Discusser Dis·cuss"er noun One who discusses; one who sifts or examines. Wood.

Discussion Dis·cus"sion noun [ Latin discussio a shaking, examination, discussion: confer French discussion .] 1. The act or process of discussing by breaking up, or dispersing, as a tumor, or the like.

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

Discussional Dis·cus"sion·al adjective Pertaining to discussion.

Discussive Dis·cuss"ive adjective [ Confer French discussif .] 1. (Medicine) Able or tending to discuss or disperse tumors or coagulated matter.

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

A kind of peremptory and discussive voice.

Hopkins.

Discussive Dis·cuss"ive noun (Medicine) A medicine that discusses or disperses morbid humors; a discutient.

Discutient Dis·cu"tient adjective [ Latin discutiens , present participle of discutere . See Discuss .] (Medicine) Serving to disperse morbid matter; discussive; as, a discutient application. -- noun An agent (as a medicinal application) which serves to disperse morbid matter. "Foment with discutiens ." Wiseman.

Disdain Dis·dain" noun [ Middle English desdain , disdein , Old French desdein , desdaing , French dédain , from the verb. See Disdain , transitive verb ] 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. [ Obsolete]

Most loathsome, filthy, foul, and full of vile disdain .

Spenser.

3. The state of being despised; shame. [ Obsolete] Shak.

Syn. -- Haughtiness; scorn; contempt; arrogance; pride. See Haughtiness .

Disdain Dis·dain" transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Disdained ; present participle & verbal noun Disdaining .] [ Middle English disdainen , desdainen , Old French desdeigner , desdaigner , French dédaigner ; des- (L. dis- ) + daigner to deign, from Latin 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.

Syn. -- To contemn; despise; scorn. See Contemn .

Disdain Dis·dain" intransitive verb 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).

Disdained Dis·dained" adjective Disdainful. [ Obsolete]

Revenge the jeering and disdained contempt
Of this proud king.

Shak.

Disdainful Dis·dain"ful adjective Full of disdain; expressing disdain; scornful; contemptuous; haughty.

From these
Turning disdainful to an equal good.

Akenside.

-- Dis*dain"ful*ly , adverb -- Dis*dain"ful*ness , noun

Disdainishly Dis·dain"ish·ly adverb Disdainfully. [ Obsolete] Vives.

Disdainous Dis·dain"ous adjective [ Old French desdeignos , desdaigneux , French dédaigneux .] Disdainful. [ Obsolete] Rom. of R.

Disdainously Dis·dain"ous·ly adverb Disdainfully. [ Obsolete] Bale.

Disdeify Dis·de"i·fy transitive verb To divest or deprive of deity or of a deific rank or condition. Feltham.

Disdeign Dis·deign" transitive verb To disdain. [ Obsolete]

Guyon much disdeigned so loathly sight.

Spenser.

Disdiaclast Dis·di"a·clast noun [ Greek 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.

Disdiapason Dis·di`a·pa"son noun [ Prefix dis- (Gr. ...) + diapason .] (Anc. Mus.) An interval of two octaves, or a fifteenth; -- called also bisdiapason .

Disease Dis·ease" noun [ Middle English disese , Old French desaise ; des- (L. dis- ) + aise ease. See Ease .] 1. Lack of ease; uneasiness; trouble; vexation; disquiet. [ Obsolete]

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 .

Syn. -- Distemper; ailing; ailment; malady; disorder; sickness; illness; complaint; indisposition; affection. -- Disease , Disorder , Distemper , Malady , Affection . Disease is the leading medical term. Disorder mean... much the same, with perhaps some slight reference to an irregularity of the system. Distemper is now used by physicians only of the diseases of animals. Malady is not a medical term, and is less used than formerly in literature. Affection has special reference to the part, organ, or function disturbed; as, his disease is an affection of the lungs. A disease is usually deep- seated and permanent, or at least prolonged; a disorder is often slight, partial, and temporary; malady has less of a technical sense than the other terms, and refers more especially to the suffering endured. In a figurative sense we speak of a disease mind, of disordered faculties, and of mental maladies .

