Dis Dis noun [ Latin ] The god Pluto. Shak.

Dis- Dis- (?; 258) . 1. A prefix from the Latin, whence French dés , or sometimes dé -, dis -. The Latin dis- appears as di- before b , d , g , l , m , n , r , v , becomes dif- before f , and either dis- or di- before j . It is from the same root as bis twice, and duo , English two . See Two , and confer Bi- , Di- , Dia- . Dis- denotes separation , a parting from , as in dis tribute, dis connect; hence it often has the force of a privative and negative, as in dis arm, dis oblige, dis agree. Also intensive, as in dis sever.

» Walker's rule of pronouncing this prefix is, that the s ought always to be pronounced like z , when the next syllable is accented and begins with "a flat mute [ b , d , v , g , z ], a liquid [ l , m , n , r ], or a vowel; as, disable , disease , disorder , disuse , disband , disdain , disgrace , disvalue , disjoin , dislike , dislodge , dismay , dismember , dismiss , dismount , disnatured , disrank , disrelish , disrobe ." Dr. Webster's example in disapproving of Walker's rule and pronouncing dis- as diz in only one ( disease ) of the above words, is followed by recent orthoëpists. See Disable , Disgrace , and the other words, beginning with dis -, in this Dictionary.

2. A prefix from Greek di`s- twice. See Di- .

Disability Dis`a·bil"i·ty noun ; plural Disabilities 1. State of being disabled; deprivation or want of ability; absence of competent physical, intellectual, or moral power, means, fitness, and the like.

Grossest faults, or disabilities to perform what was covenanted.

Milton.

Chatham refused to see him, pleading his disability .

Bancroft.

2. Want of legal qualification to do a thing; legal incapacity or incompetency.

The disabilities of idiocy, infancy, and coverture.

Abbott.

Syn. -- Weakness; inability; incompetence; impotence; incapacity; incompetency; disqualification. -- Disability , Inability . Inability is an inherent want of power to perform the thing in question; disability arises from some deprivation or loss of the needed competency. One who becomes deranged is under a disability of holding his estate; and one who is made a judge, of deciding in his own case. A man may decline an office on account of his inability to discharge its duties; he may refuse to accept a trust or employment on account of some disability prevents him from entering into such engagements.

Disable Dis·a"ble adjective Lacking ability; unable. [ Obsolete] "Our disable and unactive force." Daniel.

Disable Dis·a"ble transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Disabled ; present participle & verbal noun Disabling .] 1. To render unable or incapable; to destroy the force, vigor, or power of action of; to deprive of competent physical or intellectual power; to incapacitate; to disqualify; to make incompetent or unfit for service; to impair.

A Christian's life is a perpetual exercise, a wrestling and warfare, for which sensual pleasure disables him.

Jer. Taylor.

And had performed it, if my known offense
Had not disabled me.

Milton.

I have disabled mine estate.

Shak.

2. (Law) To deprive of legal right or qualification; to render legally incapable.

An attainder of the ancestor corrupts the blood, and disables his children to inherit.

Blackstone.

3. To deprive of that which gives value or estimation; to declare lacking in competency; to disparage; to undervalue. [ Obsolete] "He disabled my judgment." Shak.

Syn. -- To weaken; unfit; disqualify; incapacitate.

Disablement Dis·a"ble·ment noun Deprivation of ability; incapacity. Bacon.

Disabuse Dis`a·buse" transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Disabused ; present participle & verbal noun Disabusing .] [ Prefix dis- + abuse ; confer French désabuser .] To set free from mistakes; to undeceive; to disengage from fallacy or deception; to set right.

To undeceive and disabuse the people.

South.

If men are now sufficiently enlightened to disabuse themselves or artifice, hypocrisy, and superstition, they will consider this event as an era in their history.

J. Adams.

Disaccommodate Dis`ac·com"mo·date transitive verb [ Prefix dis- + accommodate .] To put to inconvenience; to incommode. [ R.] Bp. Warburton.

Disaccommodation Dis`ac·com`mo·da"tion noun A state of being unaccommodated or unsuited. [ R.] Sir M. Hale.

Disaccord Dis`ac·cord" intransitive verb [ Confer French désaccorder to cause discord.] To refuse to assent. [ Obsolete] Spenser.

Disaccord Dis`ac·cord" noun Disagreement. Pop. Sci. Monthly.

Disaccordant Dis`ac·cord"ant adjective Not accordant. Fabyan.

Disaccustom Dis`ac·cus"tom transitive verb [ Confer French désaccoutumer .] To destroy the force of habit in; to wean from a custom. Johnson.

