Disasterly Dis·as"ter·ly adverb Disastrously. [ Obsolete] Drayton.

Disastrous Dis·as"trous adjective [ Confer French désastreux . See Disaster .] 1. Full of unpropitious stellar influences; unpropitious; ill- boding. [ Obsolete]

The moon
In dim eclipse, disastrous twilight sheds.

Milton.

2. Attended with suffering or disaster; very unfortunate; calamitous; ill-fated; as, a disastrous day; a disastrous termination of an undertaking.

Wherein I spake of most disastrous chances.

Shak.

-- Dis*as"trous*ly , adverb -- Dis*as"trous*ness , noun

Disattire Dis`at·tire" transitive verb [ Prefix dis- + attire : confer Old French desatirier .] To unrobe; to undress. Spenser.

Disaugment Dis`aug·ment" transitive verb To diminish. [ R.]

Disauthorize Dis·au"thor·ize transitive verb To deprive of credit or authority; to discredit. [ R.] W. Wotton.

Disavaunce Dis`a·vaunce" transitive verb [ Confer Disadvance .] To retard; to repel; to do damage to. [ Obsolete] Chaucer.

Disaventure Dis`a·ven"ture noun [ See Disadventure , Adventure .] Misfortune. [ Obsolete] Spenser.

Disaventurous Dis`a·ven"tur·ous adjective Misadventurous; unfortunate. [ Obsolete] Spenser.

Disavouch Dis`a·vouch" transitive verb [ Prefix dis- + avouch . Confer Disavow .] To disavow. [ R.] Daniel.

Disavow Dis`a·vow" transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Disavowed ; present participle & verbal noun Disavowing .] [ French désavouer ; prefix dés- (L. dis -) + avouer to avow. See Avow , and confer Disavouch .] 1. To refuse strongly and solemnly to own or acknowledge; to deny responsibility for, approbation of, and the like; to disclaim; to disown; as, he was charged with embezzlement, but he disavows the crime.

A solemn promise made and disavowed .

Dryden.

2. To deny; to show the contrary of; to disprove.

Yet can they never
Toss into air the freedom of my birth,
Or disavow my blood Plantagenet's.

Ford.

Disavowal Dis`a·vow"al noun The act of disavowing, disclaiming, or disowning; rejection and denial.

An earnest disavowal of fear often proceeds from fear.

Richardson.

Disavowance Dis`a·vow"ance noun Disavowal. [ Obsolete] South.

Disavower Dis`a·vow"er noun One who disavows.

Disavowment Dis`a·vow"ment noun Disavowal. [ R.] Wotton.

Disband Dis·band" transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Disbanded ; present participle & verbal noun Disbanding .] [ Prefix dis- + band : confer Old French desbander , French débander , to unbind, unbend. See Band , and confer Disbend , Disbind .] 1. To loose the bands of; to set free; to disunite; to scatter; to disperse; to break up the organization of; especially, to dismiss from military service; as, to disband an army.

They disbanded themselves and returned, every man to his own dwelling.

Knolles.

2. To divorce. [ Obsolete]

And therefore . . . she ought to be disbanded .

Milton.

Disband Dis·band" intransitive verb To become separated, broken up, dissolved, or scattered; especially, to quit military service by breaking up organization.

When both rocks and all things shall disband .

Herbert.

Human society would in a short space disband .

Tillotson.

Disbandment Dis·band"ment noun The act of disbanding.

Disbar Dis·bar" transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Disbarred ; present participle & verbal noun Disbarring .] (Law) To expel from the bar, or the legal profession; to deprive (an attorney, barrister, or counselor) of his status and privileges as such. Abbott.

Disbark Dis·bark" transitive verb [ Prefix dis- + bark a small ship: confer Old French desbarquer , French débarquer . Confer Debark , Disembark .] To disembark. Pope.

Disbark Dis·bark" transitive verb [ Prefix dis- + bark rind.] To strip of bark; to bark. [ R.] Boyle.

Disbarment Dis·bar"ment noun Act of disbarring.

Disbase Dis·base" transitive verb [ Confer Debase .] To debase or degrade. [ Obsolete]

Nor you nor your house were so much as spoken of before I disbased myself.

B. Jonson.

Disbecome Dis`be·come" transitive verb To misbecome. [ Obsolete] Massinger.

Disbelief Dis·be·lief" noun The act of disbelieving;; a state of the mind in which one is fully persuaded that an opinion, assertion, or doctrine is not true; refusal of assent, credit, or credence; denial of belief.

Our belief or disbelief of a thing does not alter the nature of the thing.

Tillotson.

No sadder proof can be given by a man of his own littleness that disbelief in great men.

Carlyle.

