissio.]
1.
The act dismissing or sending away; permission to leave; leave to depart; dismissal; as, the dismission of the grand jury.

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

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


word: Dismortgage
definition:
Dismortgage

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


word: Dismount
definition:
Dismount

Dis*mount"
(?)
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Dismounted; p. pr. & vb. n. Dismounting.]
[Pref. dis- + mount: cf. OF. desmonter, F. démonter.]
1.
To come down; to descend.
[Poetic]

But now the bright sun ginneth to dismount.
Spenser.

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


word: Dismount₂
definition:
Dismount

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

Dismounted from his authority.
Barrow.

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

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

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


word: Disnaturalize
definition:
Disnaturalize

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


word: Disnatured
definition:
Disnatured

Dis*na"tured
(?; 135)
a.
[Pref. dis- + nature: cf. OF. desnaturé, F. dénaturé.]
Deprived or destitute of natural feelings; unnatural.
[Obs.]
Shak.


word: Disobedience
definition:
Disobedience

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

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


word: Disobedient
definition:
Disobedient

Dis`o*be"di*ent
(?)
a.
[Pref. dis- + obedient. See Disobey, Obedient.]
1.
Neglecting or refusing to obey; omitting to do what is commanded, or doing what is prohibited; refractory; not observant of duty or rules prescribed by authority; -- applied to persons and acts.

This disobedient spirit in the colonies.
Burke.

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

2.
Not yielding.

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


word: Disobey
definition:
Disobey

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

Not to disobey her lord's behest.
Tennyson.


word: Disobey₂
definition:
Disobey

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

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


word: Disobligation
definition:
Disobligation

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

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

3.
Release from obligation.
Jer. Taylor.


word: Disoblige
definition:
Disoblige

Dis`o*blige"
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Disobliged (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Disobliging.]
[Pref. dis- + oblige: cf. F. désobliger.]
1.
To do an act which contravenes the will or desires of; to offend by an act of unkindness or incivility; to displease; to refrain from obliging; to be unaccommodating to.

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

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

2.
To release from obligation.
[Obs.]

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


word: Disobliging
definition:
Disobliging

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

2.
Displeasing; offensive.
[Obs.]
Cov. of Tongue.


word: Disoccident
definition:
Disoccident

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


word: Disoppilate
definition:
Disoppilate

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


word: Disorb
definition:
Disorb

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


word: Disorder
definition:
Disorder

Dis*or"der
(?)
n.
[Pref. dis- + order: cf. F. désordre.]
1.
Want of order or regular disposition; lack of arrangement; confusion; disarray; as, the troops were thrown into disorder; the papers are in disorder.

2.
Neglect of order or system; irregularity.

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

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

4.
Disturbance of the functions of the animal economy or of the soul; sickness; derangement.
Disorder
Locke.


word: Disorder₂
definition:
Disorder

Dis*or"der
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Disordered (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Disordering.]
1.
To disturb the order of; to derange or disarrange; to throw into confusion; to confuse.

Disordering the whole frame or jurisprudence.
Burke.

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

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

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

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


word: Disordered
definition:
Disordered

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

2.
Disorderly.
[Obs.]
Shak.


word: Disorderly
definition:
Disorderly

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

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

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

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


word: Disorderly₂
definition:
Disorderly

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

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

Savages fighting disorderly with stones.
Sir W. Raleigh.


word: Disordination
definition:
Disordination

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


word: Disorganization
definition:
Disorganization

Dis*or`gan*i*za"tion
(?)
n.
[Cf. F. désorganisation. See Disorganize, v. t.]
1.
The act of disorganizing; destruction of system.

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

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


word: Disorganize
definition:
Disorganize

Dis*or"gan*ize
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Disorganized (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Disorganizing (?).]
[Pref. dis- + organize: cf. F. désorganiser.]
To destroy the organic structure or regular system of (a government, a society, a party, etc.); to break up (what is organized); to throw into utter disorder; to disarrange.

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


word: Disorient
definition:
Disorient

Dis*o"ri*ent
(?)
v. t.
1.
To turn away from the east; to confuse as to which way is east; to cause to lose one's bearings.
[R.]
Bp. Warburton.

2.
to cause (a person) to lose one's sense of direction; to cause to lose one's bearings or way; as, the tourist was disoriented by the winding and narrow streets.

3.
(Psychiatry)
to cause one to lose one's sense of time or place, or of one's own personal identity.

4.
to confuse (a person) by changing or removing something which has served as a standard or guide to action; as, workers were rendered unemployed and disoriented by the rapid changes in the markets.


word: Disorientate
definition:
Disorientate

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


word: disoriented
definition:
disoriented

disoriented
adj.
1.
having lost one's bearings physically or mentally.
I frequently find myself disoriented when I come up out of the subway
the anesthetic left her completely disoriented

Syn. -- confused, lost.

2.
socially disoriented; withdrawn from social interactions.

Syn. -- alienated, anomic.


word: disorienting
definition:
disorienting

disorienting
adj.
1.
causing disorientation: causing confusion of directions.
Also See: unoriented.
orienting


word: Disown
definition:
Disown

Dis*own"
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Disowned (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Disowning.]
1.
To refuse to own or acknowledge as belonging to one's self; to disavow or deny, as connected with one's self personally; as, a parent can hardly disown his child; an author will sometimes disown his writings.

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

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


word: disowning
definition:
disowning

disowning
n.
the refusal to acknowledge (something or somebody) as one's own.

Syn. -- disownment.


word: Dispace
definition:
Dispace

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

In this fair plot dispacing to and fro.
Spenser.


word: Dispair
definition:
Dispair

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

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


word: Dispand
definition:
Dispand

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


word: Dispansion
definition:
Dispansion

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


word: Disparage
definition:
Disparage

Dis*par"age
(?; 48)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Disparaged (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Disparaging (?).]
[OF. desparagier, F. déparager, to marry unequally; pref. des- (L. dis-) + F. parage extraction, lineage, from L. par equal, peer. See Peer.]
1.
To match unequally; to degrade or dishonor by an unequal marriage.
[Obs.]

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

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

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

Thou durst not thus disparage glorious arms.
Milton.


word: Disparage₂
definition:
Disparage

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

Dissuaded her from such a disparage.
Spenser.


word: Disparagement
definition:
Disparagement

Dis*par"age*ment
(?)
n.
[Cf. OF. desparagement.]
1.
Matching any one in marriage under his or her degree; injurious union with something of inferior excellence; a lowering in rank or estimation.
[Eng.]

And thought that match a foul disparagement.
Spenser.

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

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

Imitation is a disparagement and a degradation in a Christian minister.
I. Taylor.


word: disparaging
definition:
disparaging

disparaging
adj.
expressing a low opinion of; same as derogatory; as, disparaging remarks about the new house.

Syn. -- belittling, depreciative, deprecatory, depreciatory, derogative, derogatory, detractive, detracting, slighting, pejorative, denigratory.


word: Disparate
definition:
Disparate

Dis"pa*rate
(?)
a.
[L. disparatus, p. p. of disparare to part, separate; dis- + parare to make ready, prepare.]
1.
Unequal; dissimilar; separate.

Connecting disparate thoughts, purely by means of resemblances in the words expressing them.
Coleridge.

2.
(Logic)
Pertaining to two coordinate species or divisions.


word: Disparates
definition:
Disparates

Dis"pa*rates
(?)
n. pl.
Things so unequal or unlike that they can not be compared with each other.


word: Disparition
definition:
Disparition

Dis`pa*ri"tion
(?)
n.
[Cf. F. disparition.]
Act of disappearing; disappearance.
[Obs.]
Bp. Hall.


word: Disparity
definition:
Disparity

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


word: Dispark
definition:
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.


word: Dispart
definition:
Dispart

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


word: Dispart₃
definition:
Dispart

Dis*part"
n.
1.
(Gun.)
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.)
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.


word: Dispart₄
definition:
Dispart

Dis*part"
(?)
v. t.
1.
(Gun.)
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.)
To furnish with a dispart sight.


word: Dispassionate
definition:
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.


word: Dispatch
definition:
Dispatch

Dis*patch"
(?; 224)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Dispatched (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Dispatching.]
[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 cou_;_;.
Shak.

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.


word: Dispatch₂
definition:
Dispatch

Dis*patch"
v. i.
To make haste; to conclude an affair; to finish a matter of business.

They have dispatched with Pompey.
Shak.


word: Dispatch₃
definition:
Dispatch

Dis*patch"
n.
[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.


word: Dispatchful
definition:
Dispatchful

Dis*patch"ful
(?)
a.
Bent on haste; intent on speedy execution of business or any task; indicating haste; quick; as, dispatchful looks.
Milton.


word: Dispatchment
definition:
Dispatchment

Dis*patch"ment
(?)
n.
[Cf. OF. despechement.]
The act of dispatching.
[Obs.]
State Trials (1529).


word: Dispathy
definition:
Dispathy

Dis"pa*thy
(?)
n.
pl. Dispathies (#).
[Pref. dis- + Gr. _; passion. See Pathos.]
Lack of sympathy; want of passion; apathy.
[R.]

Many discrepancies and some dispathies between us.
Southey.


word: Dispauper
definition:
Dispauper

Dis*pau"per
(?)
v. t.
To deprive of the claim of a pauper to public support; to deprive of the privilege of suing in forma pauperis.


word: Dispeed
definition:
Dispeed

Dis*peed"
(?)
v. t.
[Pref. dis- + speed.]
To send off with speed; to dispatch.
[Obs.]
Knolles.

Then they dispeeded themselves of the Cid and of their mother-in-law, Do_;a Ximena.
Southey.


word: Dispel
definition:
Dispel

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


word: Dispend
definition:
Dispend

Dis*pend"
(?)
v. t.
[OF. despendre, L. dispendere to weigh out, dispense; dis- + pendere to weigh. See Pension, Spend, and cf. Dispense.]
To spend; to lay out; to expend.
[Obs.]
Spenser.

Able to dispend yearly twenty pounds and above.
Fuller.


word: Dispender
definition:
Dispender

Dis*pend"er
(?)
n.
One who dispends or expends; a steward.
[Obs.]
Wyclif (1 Cor. iv. 1).


word: Dispensable
definition:
Dispensable

Dis*pen"sa*ble
(?)
a.
[LL. dispensabilis. See Dispense.]
1.
Capable of being dispensed or administered.

2.
Capable of being dispensed with.
Coleridge.


word: Dispensary
definition:
Dispensary

Dis*pen"sa*ry
(?)
n.
pl. Dispensaries (#).
[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.


word: Dispensation
definition:
Dispensation

Dis`pen*sa"tion
(?)
n.
[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
(Theol.)
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.


word: Dispensatory
definition:
Dispensatory

Dis*pen"sa*to*ry
(?)
a.
[L. dispensatorius relating to management. See Dispense, v. t.]
Granting, or authorized to grant, dispensations.
Dispensatory
Bp. Rainbow.


word: Dispensatory₂
definition:
Dispensatory

Dis*pen"sa*to*ry
n.
pl. Dispensatories (_;).
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 pharmacopœia in that it issued by private parties, and not by an official body or by government.


word: Dispense
definition:
Dispense

Dis*pense"
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Dispensed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Dispensing.]
[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.


word: Dispense₂
definition:
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.


word: Dispense₃
definition:
Dispense

Dis*pense"
n.
[Cf. F. dispense dispensation. See Dispense, v. t.]
Dispensation; exemption.
[Obs.]


word: Dispense₄
definition:
Dispense

Dis*pense"
n.
[OF. despense, F. dépense.]
Expense; profusion; outlay.
[Obs.]

It was a vault built for great dispense.
Spenser.


word: dispensed
definition:
dispensed

dispensed
adj.
distributed or weighed out in carefully determined portions; as, medicines dispensed to the sick.


word: Dispenser
definition:
Dispenser

Dis*pens"er
(?)
n.
One who, or that which, dispenses; a distributer; as, a dispenser of favors.


word: Dispeople
definition:
Dispeople

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


word: Dispermous
definition:
Dispermous

Di*sper"mous
(di̝*spẽr"mŭs)
a.
[Gr. di- = dis + spe`rma seed, fr. spei`rein to sow: cf. F. disperme.]
(Bot.)
Containing only two seeds; two-seeded.


word: Disperple
definition:
Disperple

Dis*per"ple
(?)
v. t.
[OF. desparpeulier.]
To scatter; to sprinkle.
[Obs.]

Odorous water was
Disperpled lightly on my head and neck.
Chapman.


word: Disperse
definition:
Disperse

Dis*perse"
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Dispersed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Dispersing.]
[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.


word: Disperse₂
definition:
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.


word: Dispersed
definition:
Dispersed

Dis*persed"
(?)
a.
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.


word: Dispersion
definition:
Dispersion

Dis*per"sion
(?)
n.
[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.)
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.


word: Dispersive
definition:
Dispersive

Dis*pers"ive
(?)
a.
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.


word: Disperson'ate
definition:
Disperson'ate

Dis*per"son'*ate
(?)
v. t.
To deprive of personality or individuality.
[R.]

We multiply; we dispersonate ourselves.
Hare.


word: Dispirit
definition:
Dispirit

Dis*pir"it
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Dispirited; p. pr. & vb. n. Dispiriting.]
[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.


word: dispirited
definition:
dispirited

dis*pir"it*ed
a.
Depressed in spirits; deprived of cheer or enthusiasm; disheartened; discouraged; daunted.

Syn. -- depressed, down(predicate), downcast, downhearted, low, low-spirited, disheartened, discouraged, demoralized.


word: dispiriting
definition:
dispiriting

dispiriting
adj.
causing dejection; discouraging.  Opposite of encouraging.

Syn. -- demoralizing, demoralising, disheartening.

2.
causing dejection or depression.

Syn. -- black, dark, depressing, grim.


word: Dispiritment
definition:
Dispiritment

Dis*pir"it*ment
(?)
n.
Depression of spirits; discouragement.
[R.]

Procter, in evident distress and dispiritment, was waiting the slow conclusion of this.
Carlyle.


word: Dispiteous
definition:
Dispiteous

Dis*pit"e*ous
(?)
a.
[Pref. dis- + piteous.  Cf. Despiteous.]
Full of despite; cruel; spiteful; pitiless.
Spenser.
Dis*pit"e*ous*ly, adv. [Obs.]


word: Displace
definition:
Displace

Dis*place"
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Displaced (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Displacing.]
[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.


word: Displacement
definition:
Displacement

Dis*place"ment
(?)
n.
[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.)
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.


word: Displacency
definition:
Displacency

Dis*pla"cen*cy
(?)
n.
[LL. displacentia, for L. displicentia, fr. displicere to displease; dis- + placere to please. See Displease, and cf. Displeasance.]
Want of complacency or gratification; envious displeasure; dislike.
[Obs.]
Sir T. Browne.


word: Displacer
definition:
Displacer

Dis*pla"cer
(?)
n.
1.
One that displaces.

2.
(Chem.)
The funnel part of the apparatus for solution by displacement.


word: Displant
definition:
Displant

Dis*plant"
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Displanted; p. pr. & vb. n. Displanting.]
[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.


word: Displantation
definition:
Displantation

Dis`plan*ta"tion
(?)
n.
The act of displanting; removal; displacement.
Sir W. Raleigh.


word: Display
definition:
Display

Dis*play"
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Displayed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Displaying.]
[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.)
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.)
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.
7.
(Computers)
To output (results or data) in a visible manner on the screen of a monitor, CRT, or other device.


word: Display₃
definition:
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.

3.
(Electronics)
An electronic device on which the output signal of another electronic device may be presented in a visual form; -- also called display device.  Typically the display device it is the screen of a cathode-ray tube, as in a computer monitor, but other forms of visual display such as LED or liquid crystal devices are also used.  The printed output from a computer or other device is not considered as a display.

4.
(Computers)
The output signal from a computer program, displayed on a display device.  The displayed signal may consist of letters, numbers, or any graphical image.

5.
(Biology)
a pattern of behavior, such as showing a body part to another animal, by which one animal conveys information to another, as for mating or defense.


word: Displayed
definition:
Displayed

Dis*played"
(?)
a.
1.
Unfolded; expanded; exhibited conspicuously or ostentatiously.

2.
(Her.)
With wings expanded; -- said of a bird of prey, esp. an eagle.

3.
(Print.)
Set with lines of prominent type interspersed, to catch the eye.


word: Disple
definition:
Disple

Dis"ple
(?)
v. t.
To discipline; to correct.
[Obs.]

And bitter Penance, with an iron whip,
Was wont him once to disple every day.
Spenser.


word: Displeasance
definition:
Displeasance

Dis*pleas"ance
(?)
n.
[OF. desplaisance, F. déplaisance.  Cf. Displacency.]
Displeasure; discontent; annoyance.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.


word: Displeasant
definition:
Displeasant

Dis*pleas"ant
(?)
a.
[OF. desplaisant, F. déplaisant. See Displease.]
Unpleasing; offensive; unpleasant.
[Obs.]
Speed.
Dis*pleas"ant*ly, adv. [Obs.] Strype. -- Dis*pleas"ant*ness, n. [Obs.]


word: Displease
definition:
Displease

Dis*please"
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Displeased (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Displeasing.]
[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.


word: Displeasing
definition:
Displeasing

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


word: Displeasure
definition:
Displeasure

Dis*pleas"ure
(?; 135)
n.
[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.


word: Displenish
definition:
Displenish

Dis*plen"ish
(?)
v. t.
To deprive or strip, as a house of furniture, or a barn of stock.
[Scot.]


word: Displicency
definition:
Displicency

Displicence

{ Dis"pli*cence (?), Dis"pli*cen*cy (?), }
n.
[L. displicentia. See Displacency.]
Dislike; dissatisfaction; discontent.
[Obs.]
W. Montagu.


word: Displode
definition:
Displode

Dis*plode"
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Disploded; p. pr. & vb. n. Disploding.]
[L. displodere, displosum; dis- + plodere, plaudere, to clap, strike, beat.]
To discharge; to explode.

In posture to displode their second tire
Of thunder.
Milton.


word: Displume
definition:
Displume

Dis*plume"
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Displumed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Displuming.]
[Pref. dis- + plume: cf. OF. desplumer, F. déplumer.]
To strip of, or as of, a plume, or plumes; to deprive of decoration; to dishonor; to degrade.

Displumed, degraded, and metamorphosed.
Burke.


word: Dispoline
definition:
Dispoline

Dis"po*line
(?)
n.
(Chem.)
One of several isomeric organic bases of the quinoline series of alkaloids.


word: Dispondee
definition:
Dispondee

Di*spon"dee
(?)
n.
[L. dispondeus, Gr. _;; di- = di`s- twice + _; spondee.]
(Gr. _; Lat. Pros.)
A double spondee; a foot consisting of four long syllables.


word: Dispone
definition:
Dispone

Dis*pone"
(?)
v. t.
[L. disponere. See Disposition.]
1.
(Her.)
To dispose.

2.
To dispose of.
Chaucer.

3.
(Scots Law)
To make over, or convey, legally.

He has disponed . . . the whole estate.
Sir W. Scott.


word: Disponer
definition:
Disponer

Dis*pon"er
(?)
n.
(Scots Law)
One who legally transfers property from himself to another.


word: Disponge
definition:
Disponge

Dis*ponge"
(?)
v. t.
[Pref. dis- + sponge.]
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.


word: Dispope
definition:
Dispope

Dis*pope"
(?)
v. t.
To refuse to consider as pope; to depose from the popedom.

One whom they dispoped.
Tennyson.


word: Disport
definition:
Disport

Dis*port"
(?)
n.
[OF. desport, deport. See Disport, v. i., and cf. Sport.]
Play; sport; pastime; diversion; playfulness.
Milton.


word: Disport₂
definition:
Disport

Dis*port"
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Disported; p. pr. & vb. n. Disporting.]
[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.]
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.


word: Disport₃
definition:
Disport

Dis*port"
v. t.
[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.


word: Disposable
definition:
Disposable

Dis*pos"a*ble
(?)
a.
[From Dispose.]
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.

2.
designed to be disposed of after use; -- of articles of commerce.  The term implies that it is less expensive to manufacture a new one than to clean and recycle the used item to make it fit for use again; as, disposable dishes; disposable diapers; disposable gloves.  Opposite of reusable.

Syn. -- throwaway(predicate), non-reusable.


word: disposable income
definition:
disposable income

dis*pos"a*ble in"come
(?)
n.
(Economics)
that portion of income which is available for spending on discretionary purchases; for individuals, it is usually calculated as total income less taxes.  National disposable income, which is the disposable income of all individuals and businesses, is calculated as total national income minus taxes plus transfer payments.
Dornbusch and Fischer (Macroeconomics)


word: Disposal
definition:
Disposal

Dis*pos"al
(?)
n.
[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.


word: Dispose
definition:
Dispose

Dis*pose"
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Disposed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Disposing.]
[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.
[1913 Webster]
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.
[1913 Webster]
More water . . . than can be disposed of. T. Burnet.
[1913 Webster]
I have disposed of her to a man of business. Tatler.
[1913 Webster]
A rural judge disposed of beauty's prize. Waller.


word: Dispose₃
definition:
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.


word: Disposed
definition:
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.


word: Disposedness
definition:
Disposedness

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


word: Disposer
definition:
Disposer

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

Absolute lord and disposer of all things.
Barrow.


word: Disposition
definition:
Disposition

Dis`po*si"tion
(?)
n.
[F. disposition, dispositio, fr. disponere to dispose; dis- + ponere to place. See Position, and cf. Dispone.]
1.
The act of disposing, arranging, ordering, regulating, or transferring; application; disposal; as, the disposition of a man's property by will.

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

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

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

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

4.
Conscious inclination; propension or propensity.

How stands your disposition to be married?
Shak.

5.
Natural or prevailing spirit, or temperament of mind, especially as shown in intercourse with one's fellow-men; temper of mind.
disposition
Hallam.
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.


word: Dispositioned
definition:
Dispositioned

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


word: Dispositive
definition:
Dispositive

Dis*pos"i*tive
(?)
a.
[Cf. F. dispositif.]
1.
Disposing; tending to regulate; decretive.
[Obs.]

His dispositive wisdom and power.
Bates.

2.
Belonging to disposition or natural, tendency.
[Obs.]
Dispositive
Jer. Taylor.


word: Dispositively
definition:
Dispositively

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

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


word: Dispositor
definition:
Dispositor

Dis*pos"it*or
(?)
n.
[L. See Disposition.]
1.
A disposer.

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


word: Dispossess
definition:
Dispossess

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


word: dispossessed
definition:
dispossessed

dispossessed
adj.
physically or spiritually homeless or deprived of security.

Syn. -- homeless, roofless.

made a living out of shepherding dispossessed people from one country to another
James Stern


word: Dispossession
definition:
Dispossession

Dis`pos*ses"sion
(?)
n.
[Cf. F. dépossession.]
1.
The act of putting out of possession; the state of being dispossessed.
Bp. Hall.

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


word: Disposure
definition:
Disposure

Dis*po"sure
(?)
n.
[From Dispose.]
1.
The act of disposing; power to dispose of; disposal; direction.

Give up
My estate to his disposure.
Massinger.

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

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


word: Dispraise
definition:
Dispraise

Dis*praise"
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Dispraised (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Dispraising.]
[OE. dispreisen, OF. desprisier, despreisier, F. dépriser; pref. des- (L. dis-) + prisier, F. priser, to prize, praise. See Praise, and cf. Disprize, Depreciate.]
To withdraw praise from; to notice with disapprobation or some degree of censure; to disparage; to blame.

Dispraising the power of his adversaries.
Chaucer.

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


word: Dispraise₂
definition:
Dispraise

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

In praise and in dispraise the same.
Tennyson.


word: Dispread
definition:
Dispread

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


word: Dispread₂
definition:
Dispread

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

While tyrant Heat, dispreading through the sky.
Thomson.


word: Dispreader
definition:
Dispreader

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

Dispreaders both of vice and error.
Milton.


word: Disprince
definition:
Disprince

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

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


word: Disprofess
definition:
Disprofess

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

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


word: Disprofit₂
definition:
Disprofit

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


word: Disproof
definition:
Disproof

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

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


word: Disproperty
definition:
Disproperty

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


word: Disproportion
definition:
Disproportion

Dis`pro*por"tion
(?)
n.
[Pref. dis- + proportion: cf. F. disproportion.]
1.
Want of proportion in form or quantity; lack of symmetry; as, the arm may be in disproportion to the body; the disproportion of the length of a building to its height.

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


word: Disproportion₂
definition:
Disproportion

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

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

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


word: Disproportionable
definition:
Disproportionable

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


word: Disproportional
definition:
Disproportional

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


word: Disproportionality
definition:
Disproportionality

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


word: Disproportionally
definition:
Disproportionally

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


word: Disproportionate
definition:
Disproportionate

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


word: Dispropriate
definition:
Dispropriate

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


word: Disprove
definition:
Disprove

Dis*prove"
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Disproved (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Disproving.]
[Pref. dis- + prove: cf. OF. desprover.]
1.
To prove to be false or erroneous; to confute; to refute.

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

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


word: Dispunct
definition:
Dispunct

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

That were dispunct to the ladies.
B. Jonson.


word: Dispunge
definition:
Dispunge

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


word: Dispurpose
definition:
Dispurpose

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


word: Dispurvey
definition:
Dispurvey

Dis`pur*vey"
(?)
v. t.
[Pref. dis- + purvey: cf. OF. desporveoir, F. dépourvoir.]
To disfurnish; to strip.
[Obs.]
Heywood.


word: Disputable
definition:
Disputable

Dis`pu*ta*ble
(?; 277)
a.
[L. disputabilis: cf. F. disputable. See Dispute, v. i.]
1.
Capable of being disputed; liable to be called in question, controverted, or contested; or doubtful certainty or propriety; controvertible; as, disputable opinions, propositions, points, or questions.

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

2.
Disputatious; contentious.
[Obs.]
Shak.


word: disputant
definition:
disputant

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


word: disputant₂
definition:
disputant

dis"pu*tant
n.
One who disputes; one who argues in opposition to another; one appointed to dispute; a controvertist; a reasoner in opposition.

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


word: Disputation
definition:
Disputation

Dis`pu*ta"tion
(?)
n.
[OE. desputeson, disputacion, OF. desputeison, F. disputation, fr. L. disputatio. See Dispute, v. i.]
1.
The act of disputing; a reasoning or argumentation in opposition to something, or on opposite sides; controversy in words; verbal contest respecting the truth of some fact, opinion, proposition, or argument.

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


word: Disputatious
definition:
Disputatious

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

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


word: Disputative
definition:
Disputative

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


word: Dispute
definition:
Dispute

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

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


word: Dispute₂
definition:
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.


word: Dispute₃
definition:
Dispute

Dis*pute"
n.
[Cf. F. dispute. See Dispute, v. i.]
1.
Verbal controversy; contest by opposing argument or expression of opposing views or claims; controversial discussion; altercation; debate.

Addicted more
To contemplation and profound dispute.
Milton.

2.
Contest; struggle; quarrel.
De Foe.

Beyond dispute, Without dispute, indisputably; incontrovertibly.


word: Disputer
definition:
Disputer

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

Where is the disputer of this world?
1 Cor. i. 20.


word: Disqualification
definition:
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.


word: disqualified
definition:
disqualified

dis*qual"i*fied
(dĭs*kw&obreve_;l"ĭ*fīd)
adj.
1.
rendered ineligible by law or rule or provision; as, disqualified from voting.

2.
(Sports)
barred from competition for violation of rules; as, a disqualified player.


word: disqualify
definition:
disqualify

dis*qual"i*fy
(dĭs*kw&obreve_;l"ĭ*fī)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Disqualified (dĭs*kw&obreve_;l"ĭ*fīd); 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.


word: Disquiet₂
definition:
Disquiet

Dis*qui"et
n.
Want of quiet; want of tranquility in body or mind; uneasiness; restlessness; disturbance; anxiety.
Swift.


word: Disquiet₃
definition:
Disquiet

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


word: Disquietal
definition:
Disquietal

Dis*qui"et*al
(?)
n.
The act of disquieting; a state of disquiet.
[Obs.]

[It] roars and strives 'gainst its disquietal.
Dr. H. More.


word: Disquietly
definition:
Disquietly

Dis*qui"et*ly
adv.
In a disquiet manner; uneasily; as, he rested disquietly that night.
[R.]
Wiseman.


word: Disquietment
definition:
Disquietment

Dis*qui"et*ment
(?)
n.
State of being disquieted; uneasiness; harassment.
[R.]
Hopkins.


word: Disquietness
definition:
Disquietness

Dis*qui"et*ness
n.
Disturbance of quiet in body or mind; restlessness; uneasiness.
Hooker.


word: Disquietous
definition:
Disquietous

Dis*qui"et*ous
(?)
a.
Causing uneasiness.
[R.]

So distasteful and disquietous to a number of men.
Milton.


word: Disquiettude
definition:
Disquiettude

Dis*qui"et*tude
(?)
n.
Want of peace or tranquility; uneasiness; disturbance; agitation; anxiety.

Fears and disquietude, and unavoidable anxieties of mind.
Abp. Sharp.


word: Disquisition
definition:
Disquisition

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


word: Disquisitional
definition:
Disquisitional

Dis`qui*si"tion*al
(?)
a.
Pertaining to disquisition; of the nature of disquisition.


word: Disquisitive
definition:
Disquisitive

Dis*quis"i*tive
(?)
a.
Relating to disquisition; fond of discussion or investigation; examining; inquisitive.


word: Disrange
definition:
Disrange

Dis*range"
(?)
v. t.
[Pref. dis- + range: cf. OF. desrengier, F. dérangier. See Derange, Disrank.]
To disarrange.
[Obs.]
Wood.


word: Disrank
definition:
Disrank

Dis*rank"
(?; see Dis-)
v. t.
[Cf. Derange.]
1.
To degrade from rank.
[Obs.]

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


word: disregard
definition:
disregard

dis`re*gard"
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. disregarded; p. pr. & vb. n. disregarding.]
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.


word: Disregard
definition:
Disregard

Dis`re*gard"
n.
The act of disregarding, or the state of being disregarded; intentional neglect; omission of notice; want of attention; slight.

The disregard of experience.
Whewell.


word: Disrelish
definition:
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.


word: Disrelish₂
definition:
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.


word: Disrepair
definition:
Disrepair

Dis`re*pair"
(?)
n.
A state of being in bad condition, and needing repair.

The fortifications were ancient and in disrepair.
Sir W. Scott.


word: Disreputable
definition:
Disreputable

Dis*rep"u*ta*ble
(?)
a.
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.


word: Disreputation
definition:
Disreputation

Dis*rep`u*ta"tion
(?)
n.
Loss or want of reputation or good name; dishonor; disrepute; disesteem.
disreputation
Jer. Taylor.


word: Disrepute
definition:
Disrepute

Dis`re*pute"
(?)
n.
Loss or want of reputation; ill character; disesteem; discredit.

