Discommodate Disˇcom"moˇdate transitive verb [ Latin
dis- +
commodatus , past participle of
commodare to make fit or suitable, from
commodus fit, commodious. See
Commodious , and confer
Discommode .]
To discommode. [ Obsolete]
Howell.
Discommode Dis`comˇmode" transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Discommoded ;
present participle & verbal noun Discommoding .] [ See
Discommodate .]
To put inconvenience; to incommode; to trouble. [ R.]
Syn. -- To incommode; annoy; inconvenience.
Discommodious Dis`comˇmo"diˇous adjective Inconvenient; troublesome; incommodious. [ R.]
Spenser. --
Dis`com*mo"di*ous*ly ,
adverb --
Dis`com*mo"di*ous*ness ,
noun
Discommodity Dis`comˇmod"iˇty noun Disadvantage; inconvenience. Bacon.
Discommon Disˇcom"mon transitive verb 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.
Discommunity Dis`comˇmu"niˇty noun 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.
Discompany Disˇcom"paˇny transitive verb To free from company; to dissociate. [ R.]
It she be alone now, and discompanied .
B. Jonson.
Discomplexion Dis`comˇplex"ion transitive verb To change the complexion or hue of. [ Obsolete]
Beau. & Fl.
Discompliance Dis`comˇpli"ance noun Failure or refusal to comply; noncompliance. A compliance will discommend me to Mr. Coventry, and a discompliance to my lord chancellor.
Pepys.
Discompose Dis`comˇpose" transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Discomposed ;
present participle & verbal noun Discomposing .] [ Prefix
dis- +
compose : confer Old French
decomposer , French
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. [ Obsolete]
Bacon. Syn. -- To disorder; derange; unsettle; disturb; disconcert; agitate; ruffle; fret; vex.
Discomposed Dis`comˇposed" adjective Disordered; disturbed; disquieted. --
Dis`com*pos"ed*ly adverb --
Dis`com*pos"ed*ness ,
noun
Discomposition Disˇcom`poˇsi"tion noun Inconsistency; discordance. [ Obsolete]
Donne.
Discomposure Dis`comˇpo"sure noun 1. The state of being discomposed; disturbance; disorder; agitation; perturbation. No discomposure stirred her features.
Akenside. 2. Discordance; disagreement of parts. [ Obsolete]
Boyle.
Discompt Disˇcompt" transitive verb [ See
Discount .]
To discount. See Discount . Hudibras.
Disconcert Dis`conˇcert" transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Disconcerted ;
present participle & verbal noun Disconcerting .] [ Prefix
dis- +
concert : confer Old French
desconcerter , French
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. Syn. -- To discompose; derange; ruffle; confuse; disturb; defeat; frustrate.
Disconcert Dis`conˇcert" noun Want of concert; disagreement. Sir W. Temple.
Disconcertion Dis`conˇcer"tion noun The act of disconcerting, or state of being disconcerted; discomposure; perturbation. [ R.]
State Trials (1794).
Disconducive Dis`conˇdu"cive adjective Not conductive; impeding; disadvantageous. [ R.]
Disconformable Dis`conˇform"aˇble adjective Not conformable. Disconformable in religion from us.
Stow (1603).
Disconformity Dis`conˇform"iˇty noun 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.
Discongruity Dis`conˇgru"iˇty noun Incongruity; disagreement; unsuitableness. Sir M. Hale.
Disconnect Dis`conˇnect" transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Disconnected ;
present participle & verbal noun 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.
Disconnection Dis`conˇnec"tion noun 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.
Disconsecrate Disˇcon"seˇcrate transitive verb To deprive of consecration or sacredness. [ R.]
Disconsent Dis`conˇsent" (dĭs`kŏn*sĕnt")
intransitive verb To differ; to disagree; to dissent. [ Obsolete]
Milton.
Disconsolacy Disˇcon"soˇla`cy noun The state of being disconsolate. [ Obsolete]
Barrow.
Disconsolate Disˇcon"soˇlate noun Disconsolateness. [ Obsolete]
Barrow.
Disconsolate Disˇcon"soˇlate adjective [ Late Latin
disconsolatus ; Latin
dis- +
consolatus , past participle of
consolari to console. See
Console ,
transitive verb ]
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. Syn. -- Forlorn; melancholy; sorrowful; desolate; woeful; hopeless; gloomy. --
Dis*con"so*late*ly ,
adverb --
Dis*con"so*late*ness ,
noun
Disconsolated Disˇcon"soˇla`ted adjective Disconsolate. [ Obsolete]
A poor, disconsolated , drooping creature.
Sterne.
Disconsolation Disˇcon`soˇla"tion noun Dejection; grief. [ R.]
Bp. Hall.
Discontent Dis`conˇtent" (dĭs`kŏn*tĕnt")
adjective Not content; discontented; dissatisfied. Jer. Taylor. Passion seemed to be much discontent , but Patience was very quiet.
Bunyan.
Discontent Dis`conˇtent" transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Discontented ;
present participle & verbal noun Discontenting .]
To deprive of content; to make uneasy; to dissatisfy. Suckling.
Discontent Dis`conˇtent" noun 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.
Discontentation Disˇcon`tenˇta"tion noun Discontent. [ Obsolete]
Ascham.
Discontented Dis`conˇtent"ed past participle & adjective 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. --
Dis`con*tent"ed*ly ,
adverb --
Dis`con*tent"ed*ness ,
noun
Discontentful Dis`conˇtent"ful adjective Full of discontent. [ R.]
Discontenting Dis`conˇtent"ing adjective 1. Discontented. [ Obsolete]
Shak. 2. Causing discontent; dissatisfying. Milton.
Discontentive Dis`conˇtent"ive adjective Relating or tending to discontent. [ R.] "Pride is ever
discontentive ."
Feltham.
Discontentment Dis`conˇtent"ment noun The state of being discontented; uneasiness; inquietude. Bacon.
Discontinuable Dis`conˇtin"uˇaˇble adjective Admitting of being discontinued. [ R.]
Discontinuance Dis`conˇtin"uˇance noun 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. Syn. -- Cessation; intermission; discontinuation; separation; disunion; disjunction; disruption; break.
Discontinuation Dis`conˇtin`uˇa"tion noun [ Confer French
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.
Discontinue Dis`conˇtin"ue transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Discontinued ;
present participle & verbal noun Discontinuing .] [ Confer French
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.
Discontinue Dis`conˇtin"ue intransitive verb 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.
Discontinuee Dis`conˇtin`uˇee" noun (Law) One whose possession of an estate is broken off, or discontinued; one whose estate is subject to discontinuance.
Discontinuer Dis`conˇtin"uˇer noun 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.
Discontinuity Disˇcon`tiˇnu"iˇty noun Want of continuity or cohesion; disunion of parts. "
Discontinuity of surface."
Boyle.
Discontinuor Dis`conˇtin"uˇor noun (Law) One who deprives another of the possession of an estate by discontinuance. See Discontinuance , 2.
Discontinuous Dis`conˇtin"uˇous adjective 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 wound."
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.
Disconvenience Dis`conˇven"ience noun Unsuitableness; incongruity. [ Obsolete]
Bacon.
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