Disease Dis·ease" transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Diseased ; present participle & verbal noun Diseasing .] 1. To deprive of ease; to disquiet; to trouble; to distress. [ Obsolete]

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.

Diseased Dis·eased" adjective Afflicted with disease.

It is my own diseased imagination that torments me.

W. Irving.

Syn. -- See Morbid .

Diseasedness Dis·eas"ed·ness noun The state of being diseased; a morbid state; sickness. [ R.] T. Burnet.

Diseaseful Dis·ease"ful adjective 1. Causing uneasiness. [ Obsolete]

Disgraceful to the king and diseaseful to the people.

Bacon.

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

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

Diseasement Dis·ease"ment noun Uneasiness; inconvenience. [ Obsolete] Bacon.

Disedge Dis·edge" transitive verb To deprive of an edge; to blunt; to dull.

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

Tennyson.

Disedify Dis·ed"i·fy transitive verb To fail of edifying; to injure. [ R.]

Diselder Dis·eld"er transitive verb To deprive of an elder or elders, or of the office of an elder. [ Obsolete] Fuller.

Diselenide Di·sel"e·nide noun [ Prefix di- + selenide .] (Chemistry) A selenide containing two atoms of selenium in each molecule.

Disembark Dis`em·bark" transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Disembarked ; present participle & verbal noun Disembarking .] [ Prefix dis- + embark : confer French 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.

Disembark Dis`em·bark" intransitive verb To go ashore out of a ship or boat; to leave a ship; to debark.

And, making fast their moorings, disembarked .

Cowper.

Disembarkation Dis·em`bar·ka"tion noun The act of disembarking.

Disembarkment Dis`em·bark"ment noun Disembarkation. [ R.]

Disembarrass Dis`em·bar"rass transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Disembarrassed ; present participle & verbal noun Disembarrassing .] [ Prefix dis- + embarrass : confer French désembarasser .] To free from embarrassment, or perplexity; to clear; to extricate.

To disembarrass himself of his companion.

Sir W. Scott.

Disembarrassment Dis`em·bar"rass·ment noun Freedom or relief from impediment or perplexity.

Disembay Dis`em·bay" transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Disembayed ; present participle & verbal noun Disembaying .] [ Prefix dis- + embay .] To clear from a bay. Sherburne.

Disembellish Dis`em·bel"lish transitive verb [ Prefix dis- + embellish : confer French désembellir .] To deprive of embellishment; to disadorn. Carlyle.

Disembitter Dis`em·bit"ter transitive verb To free from

Disembodied Dis`em·bod"ied adjective Divested of a body; ceased to be corporal; incorporeal.

The disembodied spirits of the dead.

Bryant.

Disembodiment Dis`em·bod"i·ment noun The act of disembodying, or the state of being disembodied.

Disembody Dis`em·bod"y transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Disembodied ; present participle & verbal noun 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.

Disembogue Dis`em·bogue" transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Disembogued ; present participle & verbal noun Disemboguing .] [ Spanish desembocar ; prefix des- (L. dis- ) + embocar to put into the mouth, from en (L. in ) + boca mouth, from Latin bucca cheek. Confer 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.

Disembogue Dis`em·bogue" intransitive verb To become discharged; to flow out; to find vent; to pour out contents.

Volcanos bellow ere they disembogue .

Young.

Disemboguement Dis`em·bogue"ment noun The act of disemboguing; discharge. Mease.

Disembossom Dis`em·bos"som transitive verb To separate from the bosom. [ R.] Young.

Disembowel Dis`em·bow"el (dĭs`ĕm*bou"ĕl) transitive verb [ 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.] "Her disemboweled web." J. Philips.

Disembowelment Dis`em·bow"el·ment noun The act of disemboweling, or state of being disemboweled; evisceration.

Disembowered Dis`em·bow"ered adjective Deprived of, or removed from, a bower. [ Poetic] Bryant.

Disembrangle Dis`em·bran"gle transitive verb [ Prefix dis- + em = en (L. in ) + brangle .] To free from wrangling or litigation. [ Obsolete] Berkeley.

Disembroil Dis`em·broil" transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Disembroiled ; present participle & verbal noun Disembroiling .] [ Prefix 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.

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