At the beginning of the eighteenth century astrology fell into general disrepute.
Sir W. Scott.


word: Disrepute₂
definition:
Disrepute

Dis`re*pute"
v. t.
To bring into disreputation; to hold in dishonor.
[R.]

More inclined to love them than to disrepute them.
Jer. Taylor.


word: Disrespect
definition:
Disrespect

Dis`re*spect"
(?)
n.
Want of respect or reverence; disesteem; incivility; discourtesy.

Impatience of bearing the least affront or disrespect.
Pope.


word: Disrespect₂
definition:
Disrespect

Dis`re*spect"
v. t.
To show disrespect to.

We have disrespected and slighted God.
Comber.


word: Disrespectful
definition:
Disrespectful

Dis`re*spect"ful
(?)
a.
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.


word: Disreverence
definition:
Disreverence

Dis*rev"er*ence
(?)
v. t.
To treat irreverently or with disrespect.
[Obs.]
Sir T. More.


word: Disrobe
definition:
Disrobe

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


word: Disroot
definition:
Disroot

Dis*root"
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Disrooted; p. pr. & vb. n. Disrooting.]
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.


word: Disrupt
definition:
Disrupt

Dis*rupt"
(?)
a.
[L. disruptus, diruptus, p. p. of disrumpere, to break or burst asunder; dis- + rumpere to break, burst. See Rupture.]
Rent off; torn asunder; severed; disrupted.


word: disrupt
definition:
disrupt

dis*rupt"
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Disrupted; p. pr. & vb. n. Disrupting.]
1.
To break asunder; to rend.
Thomson.

2.
to destroy the continuity of, usually temporarily; as, electrical power was disrupted by the hurricane.

3.
To interfere with or halt, especially by causing a lack of order; as, the shouting of the demonstrators disrupted the meeting.


word: disrupted
definition:
disrupted

disrupted
adj.
Not continuous in time or space.  Opposite of continuous.

Syn. -- disconnected, discontinuous, noncontinuous.


word: Disruption
definition:
Disruption

Dis*rup"tion
(?)
n.
[L. disruptio, diruptio.]
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.


word: Disruptive
definition:
Disruptive

Dis*rupt"ive
(?)
a.
Causing, or tending to cause, disruption; caused by disruption; breaking through; bursting; as, the disruptive discharge of an electrical battery.
Nichol.


word: Dissatisfaction
definition:
Dissatisfaction

Dis*sat`is*fac"tion
(?)
n.
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.


word: Dissatisfactory
definition:
Dissatisfactory

Dis*sat`is*fac"to*ry
(?)
a.
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.


word: Dissatisfy
definition:
Dissatisfy

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


word: Dissect
definition:
Dissect

Dis*sect"
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Dissected; p. pr. & vb. n. Dissecting.]
[L. dissectus, p. p. of dissecare; dis- + secare to cut. See Section.]
1.
(Anat.)
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.


word: Dissected
definition:
Dissected

Dis*sect"ed
(?)
a.
1.
Cut into several parts; divided into sections; as, a dissected map.

2.
(Bot.)
Cut deeply into many lobes or divisions; as, a dissected leaf.


word: Dissecting
definition:
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.


word: Dissection
definition:
Dissection

Dis*sec"tion
(?)
n.
[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.


word: Disseize
definition:
Disseize

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


word: Disseizee
definition:
Disseizee

Dis`sei*zee"
(?)
n.
(Law)
A person disseized, or put out of possession of an estate unlawfully; -- correlative to disseizor.
[Written also disseisee.]


word: Disseizin
definition:
Disseizin

Dis*sei"zin
(?)
n.
[OF. dessaisine.]
(Law)
The act of disseizing; an unlawful dispossessing and ouster of a person actually seized of the freehold.
[Written also disseisin.]
Blackstone.


word: Disseizor
definition:
Disseizor

Dis*sei"zor
(?)
n.
(Law)
One who wrongfully disseizes, or puts another out of possession of a freehold.
[Written also disseisor.]
Blackstone.


word: Dissemblance
definition:
Dissemblance

Dis*sem"blance
(?)
n.
[Cf. F. dissemblance. See Dissemble.]
Want of resemblance; dissimilitude.
[R.]
Osborne.


word: Dissemblance₂
definition:
Dissemblance

Dis*sem"blance
n.
[Dissemble + -ance.]
The act or art of dissembling; dissimulation.
[Obs.]


word: Dissemble
definition:
Dissemble

Dis*sem"ble
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Dissembled; p. pr. & vb. n. Dissembling (?).]
[OF. dissembler to be dissimilar; pref. dis- (L. dis-) + F. sembler to seem, L. simulare to simulate; cf. L. dissimulare to dissemble. See Simulate, and cf. Dissimulate.]
1.
To hide under a false semblance or seeming; to feign (something) not to be what it really is; to put an untrue appearance upon; to disguise; to mask.

Dissemble all your griefs and discontents.
Shak.

Perhaps it was right to dissemble your love,
But -- why did you kick me down stairs?
J. P. Kemble.

2.
To put on the semblance of; to make pretense of; to simulate; to feign.

He soon dissembled a sleep.
Tatler.


word: Dissemble₂
definition:
Dissemble

Dis*sem"ble
v. i.
To conceal the real fact, motives, intention, or sentiments, under some pretense; to assume a false appearance; to act the hypocrite.

He that hateth dissembleth with his lips.
Prov. xxvi. 24.

He [an enemy] dissembles when he assumes an air of friendship.
C. J. Smith.


word: Dissembler
definition:
Dissembler

Dis*sem"bler
(?)
n.
One who dissembles; one who conceals his opinions or dispositions under a false appearance; a hypocrite.

It is the weakest sort of politicians that are the greatest dissemblers.
Bacon.

Priests, princes, women, no dissemblers here.
Pope.


word: Disseminate
definition:
Disseminate

Dis*sem"i*nate
(?)
v. t. & i.
[imp. & p. p. Disseminated; p. pr. & vb. n. Disseminating.]
[L. disseminatus, p. p. of disseminare to disseminate; dis- + seminare to sow, semen seed. See Seminary.]
1.
to spread around widely; to sow broadcast or as seed; to scatter for growth and propagation, like seed; to spread abroad; to diffuse; as, principles, ideas, opinions, and errors are disseminated when they are spread abroad for propagation.

2.
To spread or extend by dispersion.

A nearly uniform and constant fire or heat disseminated throughout the body of the earth.
Woodward.


word: disseminated
definition:
disseminated

dis*sem"i*na`ted
(?)
p. a.
(Min.)
Occurring in small portions scattered through some other substance; scattered widely.


word: disseminating
definition:
disseminating

disseminating
adj.
serving to diffuse, disseminate, or disperse.

Syn. -- diffusing(prenominal), diffusive, dispersive, disseminative, scattering, spreading.


word: dissemination
definition:
dissemination

dis*sem`i*na"tion
(?)
n.
[L. disseminatio: cf. F. dissémination.]
The act of disseminating, or the state of being disseminated; diffusion for propagation and permanence; a scattering or spreading abroad, as of ideas, beliefs, etc.

The universal dissemination of those writings.
Wayland.


word: disseminative
definition:
disseminative

dis*sem"i*na*tive
(?)
a.
Tending to disseminate, or to become disseminated.

The effect of heresy is, like the plague, infectious and disseminative.
Jer. Taylor.


word: Disseminator
definition:
Disseminator

Dis*sem"i*na`tor
(?)
n.
[L.]
One who, or that which, disseminates, spreads, or propagates; as, disseminators of disease.


word: Dissension
definition:
Dissension

Dis*sen"sion
(?)
n.
[L. dissensio: cf. F. dissension. See Dissent.]
Disagreement in opinion, usually of a violent character, producing warm debates or angry words; contention in words; partisan and contentious divisions; breach of friendship and union; strife; discord; quarrel.

Paul and Barnabas had no small dissension and disputation with them.
Acts xv. 2.

Debates, dissension, uproars are thy joy.
Dryden.

A seditious person and raiser-up of dissension among the people.
Robynson (More's Utopia).


word: Dissensious
definition:
Dissensious

Dis*sen"sious
(?)
a.
Disposed to discord; contentious; dissentious.
[R.]
Ascham.
Dis*sen"sious*ly, adv.
Chapman.


word: Dissent
definition:
Dissent

Dis*sent"
(?)
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Dissented; p. pr. & vb. n. Dissenting.]
[L. dissentire, dissentum; dis- + sentire to feel, think. See Sense.]
1.
To differ in opinion; to be of unlike or contrary sentiment; to disagree; -- followed by from.

The bill passed . . . without a dissenting voice.
Hallam.

Opinions in which multitudes of men dissent from us.
Addison.

2.
(Eccl.)
To differ from an established church in regard to doctrines, rites, or government.

3.
To differ; to be of a contrary nature.
Hooker.


word: Dissent₂
definition:
Dissent

Dis*sent"
n.
1.
The act of dissenting; difference of opinion; refusal to adopt something proposed; nonagreement, nonconcurrence, or disagreement.

The dissent of no small number [of peers] is frequently recorded.
Hallam.

2.
(Eccl.)
Separation from an established church, especially that of England; nonconformity.

It is the dissidence of dissent and the protestantism of the Protestant religion.
Burke.

3.
Contrariety of nature; diversity in quality.
[Obs.]

The dissent of the metals.
Bacon.


word: Dissentaneous
definition:
Dissentaneous

Dis`sen*ta"ne*ous
(?)
a.
[L. dissentaneus.]
Disagreeing; contrary; differing; -- opposed to consentaneous.
[R.]
Barrow.


word: Dissenter
definition:
Dissenter

Dis*sent"er
(?)
n.
1.
One who dissents; one who differs in opinion, or declares his disagreement.

2.
(Eccl.)
One who separates from the service and worship of an established church; especially, one who disputes the authority or tenets of the Church of England; a nonconformist.

Dissenters from the establishment of their several countries.
Burke.

Robert Brown is said to have the first formal dissenter.
Shipley.

&hand_; “The word is commonly applied only to Protestants. The Roman Catholics are generally referred to as a distinct class.”
Brande & C.


word: Dissentient
definition:
Dissentient

Dis*sen"tient
(?)
a.
[L. dissentiens, p. pr. of dissentire. See Dissent, v. i.]
Disagreeing; declaring dissent; dissenting.
n. One who dissents.
Macaulay.


word: dissenting
definition:
dissenting

dissenting
adj.
disagreeing, especially with a majority.

Syn. -- dissentient, dissident.


word: Dissentious
definition:
Dissentious

Dis*sen"tious
(?)
a.
Marked by dissensions; apt to breed discord; quarrelsome; contentious; factious.
Dis*sen"tious*ly, adv.


word: Dissepiment
definition:
Dissepiment

Dis*sep"i*ment
(?)
n.
[L. dissaepimentum, fr. dissaepire; dis- + saepire to hedge in, inclose.]
1.
A separating tissue; a partition; a septum.

2.
(Bot.)
One of the partitions which divide a compound ovary into cells.

3.
(Zool.)
One of the transverse, calcareous partitions between the radiating septa of a coral.


word: Dissert
definition:
Dissert

Dis*sert"
(?)
v. i.
[L. dissertus, p. p. of disserere; dis- + serere to join, connect: cf. F. disserter. See Series.]
To discourse or dispute; to discuss.
[R.]

We have disserted upon it a little longer than was necessary.
Jeffrey.


word: Dissertate
definition:
Dissertate

Dis"ser*tate
(?)
v. i.
[L. dissertatus, p. p. of dissertare to discuss, intents, fr. disserere. See Dissert.]
To deal in dissertation; to write dissertations; to discourse.
[R.]
J. Foster.


word: Dissertation
definition:
Dissertation

Dis`ser*ta"tion
(?)
n.
[L. dissertatio: cf. F. dissertation.]
A formal or elaborate argumentative discourse, oral or written; a disquisition; an essay; a discussion; as, Dissertations on the Prophecies.


word: Dissertator
definition:
Dissertator

Dis"ser*ta`tor
(?)
n.
[L.: cf. F. dissertateur.]
One who writers a dissertation; one who discourses.
Boyle.


word: Disserve
definition:
Disserve

Dis*serve"
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Disserved (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Disserving.]
[Pref. dis- + serve: cf. F. desservir.]
To fail to serve; to do injury or mischief to; to damage; to hurt; to harm.

Have neither served nor disserved the interests of any party.
Jer. Taylor.


word: Disservice
definition:
Disservice

Dis*serv"ice
(?)
n.
[Pref. dis- + service: cf. F. desservice.]
Injury; mischief.

We shall rather perform good offices unto truth than any disservice unto their relators.
Sir T. Browne.


word: Disserviceable
definition:
Disserviceable

Dis*serv"ice*a*ble
(?)
a.
Calculated to do disservice or harm; not serviceable; injurious; harmful; unserviceable.
Shaftesbury.
Dis*serv"ice*a*ble*ness, n. Norris. -- Dis*serv"ice*a*bly, adv.


word: Dissettlement
definition:
Dissettlement

Dis*set"tle*ment
(?)
n.
The act of unsettling, or the state of being unsettled.
Marvell.


word: Dissever
definition:
Dissever

Dis*sev"er
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Dissevered (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Dissevering.]
[OE. dessevrer; pref. des- (L. dis-) + sevrer to sever, F. sevrer to wean, L. separate to separate. In this word the prefix is intensive. See Dis-, and Sever.]
To part in two; to sever thoroughly; to sunder; to disunite; to separate; to disperse.

The storm so dissevered the company . . . that most of therm never met again.
Sir P. Sidney.

States disserved, discordant, belligerent.
D. Webster.


word: Dissidence
definition:
Dissidence

Dis"si*dence
(?)
n.
[L. dissidentia: cf. F. dissidence. See Dissident, a.]
Disagreement; dissent; separation from the established religion.
I. Taylor.

It is the dissidence of dissent.
Burke.


word: Dissident
definition:
Dissident

Dis"si*dent
(?)
a.
[L. dissidens, -entis, p. pr. of dissidere to sit apart, to disagree; dis- + sedere to sit: cf. F. dissident. See Sit.]
No agreeing; dissenting; discordant; different.

Our life and manners be dissident from theirs.
Robynson (More's Utopia).


word: Dissident₂
definition:
Dissident

Dis"si*dent
n.
(Eccl.)
One who disagrees or dissents; one who separates from the established religion.

The dissident, habituated and taught to think of his dissidenc_; as a laudable and necessary opposition to ecclesiastical usurpation.
I. Taylor.


word: Dissiliency
definition:
Dissiliency

Dissilience

{ Dis*sil"i*ence (?; 106), Dis*sil"i*en*cy (?), }
n.
The act of leaping or starting asunder.
Johnson.


word: Dissilient
definition:
Dissilient

Dis*sil"i*ent
(?)
a.
[L. dissiliens, -entis, p. pr. of dissilire to leap asunder: dis- + salire to leap.]
Starting asunder; bursting and opening with an elastic force; dehiscing explosively; as, a dissilient pericarp.


word: Dissimilar
definition:
Dissimilar

Dis*sim"i*lar
(?)
a.
[Pref. dis- + similar: cf. F. dissimilaire.]
Not similar; unlike; heterogeneous; as, the tempers of men are as dissimilar as their features.

This part very dissimilar to any other.
Boyle.


word: Dissimilarity
definition:
Dissimilarity

Dis*sim`i*lar"i*ty
(?)
n.
Want of resemblance; unlikeness; dissimilitude; variety; as, the dissimilarity of human faces and forms.
Sir W. Jones.


word: Dissimilarly
definition:
Dissimilarly

Dis*sim"i*lar*ly
(?)
adv.
In a dissimilar manner; in a varied style.

With verdant shrubs dissimilarly gay.
C. Smart.


word: Dissimile
definition:
Dissimile

Dis*sim"i*le
(?)
n.
[L. dissimile, neut. of dissimilis unlike.]
(Rhet.)
Comparison or illustration by contraries.


word: Dissimilitude
definition:
Dissimilitude

Dis`si*mil"i*tude
(?)
n.
[L. dissimilitudo, fr. dissimilis: cf. F. dissimilitude.]
1.
Want of resemblance; unlikeness; dissimilarity.

Dissimilitude between the Divinity and images.
Stillingfleet.

2.
(Rhet.)
A comparison by contrast; a dissimile.


word: Dissimulate
definition:
Dissimulate

Dis*sim"u*late
(?)
a.
[L. dissimulatus, p. p. of dissimulare. See Dissemble.]
Feigning; simulating; pretending.
[Obs.]
Henryson.


word: dissimulating
definition:
dissimulating

dissimulating
adj.
concealing under a false appearance with the intent to deceive.

Syn. -- dissembling, dissimulative.


word: dissimulation
definition:
dissimulation

dis*sim`u*la"tion
(?)
n.
[L. dissimulatio: cf. F. dissimulation.]
The act of dissembling; a hiding under a false appearance; concealment by feigning; false pretension; hypocrisy.

Let love be without dissimulation.
Rom. xii. 9.

Dissimulation . . . when a man lets fall signs and arguments that he is not that he is.
Bacon.

Simulation is a pretense of what is not, and dissimulation a concealment of what is.
Tatler.


word: Dissimule
definition:
Dissimule

Dis*sim"ule
(?)
v. t. & i.
[F. dissimuler. See Dissimulate.]
To dissemble.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.


word: Dissipable
definition:
Dissipable

Dis"si*pa*ble
(?)
a.
[L. dissipabilis.]
Capable of being scattered or dissipated.
[R.]

The heat of those plants is very dissipable.
Bacon.


word: dissipate
definition:
dissipate

dis"si*pate
(dĭs"sĭ*pāt)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Dissipated; p. pr. & vb. n. Dissipating.]
[L. dissipatus, p. p. of dissipare; dis- + an obsolete verb sipare, supare. to throw.]
1.
To scatter completely; to disperse and cause to disappear; -- used esp. of the dispersion of things that can never again be collected or restored.

Dissipated those foggy mists of error.
Selden.

I soon dissipated his fears.
Cook.

The extreme tendency of civilization is to dissipate all intellectual energy.
Hazlitt.

2.
To destroy by wasteful extravagance or lavish use; to squander.

The vast wealth . . . was in three years dissipated.
Bp. Burnet.


word: Dissipate
definition:
Dissipate

Dis"si*pate
v. i.
1.
To separate into parts and disappear; to waste away; to scatter; to disperse; to vanish; as, a fog or cloud gradually dissipates before the rays or heat of the sun; the heat of a body dissipates.

2.
To be extravagant, wasteful, or dissolute in the pursuit of pleasure; to engage in dissipation.


word: Dissipated
definition:
Dissipated

Dis"si*pa`ted
(dĭs"sĭ*pā`tĕd)
a.
1.
Squandered; scattered.
Dissipated
Johnson.

2.
Wasteful of health, money, etc., in the pursuit of pleasure; dissolute; intemperate.

A life irregular and dissipated.
Johnson.


word: Dissipation
definition:
Dissipation

Dis`si*pa"tion
(dĭs`sĭ*pā"shŭn)
n.
[L. dissipatio: cf. F. dissipation.]
1.
The act of dissipating or dispersing; a state of dispersion or separation; dispersion; waste.

Without loss or dissipation of the matter.
Bacon.

The famous dissipation of mankind.
Sir M. Hale.

2.
A dissolute course of life, in which health, money, etc., are squandered in pursuit of pleasure; profuseness in vicious indulgence, as late hours, riotous living, etc.; dissoluteness.

To reclaim the spendthrift from his dissipation and extravagance.
P. Henry.

3.
A trifle which wastes time or distracts attention.

Prevented from finishing them [the letters] a thousand avocations and dissipations.
Swift.

Dissipation of energy. Same as Degradation of energy, under Degradation.


word: dissipative
definition:
dissipative

dis"si*pa*tive
(dĭs"sĭ*pa̝*tĭv)
a.
Tending to dissipate.

Dissipative system (Mech.), an assumed system of matter and motions in which forces of friction and resistances of other kinds are introduced without regard to the heat or other molecular actions which they generate; -- opposed to conservative system.


word: Dissipativity
definition:
Dissipativity

Dis`si*pa*tiv"i*ty
(dĭs`sĭ*pȧ*tĭv"ĭ*t&ybreve_;)
n.
The rate at which palpable energy is dissipated away into other forms of energy.


word: Dissite
definition:
Dissite

Dis"site
(?)
a.
[L. dissitus.]
Lying apart.
[Obs.]

Lands far dissite and remote asunder.
Holland.


word: Disslander
definition:
Disslander

Dis*slan"der
(?)
v. t.
[Pref. dis- (intens.) + slander.]
To slander.
[Obs.]
Legend of Dido.


word: Dissociable
definition:
Dissociable

Dis*so"cia*ble
(?)
a.
[L. dissociabilis, fr. dissociare: cf. F. dissociable. See Dissociate.]
1.
Not well associated or assorted; incongruous.

They came in two and two, though matched in the most dissociable manner.
Spectator.

2.
Having a tendency to dissolve social connections; unsuitable to society; unsociable.


word: Dissocial
definition:
Dissocial

Dis*so"cial
(?)
a.
[Pref. dis- + social: cf. L. dissocialis. See Dissociate, v. t.]
Unfriendly to society; contracted; selfish; as, dissocial feelings.


word: dissociate
definition:
dissociate

dis*so"ci*ate
(dĭs*s&omacr"shĭ*āt)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Dissociated; p. pr. & vb. n. Dissociating.]
[L. dissociatus, p. p. of dissociare to dissociate; dis- + sociare to unite, associate, socius companion. See Social.]
To separate from fellowship or union; to disunite; to disjoin; as, to dissociate the particles of a concrete substance.

Before Wyclif's death in 1384, John of Gaunt had openly dissociated himself from the reformer.
A. W. Ward.


word: dissociated
definition:
dissociated

dissociated
adj.
1.
not connected or associated.

Syn. -- unconnected.

2.
(Chem.)
diffusing independently in a fluid; -- said of ions or molecules which may form relatively stable associated structures; as, the products become rapidly dissociated from the active site of the enzyme.  Opposite of associated.


word: Dissociation
definition:
Dissociation

Dis*so`ci*a"tion
(?; 106)
n.
[L. dissociatio: cf. F. dissociation.]
1.
The act of dissociating or disuniting; a state of separation; disunion.

It will add infinitely dissociation, distraction, and confusion of these confederate republics.
Burke.

2.
(Chem.)
The process by which a compound body breaks up into simpler constituents; -- said particularly of the action of heat on gaseous or volatile substances; as, the dissociation of the sulphur molecules; the dissociation of ammonium chloride into hydrochloric acid and ammonia.


word: Dissolubility
definition:
Dissolubility

Dis`so*lu*bil"i*ty
(?)
n.
The quality of being dissoluble; capacity of being dissoluble; capacity of being dissolved by heat or moisture, and converted into a fluid.


word: Dissoluble
definition:
Dissoluble

Dis"so*lu*ble
(?)
a.
[L. dissolubilis: cf. F. dissoluble. See Dissolve, and cf. Dissolvable.]
1.
Capable of being dissolved; having its parts separable by heat or moisture; convertible into a fluid.
Woodward.

2.
Capable of being disunited.


word: Dissolute
definition:
Dissolute

Dis"so*lute
(?)
a.
[L. dissolutus, p. p. of dissolvere: cf. F. dissolu. See Dissolve.]
1.
With nerves unstrung; weak.
[Obs.]
Spenser.

2.
Loosed from restraint; recklessly abandoned to sensual pleasures; esp., loose in morals and conduct; profligate; wanton; lewd; debauched.
dissolute
Motley.
3.
Specifically:
Engaging in excessive drinking, or promiscuous sexual activity.


word: Dissoluteness
definition:
Dissoluteness

Dis"so*lute*ness
n.
State or quality of being dissolute; looseness of morals and manners; addictedness to sinful pleasures; debauchery; dissipation.

Chivalry had the vices of dissoluteness.
Bancroft.


word: Dissolution
definition:
Dissolution

Dis`so*lu"tion
(?)
n.
[OE. dissolucioun dissoluteness, F. dissolution, fr. L. dissolutio, fr. dissolvere. See Dissolve.]
1.
The act of dissolving, sundering, or separating into component parts; separation.

Dissolutions of ancient amities.
Shak.

2.
Change from a solid to a fluid state; solution by heat or moisture; liquefaction; melting.

3.
Change of form by chemical agency; decomposition; resolution.

The dissolution of the compound.
South.

4.
The dispersion of an assembly by terminating its sessions; the breaking up of a partnership.

Dissolution is the civil death of Parliament.
Blackstone.

5.
The extinction of life in the human body; separation of the soul from the body; death.

We expected
Immediate dissolution.
Milton.

6.
The state of being dissolved, or of undergoing liquefaction.

A man of continual dissolution and thaw.
Shak.

7.
The new product formed by dissolving a body; a solution.
Bacon.

8.
Destruction of anything by the separation of its parts; ruin.

To make a present dissolution of the world.
Hooker.

9.
Corruption of morals; dissipation; dissoluteness.
[Obs. or R.]
Atterbury.


word: Dissolvable
definition:
Dissolvable

Dis*solv"a*ble
(?)
a.
[From Dissolve, cf. Dissoluble.]
Capable of being dissolved, or separated into component parts; capable of being liquefied; soluble.
Dis*solv"a*ble*ness, n.

Though everything which is compacted be in its own nature dissolvable.
Cudworth.

Such things as are not dissolvable by the moisture of the tongue.
Sir I. Newton.


word: Dissolvative
definition:
Dissolvative

Dis*solv"a*tive
(?)
n.
Having the power to dissolve anything; solvent.
[Obs.]
Frampton.


word: Dissolve
definition:
Dissolve

Dis*solve"
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Dissolved (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Dissolving.]
[L. dissolvere, dissolutum; dis- + solvere to loose, free. See Solve, and cf. Dissolute.]
1.
To separate into competent parts; to disorganize; to break up; hence, to bring to an end by separating the parts, sundering a relation, etc.; to terminate; to destroy; to deprive of force; as, to dissolve a partnership; to dissolve Parliament.

Lest his ungoverned rage dissolve the life.
Shak.

2.
To break the continuity of; to disconnect; to disunite; to sunder; to loosen; to undo; to separate.

Nothing can dissolve us.
Shak.

Down fell the duke, his joints dissolved asunder.
Fairfax.

For one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another.
The Declaration of Independence.

3.
To convert into a liquid by means of heat, moisture, etc.,; to melt; to liquefy; to soften.

As if the world were all dissolved to tears.
Shak.

4.
To solve; to clear up; to resolve.
Dissolved
Tennyson.

Make interpretations and dissolve doubts.
Dan. v. 16.

5.
To relax by pleasure; to make powerless.

Angels dissolved in hallelujahs lie.
Dryden.

6.
(Law)
To annul; to rescind; to discharge or release; as, to dissolve an injunction.


word: Dissolve₂
definition:
Dissolve

Dis*solve"
v. i.
1.
To waste away; to be dissipated; to be decomposed or broken up.

2.
To become fluid; to be melted; to be liquefied.

A figure
Trenched in ice, which with an hour's heat
Dissolves to water, and doth lose his form.
Shak.

3.
To fade away; to fall to nothing; to lose power.

The charm dissolves apace.
Shak.


word: dissolved
definition:
dissolved

dissolved
adj.
1.
changed from a solid to a liquid state by increase of temperature; melted.  Opposite of unmelted.

Syn. -- liquefied, liquified, melted.

2.
sundered by divorce, separation, or desertion; -- of social bonds and relations.

3.
diffused into a liquid of differing chemical composition, forming a stable solution; -- said of chemical substances.


word: dissolvent
definition:
dissolvent

dis*solv"ent
(?)
a.
[L. dissolvens, -entis, p. pr. of dissolvere.]
Having power to dissolve power to dissolve a solid body; as, the dissolvent juices of the stomach.
Ray.


word: Dissolvent
definition:
Dissolvent

Dis*solv"ent
n.
1.
That which has the power of dissolving or melting other substances, esp. by mixture with them; a menstruum; a solvent.

Melted in the crucible dissolvents.
A. Smith.

The secret treaty of December acted as an immediate dissolvent to the truce.
Mothley.

2.
(Med.)
A remedy supposed capable of dissolving concretions in the body, such as calculi, tubercles, etc.


word: Dissolver
definition:
Dissolver

Dis*solv"er
(?)
n.
One who, or that which, has power to dissolve or dissipate.

Thou kind dissolver of encroaching care.
Otway.


word: Dissolving
definition:
Dissolving

Dis*solv"ing
a.
Melting; breaking up; vanishing.
Dis*solv"ing*ly, adv.

Dissolving view, a picture which grows dim and is gradually replaced by another on the same field; -- an effect produced by magic lanterns.


word: Dissonance
definition:
Dissonance

Dis"so*nance
(?)
n.
[L. dissonantia: cf. F. dissonance.]
1.
A mingling of discordant sounds; an inharmonious combination of sounds; discord.

Filled the air with barbarous dissonance.
Milton.

2.
Want of agreement; incongruity.
Milton.


word: Dissonant
definition:
Dissonant

Dis"so*nant
(?)
a.
[L. dissonans, -antis, p. pr. of dissonare to disagree in sound, be discordant; dis- + sonare to sound: cf. F. dissonant. See Sonant.]
1.
Sounding harshly; discordant; unharmonious.

With clamor of voices dissonant and loud.
Longfellow.

2.
Disagreeing; incongruous; discrepant, -- with from or to.
dissonant
South.

What can be dissonant from reason and nature than that a man, naturally inclined to clemency, should show himself unkind and inhuman?
Hakewill.


word: Dissuade
definition:
Dissuade

Dis*suade"
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Dissuaded; p. pr. & vb. n. Dissuading.]
[L. dissuadere, dissuasum; dis- + suadere to advise, persuade: cf. F. dissuader. See Suasion.]
1.
To advise or exhort against; to try to persuade (one from a course).
[Obsolescent]

Mr. Burchell, on the contrary, dissuaded her with great ardor: and I stood neuter.
Goldsmith.

War, therefore, open or concealed, alike
My voice dissuades.
Milton.

2.
To divert by persuasion; to turn from a purpose by reasons or motives; -- with from; as, I could not dissuade him from his purpose.

I have tried what is possible to dissuade him.
Mad. D' Arblay.


word: Dissuasion
definition:
Dissuasion

Dis*sua"sion
(?)
n.
[L. dissuasio: cf. F. dissuasion. See Dissuade.]
1.
The act of dissuading; exhortation against a thing; dehortation.

In spite of all the dissuasions of his friends.
Boyle.