Disacidify Dis`a·cid"i·fy transitive verb To free from acid.

Disacknowledge Dis`ac·knowl"edge transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Disacknowledged ; present participle & verbal noun Disacknowledging .] To refuse to acknowledge; to deny; to disown. [ Obsolete] South.

Disacquaint Dis`ac·quaint" transitive verb [ Prefix dis- + acquaint : confer Old French desacointier .] To render unacquainted; to make unfamiliar. [ Obsolete]

While my sick heart
With dismal smart
Is disacquainted never.

Herrick.

Disacquaintance Dis`ac·quaint"ance noun Neglect of disuse of familiarity, or familiar acquaintance. [ Obsolete] South.

Disacryl Dis·ac"ryl noun [ Prefix dis- (Gr. di`s- twice) + acr olein + -yl .] (Chemistry) A white amorphous substance obtained as a polymeric modification of acrolein.

Disadorn Dis`a·dorn" transitive verb To deprive of ornaments. Congreve.

Disadvance Dis`ad·vance" transitive verb & i. [ Prefix dis- + advance : confer Old French desavancier .] To draw back, or cause to draw back. [ Obsolete] Spenser.

Disadvantage Dis`ad·van"tage noun [ Confer French désavantage .] 1. Deprivation of advantage; unfavorable or prejudicial quality, condition, circumstance, or the like; that which hinders success, or causes loss or injury.

I was brought here under the disadvantage of being unknown by sight to any of you.

Burke.

Abandoned by their great patron, the faction henceforward acted at disadvantage .

Palfrey.

2. Loss; detriment; hindrance; prejudice to interest, fame, credit, profit, or other good.

They would throw a construction on his conduct, to his disadvantage before the public.

Bancroft.

Syn. -- Detriment; injury; hurt; loss; damage.

Disadvantage Dis`ad·van"tage transitive verb [ Confer French désavantager .] To injure the interest of; to be detrimental to.

Disadvantageable Dis`ad·van"tage·a·ble adjective Injurious; disadvantageous. [ Obsolete] Bacon.

Disadvantageous Dis·ad`van·ta"geous adjective [ Confer French désavantageux .] Attended with disadvantage; unfavorable to success or prosperity; inconvenient; prejudicial; -- opposed to advantageous ; as, the situation of an army is disadvantageous for attack or defense.

Even in the disadvantageous position in which he had been placed, he gave clear indications of future excellence.

Prescott.

-- Dis*ad`van*ta"geous*ly , adverb -- Dis*ad`van*ta"geous*ness , noun

Disadventure Dis`ad·ven"ture noun [ Prefix dis- + adventure : confer Old French desaventure .] Misfortune; mishap. [ Obsolete] Sir W. Raleigh.

Disadventurous Dis`ad·ven"tur·ous adjective Unprosperous; unfortunate. [ Obsolete] Spenser.

Disadvise Dis`ad·vise" transitive verb To advise against; to dissuade from. [ R.] Boyle.

Disaffect Dis`af·fect" transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Disaffected ; present participle & verbal noun Disaffecting .] 1. To alienate or diminish the affection of; to make unfriendly or less friendly; to fill with discontent and unfriendliness.

They had attempted to disaffect and discontent his majesty's late army.

Clarendon.

2. To disturb the functions of; to disorder.

It disaffects the bowels.

Hammond.

3. To lack affection for; to be alienated from, or indisposed toward; to dislike. [ Obsolete] Bp. Hall.

Disaffected Dis`af·fect"ed adjective Alienated in feeling; not wholly loyal. J. H. Newman. -- Dis`af*fect"ed*ly , adverb -- Dis`af*fect"ed*ness , noun

Disaffection Dis`af·fec"tion noun 1. State of being disaffected; alienation or want of affection or good will, esp. toward those in authority; unfriendliness; dislike.

In the making laws, princes must have regard to . . . the affections and disaffections of the people.

Jer. Taylor.

2. Disorder; bad constitution. [ R.] Wiseman.

Syn. -- Dislike; disgust; discontent; unfriendliness; alienation; disloyalty; hostility.

Disaffectionate Dis`af·fec"tion·ate adjective Not disposed to affection; unfriendly; disaffected. [ R.] Blount.

Disaffirm Dis`af·firm" transitive verb 1. To assert the contrary of; to contradict; to deny; -- said of that which has been asserted.

2. (Law) To refuse to confirm; to annul, as a judicial decision, by a contrary judgment of a superior tribunal.

