Disangelical Dis`an·gel"ic·al adjective Not angelical. [ R.] "
Disangelical nature."
Coventry.
Disanimate Dis·an"i·mate transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Disanimated ;
present participle & verbal noun Disanimating .]
1. To deprive of life. [ R.]
Cudworth. 2. To deprive of spirit; to dishearten. Shak.
Disanimation Dis·an`i·ma"tion noun 1. Privation of life. [ R.]
Sir T. Browne. 2. The state of being disanimated or discouraged; depression of spirits.
Disannex Dis`an·nex" transitive verb To disunite; to undo or repeal the annexation of. State Trials (1608).
Disannul Dis`an·nul" transitive verb To annul completely; to render void or of no effect. For the Lord of hosts hath purposed, and who shall disannul it?
Isaiah xiv. 27. » The prefix in this word an its derivatives is intensive, and not negative.
Disannuller Dis`an·nul"ler noun One who disannuls.
Disannulment Dis`an·nul"ment noun Complete annulment.
Disanoint Dis`a·noint" transitive verb To invalidate the consecration of; as, to disanoint a king. [ Obsolete]
Milton.
Disapparel Dis`ap·par"el transitive verb [ See
Apparel ,
transitive verb ] [ Prefix
dis- +
apparel : confer Old French
desapareiller .]
To disrobe; to strip of apparel; to make naked. Drink disapparels the soul.
Junius (1635).
Disappear Dis`ap·pear" intransitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Disappeared ;
present participle & verbal noun Disappearing .]
1. To cease to appear or to be perceived; to pass from view, gradually or suddenly; to vanish; to be no longer seen; as, darkness disappears at the approach of light; a ship disappears as she sails from port. 2. To cease to be or exist; as, the epidemic has disappeared .
Disappearance Dis`ap·pear"ance noun The act of disappearing; cessation of appearance; removal from sight; vanishing. Addison.
Disappearing Dis`ap·pear"ing present participle & verbal noun of Disappear . Disappearing carriage (Ordnance) ,
a carriage for heavy coast guns on which the gun is raised above the parapet for firing and upon discharge is lowered behind the parapet for protection. The standard type of disappearing carriage in the coast artillery of the United States army is the Buffington-Crozier carriage , in which the gun trunnions are secured at the upper and after ends of a pair of heavy levers, at the lower ends of which is attached a counterweight of lead. The levers are pivoted at their middle points, which are, with the top carriage, permitted restrained motion along the slightly inclined chassis rails. The counterweight is held in place by a pawl and ratchet. When the gun is loaded the pawl is released and the counterweight sinks, raising the gun to the firing position above the parapet. The recoil following the discharge returns the gun to the loading position, the counterweight rising until the pawl engages the ratchet.
Disappendency Dis`ap·pend"en·cy noun A detachment or separation from a former connection. [ R.]
Disappendent Dis`ap·pend"ent adjective Freed from a former connection or dependence; disconnected. [ R.]
Disappoint Dis`ap·point" transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Disapointed ;
present participle & verbal noun Disappointing .] [ Old French
desapointier , French
désappointer ; prefix
des- (L.
dis- ) +
apointier , French
appointier , to appoint. See
Appoint .]
1. To defeat of expectation or hope; to hinder from the attainment of that which was expected, hoped, or desired; to balk; as, a man is disappointed of his hopes or expectations, or his hopes, desires, intentions, expectations, or plans are disappointed ; a bad season disappoints the farmer of his crops; a defeat disappoints an enemy of his spoil. I was disappointed , but very agreeably.
Macaulay. »
Disappointed of a thing not obtained;
disappointed in a thing obtained.
2. To frustrate; to fail; to hinder of result. His retiring foe
Shrinks from the wound, and disappoints the blow.
Addison. Syn. -- To tantalize; fail; frustrate; balk; baffle; delude; foil; defeat. See
Tantalize .
Disappointed Dis`ap·point"ed adjective 1. Defeated of expectation or hope; balked; as, a disappointed person or hope. 2. Unprepared; unequipped. [ Obsolete]
Cut off even in the blossoms of my sin,
Unhouseled, disappointed , unaneled.
Shak.
Disappointment Dis`ap·point"ment noun [ Confer French
désappointement .]
1. The act of disappointing, or the state of being disappointed; defeat or failure of expectation or hope; miscarriage of design or plan; frustration. If we hope for things of which we have not thoroughly considered the value, our disappointment will be greater than our pleasure in the fruition of them.
Addison. In disappointment thou canst bless.
Keble. 2. That which disappoints. Syn. -- Miscarriage; frustration; balk.
Disappreciate Dis`ap·pre"ci·ate transitive verb [ See
Appreciate .]
To undervalue; not to esteem. --
Dis`ap*pre`ci*a"tion noun
Disapprobation Dis·ap`pro·ba"tion noun [ Prefix
dis- +
approbation : confer French
désapprobation . Confer
Disapprove .]
The act of disapproving; mental condemnation of what is judged wrong, unsuitable, or inexpedient; feeling of censure. We have ever expressed the most unqualified disapprobation of all the steps.
Burke.
Disapprobatory Dis·ap"pro·ba`to·ry adjective Containing disapprobation; serving to disapprove.
Disappropriate Dis`ap·pro"pri·ate adjective (Law) Severed from the appropriation or possession of a spiritual corporation. The appropriation may be severed, and the church become disappropriate , two ways.
Blackstone.
Disappropriate Dis`ap·pro"pri·ate transitive verb 1. To release from individual ownership or possession. Milton. 2. (Law) To sever from appropriation or possession a spiritual corporation. Appropriations of the several parsonages . . . would heave been, by the rules of the common law, disappropriated .