2.
A motive or consideration tending to dissuade; a dissuasive.


word: Dissuasive
definition:
Dissuasive

Dis*sua"sive
(?)
a.
Tending to dissuade or divert from a measure or purpose; dehortatory; as, dissuasive advice.
n. A dissuasive argument or counsel; dissuasion; dehortation. Prynne.
Dis*sua"sive*ly, adv.


word: Dissuasory
definition:
Dissuasory

Dis*sua"so*ry
(?)
n.
A dissuasive.
[R.]

This virtuous and reasonable person, however, has ill luck in all his dissuasories.
Jeffrey.


word: Dissunder
definition:
Dissunder

Dis*sun"der
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Dissundered (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Dissundering.]
[Pref. dis- (intens) + sunder.]
To separate; to sunder; to destroy.
[R.]
Chapman.


word: Dissyllabic
definition:
Dissyllabic

Dis`syl*lab"ic
(dĭs`sĭl*lăb"ĭk)
a.
[Cf. F. dissyllabique. See Dissylable.]
Consisting of two syllables only; as, a dissyllabic foot in poetry.
B. Jonson.


word: Dissyllabify
definition:
Dissyllabify

Dis`syl*lab"i*fy
(?)
v. t.
[Dissyllable + -fly.]
To form into two syllables.
Ogilvie.


word: Dissyllable
definition:
Dissyllable

Dis*syl"la*ble
(?; 277)
n.
[F. dissyllabe, L. disyllabus, adj., of two syllables, fr. Gr. _;; di- = di`s- twice + _; syllable. See Syllable.]
A word of two syllables; as, pa-per.


word: Dissymmetry
definition:
Dissymmetry

Dis*sym"me*try
(?)
n.
[Pref. dis- + symmetry.]
Absence or defect of symmetry; asymmetry.


word: Distad
definition:
Distad

Dis"tad
(?)
adv.
[Distal + L. ad toward.]
(Anat.)
Toward a distal part; on the distal side of; distally.


word: Distaff
definition:
Distaff

Dis"taff
(?)
n.
pl. Distaffs (#), rarely Distaves (#).
[OE. distaf, dysestafe, AS. distaef; cf. LG. diesse the bunch of flax on a distaff, and E. dizen. See Staff.]
1.
The staff for holding a bunch of flax, tow, or wool, from which the thread is drawn in spinning by hand.

I will the distaff hold; come thou and spin.
Fairfax.

2.
Used as a symbol of the holder of a distaff; hence, a woman; women, collectively.

His crown usurped, a distaff on the throne.
Dryden.

Some say the crozier, some say the distaff was too busy.
Howell.

&hand_; The plural is regular, but Distaves occurs in Beaumont & Fletcher.

Descent by distaff, descent on the mother's side. -- Distaff Day, or Distaff's Day, the morrow of the Epiphany, that is, January 7, because working at the distaff was then resumed, after the Christmas festival; -- called also Rock Day, a distaff being called a rock. Shipley.


word: Distain
definition:
Distain

Dis*tain"
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Distained (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Distaining.]
[OE. desteinen, OF. desteindre to take away the color, F. déteindre; pref. des- (L. dis-) + F. teindre to tinge, dye, L. tingere. See Tinge, and cf. Stain.]
To tinge with a different color from the natural or proper one; to stain; to discolor; to sully; to tarnish; to defile; -- used chiefly in poetry.
Distained
Spenser.

[She] hath . . . distained her honorable blood.
Spenser.

The worthiness of praise distains his worth.
Shak.


word: Distal
definition:
Distal

Dis"tal
(?)
a.
[From Distant.]
(Physiol.)
(a)
Remote from the point of attachment or origin; as, the distal end of a bone or muscle
proximal
(b)
Pertaining to that which is distal; as, the distal tuberosities of a bone.


word: Distance
definition:
Distance

Dis"tance
(?)
n.
[F. distance, L. distantia.]
1.
The space between two objects; the length of a line, especially the shortest line joining two points or things that are separate; measure of separation in place.

Every particle attracts every other with a force . . . inversely proportioned to the square of the distance.
Sir I. Newton.

2.
Remoteness of place; a remote place.

Easily managed from a distance.
W. Irving.

'T is distance lends enchantment to the view.
T. Campbell.

[He] waits at distance till he hears from Cato.
Addison.

3.
(Racing)
A space marked out in the last part of a race course.

The horse that ran the whole field out of distance.
L'Estrange.

&hand_; In trotting matches under the rules of the American Association, the distance varies with the conditions of the race, being 80 yards in races of mile heats, best two in three, and 150 yards in races of two-mile heats. At that distance from the winning post is placed the distance post. If any horse has not reached this distance post before the first horse in that heat has reached the winning post, such horse is distanced, and disqualified for running again during that race.

4.
(Mil.)
Relative space, between troops in ranks, measured from front to rear; -- contrasted with interval, which is measured from right to left.
Distance
Farrow.

5.
Space between two antagonists in fencing.
Shak.

6.
(Painting)
The part of a picture which contains the representation of those objects which are the farthest away, esp. in a landscape.

&hand_; In a picture, the Middle distance is the central portion between the foreground and the distance or the extreme distance. In a perspective drawing, the Point of distance is the point where the visual rays meet.

7.
Ideal disjunction; discrepancy; contrariety.
Locke.

8.
Length or interval of time; period, past or future, between two eras or events.

Ten years' distance between one and the other.
Prior.

The writings of Euclid at the distance of two thousand years.
Playfair.

9.
The remoteness or reserve which respect requires; hence, respect; ceremoniousness.

I hope your modesty
Will know what distance to the crown is due.
Dryden.

'T is by respect and distance that authority is upheld.
Atterbury.

10.
A withholding of intimacy; alienation; coldness; disagreement; variance; restraint; reserve.

Setting them [factions] at distance, or at least distrust amongst themselves.
Bacon.

On the part of Heaven,
Now alienated, distance and distaste.
Milton.

11.
Remoteness in succession or relation; as, the distance between a descendant and his ancestor.

12.
(Mus.)
The interval between two notes; as, the distance of a fourth or seventh.

Angular distance, the distance made at the eye by lines drawn from the eye to two objects. -- Lunar distance. See under Lunar. -- North polar distance (Astron.), the distance on the heavens of a heavenly body from the north pole. It is the complement of the declination. -- Zenith distance (Astron.), the arc on the heavens from a heavenly body to the zenith of the observer. It is the complement of the altitude. -- To keep one's distance, to stand aloof; to refrain from familiarity.

If a man makes me keep my distance, the comfort is he keeps his at the same time.
Swift.


word: Distance₂
definition:
Distance

Dis"tance
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Distanced (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Distancing (?).]
1.
To place at a distance or remotely.

I heard nothing thereof at Oxford, being then miles distanced thence.
Fuller.

2.
To cause to appear as if at a distance; to make seem remote.

His peculiar art of distancing an object to aggrandize his space.
H. Miller.

3.
To outstrip by as much as a distance (see Distance, n., 3); to leave far behind; to surpass greatly.

He distanced the most skillful of his contemporaries.
Milner.


word: Distant
definition:
Distant

Dis"tant
(?)
a.
[F., fr. L. distans, -antis, p. pr. of distare to stand apart, be separate or distant; dis- + stare to stand. See Stand.]
1.
Separated; having an intervening space; at a distance; away.

One board had two tenons, equally distant.
Ex. xxxvi. 22.

Diana's temple is not distant far.
Shak.

2.
Far separated; far off; not near; remote; -- in place, time, consanguinity, or connection; as, distant times; distant relatives.

The success of these distant enterprises.
Prescott.

3.
Reserved or repelling in manners; cold; not cordial; somewhat haughty; as, a distant manner.

He passed me with a distant bow.
Goldsmith.

4.
Indistinct; faint; obscure, as from distance.

Some distant knowledge.
Shak.

A distant glimpse.
W. Irving.

5.
Not conformable; discrepant; repugnant; as, a practice so widely distant from Christianity.


word: Distaste
definition:
Distaste

Dis*taste"
(?)
n.
1.
Aversion of the taste; dislike, as of food or drink; disrelish.
Bacon.

2.
Discomfort; uneasiness.

Prosperity is not without many fears and distastes, and adversity is not without comforts and hopes.
Bacon.

3.
Alienation of affection; displeasure; anger.

On the part of Heaven,
Now alienated, distance and distaste.
Milton.


word: Distaste₂
definition:
Distaste

Dis*taste"
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Distasted; p. pr. & vb. n. Distasting.]
1.
Not to have relish or taste for; to disrelish; to loathe; to dislike.

Although my will distaste what it elected.
Shak.

2.
To offend; to disgust; to displease.
[Obs.]

He thought in no policy to distaste the English or Irish by a course of reformation, but sought to please them.
Sir J. Davies.

3.
To deprive of taste or relish; to make unsavory or distasteful.
Drayton.


word: Distaste₃
definition:
Distaste

Dis*taste"
(?)
v. i.
To be distasteful; to taste ill or disagreeable.
[Obs.]

Dangerous conceits are, in their natures, poisons,
Which at the are scarce found to distaste.
Shak.


word: Distasteful
definition:
Distasteful

Dis*taste"ful
(?)
a.
1.
Unpleasant or disgusting to the taste; nauseous; loathsome.

2.
Offensive; displeasing to the feelings; disagreeable; as, a distasteful truth.

Distasteful answer, and sometimes unfriendly actions.
Milton.

3.
Manifesting distaste or dislike; repulsive.
Distasteful
Shak.


word: Distasteive
definition:
Distasteive

Dis*taste"ive
(?)
a.
Tending to excite distaste.
[Obs.]
n. That which excites distaste or aversion.
[Obs.]
Whitlock.


word: Distemper
definition:
Distemper

Dis*tem"per
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Distempered (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Distempering.]
[OF. destemprer, destremper, to distemper, F. détremper to soak, soften, slake (lime); pref. des- (L. dis-) + OF. temprer, tremper, F. tremper, L. temperare to mingle in due proportion. See Temper, and cf. Destemprer.]
1.
To temper or mix unduly; to make disproportionate; to change the due proportions of.
[Obs.]

When . . . the humors in his body ben distempered.
Chaucer.

2.
To derange the functions of, whether bodily, mental, or spiritual; to disorder; to disease.
Shak.

The imagination, when completely distempered, is the most incurable of all disordered faculties.
Buckminster.

3.
To deprive of temper or moderation; to disturb; to ruffle; to make disaffected, ill-humored, or malignant.
Distempered
Coleridge.

4.
To intoxicate.
[R.]

The courtiers reeling,
And the duke himself, I dare not say distempered,
But kind, and in his tottering chair carousing.
Massinger.

5.
(Paint.)
To mix (colors) in the way of distemper; as, to distemper colors with size.
[R.]


word: Distemper₂
definition:
Distemper

Dis*tem"per
n.
[See Distemper, v. t., and cf. Destemprer.]
1.
An undue or unnatural temper, or disproportionate mixture of parts.
Bacon.

&hand_; This meaning and most of the following are to be referred to the Galenical doctrine of the four “humors” in man. See Humor. According to the old physicians, these humors, when unduly tempered, produce a disordered state of body and mind.

2.
Severity of climate; extreme weather, whether hot or cold.
[Obs.]

Those countries . . . under the tropic, were of a distemper uninhabitable.
Sir W. Raleigh.

3.
A morbid state of the animal system; indisposition; malady; disorder; -- at present chiefly applied to diseases of brutes; as, a distemper in dogs; the horse distemper; the horn distemper in cattle.

They heighten distempers to diseases.
Suckling.

4.
Morbid temper of the mind; undue predominance of a passion or appetite; mental derangement; bad temper; ill humor.
[Obs.]

Little faults proceeding on distemper.
Shak.

Some frenzy distemper had got into his head.
Bunyan.

5.
Political disorder; tumult.
Waller.

6.
(Paint.)
(a)
A preparation of opaque or body colors, in which the pigments are tempered or diluted with weak glue or size (cf. Tempera) instead of oil, usually for scene painting, or for walls and ceilings of rooms.
(b)
A painting done with this preparation.


word: Distemperate
definition:
Distemperate

Dis*tem"per*ate
(?)
a.
[LL. distemperatus, p. p.]
1.
Immoderate.
[Obs.]
Sir W. Raleigh.

2.
Diseased; disordered.
[Obs.]
Wodroephe.


word: Distemperature
definition:
Distemperature

Dis*tem"per*a*ture
(?; 135)
n.
1.
Bad temperature; intemperateness; excess of heat or cold, or of other qualities; as, the distemperature of the air.
[Obs.]

2.
Disorder; confusion.
Shak.

3.
Disorder of body; slight illness; distemper.

A huge infectious troop
Of pale distemperatures and foes to life.
Shak.

4.
Perturbation of mind; mental uneasiness.

Sprinkled a little patience on the heat of his distemperature.
Sir W. Scott.


word: Distend
definition:
Distend

Dis*tend"
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Distended; p. pr. & vb. n. Distending.]
[L. distendere, distentum, distensum; dis- + tendere to stretch, stretch out: cf. F. distendre to distend, détendre to unbend. See Tend, and cf. Detent.]
1.
To extend in some one direction; to lengthen out; to stretch.
[R.]

But say, what mean those colored streaks in heaven
Distended as the brow of God appeased?
Milton.

2.
To stretch out or extend in all directions; to dilate; to enlarge, as by elasticity of parts; to inflate so as to produce tension; to cause to swell; as, to distend a bladder, the stomach, etc.

The warmth distends the chinks.
Dryden.


word: Distention
definition:
Distention

Dis*ten"tion
(?)
n.
[L. distentio: cf. F. distension.]
1.
The act of distending; the act of stretching in breadth or in all directions; the state of being Distended; as, the distention of the lungs.

2.
Breadth; extent or space occupied by the thing distended.


word: Dister
definition:
Dister

Dis*ter"
(?)
v. t.
[L. dis- + terra earth, country; cf. Sp. & Pg. desterrar.]
To banish or drive from a country.
[Obs.]
Howell.


word: Disterminate
definition:
Disterminate

Dis*ter"mi*nate
(?)
a.
[L. disterminatus, p. p. of disterminare to limit. See Terminate.]
Separated by bounds.
[Obs.]
Bp. Hall.


word: Distermination
definition:
Distermination

Dis*ter`mi*na"tion
(?)
n.
[L. disterminatio.]
Separation by bounds.
[Obs.]
Hammond.


word: Disthene
definition:
Disthene

Dis"thene
(?)
n.
[Gr. di- = di`s- twice + _; force: cf. F. disthène.]
(Min.)
Cyanite or kyanite; -- so called in allusion to its unequal hardness in two different directions. See Cyanite.


word: Disthrone
definition:
Disthrone

Dis*throne"
(?)
v. t.
[Pref. dis- + throne: cf. OF. desthroner, F. détroner.]
To dethrone.
[Obs.]


word: Distich
definition:
Distich

Dis"tich
(?)
n.
[L. distichon, Gr. _;, neut. of _; with two rows, of two verses; di- = di`s- twice + _; row, verse, fr. _; to ascend; akin to AS. stīgan to ascend: cf. F. distique. See Stirrup.]
(Pros.)
A couple of verses or poetic lines making complete sense; an epigram of two verses.


word: Distichous
definition:
Distichous

Distich

{ Dis"tich (?), Dis"tich*ous (?), }
a.
[Gr. _;. See Distich, n.]
Disposed in two vertical rows; two-ranked.


word: Distill
definition:
Distill

Dis*till"
(?)
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Distilled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Distilling.]
[F. distiller, from L. destillare, destillatum; de + stillare to drop, stilla a drop, prob. fr. stiria frozen drop, icicle; prob. akin to stare, E. stand.  Cf. Still, n. & v., Instill.]
[Written also distil.]
1.
To drop; to fall in drops; to trickle.

Soft showers distilled, and suns grew warm in vain.
Pope.

2.
To flow gently, or in a small stream.

The Euphrates distilleth out of the mountains of Armenia.
Sir W. Raleigh.

3.
To practice the art of distillation.
Shak.


word: Distill₂
definition:
Distill

Dis*till"
v. t.
1.
To let fall or send down in drops.

Or o'er the glebe distill the kindly rain.
Pope.

The dew which on the tender grass
The evening had distilled.
Drayton.

2.
To obtain by distillation; to subject to a process of evaporation and subsequent condensation; to extract by distillation, as spirits, essential oil, etc.; to rectify; as, to distill brandy from wine; to distill alcoholic spirits from grain; to distill essential oils from flowers, etc.; to distill fresh water from sea water.
Distilling
Tennyson.

3.
To subject to distillation; as, to distill molasses in making rum; to distill barley, rye, corn, etc.

4.
To dissolve or melt.
[R.]

Swords by the lightning's subtle force distilled.
Addison.

5.
to extract out and present the essence of; to shorten and refine; to present the essential elements of; -- of ideas or texts.


word: Distillable
definition:
Distillable

Dis*till"a*ble
(dĭs*tĭl"ȧ*b'l)
a.
(Chem.)
Capable of being distilled; especially, capable of being distilled without chemical change or decomposition; as, alcohol is distillable; olive oil is not distillable.


word: Distillate
definition:
Distillate

Dis"till*ate
(dĭs"tĭl*a̝t or  dĭs*tĭl"a̝t)
n.
(Chem.)
The product of distillation; as, the distillate from molasses.


word: Distillation
definition:
Distillation

Dis`til*la"tion
(dĭs`tĭl*lā"shŭn)
n.
[F. distillation, L. destillatio.]
1.
The act of falling in drops, or the act of pouring out in drops.

2.
That which falls in drops.
[R.]
Johnson

3.
(Chem.)
The separation of the volatile parts of a substance from the more fixed; specifically, the operation of driving off gas or vapor from volatile liquids or solids, by heat in a retort or still, and the condensation of the products as far as possible by a cool receiver, alembic, or condenser; rectification; vaporization; condensation; as, the distillation of illuminating gas and coal, of alcohol from sour mash, or of boric acid in steam.

&hand_; The evaporation of water, its condensation into clouds, and its precipitation as rain, dew, frost, snow, or hail, is an illustration of natural distillation.

4.
The substance extracted by distilling.
Shak.

Destructive distillation (Chem.), the distillation, especially of complex solid substances, so that the ultimate constituents are separated or evolved in new compounds, -- usually requiring a high degree of heat; as, the destructive distillation of soft coal or of wood. -- Dry distillation, the distillation of substances by themselves, or without the addition of water or of other volatile solvent; as, the dry distillation of citric acid. -- Fractional distillation. (Chem.) See under Fractional.


word: Distillatory
definition:
Distillatory

Dis*til"la*to*ry
(?)
a.
[Cf. F. distillatoire.]
Belonging to, or used in, distilling; as, distillatory vessels.
n. A distillatory apparatus; a still.


word: Distiller
definition:
Distiller

Dis*till"er
(?)
n.
1.
One who distills; esp., one who extracts alcoholic liquors by distillation.

2.
The condenser of a distilling apparatus.


word: Distillery
definition:
Distillery

Dis*till"er*y
(?)
n.
pl. Distilleries (#).
[F. distillerie.]
1.
The building and works where distilling, esp. of alcoholic liquors, is carried on.

2.
The act of distilling spirits.
[R.]
Todd.


word: Distillment
definition:
Distillment

Dis*till"ment
(?)
n.
Distillation; the substance obtained by distillation.
[Obs.]
Shak.


word: Distinct
definition:
Distinct

Dis*tinct"
(?)
a.
[L. distinctus, p. p. of distinguere: cf. F. distinct. See Distinguish.]
1.
Distinguished; having the difference marked; separated by a visible sign; marked out; specified.
[Obs.]

Wherever thus created -- for no place
Is yet distinct by name.
Milton.

2.
Marked; variegated.
[Obs.]

The which [place] was dight
With divers flowers distinct with rare delight.
Spenser.

3.
Separate in place; not conjunct; not united by growth or otherwise; -- with from.

The intention was that the two armies which marched out together should afterward be distinct.
Clarendon.

4.
Not identical; different; individual.

To offend, and judge, are distinct offices.
Shak.

5.
So separated as not to be confounded with any other thing; not liable to be misunderstood; not confused; well-defined; clear; as, we have a distinct or indistinct view of a prospect.

Relation more particular and distinct.
Milton.


word: Distinction
definition:
Distinction

Dis*tinc"tion
(?)
n.
[L. distinctio: cf. F. distinction.]
1.
A marking off by visible signs; separation into parts; division.
[Obs.]

The distinction of tragedy into acts was not known.
Dryden.

2.
The act of distinguishing or denoting the differences between objects, or the qualities by which one is known from others; exercise of discernment; discrimination.

To take away therefore that error, which confusion breedeth, distinction is requisite.
Hooker.

3.
That which distinguishes one thing from another; distinguishing quality; sharply defined difference; as, the distinction between real and apparent good.

The distinction betwixt the animal kingdom and the inferior parts of matter.
Locke.

4.
Estimation of difference; regard to differences or distinguishing circumstance.

Maids, women, wives, without distinction, fall.
Dryden.

5.
Conspicuous station; eminence; superiority; honorable estimation; as, a man of distinction.

Your country's own means of distinction and defense.
D. Webster.


word: Distinctive
definition:
Distinctive

Dis*tinc"tive
(?)
a.
[Cf. F. distinctif.]
1.
Marking or expressing distinction or difference; distinguishing; characteristic; peculiar.

The distinctive character and institutions of New England.
Bancroft.

2.
Having the power to distinguish and discern; discriminating.
[Obs.]
Sir T. Browne.


word: Distinctly
definition:
Distinctly

Dis*tinct"ly
(?)
adv.
1.
With distinctness; not confusedly; without the blending of one part or thing another; clearly; plainly; as, to see distinctly.

2.
With meaning; significantly.
[Obs.]

Thou dost snore distinctly;
There's meaning in thy snores.
Shak.


word: Distinctness
definition:
Distinctness

Dis*tinct"ness
n.
1.
The quality or state of being distinct; a separation or difference that prevents confusion of parts or things.

The soul's . . . distinctness from the body.
Cudworth.

2.
Nice discrimination; hence, clearness; precision; as, he stated his arguments with great distinctness.


word: Distinguish
definition:
Distinguish

Dis*tin"guish
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Distinguished (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Distinguishing.]
[F. distinguer, L. distinguere, distinctum; di- = dis- + stinguere to quench, extinguish; prob. orig., to prick, and so akin to G. stechen, E. stick, and perh. sting.  Cf. Extinguish.]
1.
Not set apart from others by visible marks; to make distinctive or discernible by exhibiting differences; to mark off by some characteristic.

Not more distinguished by her purple vest,
Than by the charming features of her face.
Dryden.

Milton has distinguished the sweetbrier and the eglantine.
Nares.

2.
To separate by definition of terms or logical division of a subject with regard to difference; as, to distinguish sounds into high and low.

Moses distinguished the causes of the flood into those that belong to the heavens, and those that belong to the earth.
T. Burnet.

3.
To recognize or discern by marks, signs, or characteristic quality or qualities; to know and discriminate (anything) from other things with which it might be confounded; as, to distinguish the sound of a drum.

We are enabled to distinguish good from evil, as well as truth from falsehood.
Watts.

Nor more can you distinguish of a man,
Than of his outward show.
Shak.

4.
To constitute a difference; to make to differ.

Who distinguisheth thee?
1 Cor. iv. 7. (Douay version).

5.
To separate from others by a mark of honor; to make eminent or known; to confer distinction upon; -- with by or for.
distinguish
Johnson.


word: Distinguish₂
definition:
Distinguish

Dis*tin"guish
v. i.
1.
To make distinctions; to perceive the difference; to exercise discrimination; -- with between; as, a judge distinguishes between cases apparently similar, but differing in principle.

2.
To become distinguished or distinctive; to make one's self or itself discernible.
[R.]

The little embryo . . . first distinguishes into a little knot.
Jer. Taylor.


word: Distinguishable
definition:
Distinguishable

Dis*tin"guish*a*ble
(?)
a.
1.
Capable of being distinguished; separable; divisible; discernible; capable of recognition; as, a tree at a distance is distinguishable from a shrub.

A simple idea being in itself uncompounded . . . is not distinguishable into different ideas.
Locke.

2.
Worthy of note or special regard.
Swift.


word: Distinguished
definition:
Distinguished

Dis*tin"guished
(?)
a.
1.
Marked; special.

The most distinguished politeness.
Mad. D' Arblay.

2.
Separated from others by distinct difference; having, or indicating, superiority; eminent or known; illustrious; -- applied to persons and deeds.


word: Distinguisher
definition:
Distinguisher

Dis*tin"guish*er
(?)
n.
1.
One who, or that which, distinguishes or separates one thing from another by marks of diversity.
Sir T. Browne.

2.
One who discerns accurately the difference of things; a nice or judicious observer.
Dryden.


word: Distinguishing
definition:
Distinguishing

Dis*tin"guish*ing
a.
Constituting difference, or distinction from everything else; distinctive; peculiar; characteristic.

The distinguishing doctrines of our holy religion.
Locke.

Distinguishing pennant (Naut.), a special pennant by which any particular vessel in a fleet is recognized and signaled. Simmonds.


word: Distoma
definition:
Distoma

Dis"to*ma
(?)
n.
[NL., fr. Gr. di- = di`s- twice + sto`ma mouth.]
(Zool.)
A genus of parasitic, trematode worms, having two suckers for attaching themselves to the part they infest. See 1st Fluke, 2.


word: Distort
definition:
Distort

Dis*tort"
(?)
a.
[L. distortus, p. p. of distorquere to twist, distort; dis- + torquere to twist. See Torsion.]
Distorted; misshapen.
[Obs.]

Her face was ugly and her mouth distort.
Spenser.


word: Distort₂
definition:
Distort

Dis*tort"
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Distorted; p. pr. & vb. n. Distorting.]
1.
To twist of natural or regular shape; to twist aside physically; as, to distort the limbs, or the body.

Whose face was distorted with pain.
Thackeray.

2.
To force or put out of the true posture or direction; to twist aside mentally or morally.

Wrath and malice, envy and revenge, do darken and distort the understandings of men.
Tillotson.

3.
To wrest from the true meaning; to pervert; as, to distort passages of Scripture, or their meaning.


word: Distortion
definition:
Distortion

Dis*tor"tion
(?)
n.
[L. distortio: cf. F. distortion.]
1.
The act of distorting, or twisting out of natural or regular shape; a twisting or writhing motion; as, the distortions of the face or body.

2.
A wresting from the true meaning.
Bp. Wren.

3.
The state of being distorted, or twisted out of shape or out of true position; crookedness; perversion.

4.
(Med.)
An unnatural deviation of shape or position of any part of the body producing visible deformity.


word: Distract
definition:
Distract

Dis*tract"
(?)
a.
[L. distractus, p. p. of distrahere to draw asunder; dis- + trahere to draw. See Trace, and cf. Distraught.]
1.
Separated; drawn asunder.
[Obs.]

2.
Insane; mad.
[Obs.]
Drayton.


word: Distract₂
definition:
Distract

Dis*tract"
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Distracted, old p. p. Distraught; p. pr. & vb. n. Distracting.]
1.
To draw apart or away; to divide; to disjoin.

A city . . . distracted from itself.
Fuller.

2.
To draw (the sight, mind, or attention) in different directions; to perplex; to confuse; as, to distract the eye; to distract the attention.

Mixed metaphors . . . distract the imagination.
Goldsmith.

3.
To agitate by conflicting passions, or by a variety of motives or of cares; to confound; to harass.

Horror and doubt distract
His troubled thoughts.
Milton.

4.
To unsettle the reason of; to render insane; to craze; to madden; -- most frequently used in the participle, distracted.

A poor mad soul; . . . poverty hath distracted her.
Shak.


word: Distraction
definition:
Distraction

Dis*trac"tion
(?)
n.
[L. distractio: cf. F. distraction.]
1.
The act of distracting; a drawing apart; separation.

To create distractions among us.
Bp. Burnet.

2.
That which diverts attention; a diversion.
distractions
G. Eliot.

3.
A diversity of direction; detachment.
[Obs.]

His power went out in such distractions as
Beguiled all species.
Shak.

4.
State in which the attention is called in different ways; confusion; perplexity.

That ye may attend upon the Lord without distraction.
1 Cor. vii. 35.

5.
Confusion of affairs; tumult; disorder; as, political distractions.

Never was known a night of such distraction.
Dryden.

6.
Agitation from violent emotions; perturbation of mind; despair.

The distraction of the children, who saw both their parents together, would have melted the hardest heart.
Tatler.

7.
Derangement of the mind; madness.
Atterbury.


word: Distrain
definition:
Distrain

Dis*train"
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Distrained (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Distraining.]
[OE. destreinen to force, OF. destreindre to press, oppress, force, fr. L. distringere, districtum, to draw asunder, hinder, molest, LL., to punish severely; di- = stringere to draw tight, press together. See Strain, and cf. Distress, District, Distraint.]
1.
To press heavily upon; to bear down upon with violence; hence, to constrain or compel; to bind; to distress, torment, or afflict.
[Obs.]
Distrained
Chaucer.

2.
To rend; to tear.
[Obs.]

Neither guile nor force might it [a net] distrain.
Spenser.

3.
(Law)
(a)
To seize, as a pledge or indemnification; to take possession of as security for nonpayment of rent, the reparation of an injury done, etc.; to take by distress; as, to distrain goods for rent, or of an amercement.
(b)
To subject to distress; to coerce; as, to distrain a person by his goods and chattels.


word: Distrainor
definition:
Distrainor

Dis*train"or
(?)
n.
(Law)
One who distrains; the party distraining goods or chattels.
Blackstone.


word: Distraint
definition:
Distraint

Dis*traint"
(?)
n.
[OF. destrainte distress, force.]
(Law)
The act or proceeding of seizing personal property by distress.
Abbott.


word: Distraught
definition:
Distraught

Dis*traught"
(?)
p. p. & a.
[OE. distract, distrauht. See Distract, a.]
1.
Torn asunder; separated.
[Obs.]
distraught
Spenser.

2.
Distracted; perplexed.
Distraught
Spenser.

As if thou wert distraught and mad with terror.
Shak.

To doubt betwixt our senses and our souls
Which are the most distraught and full of pain.
Mrs. Browning.


word: Distream
definition:
Distream

Dis*tream"
(?)
v. i.
[Pref. dis- (intens.) + stream.]
To flow.
[Poetic]

Yet o'er that virtuous blush distreams a tear.
Shenstone.


word: Distress
definition:
Distress

Dis*tress"
(?)
n.
[OE. destresse, distresse, OF. destresse, destrece, F. détresse, OF. destrecier to distress, (assumed) LL. districtiare, fr. L. districtus, p. p. of distringere. See Distrain, and cf. Stress.]
1.
Extreme pain or suffering; anguish of body or mind; as, to suffer distress from the gout, or from the loss of friends.

Not fearing death nor shrinking for distress.
Shak.

2.
That which occasions suffering; painful situation; misfortune; affliction; misery.

Affliction's sons are brothers in distress.
Burns.

