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Disesteemer Dis`es·teem"er noun One who disesteems. Boyle.

Disestimation Dis·es`ti·ma"tion noun Disesteem.

Disexercise Dis·ex"er·cise transitive verb To deprive of exercise; to leave untrained. [ Obsolete]

By disexercising and blunting our abilities.

Milton.

Disfame Dis·fame" noun Disrepute. [ R.] Tennyson.

Disfancy Dis·fan"cy transitive verb To dislike. [ Obsolete]

Disfashion Dis·fash"ion transitive verb [ Prefix dis- + fashion . See Fashion , and confer Defeat .] To disfigure. [ Obsolete] Sir T. More.

Disfavor Dis·fa"vor noun [ Prefix dis- + favor : confer Old French disfaveur , French défaveur .] [ Written also disfavour .] 1. Want of favor of favorable regard; disesteem; disregard.

The people that deserved my disfavor .

Is. x. 6 (1551).

Sentiment of disfavor against its ally.

Gladstone.

2. The state of not being in favor; a being under the displeasure of some one; state of unacceptableness; as, to be in disfavor at court.

3. An unkindness; a disobliging act.

He might dispense favors and disfavors .

Clarendon.

Disfavor Dis·fa"vor transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Disfavored ; present participle & verbal noun Disfavoring .] 1. To withhold or withdraw favor from; to regard with disesteem; to show disapprobation of; to discountenance.

Countenanced or disfavored according as they obey.

Swift.

2. To injure the form or looks of. [ R.] B. Jonson.

Disfavorable Dis·fa"vor·a·ble adjective [ Confer French défavorable .] Unfavorable. [ Obsolete] Stow.

Disfavorably Dis·fa"vor·a·bly adverb Unpropitiously. [ Obsolete]

Disfavorer Dis·fa"vor·er noun One who disfavors. Bacon.

Disfeature Dis·fea"ture transitive verb [ Confer Defeature .] To deprive of features; to mar the features of. [ R.]

Disfellowship Dis·fel"low·ship transitive verb [ See Fellowship , transitive verb ] To exclude from fellowship; to refuse intercourse with, as an associate.

An attempt to disfellowship an evil, but to fellowship the evildoer.

Freewill Bapt. Quart.

Disfiguration Dis·fig`u·ra"tion noun [ See Disfigure , and confer Defiguration .] The act of disfiguring, or the state of being disfigured; defacement; deformity; disfigurement. Gauden.

Disfigure Dis·fig"ure transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Disfigured ; present participle & verbal noun Disfiguring .] [ Old French desfigurer , French défigurer ; prefix des- (L. dis- ) + figurer to fashion, shape, from Latin figurare , from figura figure. See Figure , and confer Defiguration .] To mar the figure of; to render less complete, perfect, or beautiful in appearance; to deface; to deform.

Disfiguring not God's likeness, but their own.

Milton.

Syn. -- To deface; deform; mar; injure.

Disfigure Dis·fig"ure noun Disfigurement; deformity. [ Obsolete] Chaucer.

Disfigurement Dis·fig"ure·ment noun 1. Act of disfiguring, or state of being disfigured; deformity. Milton.

2. That which disfigures; a defacement; a blot.

Uncommon expressions . . . are a disfigurement rather than any embellishment of discourse.

Hume.

Disfigurer Dis·fig"ur·er noun One who disfigures.

Disflesh Dis·flesh" transitive verb To reduce the flesh or obesity of. [ Obsolete] Shelton.

Disforest Dis·for"est transitive verb 1. To disafforest. Fuller.

2. To clear or deprive of forests or trees.

Disforestation Dis·for`es·ta"tion noun The act of clearing land of forests. Daniel.

Disformity Dis·form"i·ty noun [ Confer Deformity .] Discordance or diversity of form; unlikeness in form.

Uniformity or disformity in comparing together the respective figures of bodies.

S. Clarke.

Disfranchise Dis·fran"chise transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Disfranchised ; present participle & verbal noun Disfranchising .] [ Confer Diffranchise .] To deprive of a franchise or chartered right; to dispossess of the rights of a citizen, or of a particular privilege, as of voting, holding office, etc.

Sir William Fitzwilliam was disfranchised .

Fabyan (1509).

He was partially disfranchised so as to be made incapable of taking part in public affairs.

Thirlwall.

Disfranchisement Dis·fran"chise·ment noun The act of disfranchising, or the state of being disfranchised; deprivation of privileges of citizenship or of chartered immunities.

Sentenced first to dismission from the court, and then to disfranchisement and expulsion from the colony.

Palfrey.

Disfriar Dis·fri"ar (dĭs*frī"ẽr) transitive verb To depose or withdraw from the condition of a friar. [ Obsolete]

Many did quickly unnun and disfriar themselves.

Fuller.

Disfrock Dis·frock" (dĭs*frŏk") transitive verb To unfrock.

Disfurnish Dis·fur"nish transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Disfurnished ; present participle & verbal noun Disfurnishing .] [ Prefix dis- + furnish .] To deprive of that with which anything is furnished (furniture, equipments, etc.); to strip; to render destitute; to divest.

I am a thing obscure, disfurnished of
All merit, that can raise me higher.