Disaffirmance Dis`af·firm"ance noun 1. The act of disaffirming; denial; negation.

2. (Law) Overthrow or annulment by the decision of a superior tribunal; as, disaffirmance of judgment.

Disaffirmation Dis·af`fir·ma"tion noun The act of disaffirming; negation; refutation.

Disafforest Dis`af·for"est transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Disafforested ; present participle & verbal noun Disafforesting .] [ Prefix dis- + afforest : confer Old French desaforester .] (Eng. Law) To reduce from the privileges of a forest to the state of common ground; to exempt from forest laws.

By charter 9 Henry III. many forests were disafforested .

Blackstone.

Disaggregate Dis·ag"gre·gate transitive verb To destroy the aggregation of; to separate into component parts, as an aggregate mass.

Disaggregation Dis·ag`gre·ga"tion noun [ Confer French désagrégation .] The separation of an aggregate body into its component parts.

Disagree Dis`a·gree" intransitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Disagreed ; present participle & verbal noun Disageeing .] [ Prefix dis- + agree : confer French désagréer to displease.] 1. To fail to accord; not to agree; to lack harmony; to differ; to be unlike; to be at variance.

They reject the plainest sense of Scripture, because it seems to disagree with what they call reason.

Atterbury.

2. To differ in opinion; to hold discordant views; to be at controversy; to quarrel.

Who shall decide, when doctors disagree ?

Pope.

3. To be unsuited; to have unfitness; as, medicine sometimes disagrees with the patient; food often disagrees with the stomach or the taste.

» Usually followed by with , sometimes by to , rarely by from ; as, I disagree to your proposal.

Syn. -- To differ; vary; dissent.

Disagreeable Dis`a·gree"a·ble adjective [ Confer French désagréable .] 1. Not agreeable, conformable, or congruous; contrary; unsuitable.

Preach you truly the doctrine which you have received, and each nothing that is disagreeable thereunto.

Udall.

2. Exciting repugnance; offensive to the feelings or senses; displeasing; unpleasant.

That which is disagreeable to one is many times agreeable to another, or disagreeable in a less degree.

Wollaston.

Disagreeableness Dis`a·gree"a·ble·ness noun The state or quality of being; disagreeable; unpleasantness.

Disagreeably Dis`a·gree"a·bly adverb In a disagreeable manner; unsuitably; offensively.

Disagreeance Dis`a·gree"ance noun Disagreement. [ Obsolete]

Disagreement Dis`a·gree"ment noun [ Confer French désagrément disagreeable circumstance, disagreeableness.] 1. The state of disagreeing; a being at variance; dissimilitude; diversity.

2. Unsuitableness; unadaptedness. [ R.]

3. Difference of opinion or sentiment.

4. A falling out, or controversy; difference.

Syn. -- Difference; diversity; dissimilitude; unlikeness; discrepancy; variance; dissent; misunderstanding; dissension; division; dispute; jar; wrangle; discord.

Disagreer Dis`a·gre"er noun One who disagrees. Hammond.

Disalliege Dis`al·liege" transitive verb To alienate from allegiance. [ Obsolete & R.] Milton.

Disallow Dis`al·low" transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Disallowed ; present participle & verbal noun Disallowing .] [ Prefix dis- + allow : confer Old French desalouer , desloer , to blame, dissuade.] To refuse to allow; to deny the force or validity of; to disown and reject; as, the judge disallowed the executor's charge.

To whom coming, as unto a living stone, disallowed indeed of men, but chosen of God.

1 Pet. ii. 4.

That the edicts of Cæsar we may at all times disallow , but the statutes of God for no reason we may reject.

Milton.

» This verb was sometimes followed by of ; as, "What follows, if we disallow of this?" Shak. See Allow .

Syn. -- To disapprove; prohibit; censure; reject.

Disallowable Dis`al·low"a·ble adjective Not allowable; not to be suffered. Raleigh. -- Dis`al*low"a*ble*ness , noun

Disallowance Dis`al·low"ance noun The act of disallowing; refusal to admit or permit; rejection.

Syn. -- Disapprobation; prohibition; condemnation; censure; rejection.

Disally Dis`al·ly" transitive verb [ Prefix dis- + ally : confer French désaltier .] To part, as an alliance; to sunder. [ R.] " Disallied their nuptials." Milton.

Disanchor Dis·an"chor transitive verb & i. [ Prefix dis- + anchor : confer French désancrer .] To raise the anchor of, as a ship; to weigh anchor. [ Obsolete] Heywood.

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