3.
A state of danger or necessity; as, a ship in distress, from leaking, loss of spars, want of provisions or water, etc.

4.
(Law)
(a)
The act of distraining; the taking of a personal chattel out of the possession of a wrongdoer, by way of pledge for redress of an injury, or for the performance of a duty, as for nonpayment of rent or taxes, or for injury done by cattle, etc.
(b)
The thing taken by distraining; that which is seized to procure satisfaction.
Bouvier. Kent. Burrill.

If he were not paid, he would straight go and take a distress of goods and cattle.
Spenser.

The distress thus taken must be proportioned to the thing distrained for.
Blackstone.

Abuse of distress. (Law) See under Abuse.


word: Distress₂
definition:
Distress

Dis*tress"
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Distressed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Distressing.]
[Cf. OF. destrecier. See Distress, n.]
1.
To cause pain or anguish to; to pain; to oppress with calamity; to afflict; to harass; to make miserable.

We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed.
2 Cor. iv. 8.

2.
To compel by pain or suffering.

Men who can neither be distressed nor won into a sacrifice of duty.
A. Hamilton.

3.
(Law)
To seize for debt; to distrain.


word: distressed
definition:
distressed

distressed
adj.
1.
facing or experiencing financial trouble or difficulty; as, distressed companies need loans and technical advice.

Syn. -- hard-pressed, hard put, in a bad way(predicate), in trouble(predicate).

2.
experienceing a generalized feeling of distress.
Also See: dejected, unhappy, sad.
euphoric

Syn. -- dysphoric, unhappy.

3.
suffering severe physical strain or discomfort; as, he dropped out of the race, clearly distressed and having difficulty breathing.

Syn. -- stressed, in a bad way(predicate).

4.
emotionally upset.

Syn. -- unstrung.


word: Distressful
definition:
Distressful

Dis*tress"ful
(?)
a.
Full of distress; causing, indicating, or attended with, distress; as, a distressful situation.
distressful
Shak.
Distressful
Pope.

Syn. -- distressing.


word: Distributary
definition:
Distributary

Dis*trib"u*ta*ry
(?)
a.
Tending to distribute or be distributed; that distributes; distributive.


word: Distribute
definition:
Distribute

Dis*trib"ute
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Distributed; p. pr. & vb. n. Distributing.]
[L. distributus, p. p. of distribuere to divide, distribute; dis- + tribuere to assign, give, allot. See Tribute.]
1.
To divide among several or many; to deal out; to apportion; to allot.

She did distribute her goods to all them that were nearest of kindred.
Judith xvi. 24.

2.
To dispense; to administer; as, to distribute justice.
Shak.

3.
To divide or separate, as into classes, orders, kinds, or species; to classify; to assort, as specimens, letters, etc.

4.
(Printing)
(a)
To separate (type which has been used) and return it to the proper boxes in the cases.
(b)
To spread (ink) evenly, as upon a roller or a table.

5.
(Logic)
To employ (a term) in its whole extent; to take as universal in one premise.

A term is said to be distributed when it is taken universal, so as to stand for everything it is capable of being applied to.
Whately.


word: distributed
definition:
distributed

distributed
adj.
1.
spread from a central location to multiple points or recipients.  Opposite of concentrated.
apportioned, dealt out, doled out, meted out, parceled out
diffuse, diffused
dispensed
dispersed, spread
divided, divided up, shared, shared out  on the basis of a plan or purpose)
encyclical
rationed
scattered, widespread
sparse, thin
unfocused, unfocussed
Also See: distributive.

2.
spread among a variety of securities; -- of investments.

Syn. -- diversified.

Distributing to the necessity of saints.
Rom. xii. 13.


word: Distributer
definition:
Distributer

Dis*trib"u*ter
(?)
n.
One who, or that which, distributes or deals out anything; a dispenser.
Addison.


word: Distributing
definition:
Distributing

Dis*trib"u*ting
a.
That distributes; dealing out.

Distributing past office, an office where the mails for a large district are collected to be assorted according to their destination and forwarded.


word: Distribution
definition:
Distribution

Dis`tri*bu"tion
(?)
n.
[L. distributio: cf. F. distribution.]
1.
The act of distributing or dispensing; the act of dividing or apportioning among several or many; apportionment; as, the distribution of an estate among heirs or children.

The phenomena of geological distribution are exactly analogous to those of geography.
A. R. Wallace.

2.
Separation into parts or classes; arrangement of anything into parts; disposition; classification.

3.
That which is distributed.
distributions
Atterbury.

4.
(Logic)
A resolving a whole into its parts.

5.
(Print.)
The sorting of types and placing them in their proper boxes in the cases.

6.
(Steam Engine)
The steps or operations by which steam is supplied to and withdrawn from the cylinder at each stroke of the piston; viz., admission, suppression or cutting off, release or exhaust, and compression of exhaust steam prior to the next admission.

Geographical distribution, the natural arrangements of animals and plants in particular regions or districts.


word: Distributive
definition:
Distributive

Dis*trib"u*tive
(?)
a.
[Cf. F. distributif.]
1.
Tending to distribute; serving to divide and assign in portions; dealing to each his proper share.
Distributive
Swift.

2.
(Logic)
Assigning the species of a general term.

3.
(Gram.)
Expressing separation; denoting a taking singly, not collectively; as, a distributive adjective or pronoun, such as each, either, every; a distributive numeral, as (Latin) bini (two by two).

Distributive operation (Math.), any operation which either consists of two or more parts, or works upon two or more things, and which is such that the result of the total operation is the same as the aggregated result of the two or more partial operations. Ordinary multiplication is distributive, since a × (b + c) = ab + ac, and (a + b) × c = ac + bc. -- Distributive proportion. (Math.) See Fellowship.


word: Distributive₂
definition:
Distributive

Dis*trib"u*tive
n.
(Gram.)
A distributive adjective or pronoun; also, a distributive numeral.


word: Distributively
definition:
Distributively

Dis*trib"u*tive*ly
adv.
By distribution; singly; not collectively; in a distributive manner.


word: Distributor
definition:
Distributor

Dis*trib"u*tor
(?)
n.
[L.]
One that distributes; a distributer;
specif.
(a)
A machine for distributing type.
(b)
An appliance, as a roller, in a printing press, for distributing ink.
(c)
An apparatus for distributing an electric current, either to various points in rotation, as in some motors, or along two or more lines in parallel, as in a distributing system.


word: District
definition:
District

Dis"trict
(?)
a.
[L. districtus, p. p.]
Rigorous; stringent; harsh.
[Obs.]

Punishing with the rod of district severity.
Foxe.


word: District₂
definition:
District

Dis"trict
n.
[LL. districtus district, fr. L. districtus, p. p. of distringere: cf. F. district. See Distrain.]
1.
(Feudal Law)
The territory within which the lord has the power of coercing and punishing.

2.
A division of territory; a defined portion of a state, town, or city, etc., made for administrative, electoral, or other purposes; as, a congressional district, judicial district, land district, school district, etc.

To exercise exclusive legislation . . . over such district not exceeding ten miles square.
The Constitution of the United States.

3.
Any portion of territory of undefined extent; a region; a country; a tract.

These districts which between the tropics lie.
Blackstone.

Congressional district. See under Congressional. -- District attorney, the prosecuting officer of a district or district court. -- District court, a subordinate municipal, state, or United States tribunal, having jurisdiction in certain cases within a judicial district. -- District judge, one who presides over a district court. -- District school, a public school for the children within a school district. [U.S.]


word: District₃
definition:
District

Dis"trict
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Districted; p. pr. & vb. n. Districting.]
To divide into districts or limited portions of territory; as, legislatures district States for the choice of representatives.


word: Distriction
definition:
Distriction

Dis*tric"tion
(?)
n.
[L. districtio a stretching out.]
Sudden display; flash; glitter.
[R.]

A smile . . . breaks out with the brightest distriction.
Collier.


word: Distringas
definition:
Distringas

Dis*trin"gas
(?)
n.
[L., that you distrain, fr. distringere. See Distrain.]
(Law)
A writ commanding the sheriff to distrain a person by his goods or chattels, to compel a compliance with something required of him.


word: distrust
definition:
distrust

dis*trust"
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Distrusted; p. pr. & vb. n. Distrusting.]
[Cf. Mistrust.]
To feel absence of trust in; not to confide in or rely upon; to deem of questionable sufficiency or reality; to doubt; to be suspicious of; to mistrust.

Not distrusting my health.
2 Mac. ix. 22.

To distrust the justice of your cause.
Dryden.

He that requireth the oath doth distrust that other.
Udall.

Of all afraid,
Distrusting all, a wise, suspicious maid.
Collins.

&hand_; Mistrust has been almost wholly driven out by distrust.
T. L. K. Oliphant.


word: distrust₂
definition:
distrust

dis*trust"
n.
1.
Doubt of sufficiency, reality, or sincerity; lack of confidence, faith, or reliance; as, distrust of one's power, authority, will, purposes, schemes, etc.

2.
Suspicion of evil designs.

Alienation and distrust . . . are the growth of false principles.
D. Webster.

3.
State of being suspected; loss of trust.
Milton.


word: Distrustful
definition:
Distrustful

Dis*trust"ful
(?)
a.
1.
Not confident; diffident; wanting confidence or thrust; modest; as, distrustful of ourselves, of one's powers.

Distrustful sense with modest caution speaks.
Pope.

2.
Apt to distrust; suspicious; mistrustful.
Boyle.


word: Distrusting
definition:
Distrusting

Dis*trust"ing
a.
That distrusts; suspicious; lacking confidence in.
Dis*trust"ing*ly, adv.


word: Disturb
definition:
Disturb

Dis*turb"
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Disturbed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Disturbing.]
[OE. desturben, destourben, OF. destorber, desturber, destourber, fr. L. disturbare, disturbatum; dis- + turbare to disturb, trouble, turba disorder, tumult, crowd. See Turbid.]
1.
To throw into disorder or confusion; to derange; to interrupt the settled state of; to excite from a state of rest.

Preparing to disturb
With all-cofounding war the realms above.
Cowper.

The bellow's noise disturbed his quiet rest.
Spenser.

The utmost which the discontented colonies could do, was to disturb authority.
Burke.

2.
To agitate the mind of; to deprive of tranquillity; to disquiet; to render uneasy; as, a person is disturbed by receiving an insult, or his mind is disturbed by envy.

3.
To turn from a regular or designed course.
[Obs.]

And disturb
His inmost counsels from their destined aim.
Milton.


word: Disturbance
definition:
Disturbance

Dis*turb"ance
(?)
n.
[OF. destorbance.]
1.
An interruption of a state of peace or quiet; derangement of the regular course of things; disquiet; disorder; as, a disturbance of religious exercises; a disturbance of the galvanic current.

2.
Confusion of the mind; agitation of the feelings; perplexity; uneasiness.

Any man . . . in a state of disturbance and irritation.
Burke.

3.
Violent agitation in the body politic; public commotion; tumult.

The disturbance was made to support a general accusation against the province.
Bancroft.

4.
(Law)
The hindering or disquieting of a person in the lawful and peaceable enjoyment of his right; the interruption of a right; as, the disturbance of a franchise, of common, of ways, and the like.
Blackstone.


word: Disturbation
definition:
Disturbation

Dis`tur*ba"tion
(?)
n.
[L. disturbatio.]
Act of disturbing; disturbance.
[Obs.]
Daniel.


word: Disturber
definition:
Disturber

Dis*turb"er
(?)
n.
[Cf. OF. destorbeor.]
1.
One who, or that which, disturbs of disquiets; a violator of peace; a troubler.

A needless disturber of the peace of God's church and an author of dissension.
Hooker.

2.
(Law)
One who interrupts or incommodes another in the peaceable enjoyment of his right.


word: Disturn
definition:
Disturn

Dis*turn"
(?)
v. t.
[OF. destourner, F. détourner. See Detour.]
To turn aside.
[Obs.]
Daniel.


word: Distyle
definition:
Distyle

Dis"tyle
(?)
a.
[Gr. di- = di`s- twice + _; pillar: cf. F. distyle.]
(Arch.)
Having two columns in front; -- said of a temple, portico, or the like.

Distyle in antis, having columns between two antæ. See Anta.


word: Disulphate
definition:
Disulphate

Di*sul"phate
(?)
n.
[Pref. di- + sulphate.]
(Chem.)
(a)
A salt of disulphuric or pyrosulphuric acid; a pyrosulphate.
(b)
An acid salt of sulphuric acid, having only one equivalent of base to two of the acid.


word: Disulphide
definition:
Disulphide

Di*sul"phide
(?; 104)
n.
[Pref. di- + sulphide.]
(Chem.)
A binary compound of sulphur containing two atoms of sulphur in each molecule; -- formerly called disulphuret.  Cf. Bisulphide.


word: Disulphuric
definition:
Disulphuric

Di`sul*phu"ric
(?)
a.
[Pref. di- + sulphuric.]
(Chem.)
Applied to an acid having in each molecule two atoms of sulphur in the higher state of oxidation.

Disulphuric acid, a thick oily liquid, H2S2O7, called also Nordhausen acid (from Nordhausen in the Harts, where it was originally manufactured), fuming sulphuric acid, and especially pyrosulphuric acid. See under Pyrosulphuric.


word: Disunion
definition:
Disunion

Dis*un"ion
(?)
n.
[Pref. dis- + union: cf. F. désunion.]
1.
The termination of union; separation; disjunction; as, the disunion of the body and the soul.

2.
A breach of concord and its effect; alienation.

Such a disunion between the two houses as might much clou_; the happiness of this kingdom.
Clarendon.

3.
The termination or disruption of the union of the States forming the United States.

I have not accustomed myself to hang over the precipice of disunion.
D. Webster.


word: Disunionist
definition:
Disunionist

Dis*un"ion*ist
n.
An advocate of disunion, specifically, of disunion of the United States.


word: Disunite
definition:
Disunite

Dis`u*nite"
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Disunited; p. pr. & vb. n. Disuniting.]
1.
To destroy the union of; to divide; to part; to sever; to disjoin; to sunder; to separate; as, to disunite particles of matter.

2.
To alienate in spirit; to break the concord of.

Go on both in hand, O nations, never be disunited, be the praise . . . of all posterity!
Milton.


word: Disunite₂
definition:
Disunite

Dis`u*nite"
v. i.
To part; to fall asunder; to become separated.

The joints of the body politic do separate and disunite.
South.


word: Disusage
definition:
Disusage

Dis*us"age
(?)
n.
Gradual cessation of use or custom; neglect of use; disuse.
[R.]
Hooker.


word: Disuse
definition:
Disuse

Dis*use"
(?; see Dis-)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Disused (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Disusing.]
1.
To cease to use; to discontinue the practice of.

2.
To disaccustom; -- with to or from; as, disused to toil.
Disuse
Donne.


word: Disuse₂
definition:
Disuse

Dis*use"
(?)
n.
Cessation of use, practice, or exercise; inusitation; desuetude; as, the limbs lose their strength by disuse.

The disuse of the tongue in the only . . . remedy.
Addison.

Church discipline then fell into disuse.
Southey.


word: Disvantageous
definition:
Disvantageous

Dis`van*ta"geous
(?)
a.
[Pref. dis- + vantage.]
Disadvantageous.
[Obs.]
Disadvantageous
Drayton.


word: Diswarn
definition:
Diswarn

Dis*warn"
(?)
v. t.
[Pref. dis- (intens.) + warn.]
To dissuade from by previous warning.
[Obs.]


word: Disworship₂
definition:
Disworship

Dis*wor"ship
n.
A deprivation of honor; a cause of disgrace; a discredit.
[Obs.]
Milton.


word: Ditation
definition:
Ditation

Di*ta"tion
(?)
n.
[L. ditare to enrich, fr. dis, ditis, same as dives, rich.]
The act of making rich; enrichment.
[Obs.]
Bp. Hall.


word: Ditch
definition:
Ditch

Ditch
(?; 224)
n.
pl. Ditches (#).
[OE. dich, orig. the same word as dik. See Dike.]
1.
A trench made in the earth by digging, particularly a trench for draining wet land, for guarding or fencing inclosures, or for preventing an approach to a town or fortress. In the latter sense, it is called also a moat or a fosse.

2.
Any long, narrow receptacle for water on the surface of the earth.


word: Ditch₂
definition:
Ditch

Ditch
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Ditched (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Ditching.]
1.
To dig a ditch or ditches in; to drain by a ditch or ditches; as, to ditch moist land.

2.
To surround with a ditch.
Shak.

3.
To throw into a ditch; as, the engine was ditched and turned on its side.


word: Dite
definition:
Dite

Dite
(?)
v. t.
[See Dight.]
To prepare for action or use; to make ready; to dight.
[Obs.]

His hideous club aloft he dites.
Spenser.


word: Dithecous
definition:
Dithecous

Dithecal

{ Di*the"cal (?), Di*the"cous (?), }
a.
[Pref. di- + theca.]
(Bot.)
Having two thecæ, cells, or compartments.


word: Ditheism
definition:
Ditheism

Di"the*ism
(?)
n.
[Pref. di- + theism: cf. F. dithéisme.]
The doctrine of those who maintain the existence of two gods or of two original principles (as in Manicheism), one good and one evil; dualism.


word: Ditheistical
definition:
Ditheistical

Ditheistic

{ Di`the*is"tic (?), Di`the*is"tic*al (?), }
a.
Pertaining to ditheism; dualistic.


word: Dithionic
definition:
Dithionic

Di`thi*on"ic
(?)
a.
[Pref. di- + -thionic.]
(Chem.)
Containing two equivalents of sulphur; as, dithionic acid.

Dithionic acid (Chem.), an unstable substance, H2S2O6, known only in its solutions, and in certain well-defined salts.


word: Dithyramb
definition:
Dithyramb

Dith"y*ramb
(?)
n.
[L. dithyrambus, Gr. _; a kind of lyric poetry in honor of Bacchus; also, a name of Bacchus; of unknown origin: cf. F. dithyrambe.]
A kind of lyric poetry in honor of Bacchus, usually sung by a band of revelers to a flute accompaniment; hence, in general, a poem written in a wild irregular strain.
Bentley.


word: Dithyrambic
definition:
Dithyrambic

Dith`y*ram"bic
(?)
a.
[L. dithyrambicus, Gr. _;: cf. F. dithyrambique.]
Pertaining to, or resembling, a dithyramb; wild and boisterous.
Dithyrambic
Longfellow.
n. A dithyrambic poem; a dithyramb.


word: Ditokous
definition:
Ditokous

Di"to*kous
(?)
a.
[Gr. di- = di`s- twice + _; a bringing forth, offspring.]
(Zool.)
(a)
Having two kinds of young, as certain annelids.
(b)
Producing only two eggs for a clutch, as certain birds do.


word: Ditolyl
definition:
Ditolyl

Di*tol"yl
(?)
n.
[Pref. di- + tolyl.]
(Chem.)
A white, crystalline, aromatic hydrocarbon, C14H14, consisting of two radicals or residues of toluene.


word: Ditone
definition:
Ditone

Di"tone`
(?)
n.
[Gr. _; of two tones; di- = di`s- twice + _; tone.]
(Mus.)
The Greek major third, which comprehend two major tones (the modern major third contains one major and one minor whole tone).


word: Ditrichotomous
definition:
Ditrichotomous

Di`tri*chot"o*mous
(?)
a.
[Pref. di- + trichotomous.]
1.
Divided into twos or threes.

2.
(Bot.)
Dividing into double or treble ramifications; -- said of a leaf or stem.
[R.]
Loudon.


word: Ditrochee
definition:
Ditrochee

Di*tro"chee
(?)
n.
[L. ditrochaeus, Gr. _;; di- = di`s- twice + _; trochee.]
(Pros.)
A double trochee; a foot made up of two trochees.


word: Ditroite
definition:
Ditroite

Dit"ro*ite
(?)
n.
[Named from Ditro in Transylvania.]
(Min.)
An igneous rock composed of orthoclase, elæolite, and sodalite.


word: Dittany
definition:
Dittany

Dit"ta*ny
(?)
n.
[OE. dytane, detane, dytan, OF. ditain, F. dictame, L. dictamnum, fr. Gr. di`ktamnon , di`ktamnos, a plant growing in abundance on Mount Dicte in Crete.  Cf. Dittander.]
(Bot.)
(a)
A plant of the Mint family (Origanum Dictamnus), a native of Crete.
(b)
The Dictamnus Fraxinella. See Dictamnus.
(c)
In America, the Cunila Mariana, a fragrant herb of the Mint family.


word: Dittied
definition:
Dittied

Dit"tied
(?)
a.
[From Ditty.]
Set, sung, or composed as a ditty; -- usually in composition.

Who, with his soft pipe, and smooth-dittied song.
Milton.


word: Ditto
definition:
Ditto

Dit"to
(?)
n.
pl. Dittos (_;).
[It., detto, ditto, fr. L. dictum. See Dictum.]
The aforesaid thing; the same (as before). Often contracted to do., or to two “turned commas” (”), or small marks.  Used in bills, books of account, tables of names, etc., to save repetition.

A spacious table in the center, and a variety of smaller dittos in the corners.
Dickens.


word: Dittology
definition:
Dittology

Dit*tol"o*gy
(?)
n.
[Gr. dittologi`a. Attic form of dissologi`a repetition of words: _; twofold + _; to speak.]
A double reading, or twofold interpretation, as of a Scripture text.
[R.]


word: Ditty
definition:
Ditty

Dit"ty
(?)
n.
pl. Ditties (#).
[OE. dite, OF. ditié, fr. L. dictatum, p. p. neut. of dictare to say often, dictate, compose. See Dictate, v. t.]
1.
A saying or utterance; especially, one that is short and frequently repeated; a theme.

O, too high ditty for my simple rhyme.
Spenser.

2.
A song; a lay; a little poem intended to be sung.
ditties
Milton.

And to the warbling lute soft ditties sing.
Sandys.


word: Ditty₂
definition:
Ditty

Dit"ty
v. i.
To sing; to warble a little tune.

Beasts fain would sing; birds ditty to their notes.
Herbert.


word: Ditty-bag
definition:
Ditty-bag

Dit"ty-bag`
n.
A sailor's small bag to hold thread, needles, tape, etc.; -- also called sailor's housewife.


word: Diureide
definition:
Diureide

Di*u"re*ide
(?)
n.
[Di- + ureide.]
(Chem.)
One of a series of complex nitrogenous substances regarded as containing two molecules of urea or their radicals, as uric acid or allantoin.  Cf. Ureide.


word: Diuretic
definition:
Diuretic

Di`u*ret"ic
(?)
a.
[L. diureticus, Gr. _;, fr. _; to make water; _; through + _; to make water, fr. _; urine: cf. F. diurétique.]
(Med.)
Tending to increase the secretion and discharge of urine.
n. A medicine with diuretic properties.

Diuretic salt (Med.), potassium acetate; -- so called because of its diuretic properties.


word: Diurna
definition:
Diurna

Di*ur"na
(?)
n. pl.
[NL., fr. L. diurnus belonging to the day.]
(Zool.)
A division of Lepidoptera, including the butterflies; -- so called because they fly only in the daytime.


word: Diurnal
definition:
Diurnal

Di*ur"nal
(?)
a.
[L. diurnalis, fr. dies day. See Deity, and cf. Journal.]
1.
Relating to the daytime; belonging to the period of daylight, distinguished from the night; -- opposed to nocturnal; as, diurnal heat; diurnal hours.

2.
Daily; recurring every day; performed in a day; going through its changes in a day; constituting the measure of a day; as, a diurnal fever; a diurnal task; diurnal aberration, or diurnal parallax; the diurnal revolution of the earth.

Ere twice the horses of the sun shall bring
Their fiery torcher his diurnal ring.
Shak.

3.
(Bot.)
Opening during the day, and closing at night; -- said of flowers or leaves.

4.
(Zool.)
Active by day; -- applied especially to the eagles and hawks among raptorial birds, and to butterflies (Diurna) among insects.

Diurnal aberration (Anat.), the aberration of light arising from the effect of the earth's rotation upon the apparent direction of motion of light. -- Diurnal arc, the arc described by the sun during the daytime or while above the horizon; hence, the arc described by the moon or a star from rising to setting. -- Diurnal circle, the apparent circle described by a celestial body in consequence of the earth's rotation. -- Diurnal motion of the earth, the motion of the earth upon its axis which is described in twenty-four hours. -- Diurnal motion of a heavenly body, that apparent motion of the heavenly body which is due to the earth's diurnal motion. -- Diurnal parallax. See under Parallax. -- Diurnal revolution of a planet, the motion of the planet upon its own axis which constitutes one complete revolution.


word: Diurnal₂
definition:
Diurnal

Di*ur"nal
(?)
n.
[Cf. F. diurnal a prayerbook. See Diurnal, a.]
1.
A daybook; a journal.
[Obs.]
Tatler.

2.
(R. C. Ch.)
A small volume containing the daily service for the “little hours,” viz., prime, tierce, sext, nones, vespers, and compline.

3.
(Zool.)
A diurnal bird or insect.


word: Diurnation
definition:
Diurnation

Di`ur*na"tion
(?)
n.
1.
Continuance during the day.
[Obs.]

2.
(Zool.)
The condition of sleeping or becoming dormant by day, as is the case of the bats.


word: Diuturnal
definition:
Diuturnal

Di`u*tur"nal
(?)
a.
[L. diuturnus, fr. diu a long time, by day; akin to dies day.]
Of long continuance; lasting.
[R.]
Milton.


word: Diuturnity
definition:
Diuturnity

Di`u*tur"ni*ty
(?)
n.
[L. diuturnitas.]
Long duration; lastingness.
[R.]
Sir T. Browne.


word: Diva
definition:
Diva

Di"va
(dē"vȧ)
n.
It. pl. Dive (dē"vā)
[It., prop. fem. of divo divine, L. divus.]
A prima donna.


word: Divagation
definition:
Divagation

Di`va*ga"tion
(?)
n.
[L. divagari to wander about; di- = dis- + vagari to stroll about: cf. F. divagation. See Vagary.]
A wandering about or going astray; digression.

Let us be set down at Queen's Crawley without further divagation.
Thackeray.


word: Divalent
definition:
Divalent

Div"a*lent
(?)
a.
[Pref. di- + L. valens, valentis, p. pr. See Valence.]
(Chem.)
Having two units of combining power; bivalent.  Cf. Valence.


word: Divan
definition:
Divan

Di*van"
(?)
n.
[Per. dīwān a book of many leaves, an account book, a collection of books, a senate, council: cf. Ar. daiwān, F. divan.]
1.
A book; esp., a collection of poems written by one author; as, the divan of Hafiz.
[Persia]

2.
In Turkey and other Oriental countries: A council of state; a royal court. Also used by the poets for a grand deliberative council or assembly.
Pope.

3.
A chief officer of state.
[India]

4.
A saloon or hall where a council is held, in Oriental countries, the state reception room in places, and in the houses of the richer citizens. Cushions on the floor or on benches are ranged round the room.

5.
A cushioned seat, or a large, low sofa or couch; especially, one fixed to its place, and not movable.

6.
A coffee and smoking saloon.
[Colloq.]


word: Divaricate
definition:
Divaricate

Di*var"i*cate
(?)
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Divaricated; p. pr. & vb. n. Divaricating.]
[L. divaricatus, p. p. of divaricare to stretch apart; di- = dis- + varicare to straddle, fr. varicus straddling, fr. varus stretched outwards.]
1.
To part into two branches; to become bifid; to fork.

2.
To diverge; to be divaricate.
Woodward.


word: Divaricate₃
definition:
Divaricate

Di*var"i*cate
(?)
a.
[L. divaricatus, p. p.]
1.
Diverging; spreading asunder; widely diverging.

2.
(Biol.)
Forking and diverging; widely diverging; as the branches of a tree, or as lines of sculpture, or color markings on animals, etc.


word: Divarication
definition:
Divarication

Di*var`i*ca"tion
(?)
n.
[Cf. F. divarication.]
1.
A separation into two parts or branches; a forking; a divergence.

2.
An ambiguity of meaning; a disagreement of difference in opinion.
Sir T. Browne.

3.
(Biol.)
A divergence of lines of color sculpture, or of fibers at different angles.


word: Divaricator
definition:
Divaricator

Di*var`i*ca"tor
(?)
n.
(Zool.)
One of the muscles which open the shell of brachiopods; a cardinal muscle. See Illust. of Brachiopoda.


word: Dive
definition:
Dive

Dive
(?)
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Dived (?), colloq. Dove (_;), a relic of the AS. strong forms deáf, dofen; p. pr. & vb. n. Diving.]
[OE. diven, duven, AS. d_;fan to sink, v. t., fr. d_;fan, v. i.; akin to Icel. d_;fa, G. taufen, E. dip, deep, and perh. to dove, n. Cf. Dip.]
1.
To plunge into water head foremost; to thrust the body under, or deeply into, water or other fluid.

It is not that pearls fetch a high price because men have dived for them.
Whately.

&hand_; The colloquial form dove is common in the United States as an imperfect tense form.

All [the walruses] dove down with a tremendous splash.
Dr. Hayes.

When closely pressed it [the loon] dove . . . and left the young bird sitting in the water.
J. Burroughs.

2.
Fig.: To plunge or to go deeply into any subject, question, business, etc.; to penetrate; to explore.
South.


word: Dive₂
definition:
Dive

Dive
(?)
v. t.
1.
To plunge (a person or thing) into water; to dip; to duck.
[Obs.]
Hooker.

2.
To explore by diving; to plunge into.
[R.]

The Curtii bravely dived the gulf of fame.
Denham.

He dives the hollow, climbs the steeps.
Emerson.


word: Dive₃
definition:
Dive

Dive
n.
1.
A plunge headforemost into water, the act of one who dives, literally or figuratively.

2.
A place of low resort.
[Slang]

The music halls and dives in the lower part of the city.
J. Hawthorne.


word: Divedapper
definition:
Divedapper

Dive"dap`per
(?)
n.
[See Dive, Didapper.]
(Zool.)
A water fowl; the didapper. See Dabchick.


word: Divel
definition:
Divel

Di*vel"
(?)
v. t.
[L. divellere; dit- = dis- + vellere to pluck.]
To rend apart.
[Obs.]
Sir T. Browne.


word: Divellicate
definition:
Divellicate

Di*vel"li*cate
(?)
v. t.
[L. di- = vellicatus, p. p. of vellicare to pluck, fr. vellere to pull.]
To pull in pieces.
[Obs. or R.]


word: Diver
definition:
Diver

Div"er
(?)
n.
1.
One who, or that which, dives.

Divers and fishers for pearls.
Woodward.

2.
Fig.: One who goes deeply into a subject, study, or business.
diver
Sir H. Wotton.

3.
(Zool.)
Any bird of certain genera, as Urinator (formerly Colymbus), or the allied genus Colymbus, or Podiceps, remarkable for their agility in diving.