Massinger.

Disfurnishment Dis·fur"nish·ment noun The act of disfurnishing, or the state of being disfurnished. Daniel.

Disfurniture Dis·fur"ni·ture noun The act of disfurnishing, or the state of being disfurnished. [ Obsolete]

Disfurniture Dis·fur"ni·ture transitive verb To disfurnish. [ R.] East.

Disgage Dis·gage" transitive verb To free from a gage or pledge; to disengage. [ Obsolete] Holland.

Disgallant Dis·gal"lant transitive verb To deprive of gallantry. [ Obsolete] B. Jonson.

Disgarland Dis·gar"land transitive verb To strip of a garland. [ Poetic] "Thy locks disgarland ." Drummond.

Disgarnish Dis·gar"nish transitive verb [ Prefix dis- + garnish . See Degarnish .] To divest of garniture; to disfurnish; to dismantle. Bp. Hall.

Disgarrison Dis·gar"ri·son transitive verb To deprive of a garrison. Hewyt.

Disgavel Dis·gav"el transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Disgaveled or Disgaveled ; present participle & verbal noun Disgaveling .] [ See Gavelkind .] (Eng. Law) To deprive of that principal quality of gavelkind tenure by which lands descend equally among all the sons of the tenant; -- said of lands. Burrill.

Disgest Dis·gest" transitive verb To digest. [ Obsolete] Bacon.

Disgestion Dis·ges"tion noun Digestion. [ Obsolete]

Disglorify Dis·glo"ri·fy transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Disglorified ; present participle & verbal noun Disglorifying .] To deprive of glory; to treat with indignity. [ R.]

Disglorified , blasphemed, and had in scorn.

Milton.

Disglory Dis·glo"ry noun Dishonor. [ Obsolete]

To the disglory of God's name.

Northbrooke.

Disgorge Dis·gorge" transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Disgorged ; present participle & verbal noun Disgorging .] [ French dégorger , earlier desgorger ; prefix dé- , des- (L. dis- ) + gorge . See Gorge .] 1. To eject or discharge by the throat and mouth; to vomit; to pour forth or throw out with violence, as if from the mouth; to discharge violently or in great quantities from a confined place.

This mountain when it rageth, . . . casteth forth huge stones, disgorgeth brimstone.

Hakluyt.

They loudly laughed
To see his heaving breast disgorge the briny draught.

Dryden.

2. To give up unwillingly as what one has wrongfully seized and appropriated; to make restitution of; to surrender; as, he was compelled to disgorge his ill-gotten gains.

Disgorge Dis·gorge" intransitive verb To vomit forth what anything contains; to discharge; to make restitution.

See where it flows, disgorging at seven mouths
Into the sea.

Milton.

Disgorgement Dis·gorge"ment noun [ Confer French dégorgement .] The act of disgorging; a vomiting; that which is disgorged. Bp. Hall.

Disgospel Dis·gos"pel intransitive verb To be inconsistent with, or act contrary to, the precepts of the gospel; to pervert the gospel. [ Obsolete] Milton.

Disgrace Dis·grace" noun [ French disgrâce ; prefix dis- (L. dis- ) + grâce . See Grace .] 1. The condition of being out of favor; loss of favor, regard, or respect.

Macduff lives in disgrace .

Shak.

2. The state of being dishonored, or covered with shame; dishonor; shame; ignominy.

To tumble down thy husband and thyself
From top of honor to disgrace's feet?

Shak.

3. That which brings dishonor; cause of shame or reproach; great discredit; as, vice is a disgrace to a rational being.

4. An act of unkindness; a disfavor. [ Obsolete]

The interchange continually of favors and disgraces .

Bacon.

Syn. -- Disfavor; disesteem; opprobrium; reproach; discredit; disparagement; dishonor; shame; infamy; ignominy; humiliation.

Disgrace Dis·grace" transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Disgraced ; present participle & verbal noun Disgracing .] [ Confer French disgracier . See Disgrace , noun ] 1. To put out of favor; to dismiss with dishonor.

Flatterers of the disgraced minister.

Macaulay.

Pitt had been disgraced and the old Duke of Newcastle dismissed.

J. Morley.

2. To do disfavor to; to bring reproach or shame upon; to dishonor; to treat or cover with ignominy; to lower in estimation.

Shall heap with honors him they now disgrace .

Pope.

His ignorance disgraced him.

Johnson.

3. To treat discourteously; to upbraid; to revile.

The goddess wroth gan foully her disgrace .

Spenser.

Syn. -- To degrade; humble; humiliate; abase; disparage; defame; dishonor; debase.

Disgraceful Dis·grace"ful adjective Bringing disgrace; causing shame; shameful; dishonorable; unbecoming; as, profaneness is disgraceful to a man. -- Dis*grace"ful*ly , adverb -- Dis*grace"ful*ness , noun

The Senate have cast you forth disgracefully .

B. Jonson.

Disgracer Dis·gra"cer noun One who disgraces.

Disgracious Dis·gra"cious adjective [ Confer French disgracieux .] Wanting grace; unpleasing; disagreeable. Shak.

Disgracive Dis·gra"cive adjective Disgracing. [ Obsolete] Feltham.

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