Syn. -- Distrust; unbelief; incredulity; doubt; skepticism. -- Disbelief , Unbelief . Unbelief is a mere failure to admit; disbelief is a positive rejection. One may be an unbeliever in Christianity from ignorance or want of inquiry; a unbeliever has the proofs before him, and incurs the guilt of setting them aside. Unbelief is usually open to conviction; disbelief is already convinced as to the falsity of that which it rejects. Men often tell a story in such a manner that we regard everything they say with unbelief . Familiarity with the worst parts of human nature often leads us into a disbelief in many good qualities which really exist among men.

Disbelieve Dis`be·lieve" transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Disbelieved ; present participle & verbal noun Disbelieving .] Not to believe; to refuse belief or credence to; to hold not to be true or actual.

Assertions for which there is abundant positive evidence are often disbelieved , on account of what is called their improbability or impossibility.

J. S. Mill.

Disbeliever Dis`be·liev"er noun One who disbelieves, or refuses belief; an unbeliever. Specifically, one who does not believe the Christian religion. I. Watts.

Disbench Dis·bench" transitive verb 1. To drive from a bench or seat. [ R.] Shak.

2. (Eng. Law) To deprive (a bencher) of his privileges. Mozley & W.

Disbend Dis·bend transitive verb To unbend. [ Obsolete] Stirling.

Disbind Dis·bind" transitive verb [ Confer Disband .] To unbind; to loosen. [ Obsolete] Mede.

Disblame Dis·blame" transitive verb [ Middle English desblamen , Old French desblasmer ; prefix des- (L. dis- ) + blasmer , French blâmer , to blame.] To clear from blame. [ Obsolete] Chaucer.

Disbodied Dis·bod"ied adjective Disembodied. [ R.]

Disboscation Dis`bos·ca"tion noun [ Prefix dis- + French bosquet grove.] Converting forest land into cleared or arable land; removal of a forest. Sir W. Scott.

Disbowel Dis·bow"el transitive verb [ See Bowel , transitive verb ] To disembowel. [ R.] Spenser.

Disbranch Dis·branch" transitive verb [ See Branch , v. ] To divest of a branch or branches; to tear off. Shak.

Disbud Dis·bud" transitive verb [ See Bud , v. ] (Hort.) To deprive of buds or shoots, as for training, or economizing the vital strength of a tree.

Disburden Dis·bur"den transitive verb [ See Burden , transitive verb ] [ Confer Disburthen .] To rid of a burden; to free from a load borne or from something oppressive; to unload; to disencumber; to relieve.

He did it to disburden a conscience.

Feltham.

My mediations . . . will, I hope, be more calm, being thus disburdened .

Hammond.

Syn. -- To unload; unburden; discharge; free.

Disburden Dis·bur"den intransitive verb To relieve one's self of a burden; to ease the mind. Milton.

Disburgeon Dis·bur"geon transitive verb To strip of burgeons or buds; to disbud. [ R.] Holland.

Disburse Dis·burse" transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Disbursed ; present participle & verbal noun Disbursing .] [ Old French desbourser , French débourser ; prefix des- (L. dis- ) + bourse purse. See Burse , and confer Dispurse .] To pay out; to expend; -- usually from a public fund or treasury.

The duty of collecting and disbursing his revenues.

Macaulay.

Disbursing officer , an officer in any department of the public service who is charged with the duty of paying out public money.

Disbursement Dis·burse"ment noun [ Confer French déboursement .] 1. The act of disbursing or paying out.

The disbursement of the public moneys.

U. S. Statutes.

2. That which is disbursed or paid out; as, the annual disbursements exceed the income.

Disburser Dis·burs"er noun One who disburses money.

Disburthen Dis·bur"then transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Disburthened ; present participle & verbal noun Disburthening .] [ Confer Disburden .] To disburden; to relieve of a load. [ Archaic]

Disc Disc noun [ See Disk , Dish .] A flat round plate ; (Biol.) A circular structure either in plants or animals; as, a blood disc , a germinal disc , etc. Same as Disk .

Discage Dis·cage" transitive verb To uncage. [ R.] Tennyson.

Discal Disc"al adjective Pertaining to, or resembling, a disk; as, discal cells.

Discalceate Dis·cal"ce·ate transitive verb [ Latin discalceatus unshod; dis- + calceus shoe.] To pull off shoes or sandals from. [ Obsolete] Cockeram.

Discalceated Dis·cal"ce·at`ed adjective Deprived off shoes or sandals; unshod; discalced.

Discalceation Dis·cal`ce·a"tion noun The act of pulling off the shoes or sandals. [ Obsolete] Sir T. Browne.

Discalced Dis·calced" adjective Unshod; barefooted; -- in distinction from calced . "The foundation of houses of discalced friars." Cardinal Manning's St. Teresa.

Discamp Dis·camp" transitive verb [ See Decamp .] To drive from a camp. [ Obsolete] Holland.

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