&hand_; The northern diver (Urinator imber) is the loon; the black diver or velvet scoter (Oidemia fusca) is a sea duck. See Loon, and Scoter.


word: Diverb
definition:
Diverb

Di"verb
(?)
n.
[L. diverbium the colloquial part of a comedy, dialogue; di- = dis- + verbum word.]
A saying in which two members of the sentence are contrasted; an antithetical proverb.
[Obs.]

Italy, a paradise for horses, a hell for women, as the diverb goes.
Burton.


word: Diverberate
definition:
Diverberate

Di*ver"ber*ate
(?)
v. t.
[L. diverberatus, p. p. of diverberare to strike asunder; di- = dis- + verberare. See Verberate.]
To strike or sound through.
[R.]
Davies (Holy Roode).


word: Diverge
definition:
Diverge

Di*verge"
(?)
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Diverged (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Diverging.]
[L. di- = dis- + vergere to bend, incline. See Verge.]
1.
To extend from a common point in different directions; to tend from one point and recede from each other; to tend to spread apart; to turn aside or deviate (as from a given direction); -- opposed to converge; as, rays of light diverge as they proceed from the sun.

2.
To differ from a typical form; to vary from a normal condition; to dissent from a creed or position generally held or taken.


word: Divergency
definition:
Divergency

Divergence

{ Di*ver"gence (?), Di*ver"gen*cy (?), }
n.
[Cf. F. divergence.]
1.
A receding from each other in moving from a common center; the state of being divergent; as, an angle is made by the divergence of straight lines.

Rays come to the eye in a state of divergency.
_;_;_;_;_;_;.

2.
Disagreement; difference.

Related with some divergence by other writers.
Sir G. C. Lewis.


word: Divergent
definition:
Divergent

Di*ver"gent
(?)
a.
[Cf. F. divergent. See Diverge.]
1.
Receding farther and farther from each other, as lines radiating from one point; deviating gradually from a given direction; -- opposed to convergent.

2.
(Optics)
Causing divergence of rays; as, a divergent lens.

3.
Fig.: Disagreeing from something given; differing; as, a divergent statement.

Divergent series. (Math.) See Diverging series, under Diverging.


word: Diverging
definition:
Diverging

Di*ver"ging
a.
Tending in different directions from a common center; spreading apart; divergent.

Diverging series (Math.), a series whose terms are larger as the series is extended; a series the sum of whose terms does not approach a finite limit when the series is extended indefinitely; -- opposed to a converging series.


word: Divers
definition:
Divers

Di"vers
(?)
a.
[F. divers, L. diversus turned in different directions, different, p. p. of divertere. See Divert, and cf. Diverse.]
1.
Different in kind or species; diverse.
[Obs.]

Every sect of them hath a divers posture.
Bacon.

Thou shalt not sow thy vineyard with divers seeds.
Deut. xxii. 9.

2.
Several; sundry; various; more than one, but not a great number; as, divers philosophers. Also used substantively or pronominally.

Divers of Antonio's creditors.
Shak.

&hand_; Divers is now limited to the plural; as, divers ways (not divers way). Besides plurality it ordinarily implies variety of kind.


word: Diverse
definition:
Diverse

Di"verse
(?; 277)
a.
[The same word as divers. See Divers.]
1.
Different; unlike; dissimilar; distinct; separate.

The word . . . is used in a sense very diverse from its original import.
J. Edwards.

Our roads are diverse: farewell, love! said she.
R. Browning.

2.
Capable of various forms; multiform.

Eloquence is a great and diverse thing.
B. Jonson.


word: Diverse₃
definition:
Diverse

Di*verse"
(?)
v. i.
To turn aside.
[Obs.]

The redcross knight diverst, but forth rode Britomart.
Spenser.


word: Diversely
definition:
Diversely

Di"verse*ly
(?)
adv.
1.
In different ways; differently; variously.
Diversely
Bacon.

How diversely love doth his pageants play.
Spenser.

2.
In different directions; to different points.

On life's vast ocean diversely we sail.
Pope.


word: Diversifiability
definition:
Diversifiability

Di*ver`si*fi`a*bil"i*ty
(?)
n.
The quality or capacity of being diversifiable.
Earle.


word: Diversification
definition:
Diversification

Di*ver`si*fi*ca"tion
(?)
n.
[See Diversify.]
1.
The act of making various, or of changing form or quality.
Boyle.

2.
State of diversity or variation; variegation; modification; change; alternation.

Infinite diversifications of tints may be produced.
Adventurer.


word: Diversified
definition:
Diversified

Di*ver"si*fied
(?)
a.
Distinguished by various forms, or by a variety of aspects or objects; variegated; as, diversified scenery or landscape.


word: Diversiform
definition:
Diversiform

Di*ver"si*form
(?)
a.
[L. diversus diverse + -form.]
Of a different form; of varied forms.


word: Diversify
definition:
Diversify

Di*ver"si*fy
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Diversified (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Diversifying.]
[F. diversifier, LL. diversificare, fr. L. diversus diverse + ficare (in comp.), akin to facere to make. See Diverse.]
To make diverse or various in form or quality; to give variety to; to variegate; to distinguish by numerous differences or aspects.

Separated and diversified on from another.
Locke.

Its seven colors, that diversify all the face of nature.
I. Taylor.


word: Diversiloquent
definition:
Diversiloquent

Di`ver*sil"o*quent
(?)
a.
[L. diversus diverse + loquens, p. pr. of loqui to speak.]
Speaking in different ways.
[R.]


word: Diversion
definition:
Diversion

Di*ver"sion
(?)
n.
[Cf. F. diversion. See Divert.]
1.
The act of turning aside from any course, occupation, or object; as, the diversion of a stream from its channel; diversion of the mind from business.

2.
That which diverts; that which turns or draws the mind from care or study, and thus relaxes and amuses; sport; play; pastime; as, the diversions of youth.
diversions
V. Knox.

Such productions of wit and humor as expose vice and folly, furnish useful diversion to readers.
Addison.

3.
(Mil.)
The act of drawing the attention and force of an enemy from the point where the principal attack is to be made; the attack, alarm, or feint which diverts.


word: Diversity
definition:
Diversity

Di*ver"si*ty
(?)
n.
pl. Diversities (#).
[F. diversité, L. diversitas, fr. diversus. See Diverse.]
1.
A state of difference; dissimilitude; unlikeness.

They will prove opposite; and not resting in a bare diversity, rise into a contrariety.
South.

2.
Multiplicity of difference; multiformity; variety.
Diversity
Shak.
Diversities
Secker.

3.
Variegation.
diversities
Pope.


word: Diversivolent
definition:
Diversivolent

Di`ver*siv"o*lent
(?)
a.
[L. diversus diverse + volens, -entis, p. pr. of velle to wish.]
Desiring different things.
[Obs.]
Webster (White Devil).


word: Diversory₂
definition:
Diversory

Di*ver"so*ry
n.
[L. diversorium, deversorium, an inn or lodging.]
A wayside inn.
[Obs. or R.]
Chapman.


word: Divert
definition:
Divert

Di*vert"
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Diverted; p. pr. & vb. n. Diverting.]
[F. divertir, fr. L. divertere, diversum, to go different ways, turn aside; di- = dis- + vertere to turn. See Verse, and cf. Divorce.]
1.
To turn aside; to turn off from any course or intended application; to deflect; as, to divert a river from its channel; to divert commerce from its usual course.

That crude apple that diverted Eve.
Milton.

2.
To turn away from any occupation, business, or study; to cause to have lively and agreeable sensations; to amuse; to entertain; as, children are diverted with sports; men are diverted with works of wit and humor.

We are amused by a tale, diverted by a comedy.
C. J. Smith.


word: Divert₂
definition:
Divert

Di*vert"
v. i.
To turn aside; to digress.
[Obs.]

I diverted to see one of the prince's palaces.
Evelyn.


word: Diverticle
definition:
Diverticle

Di*ver"ti*cle
(?)
n.
[L. diverticulum, deverticulum, a bypath, fr. divertere to turn away.]
1.
A turning; a byway; a bypath.
[Obs.]
Hales.

2.
(Anat.)
A diverticulum.


word: Diverticulum
definition:
Diverticulum

Div`er*tic"u*lum
(?)
n.
pl. Diverticula (#).
[L. See Diverticle.]
(Anat.)
A blind tube branching out of a longer one.


word: Divertise
definition:
Divertise

Di*vert"ise
(?)
v. t.
[F. divertir, p. pr. divertissant.]
To divert; to entertain.
[Obs.]
Dryden.


word: Divertissement
definition:
Divertissement

Di`ver`tisse`ment"
(?)
n.
[F.]
A short ballet, or other entertainment, between the acts of a play.
Smart.


word: Divertive
definition:
Divertive

Di*vert"ive
(?)
a.
[From Divert.]
Tending to divert; diverting; amusing; interesting.

Things of a pleasant and divertive nature.
Rogers.


word: Dives
definition:
Dives

Di"ves
(?)
n.
[L., rich.]
The name popularly given to the rich man in our Lord's parable of the “Rich Man and Lazarus” (Luke xvi. 19-31). Hence, a name for a rich worldling.


word: Divest
definition:
Divest

Di*vest"
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Divested; p. pr. & vb. n. Divesting.]
[LL. divestire (di- = dis- + L. vestire to dress), equiv. to L. devestire. It is the same word as devest, but the latter is rarely used except as a technical term in law. See Devest, Vest.]
1.
To unclothe; to strip, as of clothes, arms, or equipage; -- opposed to invest.

2.
Fig.: To strip; to deprive; to dispossess; as, to divest one of his rights or privileges; to divest one's self of prejudices, passions, etc.

Wretches divested of every moral feeling.
Goldsmith.

The tendency of the language to divest itself of its gutturals.
Earle.

3.
(Law)
See Devest.
Mozley & W.


word: Divestiture
definition:
Divestiture

Di*vest"i*ture
(?; 135)
n.
The act of stripping, or depriving; the state of being divested; the deprivation, or surrender, of possession of property, rights, etc.


word: Dividable
definition:
Dividable

Di*vid"a*ble
(?)
a.
[From Divide.]
1.
Capable of being divided; divisible.

2.
Divided; separated; parted.
[Obs.]
Shak.


word: Divide
definition:
Divide

Di*vide"
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Divided; p. pr. & vb. n. Dividing.]
[L. dividere, divisum; di- = dis- + root signifying to part; cf. Skr. vyadh to pierce; perh. akin to L. vidua widow, and E. widow.  Cf. Device, Devise.]
1.
To part asunder (a whole); to sever into two or more parts or pieces; to sunder; to separate into parts.

Divide the living child in two.
1 Kings iii. 25.

2.
To cause to be separate; to keep apart by a partition, or by an imaginary line or limit; as, a wall divides two houses; a stream divides the towns.

Let it divide the waters from the waters.
Gen. i. 6.

3.
To make partition of among a number; to apportion, as profits of stock among proprietors; to give in shares; to distribute; to mete out; to share.

True justice unto people to divide.
Spenser.

Ye shall divide the land by lot.
Num. xxxiii. 54.

4.
To disunite in opinion or interest; to make discordant or hostile; to set at variance.

If a kingdom be divided against itself, that kingdom can not stand.
Mark iii. 24.

Every family became now divided within itself.
Prescott.

5.
To separate into two parts, in order to ascertain the votes for and against a measure; as, to divide a legislative house upon a question.

6.
(Math.)
To subject to arithmetical division.

7.
(Logic)
To separate into species; -- said of a genus or generic term.

8.
(Mech.)
To mark divisions on; to graduate; as, to divide a sextant.

9.
(Music)
To play or sing in a florid style, or with variations.
[Obs.]
Spenser.


word: Divide₂
definition:
Divide

Di*vide"
v. i.
1.
To be separated; to part; to open; to go asunder.
Milton.

The Indo-Germanic family divides into three groups.
J. Peile.

2.
To cause separation; to disunite.

A gulf, a strait, the sea intervening between islands, divide less than the matted forest.
Bancroft.

3.
To break friendship; to fall out.
Shak.

4.
To have a share; to partake.
Shak.

5.
To vote, as in the British Parliament, by the members separating themselves into two parties (as on opposite sides of the hall or in opposite lobbies), that is, the ayes dividing from the noes.

The emperors sat, voted, and divided with their equals.
Gibbon.


word: Divide₃
definition:
Divide

Di*vide"
n.
A dividing ridge of land between the tributaries of two streams; also called watershed and water parting.  A divide on either side of which the waters drain into two different oceans is called a continental divide.


word: Divided
definition:
Divided

Di*vid"ed
a.
1.
Parted; disunited; distributed.

2.
(Bot.)
Cut into distinct parts, by incisions which reach the midrib; -- said of a leaf.


word: Dividend
definition:
Dividend

Div"i*dend
(?)
n.
[L. dividendum thing to be divided, neut. of the gerundive of dividere: cf. F. dividende.]
1.
A sum of money to be divided and distributed; the share of a sum divided that falls to each individual; a distribute sum, share, or percentage; -- applied to the profits as appropriated among shareholders, and to assets as apportioned among creditors; as, the dividend of a bank, a railway corporation, or a bankrupt estate.

2.
(Math.)
A number or quantity which is to be divided.


word: Divider
definition:
Divider

Di*vid"er
(?)
n.
1.
One who, or that which, divides; that which separates anything into parts.

2.
One who deals out to each his share.

Who made me a judge or a divider over you?
Luke xii. 14.

3.
One who, or that which, causes division.

Hate is of all things the mightiest divider.
Milton.

Money, the great divider of the world.
Swift.

4.
pl.
An instrument for dividing lines, describing circles, etc., compasses. See Compasses.

&hand_; The word dividers is usually applied to the instrument as made for the use of draughtsmen, etc.; compasses to the coarser instrument used by carpenters.

5.
a vertical structure that divides or separates (as a wall divides one room from another).
The structure may be a wall with an opening in it to allow seeing one part of the room from the other.  This term is also used to designate a semitransparent curtain formed by hanging multiple strings of various materials from a ceiling, intended to visually partition a room without inhibiting passage between the partitions

Syn. -- partition, room divider.


word: Dividing
definition:
Dividing

Di*vid"ing
(?)
a.
That divides; separating; marking divisions; graduating.

Dividing engine, a machine for graduating circles (as for astronomical instruments) or bars (as for scales); also, for spacing off and cutting teeth in wheels. -- Dividing sinker. (Knitting Mach.). See under Sinker.


word: Divi-divi
definition:
Divi-divi

Di"vi-di"vi
(?)
n.
[Native name.]
(Bot.)
A small tree of tropical America (Cæsalpinia coriaria), whose legumes contain a large proportion of tannic and gallic acid, and are used by tanners and dyers.


word: Dividual
definition:
Dividual

Di*vid"u*al
(?; 135)
a.
[See Dividuous.]
Divided, shared, or participated in, in common with others.
[R.]
Milton.


word: Dividuous
definition:
Dividuous

Di*vid"u*ous
(?)
a.
[L. dividuus divisible, divided, fr. dividere.]
Divided; dividual.
[R.]

He so often substantiates distinctions into dividuous, selfsubsistent.
Coleridge.


word: Divination
definition:
Divination

Div`i*na"tion
(?)
n.
[L. divinatio, fr. divinare, divinatum, to foresee, foretell, fr. divinus: cf. F. divination. See Divine.]
1.
The act of divining; a foreseeing or foretelling of future events; the pretended art discovering secret or future by preternatural means.

There shall not be found among you any one that . . . useth divination, or an observer of times, or an enchanter.
Deut. xviii. 10.

&hand_; Among the ancient heathen philosophers natural divination was supposed to be effected by a divine afflatus; artificial divination by certain rites, omens, or appearances, as the flight of birds, entrails of animals, etc.

2.
An indication of what is future or secret; augury omen; conjectural presage; prediction.

Birds which do give a happy divination of things to come.
Sir T. North.


word: Divinator
definition:
Divinator

Div"i*na`tor
(?)
n.
[L. See Divination.]
One who practices or pretends to divination; a diviner.
[R.]
Burton.


word: Divinatory
definition:
Divinatory

Di*vin"a*to*ry
(?)
a.
[Cf. F. divinatoire.]
Professing, or relating to, divination.
divinatory
Cowley.


word: Divine
definition:
Divine

Di*vine"
(?)
a.
[Compar. Diviner (_;); superl. Divinest.]
[F. divin, L. divinus divine, divinely inspired, fr. divus, dius, belonging to a deity; akin to Gr. _;, and L. deus, God. See Deity.]
1.
Of or belonging to God; as, divine perfections; the divine will.
divine
Paley.

2.
Proceeding from God; as, divine judgments.
Divine
Bacon.

3.
Appropriated to God, or celebrating his praise; religious; pious; holy; as, divine service; divine songs; divine worship.

4.
Pertaining to, or proceeding from, a deity; partaking of the nature of a god or the gods.
divine
Shak.

5.
Godlike; heavenly; excellent in the highest degree; supremely admirable; apparently above what is human. In this application, the word admits of comparison; as, the divinest mind.
Sir J. Davies.
divine
Shak.

A divine sentence is in the lips of the king.
Prov. xvi. 10.

But not to one in this benighted age
Is that diviner inspiration given.
Gray.

6.
Presageful; foreboding; prescient.
[Obs.]

Yet oft his heart, divine of something ill,
Misgave him.
Milton.

7.
Relating to divinity or theology.

Church history and other divine learning.
South.


word: Divine₂
definition:
Divine

Di*vine"
n.
[L. divinus a soothsayer, LL., a theologian. See Divine, a.]
1.
One skilled in divinity; a theologian.
divines
Denham.

2.
A minister of the gospel; a priest; a clergyman.

The first divines of New England were surpassed by none in extensive erudition.
J. Woodbridge.


word: Divine₃
definition:
Divine

Di*vine"
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Divined (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Divining.]
[L. divinare: cf. F. deviner. See Divination.]
1.
To foresee or foreknow; to detect; to anticipate; to conjecture.

A sagacity which divined the evil designs.
Bancroft.

2.
To foretell; to predict; to presage.

Darest thou . . . divine his downfall?
Shak.

3.
To render divine; to deify.
[Obs.]

Living on earth like angel new divined.
Spenser.


word: Divine₄
definition:
Divine

Di*vine"
v. i.
1.
To use or practice divination; to foretell by divination; to utter prognostications.

The prophets thereof divine for money.
Micah iii. 11.

2.
To have or feel a presage or foreboding.

Suggest but truth to my divining thoughts.
Shak.

3.
To conjecture or guess; as, to divine rightly.


word: Divinely
definition:
Divinely

Di*vine"ly
adv.
1.
In a divine or godlike manner; holily; admirably or excellently in a supreme degree.

Most divinely fair.
Tennyson.

2.
By the agency or influence of God.

Divinely set apart . . . to be a preacher of righteousness.
Macaulay.


word: Diviner
definition:
Diviner

Di*vin"er
(?)
n.
1.
One who professes divination; one who pretends to predict events, or to reveal occult things, by supernatural means.

The diviners have seen a lie, and have told false dreams; they comfort in vain.
Zech. x. 2.

2.
A conjecture; a guesser; one who makes out occult things.
Locke.


word: Diving
definition:
Diving

Div"ing
(?)
a.
That dives or is used or diving.

Diving beetle (Zool.), any beetle of the family Dytiscidæ, which habitually lives under water; -- called also water tiger. -- Diving bell, a hollow inverted vessel, sometimes bell-shaped, in which men may descend and work under water, respiration being sustained by the compressed air at the top, by fresh air pumped in through a tube from above. -- Diving dress. See Submarine armor, under Submarine. -- Diving stone, a kind of jasper.


word: Divinify
definition:
Divinify

Di*vin"i*fy
(?)
v. t.
[L. divinus divine + -fy.]
To render divine; to deify.
[Obs.]
divinified
Parth. Sacra (1633).


word: Divining
definition:
Divining

Di*vin"ing
(?)
a.
That divines; for divining.

Divining rod, a rod, commonly of witch hazel, with forked branches, used by those who claim to be able to discover water or metals under ground by sensing them through such a rod.


word: Divinity
definition:
Divinity

Di*vin"i*ty
(?)
n.
pl. Divinities (#).
[F. divinité, L. divinitas. See Divine, a.]
1.
The state of being divine; the nature or essence of God; deity; godhead.

When he attributes divinity to other things than God, it is only a divinity by way of participation.
Bp. Stillingfleet.

2.
The Deity; the Supreme Being; God.

This the divinity that within us.
Addison.

3.
A pretended deity of pagans; a false god.

Beastly divinities, and droves of gods.
Prior.

4.
A celestial being, inferior to the supreme God, but superior to man.

God . . . employing these subservient divinities.
Cheyne.

5.
Something divine or superhuman; supernatural power or virtue; something which inspires awe.

They say there is divinity in odd numbers.
Shak.

There's such divinity doth hedge a king.
Shak.

6.
The science of divine things; the science which treats of God, his laws and moral government, and the way of salvation; theology.

Divinity is essentially the first of the professions.
Coleridge.

Case divinity, casuistry.


word: Divinity calf
definition:
Divinity calf

Di*vin"i*ty calf`
(?)
(Bookbinding)
Calf stained dark brown and worked without gilding, often used for theological books.


word: Divinize
definition:
Divinize

Div"i*nize
(?)
v. t.
To invest with a divine character; to deify.
[R.]
M. Arnold.

Man had divinized all those objects of awe.
Milman.


word: Divisibility
definition:
Divisibility

Di*vis`i*bil"i*ty
(?)
n.
[Cf. F. divisibilité.]
The quality of being divisible; the property of bodies by which their parts are capable of separation.

Divisibility . . . is a primary attribute of matter.
Sir W. Hamilton.


word: Divisible
definition:
Divisible

Di*vis"i*ble
(?)
a.
[L. divisibilis, fr. dividere: cf. F. divisible. See Divide.]
Capable of being divided or separated.

Extended substance . . . is divisible into parts.
Sir W. Hamilton.

Divisible contract (Law), a contract containing agreements one of which can be separated from the other. -- Divisible offense (Law), an offense containing a lesser offense in one of a greater grade, so that on the latter there can be an acquittal, while on the former there can be a conviction.


word: Division
definition:
Division

Di*vi"sion
(?)
n.
[F. division, L. divisio, from dividere. See Divide.]
1.
The act or process of diving anything into parts, or the state of being so divided; separation.

I was overlooked in the division of the spoil.
Gibbon.

2.
That which divides or keeps apart; a partition.

3.
The portion separated by the divining of a mass or body; a distinct segment or section.

Communities and divisions of men.
Addison.

4.
Disunion; difference in opinion or feeling; discord; variance; alienation.

There was a division among the people.
John vii. 43.

5.
Difference of condition; state of distinction; distinction; contrast.
Chaucer.

I will put a division between my people and thy people.
Ex. viii. 23.

6.
Separation of the members of a deliberative body, esp. of the Houses of Parliament, to ascertain the vote.

The motion passed without a division.
Macaulay.

7.
(Math.)
The process of finding how many times one number or quantity is contained in another; the reverse of multiplication; also, the rule by which the operation is performed.

8.
(Logic)
The separation of a genus into its constituent species.

9.
(Mil.)
(a)
Two or more brigades under the command of a general officer.
(b)
Two companies of infantry maneuvering as one subdivision of a battalion.
(c)
One of the larger districts into which a country is divided for administering military affairs.

10.
(Naut.)
One of the groups into which a fleet is divided.

11.
(Mus.)
A course of notes so running into each other as to form one series or chain, to be sung in one breath to one syllable.

12.
(Rhet.)
The distribution of a discourse into parts; a part so distinguished.

13.
(Biol.)
A grade or rank in classification; a portion of a tribe or of a class; or, in some recent authorities, equivalent to a subkingdom.

Cell division (Biol.), a method of cell increase, in which new cells are formed by the division of the parent cell. In this process, the cell nucleus undergoes peculiar differentiations and changes, as shown in the figure (see also Karyokinesis). At the same time the protoplasm of the cell becomes gradually constricted by a furrow transverse to the long axis of the nuclear spindle, followed, on the completion of the division of the nucleus, by a separation of the cell contents into two masses, called the daughter cells. -- Long division (Math.), the process of division when the operations are mostly written down. -- Short division (Math.), the process of division when the operations are mentally performed and only the results written down; -- used principally when the divisor is not greater than ten or twelve.


word: Divisional
definition:
Divisional

Di*vi"sion*al
(?)
a.
That divides; pertaining to, making, or noting, a division; as, a divisional line; a divisional general; a divisional surgeon of police.

Divisional planes (Geol.), planes of separation between rock masses. They include joints.


word: Divisive
definition:
Divisive

Di*vi"sive
(?)
a.
[Cf. F. divisif.]
1.
Indicating division or distribution.
Mede.

2.
Creating, or tending to create, division, separation, or difference.

It [culture] is after all a dainty and divisive quality, and can not reach to the depths of humanity.
J. C. Shairp.


word: Divisor
definition:
Divisor

Di*vi"sor
(?)
n.
[L., fr. dividere. See Divide.]
(Math.)
The number by which the dividend is divided.

Common divisor. (Math.) See under Common, a.


word: Divorce
definition:
Divorce

Di*vorce"
(?)
n.
[F. divorce, L. divortium, fr. divortere, divertere, to turn different ways, to separate. See Divert.]
1.
(Law)
(a)
A legal dissolution of the marriage contract by a court or other body having competent authority.  This is properly a divorce, and called, technically, divorce a vinculo matrimonii.
(b)
The separation of a married woman from the bed and board of her husband -- divorce a mensa et toro (or a mensa et thoro), “from bed and board”.

2.
The decree or writing by which marriage is dissolved.

3.
Separation; disunion of things closely united.

To make divorce of their incorporate league.
Shak.

4.
That which separates.
[Obs.]
Shak.

Bill of divorce. See under Bill.


word: Divorce₂
definition:
Divorce

Di*vorce"
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Divorced (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Divorcing.]
[Cf. F. divorcer. See Divorce, n.]
1.
To dissolve the marriage contract of, either wholly or partially; to separate by divorce.

2.
To separate or disunite; to sunder.

It [a word] was divorced from its old sense.
Earle.

3.
To make away; to put away.

Nothing but death
Shall e'er divorce my dignities.
Shak.


word: Divorcement
definition:
Divorcement

Di*vorce"ment
(?)
n.
Dissolution of the marriage tie; divorce; separation.

Let him write her a divorcement.
Deut. xxiv. 1.

The divorcement of our written from our spoken language.
R. Morris.


word: Divot
definition:
Divot

Div"ot
(?)
n.
1.
A thin, oblong turf used for covering cottages, and also for fuel.
[Scot.]
Simmonds.

2.
(Golf)
a small piece of turf gouged out of the ground by the head of a golf club when making a stroke; as, all divots should be replaced.


word: Divulgate
definition:
Divulgate

Di*vul"gate
(?)
a.
[L. divulgatus, p. p. of divulgare. See Divulge.]
Published.
[Obs.]
Bale.


word: Divulgation
definition:
Divulgation

Div`ul*ga"tion
(?)
n.
[L. divulgatio: cf. F. divulgation.]
The act of divulging or publishing.
[R.]

Secrecy hath no use than divulgation.
Bp. Hall.


word: Divulge
definition:
Divulge

Di*vulge"
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Divulged (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Divulging.]
[F. divulguer, L. divulgare; di- = dis- + vulgare to spread among the people, from vulgus the common people. See Vulgar.]
1.
To make public; to several or communicate to the public; to tell (a secret) so that it may become generally known; to disclose; -- said of that which had been confided as a secret, or had been before unknown; as, to divulge a secret.

Divulge not such a love as mine.
Cowper.

2.
To indicate publicly; to proclaim.
[R.]

God . . . marks
The just man, and divulges him through heaven.
Milton.

3.
To impart; to communicate.

Which would not be

To them [animals] made common and divulged.
Milton.


word: divvy
definition:
divvy

divvy
(dĭv"v&ybreve_;)
n.
[shortened from dividend.]
a dividend, especially one paid by a cooperative society.
[British]


word: divvy₂
definition:
divvy

div"vy
(dĭv"v&ybreve_;)
v. t. & i.
[shortened from divide.]
divide up among a group; distribute; -- often followed by up; as, divvy up the proceeds; divvy up the loot.
[Colloq.]


word: Dixie
definition:
Dixie

Dix"ie
(dĭks"&ybreve_;)
prop. n.
1.
A colloquial name for the Southern portion of the United States, esp. during the Civil War.
[U.S.]

Syn. -- Dixieland, Dixie Land, the Confederacy, Confederate States of America, the South.

Syn. -- .
2.
a song popular in the Confederate states during the American Civil War, and still played as a nostalgic anthem by those patriotic to the American south.  It was written by Daniel D. Emmett in 1859.

whistle Dixie to talk unrealistically; to engage in unrealistic or overoptimistic fantasies; as, that ain't just whistlin' Dixie.


word: Dixiecrats
definition:
Dixiecrats

Dixiecrats
n.
a former political party in the US; formed in 1948 by Southern Democrats opposed to the candidacy of Harry S. Truman.

Syn. -- States' Rights Democratic Party.


word: Dixieland
definition:
Dixieland

Dixieland
n.
the 11 southern states that seceded from the U. S. in 1861.

Syn. -- Confederacy, Confederate States of America, South, Dixie.


word: Dizen
definition:
Dizen

Diz"en
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Dizened (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Dizening.]
[Perh. orig., to dress in a foolish manner, and allied to dizzy: but cf. also OE. dysyn (Palsgrave) to put tow or flax on a distaff, i. e., to dress it.  Cf. Distaff.]
1.
To dress; to attire.
[Obs.]
Beau. & Fl.

2.
To dress gaudily; to overdress; to bedizen; to deck out.

Like a tragedy queen, he has dizened her out.
Goldsmith.

To-morrow when the masks shall fall
That dizen Nature's carnival.
Emerson.


word: Dizzard
definition:
Dizzard

Diz"zard
(dĭz"zẽrd)
n.
[See Dizzy, and cf. Disard.]
A blockhead. [Obs.] [Written also dizard, and disard.]
Diz"zard*ly, adv. [Obs.]


word: Dizziness
definition:
Dizziness

Diz"zi*ness
n.
[AS. dysigness folly. See Dizzy.]
Giddiness; a whirling sensation in the head; vertigo.


word: Dizzy
definition:
Dizzy

Diz"zy
(dĭz"z&ybreve_;)
a.
[Compar. Dizzier (dĭz"zĭ*ẽr); superl. Dizziest.]
[OE. dusi, disi, desi, foolish, AS. dysig; akin to LG. düsig dizzy, OD. deuzig, duyzig, OHG. tusig foolish, OFries. dusia to be dizzy; LG. dusel dizziness, duselig, dusselig, D. duizelig, dizzy, Dan. dösig drowsy, slepy, döse to make dull, drowsy, dös dullness, drowsiness, and to AS. dw&aemacr_;s foolish, G. thor fool. √71.  Cf. Daze, Doze.]
1.
Having in the head a sensation of whirling, with a tendency to fall; vertiginous; giddy; hence, confused; indistinct.