Blackstone.
Disappropriation Dis`ap·pro`pri·a"tion noun The act of disappropriating.
Disapproval Dis`ap·prov"al noun Disapprobation; dislike; censure; adverse judgment.
Disapprove Dis`ap·prove transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Disapproved ;
present participle & verbal noun Disapproving .] [ Prefix
dis- +
approve : confer French
déapprouver . Confer
Disapprobation .]
1. To pass unfavorable judgment upon; to condemn by an act of the judgment; to regard as wrong, unsuitable, or inexpedient; to censure; as, to disapprove the conduct of others. 2. To refuse official approbation to; to disallow; to decline to sanction; as, the sentence of the court- martial was disapproved by the commander in chief. » This verb is often followed by
of ; as, to
disapprove of an opinion, of such conduct. See
Approve .
Disapprover Dis`ap·prov"er noun One who disapproves.
Disapprovingly Dis`ap·prov"ing·ly adverb In a disapproving manner.
Disard Dis"ard noun See Dizzard . [ Obsolete]
Burton.
Disarm Dis·arm" transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Disarming ;
present participle & verbal noun Disarming .] [ Middle English
desarmen , French
désarmer ; prefix
dés- (L.
dis- ) +
armer to arm. See
Arm .]
1. To deprive of arms; to take away the weapons of; to deprive of the means of attack or defense; to render defenseless. Security disarms the best-appointed army.
Fuller. The proud was half disarmed of pride.
Tennyson. 2. To deprive of the means or the disposition to harm; to render harmless or innocuous; as, to disarm a man's wrath.
Disarmament Dis·arm"a·ment noun [ Confer French
désarmement .]
The act of disarming.
Disarmature Dis·ar"ma·ture noun [ Prefix
dis- +
armature .]
The act of divesting of armature. [ R.]
Disarmed Dis·armed" adjective 1. Deprived of arms. 2. (Her.) Deprived of claws, and teeth or beaks. Cussans.
Disarmer Dis·arm"er noun One who disarms.
Disarrange Dis`ar·range" transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Disarranged ;
present participle & verbal noun Disarranging .] [ Prefix
dis- +
arrange : confer French
désarranger .]
To unsettle or disturb the order or due arrangement of; to throw out of order.
Disarrangement Dis`ar·range"ment noun The act of disarranging, or the state of being disarranged; confusion; disorder. Cowper.
Disarray Dis`ar·ray" transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Disarrayed ;
present participle & verbal noun Disarraying .] [ Prefix
dis- +
array , v.: confer Old French
desarroyer ,
desarreier .]
1. To throw into disorder; to break the array of. Who with fiery steeds
Oft disarrayed the foes in battle ranged.
Fenton. 2. To take off the dress of; to unrobe. So, as she bade, the witch they disarrayed .
Spenser.
Disarray Dis`ar·ray" noun [ Confer French
désarroi .]
1. Want of array or regular order; disorder; confusion. Disrank the troops, set all in disarray .
Daniel. 2. Confused attire; undress. Spenser.
Disarrayment Dis`ar·ray"ment noun Disorder. [ R.]
Feltham.
Disarticulate Dis`ar·tic"u·late transitive verb To sunder; to separate, as joints. --
Dis`ar*tic`u*la"tion noun
Disarticulator Dis`ar·tic"u·la`tor noun One who disarticulates and prepares skeletons.
Disassent Dis`as·sent" intransitive verb To dissent. [ Obsolete]
Disassent Dis`as·sent" noun Dissent. [ Obsolete]
E. Hall.
Disassenter Dis`as·sent"er noun One who disassents; a dissenter. [ Obsolete]
State Trials (1634).
Disassiduity Dis·as`si·du"i·ty noun Want of assiduity or care. [ R.]
Sir H. Wotton.
Disassimilate Dis`as·sim"i·late transitive verb (Physiol.) To subject to disassimilation.
Disassimilation Dis`as·sim`i·la"tion noun (Physics) The decomposition of complex substances, within the organism, into simpler ones suitable only for excretion, with evolution of energy, -- a normal nutritional process the reverse of assimilation; downward metabolism. The breaking down of already existing chemical compounds into simpler ones, sometimes called disassimilation .
Martin.
Disassimilative Dis`as·sim"i·la·tive adjective (Physiol.) Having power to disassimilate; of the nature of disassimilation. Disassimilative processes constitute a marked feature in the life of animal cells.
McKendrick.
Disassociate Dis`as·so"ci·ate transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Disassociated ;
present participle & verbal noun Disassociating .]
To disconnect from things associated; to disunite; to dissociate. Florio.
Disaster Dis·as"ter noun [ French
désastre ; prefix
dés- (L.
dis- ) +
astre star, from Latin
astrum ; a word of astrological origin. See
Aster ,
Astral ,
Star .]
1. An unpropitious or baleful aspect of a planet or star; malevolent influence of a heavenly body; hence, an ill portent. [ Obsolete]
Disasters in the sun.
Shak. 2. An adverse or unfortunate event, esp. a sudden and extraordinary misfortune; a calamity; a serious mishap. But noble souls, through dust and heat,
Rise from disaster and defeat
The stronger.
Longfellow. Syn. -- Calamity; misfortune; mishap; mischance; visitation; misadventure; ill luck. See
Calamity .
Disaster Dis·as"ter transitive verb 1. To blast by the influence of a baleful star. [ Obsolete]
Sir P. Sidney. 2. To bring harm upon; to injure. [ R.]
Thomson.
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