Alas! his brain was dizzy.
Drayton.

2.
Causing, or tending to cause, giddiness or vertigo.

To climb from the brink of Fleet Ditch by a dizzy ladder.
Macaulay.

3.
Without distinct thought; unreflecting; thoughtless; heedless.
dizzy
Milton.


word: Dizzy₂
definition:
Dizzy

Diz"zy
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Dizzied (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Dizzying.]
To make dizzy or giddy; to give the vertigo to; to confuse.

If the jangling of thy bells had not dizzied thy understanding.
Sir W. Scott.


word: Djerrid
definition:
Djerrid

Djereed

&VerbarDjer*eed" (?) or Djer*rid" (_;)
n.
[F. djerid, fr. Ar. See Jereed.]
(a)
A blunt javelin used in military games in Moslem countries.
(b)
A game played with it.
[Written also jereed, jerrid, etc.]


word: DJIA
definition:
DJIA

DJIA
(dē"jā*ī`ā)
n.
(Finance)
The Dow Jones Industrial Average.
[acronym]

Syn. -- DJI, DJIA, Dow, Dow Jones, Dow-Jones Average.


word: Djibouti
definition:
Djibouti

Djibouti
prop. n.
(Geography)
The capital city of Djibouti.  Population (2000) = 395,000.


word: Djiboutian
definition:
Djiboutian

Djiboutian
prop. adj.
Of or relating to Djibouti or its people or culture; as, Djiboutian landscape; Djiboutian merchants.


word: djinny
definition:
djinny

djinni

djinnee

&Verbardjin"nee djin"ni, djin"ny
(jĭn"nē)
n.
pl. djinn (jĭn) or djinns (jĭnz).
A spirit believed by Muslims to inhabit the earth and influence mankind by appearing in the form of humans or animals.  Same as djinni and Jinnee.  See Jinnee, Jinn.

Syn. -- genie, jinn, jinni, jinnee, djinn, djinni.


word: D-layer
definition:
D-layer

D-layer
n.
the lowest region of the ionosphere (35 to 50 miles up) that reflects low-frequency radio waves.

Syn. -- D region.


word: DNA
definition:
DNA

DNA
(dē"ĕn*ā`)
n.
(Biochemistry, Genetics)
abbreviation for deoxyribonucleic acid; -- more commonly used than the full name.  See also RNA.
[acronym]

Syn. -- deoxyribonucleic acid, desoxyribonucleic acid, deoxyribosenucleic acid.


word: DNA polymerase
definition:
DNA polymerase

DNA polymerase
(dē`ĕn*ā" p&obreve_;*lĭm"ẽr*ās)
n.
(Biochemistry, Genetics)
an enzyme that catalyzes the formation of DNA from deoxyribonucleoside triphosphates.  Cells contain several types of DNA polymerase, some of which are required for replication of DNA, and are indispensable for multipliation and division of cells.


word: DNAase
definition:
DNAase

DNase

DNase (dē`ĕn*ās"), DNAase (dē`ĕn*ā"ās)
n.
(Biochem.)
any of numerous enzymes that catalyze the breakdown of DNA into oligonucleotides or mononucleotides.


word: Do
definition:
Do

Do
(d&omacr)
n.
(Mus.)
A syllable attached to the first tone of the major diatonic scale for the purpose of solmization, or solfeggio. It is the first of the seven syllables used by the Italians as manes of musical tones, and replaced, for the sake of euphony, the syllable Ut, applied to the note C. In England and America the same syllables are used by many as a scale pattern, while the tones in respect to absolute pitch are named from the first seven letters of the alphabet.


word: do
definition:
do

do
(dō)
v. t. or auxiliary
[imp. did (dĭd); p. p. done (dŭn); p. pr. & vb. n. Doing (dō"ĭng).  This verb, when transitive, is formed in the indicative, present tense, thus: I do, thou doest (dō"ĕst) or dost (dŭst), he does (dŭz), doeth (dō"ĕth), or doth (dŭth); when auxiliary, the second person is, thou dost. As an independent verb, dost is obsolete or rare, except in poetry. “What dost thou in this world?” Milton. The form doeth is a verb unlimited, doth, formerly so used, now being the auxiliary form. The second pers, sing., imperfect tense, is didst (dĭdst), formerly didest (dĭd"ĕst).]
[AS. d&omacrn; akin to D. doen, OS. duan, OHG. tuon, G. thun, Lith. deti, OSlav. dēti, OIr. dénim I do, Gr. tiqe`nai to put, Skr. dhā, and to E. suffix -dom, and prob. to L. facere to do, E. fact, and perh. to L. -dere in some compounds, as addere to add, credere to trust. √65. Cf. Deed, Deem, Doom, Fact, Creed, Theme.]
1.
To place; to put.
[Obs.]
Tale of a Usurer (about 1330).

2.
To cause; to make; -- with an infinitive.
[Obs.]

My lord Abbot of Westminster did do shewe to me late certain evidences.
W. Caxton.

I shall . . . your cloister do make.
Piers Plowman.

A fatal plague which many did to die.
Spenser.

We do you to wit [i. e., We make you to know] of the grace of God bestowed on the churches of Macedonia.
2 Cor. viii. 1.
&hand_; We have lost the idiom shown by the citations (do used like the French faire or laisser), in which the verb in the infinitive apparently, but not really, has a passive signification, i. e., cause . . . to be made.

3.
To bring about; to produce, as an effect or result; to effect; to achieve.

The neglecting it may do much danger.
Shak.

He waved indifferently 'twixt doing them neither good not harm.
Shak.

4.
To perform, as an action; to execute; to transact to carry out in action; as, to do a good or a bad act; do our duty; to do what I can.

Six days shalt thou labor and do all thy work.
Ex. xx. 9.

We did not do these things.
Ld. Lytton.

You can not do wrong without suffering wrong.
Emerson.
5.
To bring to an end by action; to perform completely; to finish; to accomplish; -- a sense conveyed by the construction, which is that of the past participle done.
done
done
Shak.

6.
To make ready for an object, purpose, or use, as food by cooking; to cook completely or sufficiently; as, the meat is done on one side only.

7.
To put or bring into a form, state, or condition, especially in the phrases, to do death, to put to death; to slay; to do away (often do away with), to put away; to remove; to do on, to put on; to don; to do off, to take off, as dress; to doff; to do into, to put into the form of; to translate or transform into, as a text.

Done to death by slanderous tongues.
 Shak.

The ground of the difficulty is done away.
 Paley.

Suspicions regarding his loyalty were entirely done away.
Thackeray.

To do on our own harness, that we may not; but we must do on the armor of God.
 Latimer.

Then Jason rose and did on him a fair
Blue woolen tunic.
 W. Morris (Jason).

Though the former legal pollution be now done off, yet there is a spiritual contagion in idolatry as much to be shunned.
Milton.

It [“Pilgrim's Progress”] has been done into verse: it has been done into modern English.
 Macaulay.

8.
To cheat; to gull; to overreach.
[Colloq.]

He was not be done, at his time of life, by frivolous offers of a compromise that might have secured him seventy-five per cent.
 De Quincey.

9.
To see or inspect; to explore; as, to do all the points of interest.
[Colloq.]

10.
(Stock Exchange)
To cash or to advance money for, as a bill or note.

11.
To perform work upon, about, for, or at, by way of caring for, looking after, preparing, cleaning, keeping in order, or the like.
The sergeants seem to do themselves pretty well.
Harper's Mag.

12.
To deal with for good and all; to finish up; to undo; to ruin; to do for.
[Colloq. or Slang]
Sometimes they lie in wait in these dark streets, and fracture his skull, . . . or break his arm, or cut the sinew of his wrist; and that they call doing him.
Charles Reade.

&hand_; (a) Do and did are much employed as auxiliaries, the verb to which they are joined being an infinitive. As an auxiliary the verb do has no participle. “I do set my bow in the cloud.” Gen. ix. 13. [Now archaic or rare except for emphatic assertion.]
[1913 Webster]
Rarely . . . did the wrongs of individuals to the knowledge of the public.  Macaulay.
(b) They are often used in emphatic construction. “You don't say so, Mr. Jobson. -- but I do say so.” Sir W. Scott. “I did love him, but scorn him now.” Latham. (c) In negative and interrogative constructions, do and did are in common use. I do not wish to see them; what do you think? Did Cæsar cross the Tiber? He did not.  “Do you love me?” Shak. (d) Do, as an auxiliary, is supposed to have been first used before imperatives. It expresses entreaty or earnest request; as, do help me. In the imperative mood, but not in the indicative, it may be used with the verb to be; as, do be quiet. Do, did, and done often stand as a general substitute or representative verb, and thus save the repetition of the principal verb. “To live and die is all we have to do.” Denham. In the case of do and did as auxiliaries, the sense may be completed by the infinitive (without to) of the verb represented. “When beauty lived and died as flowers do now.” Shak.  “I . . . chose my wife as she did her wedding gown.”  Goldsmith.
[1913 Webster]
My brightest hopes giving dark fears a being.
As the light does the shadow.  Longfellow.
In unemphatic affirmative sentences do is, for the most part, archaic or poetical; as, “This just reproach their virtue does excite.”  Dryden.


To do one's best, To do one's diligence (and the like), to exert one's self; to put forth one's best or most or most diligent efforts. “We will . . . do our best to gain their assent.” Jowett (Thucyd.). -- To do one's business, to ruin one. [Colloq.] Wycherley. -- To do one shame, to cause one shame. [Obs.] -- To do over. (a) To make over; to perform a second time. (b) To cover; to spread; to smear. “Boats . . . sewed together and done over with a kind of slimy stuff like rosin.” De Foe. -- To do to death, to put to death. (See 7.) [Obs.] -- To do up. (a) To put up; to raise. [Obs.] Chaucer. (b) To pack together and envelop; to pack up. (c) To accomplish thoroughly. [Colloq.] (d) To starch and iron. “A rich gown of velvet, and a ruff done up with the famous yellow starch.” Hawthorne. -- To do way, to put away; to lay aside. [Obs.] Chaucer. -- To do with, to dispose of; to make use of; to employ; -- usually preceded by what. “Men are many times brought to that extremity, that were it not for God they would not know what to do with themselves.” Tillotson. -- To have to do with, to have concern, business or intercourse with; to deal with. When preceded by what, the notion is usually implied that the affair does not concern the person denoted by the subject of have. “Philology has to do with language in its fullest sense.” Earle.  “What have I to do with you, ye sons of Zeruiah?”  2 Sam. xvi. 10.


word: Do₂
definition:
Do

Do
(?)
v. i.
1.
To act or behave in any manner; to conduct one's self.

They fear not the Lord, neither do they after . . . the law and commandment.
 2 Kings xvii. 34.

2.
To fare; to be, as regards health; as, they asked him how he did; how do you do to-day?

3.
[Perh. a different word. OE. dugen, dowen, to avail, be of use, AS. dugan. See Doughty.]
To succeed; to avail; to answer the purpose; to serve; as, if no better plan can be found, he will make this do.

You would do well to prefer a bill against all kings and parliaments since the Conquest; and if that won't do; challenge the crown.
 Collier.

To do by. See under By. -- To do for. (a) To answer for; to serve as; to suit. (b) To put an end to; to ruin; to baffle completely; as, a goblet is done for when it is broken. [Colloq.]
[1913 Webster]
Some folks are happy and easy in mind when their victim is stabbed and done for. Thackeray.
-- To do withal, to help or prevent it. [Obs.] “I could not do withal.” Shak. -- To do without, to get along without; to dispense with. -- To have done, to have made an end or conclusion; to have finished; to be quit; to desist. -- To have done with, to have completed; to be through with; to have no further concern with. -- Well to do, in easy circumstances.


word: Do₃
definition:
Do

Do
n.
1.
Deed; act; fear.
[Obs.]
Sir W. Scott.

2.
Ado; bustle; stir; to do.
[R.]

A great deal of do, and a great deal of trouble.
 Selden.

3.
A cheat; a swindle.
[Slang, Eng.]


word: Doab
definition:
Doab

Do"ab
(?)
[Pers. & Hind. doāb, prop., two waters.]
A tongue or tract of land included between two rivers; as, the doab between the Ganges and the Jumna.
[India]
Am. Cyc.


word: Do-all
definition:
Do-all

Do"-all`
(?)
n.
General manager; factotum.

Under him, Dunstan was the do-all at court, being the king's treasurer, councilor, chancellor, confessor, all things.
 Fuller.


word: Dobby
definition:
Dobby

Dob"by
(?)
n.
(Weaving)
An apparatus resembling a Jacquard for weaving small figures (usually about 12 - 16 threads, seldom more than 36 - 40 threads).


word: Dobell's solution
definition:
Dobell's solution

Do*bell's" so*lu"tion
(?)
(Med.)
An aqueous solution of carbolic acid, borax, sodium bicarbonate, and glycerin, used as a spray in diseases of the nose and throat.


word: Dobson
definition:
Dobson

Dob"son
(?)
n.
(Zool.)
The aquatic larva of a large neuropterous insect (Corydalus cornutus), used as bait in angling. See Hellgamite.


word: Docent
definition:
Docent

Do"cent
(?)
a.
[L. docens, -entis, p. pr. of docere to teach.]
Serving to instruct; teaching.
[Obs.]


word: Docetae
definition:
Docetae

Do*ce"tæ
(?)
n. pl.
[NL., fr. _; to appear.]
(Eccl. Hist.)
Ancient heretics who held that Christ's body was merely a phantom or appearance.


word: Dochmius
definition:
Dochmius

Doch"mi*us
(?)
n.
[L., fr. Gr. _;.]
(Pros.)
A foot of five syllables (usually _; -- -_; -).


word: Docibleness
definition:
Docibleness

Docibility

{ Doc`i*bil"i*ty (?), Doc"i*ble*ness (?), }
n.
[L. docibilitas.]
Aptness for being taught; teachableness; docility.

To persons of docibility, the real character may be easily taught in a few days.
Boyle.

The docibleness of dogs in general.
Walton.


word: Docible
definition:
Docible

Doc"i*ble
(?)
a.
[L. docibilis, fr. docere to teach.]
Easily taught or managed; teachable.
Milton.


word: Docile
definition:
Docile

Doc"ile
(?)
a.
[L. docilis,fr.  docere to teach; cf. Gr. _;, and L.  discere to learn, Gr. _; learned, _; knowing: cf. F. docile.  Cf. Doctor, Didactic, Disciple.]
1.
Teachable; easy to teach; docible.
[Obs.]

2.
Disposed to be taught; tractable; easily managed; as, a docile child.

The elephant is at once docible and docile.
 C. J. Smith.


word: Docility
definition:
Docility

Do*cil"i*ty
(?)
n.
[L. docilitas, fr. docilis: cf. F. docilité.]
1.
teachableness; aptness for being taught; docibleness.
[Obs. or R.]

2.
Willingness to be taught; tractableness.

The humble docility of little children is, in the New Testament, represented as a necessary preparative to the reception of the Christian faith.
 Beattie.


word: Docimacy
definition:
Docimacy

Doc"i*ma*cy
(?)
n.
[Gr. _; an assay, examination, fr. _; to examine (Metals), fr. _; assayed, tested, fr. _; to take, approve: cf. F. docimasie.]
The art or practice of applying tests to ascertain the nature, quality, etc., of objects, as of metals or ores, of medicines, or of facts pertaining to physiology.


word: Docimastic
definition:
Docimastic

Doc`i*mas"tic
(?)
a.
[Gr. _;: cf. F. docimastique.]
Proving by experiments or tests.

Docimastic art, metallurgy, or the art of assaying metals; the art of separating metals from foreign matters, and determining the nature and quantity of metallic substances contained in any ore or mineral.


word: Docimology
definition:
Docimology

Doc`i*mol"o*gy
(?)
n.
[Gr. _; a test + -logy.]
A treatise on the art of testing, as in assaying metals, etc.


word: Dock
definition:
Dock

Dock
(d&obreve_;k)
n.
[AS. docce; of uncertain origin; cf. G. docken-blätter, Gael. dogha burdock, OF. doque; perh. akin to L. daucus, daucum, Gr. _;, _;, a kind of parsnip or carrot, used in medicine.  Cf. Burdock.]
(Bot.)
A genus of plants (Rumex), some species of which are well-known weeds which have a long taproot and are difficult of extermination.

&hand_; Yellow dock is Rumex crispus, with smooth curly leaves and yellow root, which that of other species is used medicinally as an astringent and tonic.


word: Dock₂
definition:
Dock

Dock
n.
[Cf. Icel. dockr a short tail, Fries. dok a little bundle or bunch, G. docke bundle, skein, a short and thick column.]
1.
The solid part of an animal's tail, as distinguished from the hair; the stump of a tail; the part of a tail left after clipping or cutting.
Grew.

2.
A case of leather to cover the clipped or cut tail of a horse.


word: Dock₃
definition:
Dock

Dock
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Docked (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Docking.]
[See Dock a tail.  Cf. W.  tociaw, and twciaw, to dock, clip.]
1.
to cut off, as the end of a thing; to curtail; to cut short; to clip; as, to dock the tail of a horse.

His top was docked like a priest biforn.
 Chaucer.

2.
To cut off a part from; to shorten; to deduct from; to subject to a deduction; as, to dock one's wages.

3.
To cut off, bar, or destroy; as, to dock an entail.


word: Dock₄
definition:
Dock

Dock
n.
[Akin to D. dok; of uncertain origin; cf. LL. doga ditch, L. doga ditch, L. doga sort of vessel, Gr. _; receptacle, fr. _; to receive.]
1.
An artificial basin or an inclosure in connection with a harbor or river, -- used for the reception of vessels, and provided with gates for keeping in or shutting out the tide.

2.
The slip or water way extending between two piers or projecting wharves, for the reception of ships; -- sometimes including the piers themselves; as, to be down on the dock.

3.
The place in court where a criminal or accused person stands.

Balance dock, a kind of floating dock which is kept level by pumping water out of, or letting it into, the compartments of side chambers. -- Dry dock, a dock from which the water may be shut or pumped out, especially, one in the form of a chamber having walls and floor, often of masonry and communicating with deep water, but having appliances for excluding it; -- used in constructing or repairing ships. The name includes structures used for the examination, repairing, or building of vessels, as graving docks, floating docks, hydraulic docks, etc. -- Floating dock, a dock which is made to become buoyant, and, by floating, to lift a vessel out of water. -- Graving dock, a dock for holding a ship for graving or cleaning the bottom, etc. -- Hydraulic dock, a dock in which a vessel is raised clear of the water by hydraulic presses. -- Naval dock, a dock connected with which are naval stores, materials, and all conveniences for the construction and repair of ships. -- Sectional dock, a form of floating dock made in separate sections or caissons. -- Slip dock, a dock having a sloping floor that extends from deep water to above high-water mark, and upon which is a railway on which runs a cradle carrying the ship. -- Wet dock, a dock where the water is shut in, and kept at a given level, to facilitate the loading and unloading of ships; -- also sometimes used as a place of safety; a basin.


word: Dock₅
definition:
Dock

Dock
(?)
v. t.
To draw, law, or place (a ship) in a dock, for repairing, cleaning the bottom, etc.


word: docker
definition:
docker

docker
n.
a laborer who loads and unloads vessels in a port.

Syn. -- stevedore, loader, longshoreman, dockhand, dock worker, dock-walloper, lumper.


word: Docket
definition:
Docket

Dock"et
(?)
n.
[Dock to cut off + dim. suffix -et.]
1.
A small piece of paper or parchment, containing the heads of a writing; a summary or digest.

2.
A bill tied to goods, containing some direction, as the name of the owner, or the place to which they are to be sent; a label.
Bailey.

3.
(Law)
(a)
An abridged entry of a judgment or proceeding in an action, or register or such entries; a book of original, kept by clerks of courts, containing a formal list of the names of parties, and minutes of the proceedings, in each case in court.
(b)
U. S.
A list or calendar of causes ready for hearing or trial, prepared for the use of courts by the clerks.

4.
A list or calendar of business matters to be acted on in any assembly.

On the docket, in hand; in the plan; under consideration; in process of execution or performance. [Colloq.]


word: Docket₂
definition:
Docket

Dock"et
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Docketed; p. pr. & vb. n. Docketing.]
1.
To make a brief abstract of  (a writing) and indorse it on the back of the paper, or to indorse the title or contents on the back of; to summarize; as, to docket letters and papers.
Chesterfield.

2.
(Law)
(a)
To make a brief abstract of and inscribe in a book; as, judgments regularly docketed.
(b)
To enter or inscribe in a docket, or list of causes for trial.

3.
To mark with a ticket; as, to docket goods.


word: dockhand
definition:
dockhand

dockhand
n.
a laborer who loads and unloads vessels in a port.

Syn. -- stevedore, loader, longshoreman, docker, dock worker, dock-walloper, lumper.


word: docking
definition:
docking

docking
n.
1.
(Naut.)
a act of securing an arriving vessel with ropes or anchors.

Syn. -- mooring, tying up, dropping anchor.

2.
(Astronautics)
the coming together and joining of two space vehicles.  The joining usually is accomplished by bringing special connecting devices, the docking ports, into contact, and fastening the ships together by clamping devices.  The docking ports are often fitted so as to allow a passage to be opened between the two space vehciles, and thus to permit transfer of materials or personnel between them.


word: dock-walloper
definition:
dock-walloper

dock-walloper
n.
a laborer who loads and unloads vessels in a port.

Syn. -- stevedore, loader, longshoreman, docker, dockhand, dock worker, lumper.


word: dockyard
definition:
dockyard

dock"yard`
(?)
n.
A yard or storage place for all sorts of naval stores and timber for shipbuilding.


word: Docoglossa
definition:
Docoglossa

Doc`o*glos"sa
(?)
n. pl.
[NL., fr. Gr. _; a beam + _; the tongue.]
(Zool.)
An order of gastropods, including the true limpets, and having the teeth on the odontophore or lingual ribbon.


word: doctor
definition:
doctor

doc"tor
(?)
n.
[OF. doctur, L. doctor, teacher, fr. docere to teach. See Docile.]
1.
A teacher; one skilled in a profession, or branch of knowledge; a learned man.
[Obs.]

One of the doctors of Italy, Nicholas Macciavel.
 Bacon.

2.
An academical title, originally meaning a man so well versed in his department as to be qualified to teach it.  Hence: One who has taken the highest degree conferred by a university or college, or has received a diploma of the highest degree; as, a doctor of divinity, of law, of medicine, of music, or of philosophy. Such diplomas may confer an honorary title only.

3.
One duly licensed to practice medicine; a member of the medical profession; a physician.

By medicine life may be prolonged, yet death
Will seize the doctor too.
 Shak.

4.
Any mechanical contrivance intended to remedy a difficulty or serve some purpose in an exigency; as, the doctor of a calico-printing machine, which is a knife to remove superfluous coloring matter; the doctor, or auxiliary engine, called also donkey engine.

5.
(Zool.)
The friar skate.
[Prov. Eng.]

Doctors' Commons. See under Commons. -- Doctor's stuff, physic, medicine. G. Eliot. -- Doctor fish (Zool.),  any fish of the genus Acanthurus; the surgeon fish; -- so called from a sharp lancetlike spine on each side of the tail. Also called barber fish. See Surgeon fish.


word: Doctor
definition:
Doctor

Doc"tor
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Doctored (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Doctoring.]
1.
To treat as a physician does; to apply remedies to; to repair; as, to doctor a sick man or a broken cart.
[Colloq.]

2.
To confer a doctorate upon; to make a doctor.

3.
To tamper with and arrange for one's own purposes; to falsify; to adulterate; as, to doctor election returns; to doctor whisky.
[Slang]


word: Doctoral
definition:
Doctoral

Doc"tor*al
a.
[Cf. F. doctoral.]
Of or relating to a doctor, or to the degree of doctor.

Doctoral habit and square cap.
 Wood.


word: Doctorate₂
definition:
Doctorate

Doc"tor*ate
(?)
v. t.
To make (one) a doctor.

He was bred . . . in Oxford and there doctorated.
 Fuller.


word: Doctrinable
definition:
Doctrinable

Doc"tri*na*ble
(?)
a.
Of the nature of, or constituting, doctrine.
[Obs.]
Sir P. Sidney.


word: Doctrinaire
definition:
Doctrinaire

Doc`tri*naire"
(?)
n.
[F. See Doctrine.]
One who would apply to political or other practical concerns the abstract doctrines or the theories of his own philosophical system; a propounder of a new set of opinions; a dogmatic theorist. Used also adjectively; as, doctrinaire notions.

&hand_; In french history, the Doctrinaires were a constitutionalist party which originated after the restoration of the Bourbons, and represented the interests of liberalism and progress. After the Revolution of July, 1830, when they came into power, they assumed a conservative position in antagonism with the republicans and radicals.
Am. Cyc.


word: doctrinal
definition:
doctrinal

doc"tri*nal
(d&obreve_;k"trĭ*nal)
a.
[LL. doctrinalis, fr. L. doctrina: cf. F. doctrinal. See Doctrine.]
1.
Pertaining to, or containing, doctrine or something taught and to be believed; as, a doctrinal observation.
Doctrinal
Macaulay.

2.
Pertaining to, or having to do with, teaching.

The word of God serveth no otherwise than in the nature of a doctrinal instrument.
 Hooker.


word: Doctrinal
definition:
Doctrinal

Doc"tri*nal
n.
A matter of doctrine; also, a system of doctrines.
T. Goodwin. Sir T. Elyot.


word: Doctrinally
definition:
Doctrinally

Doc"tri*nal*ly
adv.
In a doctrinal manner or form; by way of teaching or positive direction.


word: doctrine
definition:
doctrine

doc"trine
(d&obreve_;k"trĭn)
n.
[F. doctrine, L. doctrina, fr. doctor. See Doctor.]
1.
Teaching; instruction.

He taught them many things by parables, and said unto them in his doctrine, Hearken.
 Mark iv. 2.

2.
That which is taught; what is held, put forth as true, and supported by a teacher, a school, or a sect; a principle or position, or the body of principles, in any branch of knowledge; any tenet or dogma; a principle of faith; as, the doctrine of atoms; the doctrine of chances.
doctrine
I. Watts.

Articles of faith and doctrine.
 Hooker.

The Monroe doctrine (Politics), a policy enunciated by President Monroe (Message, Dec. 2, 1823), the essential feature of which is that the United States will regard as an unfriendly act any attempt on the part of European powers to extend their systems on this continent, or any interference to oppress, or in any manner control the destiny of, governments whose independence had been acknowledged by the United States.
Unpracticed he to fawn or seek for power
By doctrines fashioned to the varying hour.
 Goldsmith.


word: docudrama
definition:
docudrama

docudrama
n.
a film or TV program presenting the facts about a person or event.

Syn. -- documentary, documentary film, infotainment.


word: document
definition:
document

doc"u*ment
(d&obreve_;k"&uuptack_;*ment)
n.
[LL. documentum, fr. docere to teach: cf. F. document. See Docile.]
1.
That which is taught or authoritatively set forth; precept; instruction; dogma.
[Obs.]

Learners should not be too much crowded with a heap or multitude of documents or ideas at one time.
 I. Watts.

2.
An example for instruction or warning.
[Obs.]

They were forth with stoned to death, as a document to others.
 Sir W. Raleigh.

3.
An original or official paper relied upon as the basis, proof, or support of anything else; -- in its most extended sense, including any writing, book, or other instrument conveying information in the case; any material substance on which the thoughts of men are represented by any species of conventional mark or symbol.

Saint Luke . . . collected them from such documents and testimonies as he . . . judged to be authentic.
Paley.


word: Document
definition:
Document

Doc"u*ment
v. t.
1.
To teach; to school.
[Obs.]

I am finely documented by my own daughter.
 Dryden.

2.
To furnish with documents or papers necessary to establish facts or give information; as, a a ship should be documented according to the directions of law.


word: Documental
definition:
Documental

Doc`u*men"tal
(?)
a.
1.
Of or pertaining to instruction.
[Obs.]
Dr. H. More.

2.
Of or pertaining to written evidence; documentary; as, documental testimony.


word: Documentary
definition:
Documentary

Doc`u*men"ta*ry
(?)
a.
Pertaining to written evidence; contained or certified in writing.
Documentary
Macaulay.


word: DOD
definition:
DOD

DoD

DoD, DOD
(d&obreve_;d or dē"&omacr*dē`)
prop. n.
[from Department of Defense.]
the United States Department of Defense, the federal department responsible for safeguarding national security; created in 1947.  It includes within its jurisdiction control of the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marines.
[acronym]

Syn. -- Department of Defense, Defense Department, Defense.


word: Dod
definition:
Dod

Dodd

{ Dodd, Dod (?) }
v. t.
[OE. dodden.]
To cut off, as wool from sheep's tails; to lop or clip off.
Halliwell.


word: Doddart
definition:
Doddart

Dod"dart
(?)
n.
A game much like hockey, played in an open field; also, the, bent stick for playing the game.
[Local, Eng.]
Halliwell.


word: Dodded
definition:
Dodded

Dod"ded
a.
[See Dodd.]
Without horns; as, dodded cattle; without beards; as, dodded corn.
Halliwell.


word: Dodder
definition:
Dodder

Dod"der
(?)
n.
[Cf. Dan. dodder, Sw. dodra, G. dotter.]
(Bot.)
A plant of the genus Cuscuta. It is a leafless parasitical vine with yellowish threadlike stems. It attaches itself to some other plant, as to flax, goldenrod, etc., and decaying at the root, is nourished by the plant that supports it.


word: Dodder₂
definition:
Dodder

Dod"der
v. t. & i.
[Cf. AS. dyderian to deceive, delude, and E. didder, dudder.]
To shake, tremble, or totter.
doddering
Thomson.


word: doddering
definition:
doddering

doddering
adj.
1.
shaking as from old age.

Syn. -- doddery, shaking, tottering, tottery.

2.
mentally or physically infirm with age.

Syn. -- gaga, senile.


word: Dodecagon
definition:
Dodecagon

Do*dec"a*gon
(?)
n.
[Gr. _; twelve + _; angle: cf. F. dodécagone.]
(Geom.)
A figure or polygon bounded by twelve sides and containing twelve angles.


word: Dodecagynia
definition:
Dodecagynia

Do*dec`a*gyn"i*a
(?)
n. pl.
[NL., fr. Gr. _; twelve + _; woman, female.]
(Bot.)
A Linnæan order of plants having twelve styles.


word: Dodecagynous
definition:
Dodecagynous

Dodecagynian

{ Do*dec`a*gyn"i*an (?), Do`de*cag"y*nous (?), }
a.
(Bot.)
Of or pertaining to the Dodecagynia; having twelve styles.


word: Dodecahedral
definition:
Dodecahedral

Do*dec`a*he"dral
(?)
a.
Pertaining to, or like, a dodecahedion; consisting of twelve equal sides.

Dodecahedral cleavage. See under Cleavage.


word: Dodecahedron
definition:
Dodecahedron

Do*dec`a*he"dron
(?)
n.
[Gr. _;; _; twelve + _; seat, bottom, base: cf. F. dodécaèdre.]
(Geom. & Crystallog.)
A solid having twelve faces.

&hand_; The regular dodecahedron is bounded by twelve equal and regular pentagons; the pyritohedron (see Pyritohedron) is related to it; the rhombic dodecahedron is bounded by twelve equal rhombic faces.


word: Dodecandria
definition:
Dodecandria

Do`de*can"dri*a
(?)
n. pl.
[NL., fr. Gr. _; twelve + _;, _;, man, male.]
(Bot.)
A Linnæan class of plants including all that have any number of stamens between twelve and nineteen.


word: Dodecandrous
definition:
Dodecandrous

Dodecandrian

{ Do`de*can"dri*an (?), Do`de*can"drous (?), }
a.
(Bot.)
Of or pertaining to the Dodecandria; having twelve stamens, or from twelve to nineteen.


word: Dodecane
definition:
Dodecane

Do"de*cane
(?)
n.
[Gr. _; twelve.]
(Chem.)
Any one of a group of thick oily hydrocarbons, C12H26, of the paraffin series.


word: Dodecastyle
definition:
Dodecastyle

Do*dec"a*style
(?)
a.
[Gr. _; twelve + _; column: cf. F. dodécastyle.]
(Arch.)
Having twelve columns in front.
n. A dodecastyle portico, or building.


word: Dodecatemory
definition:
Dodecatemory

Do*dec`a*tem"o*ry
(?)
n.
[Gr. _;; _; twelve + _;, dim. of _; part: cf. F. dodécatémorie.]
(Astron.)
A tern applied to the twelve houses, or parts, of the zodiac of the primum mobile, to distinguish them from the twelve signs; also, any one of the twelve signs of the zodiac.


word: Dodge
definition:
Dodge

Dodge
(?)
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Dodged (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Dodging.]
[Of uncertain origin: cf. dodder, v., daddle, dade, or dog, v. t.]
1.
To start suddenly aside, as to avoid a blow or a missile; to shift place by a sudden start.
Milton.

2.
To evade a duty by low craft; to practice mean shifts; to use tricky devices; to play fast and loose; to quibble.

Some dodging casuist with more craft than sincerity.
Milton.


word: Dodge₂
definition:
Dodge

Dodge
v. t.
1.
To evade by a sudden shift of place; to escape by starting aside; as, to dodge a blow aimed or a ball thrown.

2.
Fig.: To evade by craft; as, to dodge a question; to dodge responsibility.
[Colloq.]
S. G. Goodrich.

3.
To follow by dodging, or suddenly shifting from place to place.
Coleridge.


word: Dodge₃
definition:
Dodge

Dodge
n.
The act of evading by some skillful movement; a sudden starting aside; hence, an artful device to evade, deceive, or cheat; a cunning trick; an artifice.
[Colloq.]

Some, who have a taste for good living, have many harmless arts, by which they improve their banquet, and innocent dodges, if we may be permitted to use an excellent phrase that has become vernacular since the appearance of the last dictionaries.
 Thackeray.


word: Dodgem
definition:
Dodgem

Dodgem
n.
a small low-powered electrically powered vehicle driven on a special platform where there are many others to be dodged.

Syn. -- bumper car.


word: dodger
definition:
dodger

dodg"er
(?)
n.
1.
One who dodges or evades; one who plays fast and loose, or uses tricky devices.
Smart.

2.
A small handbill.
[U. S.]

3.
See Corndodger.


word: Dodger
definition:
Dodger

Dodg"er
(?)
prop. n.
a member of the professional baseball team called the Dodgers.  At one time the team was headquartered in Brooklyn, New York, when it was called the Borrooklyn Dodgers, but the franchise was transferred to Los Angeles.


word: Dodipoll
definition:
Dodipoll

Dodipate

{ Dod"i*pate (?), Dod"i*poll (?), }
n.
[Perh. fr. OE. dodden to cut off, to shear, and first applied to shaven-polled priests.]
A stupid person; a fool; a blockhead.

Some will say, our curate is naught, an ass-head, a dodipoll.
 Latimer.


word: Dodkin
definition:
Dodkin

Dod"kin
(?)
n.
[D. duitken, dim. of duit. See Doit, and cf. Doitkin.]
A doit; a small coin.
Shelton.


word: Dodman
definition:
Dodman

Dod"man
(?)
n.
1.
A snail; also, a snail shell; a hodmandod.
[Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
Nares.

2.
(Zool.)
Any shellfish which casts its shell, as a lobster.
[Prov. Eng.]


word: Dodo
definition:
Dodo

Do"do
(?)
n.
pl. Dodoes (#).
[Said to be fr. Pg. doudo silly, foolish (cf. Booby); this is fr. Prov. E. dold, the same word as E. dolt.]
(Zool.)
A large, extinct bird (Didus ineptus), formerly inhabiting the Island of Mauritius. It had short, half-fledged wings, like those of the ostrich, and a short neck and legs; -- called also dronte. It was related to the pigeons.


word: Doe
definition:
Doe

Doe
(d&omacr)
n.
[AS. dā; cf. Dan. daa, daa-dyr, deer, and perh. L. dama. √66.]
(Zool.)
A female deer or antelope; specifically, the female of the fallow deer, of which the male is called a buck.  Also applied to the female of other animals, as the rabbit. See the Note under Buck.


word: Doe, John
definition:
Doe, John

Doe, John
(Law)
The fictitious lessee acting as plaintiff in the common-law action of ejectment, the fictitious defendant being usually denominated Richard Roe. Hence, a fictitious name for a party, real or fictitious, to any action or proceeding.


word: Doeglic
definition:
Doeglic

Dœg"lic
(?)
a.
Pertaining to, or obtained from, the dœgling; as, dœglic acid (Chem.), an oily substance resembling oleic acid.


word: Doegling
definition:
Doegling

Dœg"ling
(?)
n.
[Native name in Faroe Islands.]
(Zool.)
The beaked whale (Balænoptera rostrata), from which dœgling oil is obtained.


word: Doer
definition:
Doer

Do"er
(?)
n.
[From Do, v. t. & i.]
1.
One who does; one who performs or executes; one who is wont and ready to act; an actor; an agent.

The doers of the law shall be justified.
 Rom. ii. 13.

2.
(Scots Law)
An agent or attorney; a factor.
Burrill.


word: Doeskin
definition:
Doeskin

Doe"skin`
(?)
n.
1.
The skin of the doe.

2.
A firm woolen cloth with a smooth, soft surface like a doe's skin; -- made for men's wear.


word: Doff
definition:
Doff

Doff
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Doffed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Doffing.]
[Do + off. See Do, v. t., 7.]
1.
To put off, as dress; to divest one's self of; hence, figuratively, to put or thrust away; to rid one's self of.

And made us doff our easy robes of peace.
 Shak.

At night, or in the rain,
He dons a surcoat which he doffs at morn.
 Emerson.

2.
To strip; to divest; to undress.

Heaven's King, who doffs himself our flesh to wear.
 Crashaw.


word: Doffer
definition:
Doffer

Doff"er
(?)
n.
1.
(Mach.)
A revolving cylinder, or a vibrating bar, with teeth, in a carding machine, which doffs, or strips off, the fiber from the cards.

2.
(Spinning)
A worker who replaces full bobbins by empty ones on the throstle or ring frames.


word: Dog
definition:
Dog

Dog
(d&asuml_;g or d&obreve_;g)
n.
[AS. docga; akin to D. dog mastiff, Dan. dogge, Sw. dogg.]
1.
(Zool.)
A quadruped of the genus Canis, esp. the domestic dog (Canis familiaris).
The dog is distinguished above all others of the inferior animals for intelligence, docility, and attachment to man. There are numerous carefully bred varieties, as the akita, beagle, bloodhound, bulldog, coachdog, collie, Danish dog, foxhound, greyhound, mastiff, pointer, poodle, St. Bernard, setter, spaniel, spitz, terrier, German shepherd, pit bull, Chihuahua, etc.  There are also many mixed breeds, and partially domesticated varieties, as well as wild dogs, like the dingo and dhole. (See these names in the Vocabulary.)

2.
A mean, worthless fellow; a wretch.

What is thy servant, which is but a dog, that he should do this great thing?
 2 Kings viii. 13 (Rev. Ver. )

3.
A fellow; -- used humorously or contemptuously; as, a sly dog; a lazy dog.
[Colloq.]

4.
(Astron.)
One of the two constellations, Canis Major and Canis Minor, or the Greater Dog and the Lesser Dog. Canis Major contains the Dog Star (Sirius).

5.
An iron for holding wood in a fireplace; a firedog; an andiron.

6.
(Mech.)
(a)
A grappling iron, with a claw or claws, for fastening into wood or other heavy articles, for the purpose of raising or moving them.
(b)
An iron with fangs fastening a log in a saw pit, or on the carriage of a sawmill.
(c)
A piece in machinery acting as a catch or clutch; especially, the carrier of a lathe, also, an adjustable stop to change motion, as in a machine tool.

7.
an ugly or crude person, especially an ugly woman.
[slang]

8.
a hot dog.
[slang]

&hand_; Dog is used adjectively or in composition, commonly in the sense of relating to, or characteristic of, a dog. It is also used to denote a male; as, dog fox or g-fox, a male fox; dog otter or dog-otter, dog wolf, etc.; -- also to denote a thing of cheap or mean quality; as, dog Latin.

A dead dog, a thing of no use or value. 1 Sam. xxiv. 14. -- A dog in the manger, an ugly-natured person who prevents others from enjoying what would be an advantage to them but is none to him. -- Dog ape (Zool.), a male ape. -- Dog cabbage, or Dog's cabbage (Bot.), a succulent herb, native to the Mediterranean region (Thelygonum Cynocrambe). -- Dog cheap, very cheap. See under Cheap. -- Dog ear (Arch.), an acroterium. [Colloq.] -- Dog flea (Zool.), a species of flea (Pulex canis) which infests dogs and cats, and is often troublesome to man. In America it is the common flea. See Flea, and Aphaniptera. -- Dog grass (Bot.), a grass (Triticum caninum) of the same genus as wheat. -- Dog Latin, barbarous Latin; as, the dog Latin of pharmacy. -- Dog lichen (Bot.), a kind of lichen (Peltigera canina) growing on earth, rocks, and tree trunks, -- a lobed expansion, dingy green above and whitish with fuscous veins beneath. -- Dog louse (Zool.), a louse that infests the dog, esp. Hæmatopinus piliferus; another species is Trichodectes latus. -- Dog power, a machine operated by the weight of a dog traveling in a drum, or on an endless track, as for churning. -- Dog salmon (Zool.), a salmon of northwest America and northern Asia; -- the gorbuscha; -- called also holia, and hone. -- Dog shark. (Zool.) See Dogfish. -- Dog's meat, meat fit only for dogs; refuse; offal. -- Dog Star. See in the Vocabulary. -- Dog wheat (Bot.), Dog grass. -- Dog whelk (Zool.), any species of univalve shells of the family Nassidæ, esp. the Nassa reticulata of England. -- To give to the dogs, or To throw to the dogs, to throw away as useless. “Throw physic to the dogs; I'll none of it.” Shak. -- To go to the dogs, to go to ruin; to be ruined.


word: Dog₂
definition:
Dog

Dog
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Dogged (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Dogging.]
To hunt or track like a hound; to follow insidiously or indefatigably; to chase with a dog or dogs; to worry, as if by dogs; to hound with importunity.

I have been pursued, dogged, and waylaid.
 Pope.

Your sins will dog you, pursue you.
Burroughs.

Eager ill-bred petitioners, who do not so properly supplicate as hunt the person whom they address to, dogging him from place to place, till they even extort an answer to their rude requests.
 South.


word: Dogate
definition:
Dogate

Do"gate
(?)
n.
[Cf. F. dogat, It. dogato. See Doge, and cf. Dogeate.]
The office or dignity of a doge.


word: Dogbane
definition:
Dogbane

Dog"bane`
(?)
n.
[Said to be poisonous to dogs.  Cf. Apocynaceous.]
(Bot.)
A small genus of perennial herbaceous plants, with poisonous milky juice, bearing slender pods pods in pairs.


word: Dogberry
definition:
Dogberry

Dog"ber`ry
(?)
n.
(Bot.)
The berry of the dogwood; -- called also dogcherry.
Dr. Prior.

Dogberry tree (Bot.), the dogwood.


word: Dogcart
definition:
Dogcart

Dog"cart`
(?)
n.
A light one-horse carriage, commonly two-wheeled, patterned after a cart. The original dogcarts used in England by sportsmen had a box at the back for carrying dogs.


word: Dogday
definition:
Dogday

Dog day

{ Dog" day` or Dog"day` (?) }
One of the dog days.

Dogday cicada (Zool.), a large American cicada (Cicada pruinosa), which trills loudly in midsummer.


word: dog-days
definition:
dog-days

Dog days

Dog" days`, dog-days
(?)
A period of from four to six weeks, in the summer, variously placed by almanac makers between the early part of July and the early part of September; canicular days; -- so called in reference to the rising in ancient times of the Dog Star (Sirius) with the sun. Popularly, the sultry, close part of the summer; metaphorically, a period of inactivity.

Syn. -- dog days, canicule, canicular days.

&hand_; The conjunction of the rising of the Dog Star with the rising of the sun was regarded by the ancients as one of the causes of the sultry heat of summer, and of the maladies which then prevailed. But as the conjunction does not occur at the same time in all latitudes, and is not constant in the same region for a long period, there has been much variation in calendars regarding the limits of the dog days.
    The astronomer Roger Long states that in an ancient calendar in Bede (died 735) the beginning of dog days is placed on the 14th of July; that in a calendar prefixed to the Common Prayer, printed in the time of Queen Elizabeth, they were said to begin on the 6th of July and end on the 5th of September; that, from the Restoration (1660) to the beginning of New Style (1752), British almanacs placed the beginning on the 19th of July and the end on the 28th of August; and that after 1752 the beginning was put on the 30th of July, the end on the 7th of September.
    Some English calendars now put the beginning on July 3d, and the ending on August 11th. A popular American almanac of the present time (1890) places the beginning on the 25th of July, and the end on the 5th of September.


word: Dogdraw
definition:
Dogdraw

Dog"draw`
(?)
n.
(Eng. Forest Law)
The act of drawing after, or pursuing, deer with a dog.
Cowell.


word: Doge
definition:
Doge

Doge
(?)
n.
[It doge, dogio, for duce, duca, fr. L. dux, ducis, a leader, commander. See Duke.]
The chief magistrate in the republics of Venice and Genoa.


word: dog-eared
definition:
dog-eared

dog"-eared`
(?)
a.
1.
Having the corners of the leaves turned down and soiled by careless or long-continued usage; -- said of a book; as, an old book with dog-eared pages.
Making a page dog-eared is sometimes done deliberately to mark a location in a book.

Statute books before unopened, not dog-eared.
Ld. Mansfield.

2.
worn down, shabby.

Syn. -- eared.


word: dogey
definition:
dogey

do"gey
(d&omacr"gē)
n.
a motherless calf in a range herd of cattle.
[Also spelled dogy and dogie.]

Syn. -- leppy.


word: Dog-faced
definition:
Dog-faced

Dog"-faced`
(?)
a.
Having a face resembling that of a dog.

Dog-faced baboon (Zool.), any baboon of the genus Cynocephalus. See Drill.


word: Dog fancier
definition:
Dog fancier

Dog" fan`cier
(?)
One who has an unusual fancy for, or interest in, dogs; also, one who deals in dogs.


word: Dogfish
definition:
Dogfish

Dog"fish`
(?)
n.
(Zool.)
1.
A small shark, of many species, of the genera Mustelus, Scyllium, Spinax, etc.

&hand_; The European spotted dogfishes (Scyllium catudus, and Scyllium canicula) are very abundant; the American smooth, or blue dogfish is Mustelus canis; the common picked, or horned dogfish (Squalus acanthias) abundant on both sides of the Atlantic.

2.
The bowfin (Amia calva). See Bowfin.

3.
The burbot of Lake Erie.


word: Dog-fox
definition:
Dog-fox

Dog"-fox`
(?)
n.
(Zool.)
(a)
A male fox. See the Note under Dog, n., 6.
Sir W. Scott.
(b)
The Arctic or blue fox; -- a name also applied to species of the genus Cynalopex.


word: Dogged
definition:
Dogged

Dog"ged
(?)
a.
[Fron. Dog.]
1.
Sullen; morose.
[Obs. or R.]

The sulky spite of a temper naturally dogged.
 Sir W. Scott.

2.
Sullenly obstinate; obstinately determined or persistent; as, dogged resolution; dogged work; dogged pursuit.


word: Doggedness
definition:
Doggedness

Dog"ged*ness
n.
1.
Sullenness; moroseness.
[R.]

2.
Sullen or obstinate determination; grim resolution or persistence.


word: Dogger
definition:
Dogger

Dog"ger
(?)
n.
[D., fr. dogger codfish, orig. used in the catching of codfish.]
(Naut.)
A two-masted fishing vessel, used by the Dutch.


word: Dogger₂
definition:
Dogger

Dog"ger
n.
A sort of stone, found in the mines with the true alum rock, chiefly of silica and iron.


word: Doggerel
definition:
Doggerel

Dog"ger*el
(?)
a.
[OE. dogerel.]
Low in style, and irregular in measure; as, doggerel rhymes.

This may well be rhyme doggerel, quod he.
 Chaucer.


word: Doggerel₂
definition:
Doggerel

Dog"ger*el
n.
A sort of loose or irregular verse; mean or undignified poetry.

Doggerel like that of Hudibras.
 Addison.

The ill-spelt lines of doggerel in which he expressed his reverence for the brave sufferers.
Macaulay.


word: Doggish
definition:
Doggish

Dog"gish
(?)
a.
Like a dog; having the bad qualities of a dog; churlish; growling; brutal.
Dog"gish*ly, adv. -- Dog"gish*ness, n.


word: doggoned
definition:
doggoned

doggone

dog"gone, dog"goned
(?)
a.
[Euphemism from God-damned.]
Damned; confounded; -- used as an expression of displeasure; as, I wish those doggone telemarketers would quit calling at suppertime.
[Informal]


word: doggoned₂
definition:
doggoned

doggone

dog"gone, dog"goned
(?)
adv.
Damned; darned; -- used as an informal intensifier; as, he's a doggoned good golfer.
[Informal]


word: doggone
definition:
doggone

dog"gone
(?)
v. t.
[Euphemism for God-damn.]
Damn; -- used to express displeasure or annoyance; as, doggone it!.
[Informal]


word: Dog-headed
definition:
Dog-headed

Dog"-head`ed
(?)
a.
(Zool.)
Having a head shaped like that of a dog; -- said of certain baboons.


word: dogie
definition:
dogie

do"gie
(d&omacr"gē)
n.
a motherless calf in a range herd of cattle.
[Also spelled dogy and dogey.]

Syn. -- leppy.


word: dog-legged
definition:
dog-legged

dog"-leg`ged
(?)
a.
(Arch)
Noting a flight of stairs, consisting of two or more straight portions connected by a platform (landing) or platforms, and running in opposite directions without an intervening wellhole.


word: Dogma
definition:
Dogma

Dog"ma
(d&obreve_;g"mȧ)
n.
pl. E. Dogmas (d&obreve_;g"mȧz), L. Dogmata (d&obreve_;g"mȧ*tȧ).
[L. dogma, Gr. do`gma, pl. do`gmata, fr. dokei^n to think, seem, appear; akin to L. decet it is becoming.  Cf. Decent.]
1.
That which is held as an opinion; a tenet; a doctrine.

The obscure and loose dogmas of early antiquity.
 Whewell.

2.
A formally stated and authoritatively settled doctrine; a definite, established, and authoritative tenet.

3.
A doctrinal notion asserted without regard to evidence or truth; an arbitrary dictum.


word: dogmatic
definition:
dogmatic

dog*mat"ic
(d&obreve_;g*măt"ĭk)
n.
One of an ancient sect of physicians who went by general principles; -- opposed to the Empiric.


word: dogmatical
definition:
dogmatical

dogmatic

{ dog*mat"ic (d&obreve_;g*măt"ĭk), dog*mat`ic*al (d&obreve_;g*măt"ĭ*kal), }
a.
[L. dogmaticus, Gr. dogmatiko`s, fr. do`gma: cf. F. dogmatique.]
1.
Pertaining to a dogma, or to an established and authorized doctrine or tenet.

2.
Asserting a thing positively and authoritatively; positive; magisterial; hence, arrogantly authoritative; overbearing.

Critics write in a positive, dogmatic way.
 Spectator.

[They] are as assertive and dogmatical as if they were omniscient.
 Glanvill.

Dogmatic theology. Same as Dogmatics.


word: Dogmatism
definition:
Dogmatism

Dog"ma*tism
(?)
n.
The manner or character of a dogmatist; arrogance or positiveness in stating opinion.

The self-importance of his demeanor, and the dogmatism of his conversation.
 Sir W. Scott.


word: Dogmatist
definition:
Dogmatist

Dog"ma*tist
(?)
n.
[L. dogmatistes, Gr. _; , fr. _;.]
One who dogmatizes; one who speaks dogmatically; a bold and arrogant advancer of principles.

I expect but little success of all this upon the dogmatist; his opinioned assurance is paramount to argument.
 Glanvill.


word: Dogmatize
definition:
Dogmatize

Dog"ma*tize
(?)
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Dogmatized (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Dogmatizing.]
[L. dogmatizare to lay down an opinion, Gr. _;, fr. _;: cf. F. dogmatiser. See Dogma.]
To assert positively; to teach magisterially or with bold and undue confidence; to advance with arrogance.

The pride of dogmatizing schools.
Blackmore.


word: Dogmatizer
definition:
Dogmatizer

Dog"ma*ti`zer
(?)
n.
One who dogmatizes; a bold asserter; a magisterial teacher.
Hammond.


word: Dog's-ear
definition:
Dog's-ear

Dog's"-ear`
(?)
n.
The corner of a leaf, in a book, turned down like the ear of a dog.
Gray.
Dog's"-eared` (#), a.
Cowper.


word: Dogshore
definition:
Dogshore

Dog"shore`
(?)
n.
(Naut.)
One of several shores used to hold a ship firmly and prevent her moving while the blocks are knocked away before launching.


word: Dogsleep
definition:
Dogsleep

Dog"sleep`
(?)
n.
1.
Pretended sleep.
Addison.

2.
(Naut.)
The fitful naps taken when all hands are kept up by stress.


word: Dog's-tail grass
definition:
Dog's-tail grass

Dog's"-tail grass`
(?)
n.
(Bot.)
A hardy species of British grass (Cynosurus cristatus) which abounds in grass lands, and is well suited for making straw plait; -- called also goldseed.


word: Dog Star
definition:
Dog Star

Dog" Star`
(?)
Sirius, a star of the constellation Canis Major, or the Greater Dog, and the brightest star in the heavens; -- called also Canicula, and, in astronomical charts, α Canis Majoris. See Dog days.


word: Dogtooth
definition:
Dogtooth

Dog"tooth`
(?)
n.
pl. Dogteeth (_;).
1.
See Canine tooth, under Canine.

2.
(Arch.)
An ornament common in Gothic architecture, consisting of pointed projections resembling teeth; -- also called tooth ornament.

Dogtooth spar (Min.), a variety of calcite, in acute crystals, resembling the tooth of a dog. See Calcite. -- Dogtooth violet (Bot.), a small, bulbous herb of the Lily family (genus Erythronium). It has two shining flat leaves and commonly one large flower. [Written also dog's-tooth violet.]


word: Dogvane
definition:
Dogvane

Dog"vane`
(?)
n.
(Naut.)
A small vane of bunting, feathers, or any other light material, carried at the masthead to indicate the direction of the wind.
Totten.


word: Dogwatch
definition:
Dogwatch

Dog"watch`
(?)
n.
(Naut.)
A half watch; a watch of two hours, of which there are two, the first dogwatch from 4 to 6 o'clock, p. m., and the second dogwatch from 6 to 8 o'clock, p. m.
Totten.


word: Dogwood
definition:
Dogwood

Dog"wood`
(-wŏd`)
n.
[So named from skewers (dags) being made of it. Dr. Prior.  See Dag, and Dagger.]
(Bot.)
The Cornus, a genus of large shrubs or small trees, the wood of which is exceedingly hard, and serviceable for many purposes.

&hand_; There are several species, one of which, Cornus mascula, called also cornelian cherry, bears a red acid berry. Cornus florida is the flowering dogwood, a small American tree with very showy blossoms.

Dogwood tree. (a) The dogwood or Cornus. (b) A papilionaceous tree (Piscidia erythrina) growing in Jamaica. It has narcotic properties; -- called also Jamaica dogwood.


word: dogy
definition:
dogy

do"gy
(d&omacr"gē)
n.
a motherless calf in a range herd of cattle.
[Also spelled dogey and dogie.]

Syn. -- leppy.


word: doh
definition:
doh

doh
(d&omacr)
n.
the syllable naming the first (tonic) note of any major diatonic scale in solmization, usually written do.

Syn. -- do, ut.


word: Doily
definition:
Doily

Doi"ly
(?)
n.
[So called from the name of the dealer.]
1.
A kind of woolen stuff.
[Obs.]
doily
Dryden.

A fool and a doily stuff, would now and then find days of grace, and be worn for variety.
 Congreve.

2.
A small napkin, used at table with the fruit, etc.; -- commonly colored and fringed.


word: Doing
definition:
Doing

Do"ing
(?)
n.
pl. Doings (_;).
Anything done; a deed; an action good or bad; hence, in the plural, conduct; behavior. See Do.

To render an account of his doings.
 Barrow.


word: Doit
definition:
Doit

Doit
(doit)
n.
[D. duit, Icel. pveit, prop., a piece cut off. See Thwaite a piece of ground, Thwite.]
1.
A small Dutch coin, worth about half a farthing; also, a similar small coin once used in Scotland; hence, any small piece of money.
Shak.

2.
A thing of small value; as, I care not a doit.


word: do-it-yourself
definition:
do-it-yourself

do-it-yourself
adj.
performed or made by an end-user who is without professional training in the relevant techniques; as, their house was a do-it-yourself project.  Contrasted with factory-made and professional.


word: do-it-yourselfer
definition:
do-it-yourselfer

do-it-yourselfer
n.
a person who often makes objects typically made by professionals, or performs repairs typically performed by professionals, though not having professional training in the relevant art.  The term is used mostly to refer to activities related to maintaining a home.


word: Dolabriform
definition:
Dolabriform

Do*lab"ri*form
(?)
a.
[L. dolabra a mattock + -form.]
Shaped like the head of an ax or hatchet, as some leaves, and also certain organs of some shellfish.


word: Dolcemente
definition:
Dolcemente

Dolce

{ &VerbarDol"ce (?), Dol`ce*men"te (?), }
adv.
[It., fr. L. dulcis sweet, soft.]
(Mus.)
Softly; sweetly; with soft, smooth, and delicate execution.


word: Dulcino
definition:
Dulcino

Dolcino

&VerbarDol*ci"no (?), or  &VerbarDul*ci"no (_;)
n.
[Cf. It. dolcigno sweetish.]
(Mus.)
A small bassoon, formerly much used.
Simmonds.


word: doldrums
definition:
doldrums

dol"drums
(d&obreve_;l"drŭmz)
n. pl.
[Cf. Gael. doltrum grief, vexation?]
A part of the ocean near the equator, abounding in calms, squalls, and light, baffling winds, which sometimes prevent all progress for weeks; -- so called by sailors.

To be in the doldrums, to be in a state of listlessness ennui, or tedium.


word: Dole
definition:
Dole

Dole
(d&omacrl)
n.
[OE. deol, doel, dol, OF. doel, fr. doloir to suffer, fr. L. dolere; perh. akin to dolare to hew.]
grief; sorrow; lamentation.
[Archaic]

And she died.
So that day there was dole in Astolat.
 Tennyson.


word: Dole₃
definition:
Dole

Dole
n.
[AS. dāl portion; same word as d&aemacr_;l. See Deal.]
1.
Distribution; dealing; apportionment.

At her general dole,
Each receives his ancient soul.
 Cleveland.

2.
That which is dealt out; a part, share, or portion also, a scanty share or allowance.

3.
Alms; charitable gratuity or portion.

So sure the dole, so ready at their call,
They stood prepared to see the manna fall.
Dryden.

Heaven has in store a precious dole.
Keble.

4.
A boundary; a landmark.
Halliwell.

5.
A void space left in tillage.
[Prov. Eng.]

Dole beer, beer bestowed as alms. [Obs.] -- Dole bread, bread bestowed as alms. [Obs.] -- Dole meadow, a meadow in which several persons have a common right or share.  -- on the dole, receiving financial assistance from a governmental agency, such as a welfare agency; as, after his unemployment benefits ran out, his family was on the dole for a year.


word: Dole₄
definition:
Dole

Dole
(d&omacrl)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Doled (d&omacrld); p. pr. & vb. n. Doling.]
To deal out in small portions; to distribute, as a dole; to deal out scantily or grudgingly.

The supercilious condescension with which even his reputed friends doled out their praises to him.
De Quincey.


word: Doleful
definition:
Doleful

Dole"ful
(?)
a.
Full of dole or grief; expressing or exciting sorrow; sorrowful; sad; dismal.

With screwed face and doleful whine.
South.

Regions of sorrow, doleful shades.
Milton.


word: Dolent
definition:
Dolent

Do"lent
(?)
a.
[L. dolens, p. pr. of dolere: cf. F. dolent. See Dole sorrow.]
Sorrowful.
[Obs.]
Ford.


word: Dolerite
definition:
Dolerite

Dol"er*ite
(?)
n.
[Gr. dolero`s deceptive, because it was easily confounded with diorite.]
(Petrography)
(a)
A dark, crystalline, igneous rock, chiefly pyroxene with labradorite.
(b)
Coarse-grained basalt.
(c)
Diabase.
(d)
Any dark, igneous rock composed chiefly of silicates of iron and magnesium with some feldspar.
Dol`er*it"ic (#), a.


word: Dolesome
definition:
Dolesome

Dole"some
a.
Doleful; dismal; gloomy; sorrowful.
Dole"some*ly, adv. -- Dole"some*ness, n.


word: Dolichocephalous
definition:
Dolichocephalous

Dolichocephalic

{ Dol`i*cho*ce*phal"ic (d&obreve_;l`ĭ*ko̝*se̝*făl"ĭk), Dol`i*cho*ceph"a*lous (d&obreve_;l`ĭ*ko̝*sĕf"ȧ*lŭs), }
a.
[Gr. dolicho`s long + kefalh` head.]
(Anat.)
Having the cranium, or skull, long to its breadth; long-headed; -- opposed to brachycephalic.
Dol`i*cho*ceph"al (#), a. & n.


word: Dolichocephalism
definition:
Dolichocephalism

Dolichocephaly

{ Dol`i*cho*ceph"a*ly (d&obreve_;l`ĭ*ko̝*sĕf"ȧ*l&ybreve_;), Dol`i*cho*ceph"a*lism (d&obreve_;l`ĭ*ko̝*sĕf"ȧ*lĭz'm) }
n.
[Cf. F. dolichcéphalie.]
The quality or condition of being dolichocephalic.


word: dolioform
definition:
dolioform

do"li*o*form
(?)
a.
[L. dolium large jar + -form.]
(Biol.)
Barrel-shaped, or like a cask in form.


word: Doliolum
definition:
Doliolum

Do*li"o*lum
(?)
n.
[L. doliolum a small cask.]
(Zool.)
A genus of freeswimming oceanic tunicates, allied to Salpa, and having alternate generations.


word: Do-little
definition:
Do-little

Do"-lit`tle
(?)
n.
One who performs little though professing much.
[Colloq.]

Great talkers are commonly dolittles.
Bp. Richardson.


word: Dolium
definition:
Dolium

Do"li*um
(?)
n.
[L. large jar.]
(Zool.)
A genus of large univalve mollusks, including the partridge shell and tun shells.


word: doll
definition:
doll

doll
(d&obreve_;l)
n.
[A contraction of Dorothy; or less prob. an abbreviation of idol; or cf. OD. dol a whipping top, D. dollen to rave, and E. dull.]
1.
a small, usually flexible figure representing a human being, especially a toy baby for a little girl; a child's puppet.

2.
an attractive woman or girl.
[slang]

Come along and be my party doll.
(The first words of the song)


word: dollar
definition:
dollar

dol"lar
(?)
n.
[D. daalder, LG. dahler, G. thaler, an abbreviation of Joachimsthaler, i. e., a piece of money first coined, about the year 1518, in the valley (G. thal) of St. Joachim, in Bohemia. See Dale.]
1.
(a)
A silver coin of the United States containing 371.25 grains of silver and 41.25 grains of alloy, that is, having a total weight of 412.5 grains.
(b)
A gold coin of the United States containing 23.22 grains of gold and 2.58 grains of alloy, that is, having a total weight of 25.8 grains, nine-tenths fine. It is no longer coined.

&hand_; Previous to 1837 the silver dollar had a larger amount of alloy, but only the same amount of silver as now, the total weight being 416 grains. The gold dollar as a distinct coin was first made in 1849. The eagles, half eagles, and quarter eagles coined before 1834 contained 24.75 grains of gold and 2.25 grains of alloy for each dollar.

2.
A coin of the same general weight and value as the United States silver dollar, though differing slightly in different countries, formerly current in Mexico, Canada, parts of South America, also in Spain, and several other European countries.

3.
The value of a dollar; the unit of currency, differing in value in different countries, commonly employed in the United States and a number of other countries, including Australia, Canada, Hong Kong, parts of the Carribbean, Liberia, and several others.

Chop dollar. See under 9th Chop. -- Dollar fish (Zool.), a fish of the United States coast (Stromateus triacanthus), having a flat, roundish form and a bright silvery luster; -- called also butterfish, and Lafayette. See Butterfish. -- Trade dollar, a silver coin formerly made at the United States mint, intended for export, and not legal tender at home. It contained 378 grains of silver and 42 grains of alloy.


word: dollar bill
definition:
dollar bill

dollar bill
A paper note printed by the Treasury, or by one of the Federal Reserve Banks under authority of the treasury, having the value of one dollar.  Also five dollar bill, ten dollar bill, etc.:  notes with the value of five, ten, etc. dollars.  Prior to 1964 such notes could be redeemed for the equivalent dollar value in silver coins, but in that year the backing of the currency with silver was discontinued.  Such notes not convertible into precious metals at a fixed rate are called "fiat money", receiving their value solely from the good faith of the issuing government and the confidence of those using the currency.


word: Dollardee
definition:
Dollardee

Dol`lar*dee"
(?)
n.
(Zool.)
A species of sunfish (Lepomis pallidus), common in the United States; -- called also blue sunfish, and copper-nosed bream.


word: dollarfish
definition:
dollarfish

dollarfish
n.
1.
small food fish (Poronotus triacanthus) of the Atlantic coast.

Syn. -- Poronotus triacanthus.

2.
any of several silvery marine fishes with very flat bodies.

Syn. -- moonfish, Atlantic moonfish, horsefish, horsehead, Selene setapinnis.


word: dollhouse
definition:
dollhouse

dollhouse
n.
1.
a house so small that it is likened to a child's dollhouse.  Sometimes used in reference to a small house with especially elaborate exterior decoration.

2.
a small model of a house used as a toy by children, usually including miniature furniture and other objects that can be arranged inside it as the would be in a real house.


word: Dolly
definition:
Dolly

Dol"ly
(?)
n.
pl. Dollies (_;).
1.
(Mining)
A contrivance, turning on a vertical axis by a handle or winch, and giving a circular motion to the ore to be washed; a stirrer.

2.
(Mach.)
A tool with an indented head for shaping the head of a rivet.
Knight.

3.
In pile driving, a block interposed between the head of the pile and the ram of the driver.

4.
A small truck with a single wide roller used for moving heavy beams, columns, etc., in bridge building.

5.
A compact, narrow-gauge locomotive used for moving construction trains, switching, etc.


word: Dolly₂
definition:
Dolly

Dol"ly
(?)
n.
A child's mane for a doll.

Dolly shop, a shop where rags, old junk, etc., are bought and sold; usually, in fact, an unlicensed pawnbroker's shop, formerly distinguished by the sign of a black doll. [England]


word: Dolly Varden
definition:
Dolly Varden

Dol"ly Var"den
(?)
1.
A character in Dickens's novel “Barnaby Rudge,” a beautiful, lively, and coquettish girl who wore a cherry-colored mantle and cherry-colored ribbons.

2.
A style of light, bright-figured dress goods for women; also, a style of dress.

Dolly Varden trout (Zool.), a trout of northwest America; -- called also bull trout, malma, and red-spotted trout. See Malma.


word: dolma
definition:
dolma

dolma
n.
pl. dolmas or dolmades.
(Cookery)
a dish composed of well-seasoned rice (with nuts or currants of minced lamb) simmered or braised in stock, stuffed into tomatoes or green peppers, or wrapped in grape leaves; -- popular in the near east.

Syn. -- stuffed grape leaves.


word: Dolman
definition:
Dolman

Dol"man
(d&obreve_;l"man)
n.
pl. Dolmans.
[Turk. d&omacrlāmān: cf. F. doliman.]
1.
A long robe or outer garment, with long sleeves, worn by the Turks.
[Written also doliman.]

2.
A woman's cloak with capelike pieces instead of sleeves.

3.
The uniform jacket of many European hussar regiments, worn like a cloak, fastened with a cord or chain, and with sleeves hanging loose.


word: dolmas
definition:
dolmas

dolmas
n.
(Cookery)
plural of dolma; -- sometimes used as a singular form.

Syn. -- stuffed grape leaves.


word: dolmen
definition:
dolmen

dol"men
(d&obreve_;l"mĕn)
n.
[Armor. taol, tol, table + mean, maen, men, stone: cf. F. dolmen.]
A cromlech. See Cromlech.
[Written also tolmen.]


word: dolomite
definition:
dolomite

dol"o*mite
(d&obreve_;l"o̝*mīt)
n.
[After the French geologist Dolomieu.]
(Geol. & Min.)
A mineral consisting of the carbonate of lime and magnesia in varying proportions. It occurs in distinct crystals, and in extensive beds as a compact limestone, often crystalline granular, either white or clouded. It includes much of the common white marble. Also called bitter spar.


word: dolor
definition:
dolor

do"lor
(?)
n.
[OE. dolor, dolur, dolour, F. douleur, L. dolor, fr. dolere. See 1st Dole.]
Pain; grief; distress; anguish.
[Written also dolour.]
[Poetic]

Of death and dolor telling sad tidings.
Spenser.


word: Dolorifical
definition:
Dolorifical

Dolorific

{ Dol`or*if"ic (?), Dol`or*if"ic*al (?), }
a.
[LL. dolorificus; L. dolor pain + facere to make.]
Causing pain or grief.
Arbuthnot.


word: Doloroso
definition:
Doloroso

Do`lo*ro"so
(?)
a. & adv.
[It.]
(Mus.)
Plaintive; pathetic; -- used adverbially as a musical direction.


word: Dolorous
definition:
Dolorous

Dol"or*ous
(?)
a.
[L. dolorosus, from dolor: cf. F. douloureux. See Dolor.]
1.
Full of grief; sad; sorrowful; doleful; dismal; as, a dolorous object; dolorous discourses.

You take me in too dolorous a sense;
I spake to you for your comfort.
Shak.

2.
Occasioning pain or grief; painful.

Their dispatch is quick, and less dolorous than the paw of the bear or teeth of the lion.
Dr. H. More.


word: dolourous
definition:
dolourous

dolourous
adj.
1.
same as dolorous.
[Brit.]

Syn. -- dolorous, dolourous, lachrymose, tearful, weeping.


word: dolostone
definition:
dolostone

dolostone
n.
a stone or rock entirely composed of the mineral dolomite.
Dict. Sci. Tech.

Syn. -- dolomite rock.


word: dolphin
definition:
dolphin

dol"phin
(d&obreve_;l"fĭn)
n.
[F. dauphin dolphin, dauphin, earlier spelt also doffin; cf. OF. dalphinal of the dauphin; fr. L. delphinus, Gr. delfi`s a dolphin (in senses 1, 2, 3, & 6), perh. properly, belly fish; cf. delfy`s womb, Skr. garbha; perh. akin to E. calf.  Cf. Dauphin, Delphine.]
1.
(Zool.)
A cetacean of the genus Delphinus and allied genera (esp. Delphinus delphis); the true dolphin.

&hand_; The dolphin of the ancients (Delphinus delphis) is common in the Mediterranean and Atlantic, and attains a length of from six to eight feet.

2.
(Zool.)
The Coryphæna hippuris, a fish of about five feet in length, celebrated for its surprising changes of color when dying. It is the fish commonly known as the dolphin.  The term is also applied to the related Coryphaena equisetis.  Called also dolphinfish and (especially in Hawaii) mahimahi.  See also dolphinfish and Coryphænoid.

Syn. -- dolphinfish, mahimahi.

3.
[Gr. delfi`s]
(Gr. Antiq.)
A mass of iron or lead hung from the yardarm, in readiness to be dropped on the deck of an enemy's vessel.

4.
(Naut.)
(a)
A kind of wreath or strap of plaited cordage.
(b)
A spar or buoy held by an anchor and furnished with a ring to which ships may fasten their cables.
R. H. Dana.
(c)
A mooring post on a wharf or beach.
(d)
A permanent fender around a heavy boat just below the gunwale.
Ham. Nav. Encyc.

5.
(Gun.)
In old ordnance, one of the handles above the trunnions by which a cannon was lifted.

6.
(Astron.)
A small constellation between Aquila and Pegasus. See Delphinus, n., 2.

Dolphin fly (Zool.), the black, bean, or collier, Aphis (Aphis fable), destructive to beans. -- Dolphin striker (Naut.), a short vertical spar under the bowsprit.


word: dolphinfish
definition:
dolphinfish

dolphinfish
n.
either of two large slender food and game fish (Coryphaena equisetis or Coryphaena hippurus) of warm waters.  They are highly esteemed as food fish, especially in Hawaii, where they are usually referred to as mahimahi.  See also dolphin{2}.

Syn. -- dolphin, mahimahi.


word: dolt
definition:
dolt

dolt
(d&omacrlt; 110)
n.
[OE. dulte, prop. p. p. of dullen to dull. See Dull.]
A heavy, stupid fellow; a blockhead; a numskull; an ignoramus; a dunce; a dullard.

This Puck seems but a dreaming dolt.
Drayton.


word: doltish
definition:
doltish

dolt"ish
(d&omacrlt"ĭsh)
a.
Doltlike; dull in intellect; stupid; blockish; as, a doltish clown.
Dolt"ish*ly, adv. -- Dolt"ish*ness, n.


word: Dolus
definition:
Dolus

Do"lus
(?)
n.
[L., deceit; akin to Gr. _;.]
(Law)
Evil intent, embracing both malice and fraud. See Culpa.
Wharton.


word: -dom
definition:
-dom

-dom
(_;)
A suffix denoting
(a)
Jurisdiction or property and jurisdiction, dominion, as in kingdom earldom.
(b)
State, condition, or quality of being, as in wisdom, freedom.
It is from the same root as doom meaning authority and judgment. _;. See Doom.


word: Dom
definition:
Dom

Dom
(d&obreve_;m)
n.
[Pg. See Don.]
1.
A title anciently given to the pope, and later to other church dignitaries and to some monastic orders. See Don, and Dan.

2.
In Portugal and Brazil, the title given to a member of the higher classes.


word: Domage
definition:
Domage

Dom"age
(?)
n.
[See Damage.]
1.
Damage; hurt.
[Obs.]
Chapman.

2.
Subjugation.
[Obs.]
Hobbes.


word: Domain
definition:
Domain

Do*main"
(?)
n.
[F. domaine, OF. demaine, L. dominium, property, right of ownership, fr. dominus master, owner. See Dame, and cf Demesne, Dungeon.]
1.
Dominion; empire; authority.

2.
The territory over which dominion or authority is exerted; the possessions of a sovereign or commonwealth, or the like. Also used figuratively.
[wns=2]

The domain of authentic history.
E. Everett.

The domain over which the poetic spirit ranges.
J. C. Shairp.

3.
Landed property; estate; especially, the land about the mansion house of a lord, and in his immediate occupancy; demesne.
[wns=2]
Shenstone.

4.
(Law)
Ownership of land; an estate or patrimony which one has in his own right; absolute proprietorship; paramount or sovereign ownership.

5.
(Math.)
the set of values which the independent variable of a function may take.  Contrasted to range, which is the set of values taken by the dependent variable.
[wns=3]

6.
(Math.)
a connected set of points, also called a region.

7.
(Physics)
a region within a ferromagnetic material, composed of a number of atoms whose magnetic poles are pointed in the same direction, and which may move together in a coordinated manner when disturbed, as by heating.  The direction of polarity of adjacent domains may be different, but may be aligned by a strong external magnetic field.

8.
(Computers)
an address within the internet computer network, which may be a single computer, a network of computers, or one of a number of accounts on a multiuser computer.  The domain specifies the location (host computer) to which communications on the internet are directed.  Each domain has a corresponding 32-bit number usually represented by four numbers separated by periods, as 128.32.282.56.  Each domain may also have an alphabetical name, usually composed of a name plus an extension separated by a period, as worldsoul.org; the alphabetical name is referred to as a domain name.

9.
(Immunology)
the three-dimensional structure within an immunoglobulin which is formed by one of the homology regions of a heavy or light chain.
Dict. Sci. Tech.

10.
the field of knowledge, expertise, or interest of a person; as, he had a limited domain of discourse; I can't comment on that, it's outside my domain.
[wns=5]

Syn. -- domain, realm, field, area.
11.
a particular environment or walk of life.
[wns=1]

Syn. -- sphere, domain, area, orbit, field, arena.
12.
people in general; especially a distinctive group of people with some shared interest.
[wns=4]

Syn. -- world, domain.
Public domain, 1. the territory belonging to a State or to the general government; public lands. [U.S.] -- 2. the situation or status of intellectual property which is not protected by copyright, patent or other restriction on use.  Anything in the public domain may be used by anyone without restriction.  The effective term of force of copyrights and patents are limited by statute, and after the term expires, the writings and inventions thus protected go into the public domain and are free for use by all. -- Right of eminent domain, that superior dominion of the sovereign power over all the property within the state, including that previously granted by itself, which authorizes it to appropriate any part thereof to a necessary public use, reasonable compensation being made.


word: Dome
definition:
Dome

Dome
n.
[F. dôme, It. duomo, fr. L. domus a house, domus Dei or Domini, house of the Lord, house of God; akin to Gr. _; house, _; to build, and E. timber. See Timber.]
1.
A building; a house; an edifice; -- used chiefly in poetry.

Approach the dome, the social banquet share.
Pope.

2.
(Arch.)
A cupola formed on a large scale.

&hand_; “The Italians apply the term il duomo to the principal church of a city, and the Germans call every cathedral church Dom; and it is supposed that the word in its present English sense has crept into use from the circumstance of such buildings being frequently surmounted by a cupola.”
Am. Cyc.

3.
Any erection resembling the dome or cupola of a building; as the upper part of a furnace, the vertical steam chamber on the top of a boiler, etc.

4.
(Crystallog.)
A prism formed by planes parallel to a lateral axis which meet above in a horizontal edge, like the roof of a house; also, one of the planes of such a form.

&hand_; If the plane is parallel to the longer diagonal (macrodiagonal) of the prism, it is called a macrodome; if parallel to the shorter (brachydiagonal), it is a brachydome; if parallel to the inclined diagonal in a monoclinic crystal, it is called a clinodome; if parallel to the orthodiagonal axis, an orthodome.
Dana.


word: Domebook
definition:
Domebook

Dome"book`
(?)
n.
[Dome doom + book.]
(O. Eng. Law)
A book said to have been compiled under the direction of King Alfred. It is supposed to have contained the principal maxims of the common law, the penalties for misdemeanors, and the forms of judicial proceedings. Domebook was probably a general name for book of judgments.
Burrill.


word: Domesday
definition:
Domesday

Domes"day`
(?)
n.
A day of judgment. See Doomsday.
[Obs.]

Domesday Book, the ancient record of the survey of most of the lands of England, made by order of William the Conqueror, about 1086. It consists of two volumes, a large folio and a quarto, and gives the proprietors' tenures, arable land, woodland, etc. [Written also Doomsday Book.]


word: Domestic
definition:
Domestic

Do*mes"tic
(?)
a.
[L. domesticus, fr. domus use: cf. F. domestique. See 1st Dome.]
1.
Of or pertaining to one's house or home, or one's household or family; relating to home life; as, domestic concerns, life, duties, cares, happiness, worship, servants.

His fortitude is the more extraordinary, because his domestic feelings were unusually strong.
Macaulay.

4.
Of or pertaining to a nation considered as a family or home, or to one's own country; intestine; not foreign; as, foreign wars and domestic dissensions.
Shak.

3.
Remaining much at home; devoted to home duties or pleasures; as, a domestic man or woman.

4.
Living in or near the habitations of man; domesticated; tame as distinguished from wild; as, domestic animals.

5.
Made in one's own house, nation, or country; as, domestic manufactures, wines, etc.


word: Domestic₂
definition:
Domestic

Do*mes"tic
n.
1.
One who lives in the family of an other, as hired household assistant; a house servant.

The master labors and leads an anxious life, to secure plenty and ease to the domestic.
V. Knox.

2.
pl.
(Com.)
Articles of home manufacture, especially cotton goods.
[U. S.]


word: Domestical
definition:
Domestical

Do*mes"tic*al
(?)
a.
Domestic.
[Obs.]

Our private and domestical matter.
Sir. P. Sidney.


word: Domestically
definition:
Domestically

Do*mes"tic*al*ly
adv.
In a domestic manner; privately; with reference to domestic affairs.


word: Domesticate
definition:
Domesticate

Do*mes"ti*cate
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Domesticated; p. pr. & vb. n. Domesticating.]
[LL. domesticatus, p. p. of domesticare to reside in, to tame. See Domestic, a.]
1.
To make domestic; to habituate to home life; as, to domesticate one's self.

2.
To cause to be, as it were, of one's family or country; as, to domesticate a foreign custom or word.

3.
To tame or reclaim from a wild state; as, to domesticate wild animals; to domesticate a plant.


word: domesticated
definition:
domesticated

domesticated
adj.
1.
tame, tamed; -- of animals.  Opposite of wild.

Syn. -- domestic.

2.
accustomed to home life; as, some men think it unmanly to be domesticated; others find gratification in it.

3.
acclimated to a new environment; -- of plants or animals.

Syn. -- naturalized, nonnative.


word: Domestication
definition:
Domestication

Do*mes`ti*ca"tion
(?)
n.
[Cf. F. domestication.]
The act of domesticating, or accustoming to home; the action of taming wild animals.


word: Domesticity
definition:
Domesticity

Do`mes*tic"i*ty
(?)
n.
[LL. domesticitas: cf. F. domesticité.]
The state of being domestic; domestic character; household life.


word: Domeykite
definition:
Domeykite

Do"mey*kite
(?)
n.
[Named after Domeyko, a mineralogist of Chili.]
(Min.)
A massive mineral of tin-white or steel-gray color, an arsenide of copper.


word: Domicile
definition:
Domicile

Dom"i*cile
(?)
n.
[L. domicilium; domus house + (prob.) root of celare to conceal: cf. F. domicile. See Dome, and Conceal.]
1.
An abode or mansion; a place of permanent residence, either of an individual or a family.

2.
(Law)
A residence at a particular place accompanied with an intention to remain there for an unlimited time; a residence accepted as a final abode.
Wharton.


word: Domicile₂
definition:
Domicile

Dom"i*cile
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Domiciled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Domiciling.]
[Cf. F. domicilier.  Cf. Domiciliate.]
To establish in a fixed residence, or a residence that constitutes habitancy; to domiciliate.
Kent.


word: Domicillary
definition:
Domicillary

Dom`i*cil"l*a*ry
(?)
a.
[LL. domiciliarius.]
Of or pertaining to a domicile, or the residence of a person or family.

The personal and domiciliary rights of the citizen scrupulously guarded.
Motley.

Domiciliary visit (Law), a visit to a private dwelling, particularly for searching it, under authority.


word: Domiciliate
definition:
Domiciliate

Dom`i*cil"i*ate
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Domiciliated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Domiciliating (?).]
[See Domicile.]
1.
To establish in a permanent residence; to domicile.

2.
To domesticate.
Pownall.


word: Domiciliation
definition:
Domiciliation

Dom`i*cil`i*a"tion
(?)
n.
The act of domiciliating; permanent residence; inhabitancy.
Milman.


word: Domiculture
definition:
Domiculture

Dom"i*cul`ture
(?; 135)
n.
[L. domus house + E. culture. See 1st Dome.]
The art of house-keeping, cookery, etc.
[R.]
R. Park.


word: Domify
definition:
Domify

Dom"i*fy
(?)
v. t.
[L. domus + -fy: cf. F. domifier.]
1.
(Astrol.)
To divide, as the heavens, into twelve houses. See House, in astrological sense.
[Obs.]

2.
To tame; to domesticate.
[Obs.]
Johnson.


word: Domina
definition:
Domina

Dom"i*na
(?)
n.
[L., lady. See Dame.]
(O. Eng. Law)
Lady; a lady; -- a title formerly given to noble ladies who held a barony in their own right.
Burrill.


word: Dominancy
definition:
Dominancy

Dominance

{ Dom"i*nance (?), Dom"i*nan*cy (?), }
n.
Predominance; ascendency; authority.


word: Dominant
definition:
Dominant

Dom"i*nant
(?)
a.
[L. dominans, -antis, p. pr. of dominari: cf. F. dominant. See Dominate.]
Ruling; governing; prevailing; controlling; predominant; as, the dominant party, church, spirit, power.

The member of a dominant race is, in his dealings with the subject race, seldom indeed fraudulent, . . . but imperious, insolent, and cruel.
Macaulay.

Dominant estate or Dominant tenement (Law), the estate to which a servitude or easement is due from another estate, the estate over which the servitude extends being called the servient estate or tenement. Bouvier. Wharton's Law Dict. -- Dominant owner (Law), one who owns lands on which there is an easement owned by another.


word: Dominant₂
definition:
Dominant

Dom"i*nant
n.
(Mus.)
The fifth tone of the scale; thus G is the dominant of C, A of D, and so on.

Dominant chord (Mus.), the chord based upon the dominant.


word: Dominate
definition:
Dominate

Dom"i*nate
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Dominated; p. pr. & vb. n. Dominating.]
[L. dominatus, p. p. of dominari to dominate, fr. dominus master, lord. See Dame, and cf. Domineer.]
To predominate over; to rule; to govern.
dominated
Dickens.

We everywhere meet with Slavonian nations either dominant or dominated.
W. Tooke.


word: dominated
definition:
dominated

dominated
adj.
1.
controlled or ruled by superior authority or power.

Syn. -- dominated by, under the thumb of(predicate).

2.
controlled by one's wife; -- of men.

Syn. -- henpecked.


word: dominating
definition:
dominating

dominating
adj.
1.
exercising influence or control.  Opposite of subordinate.

Syn. -- ascendant, ascendent, prestigious, dominant.

2.
high enough to provide a clear view of the surrounding area; -- of a height or viewpoint.

Syn. -- commanding, overlooking.


word: Domination
definition:
Domination

Dom`i*na"tion
(?)
n.
[F. domination, L. dominatio.]
1.
The act of dominating; exercise of power in ruling; dominion; supremacy; authority; often, arbitrary or insolent sway.

In such a people, the haughtiness of domination combines with the spirit of freedom.
Burke.

2.
A ruling party; a party in power.
[R.]
Burke.

3.
pl.
A high order of angels in the celestial hierarchy; -- a meaning given by the schoolmen.

Thrones, dominations, princedoms, virtues, powers.
Milton.


word: Dominator
definition:
Dominator

Dom"i*na`tor
(?)
n.
[L.]
A ruler or ruling power.
dominator
Shak.

Jupiter and Mars are dominators for this northwest part of the world.
Camden.


word: dominee
definition:
dominee

domine

dom"i*ne, dominee
(?)
n.
[See Dominie.]
1.
A name given to a pastor of the Reformed Church. The word is also applied locally in the United States, in colloquial speech, to any clergyman.

Syn. -- dominus, dominie.

2.
[From Sp. domine a schoolmaster.]
(Zool.)
A West Indian fish (Epinula magistralis), of the family Trichiuridæ. It is a long-bodied, voracious fish.


word: Domineer
definition:
Domineer

Dom`i*neer"
(?)
v. i. & t.
[imp. & p. p. Domineered (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Domineering.]
[F. dominer, L. dominari: cf. OD. domineren to feast luxuriously. See Dominate, v. t.]
To rule with insolence or arbitrary sway; to play the master; to be overbearing; to tyrannize; to bluster; to swell with conscious superiority or haughtiness; -- often with over; as, to domineer over dependents.

Go to the feast, revel and domineer.
Shak.

His wishes tend abroad to roam,
And hers to domineer at home.
Prior.


word: Domineering
definition:
Domineering

Dom`i*neer"ing
a.
Ruling arrogantly; overbearing.

A violent, brutal, domineering old reprobate.
Blackw. Mag.


word: Dominical
definition:
Dominical

Do*min"ic*al
(?)
a.
[LL. dominicalis, for L. dominicus belonging to a master or lord (dominica dies the Lord's day), fr. dominus master or lord: cf. F. dominical. See Dame.]
1.
Indicating, or pertaining to, the Lord's day, or Sunday.

2.
Relating to, or given by, our Lord; as, the dominical (or Lord's) prayer.
Howell.

Some words altered in the dominical Gospels.
Fuller.

Dominical altar (Eccl.), the high altar. -- Dominical letter, the letter which, in almanacs, denotes Sunday, or the Lord's day (dies Domini). The first seven letters of the alphabet are used for this purpose, the same letter standing for Sunday during a whole year (except in leap year, when the letter is changed at the end of February). After twenty-eight years the same letters return in the same order. The dominical letters go backwards one day every common year, and two every leap year; e. g., if the dominical letter of a common year be G, F will be the dominical letter for the next year. Called also Sunday letter.  Cf. Solar cycle, under Cycle, n.


word: Dominican
definition:
Dominican

Do*min"i*can
(?)
prop. a.
[NL. Dominicanus, fr. Dominicus, Dominic, the founder: cf. F. Dominicain.]
Of or pertaining to St. Dominic (Dominic de Guzman), or to the religious communities named from him.

Dominican nuns, an order of nuns founded by St. Dominic, and chiefly employed in teaching. -- Dominican tertiaries the third order of St. Dominic. See Tertiary.


word: Dominican₂
definition:
Dominican

Do*min"i*can
prop. n.
(Eccl. Hist.)
One of an order of mendicant monks founded by Dominic de Guzman, in 1215. A province of the order was established in England in 1221. The first foundation in the United States was made in 1807. The Master of the Sacred Palace at Rome is always a Dominican friar. The Dominicans are called also preaching friars, friars preachers, black friars (from their black cloak), brothers of St. Mary, and in France, Jacobins.


word: dominicide
definition:
dominicide

do*min"i*cide
(?)
n.
[L. dominus master + caedere to cut down, kill.]
1.
The act of killing a master.

2.
One who kills his master.


word: Dominick
definition:
Dominick

Dom"i*nick
n.
(Zool.)
an American breed of chicken having barred gray plumage raised for meat and brown eggs.

Syn. -- Dominique.


word: Dominie
definition:
Dominie

Dom"i*nie
(?)
n.
[L. dominus master. See Don, Dame.]
1.
A schoolmaster; a pedagogue.
[Scot.]

This was Abel Sampson, commonly called, from occupation as a pedagogue, Dominie Sampson.
Sir W. Scott.

2.
A clergyman. See Domine, 1.
[Scot. & Colloq. U. S.]


word: Dominion
definition:
Dominion

Do*min"ion
(?)
n.
[LL. dominio, equiv. to L. dominium. See Domain, Dungeon.]
1.
Sovereign or supreme authority; the power of governing and controlling; independent right of possession, use, and control; sovereignty; supremacy.

I praised and honored him that liveth forever, whose dominion is an everlasting dominion.
Dan. iv. 34.

To choose between dominion or slavery.
Jowett (Thucyd. ).

2.
Superior prominence; predominance; ascendency.

Objects placed foremost ought . . . have dominion over things confused and transient.
Dryden.

3.
That which is governed; territory over which authority is exercised; the tract, district, or county, considered as subject; as, the dominions of a king. Also used figuratively; as, the dominion of the passions.

4.
pl.
A supposed high order of angels; dominations. See Domination, 3.
Milton.

By him were all things created . . . whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers.
Col. i. 16.


word: Dominion Day
definition:
Dominion Day

Do*min"ion Day
In Canada, a legal holiday, July lst, being the anniversary of the proclamation of the formation of the Dominion in 1867.


word: Dominique
definition:
Dominique

Dominique
n.
(Zool.)
an American breed of chicken having barred gray plumage raised for meat and brown eggs.

Syn. -- Dominick.


