Disgradation Dis`gra·da"tion noun (Scots Law) Degradation; a stripping of titles and honors.
Disgrade Dis·grade" transitive verb To degrade. [ Obsolete]
Foxe.
Disgraduate Dis·grad"u·ate transitive verb To degrade; to reduce in rank. [ Obsolete]
Tyndale.
Disgregate Dis"gre·gate transitive verb [ Latin
disgregare ;
dis- +
gregare to collect, from
grex ,
gregis , flock or herd.]
To disperse; to scatter; -- opposite of congregate . [ Obsolete]
Disgregation Dis`gre·ga"tion noun (Physiol.) The process of separation, or the condition of being separate, as of the molecules of a body.
Disgruntle Dis·grun"tle transitive verb To dissatisfy; to disaffect; to anger. [ Colloq.]
Disguise Dis·guise" transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Disguised ;
present participle & verbal noun Disguising .] [ Middle English
desguisen ,
disgisen ,
degisen , Old French
desguisier , French
déguiser ; prefix
des- (L.
dis- ) +
guise . See
Guise .]
1. To change the guise or appearance of; especially, to conceal by an unusual dress, or one intended to mislead or deceive. Bunyan was forced to disguise himself as a wagoner.
Macaulay. 2. To hide by a counterfeit appearance; to cloak by a false show; to mask; as, to disguise anger; to disguise one's sentiments, character, or intentions. All God's angels come to us disguised .
Lowell. 3. To affect or change by liquor; to intoxicate. I have just left the right worshipful, and his myrmidons, about a sneaker of five gallons; the whole magistracy was pretty well disguised before I gave them the ship.
Spectator. Syn. -- To conceal; hide; mask; dissemble; dissimulate; feign; pretend; secrete. See
Conceal .
Disguise Dis·guise" noun 1. A dress or exterior put on for purposes of concealment or of deception; as, persons doing unlawful acts in disguise are subject to heavy penalties. There is no passion which steals into the heart more imperceptibly and covers itself under more disguises , than pride.
Addison. 2. Artificial language or manner assumed for deception; false appearance; counterfeit semblance or show. That eye which glances through all disguises .
D. Webster. 3. Change of manner by drink; intoxication. Shak. 4. A masque or masquerade. [ Obsolete]
Disguise was the old English word for a masque.
B. Jonson.
Disguisedly Dis·guis"ed·ly adverb In disguise.
Disguisedness Dis·guis"ed·ness noun The state of being disguised.
Disguisement Dis·guise"ment noun Disguise. [ R.]
Spenser.
Disguiser Dis·guis"er noun 1. One who, or that which, disguises. Shak. 2. One who wears a disguise; an actor in a masquerade; a masker. [ Obsolete]
E. Hall.
Disguising Dis·guis"ing noun A masque or masquerade. [ Obsolete]
Disgust Dis·gust" transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Disgusted ;
present participle & verbal noun Disgusting .] [ Old French
desgouster , French
dégoûter ; prefix
des- (L.
dis- ) +
gouster to taste, French
goûter , from Latin
gustare , from
gustus taste. See
Gust to taste.]
To provoke disgust or strong distaste in; to cause (any one) loathing, as of the stomach; to excite aversion in; to offend the moral taste of; -- often with at , with , or by . To disgust him with the world and its vanities.
Prescott. Ærius is expressly declared . . . to have been disgusted at failing.
J. H. Newman. Alarmed and disgusted by the proceedings of the convention.
Macaulay.
Disgust Dis·gust" noun [ Confer Old French
desgoust , French
dégoût . See
Disgust ,
transitive verb ]
Repugnance to what is offensive; aversion or displeasure produced by something loathsome; loathing; strong distaste; -- said primarily of the sickening opposition felt for anything which offends the physical organs of taste; now rather of the analogous repugnance excited by anything extremely unpleasant to the moral taste or higher sensibilities of our nature; as, an act of cruelty may excite disgust . The manner of doing is more consequence than the thing done, and upon that depends the satisfaction or disgust wherewith it is received.
Locke. In a vulgar hack writer such oddities would have excited only disgust .
Macaulay. Syn. -- Nausea; loathing; aversion; distaste; dislike; disinclination; abomination. See
Dislike .
Disgustful Dis·gust"ful adjective Provoking disgust; offensive to the taste; exciting aversion; disgusting. That horrible and disgustful situation.
Burke.
Disgustfulness Dis·gust"ful·ness noun The state of being disgustful.
Disgusting Dis·gust"ing adjective That causes disgust; sickening; offensive; revolting. --
Dis*gust"ing*ly ,
adverb
Dish Dish (dĭsh)
noun [ Anglo-Saxon
disc , Latin
discus dish, disc, quoit, from Greek
di`skos quoit, from
dikei^n to throw. Confer
Dais ,
Desk ,
Disc ,
Discus .]
1. A vessel, as a platter, a plate, a bowl, used for serving up food at the table. She brought forth butter in a lordly dish .
Judg. v. 25. 2. The food served in a dish; hence, any particular kind of food; as, a cold dish ; a warm dish ; a delicious dish . "A dish fit for the gods." Shak. [ 1913 Webster]
Home-home dishes that drive one from home.
Hood. 3. The state of being concave, or like a dish, or the degree of such concavity; as, the dish of a wheel. 4. A hollow place, as in a field. Ogilvie. 5. (Mining) (a) A trough about 28 inches long, 4 deep, and 6 wide, in which ore is measured. (b) That portion of the produce of a mine which is paid to the land owner or proprietor.
Dish Dish transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Dished ;
present participle & verbal noun Dishing .]
1. To put in a dish, ready for the table. 2. To make concave, or depress in the middle, like a dish; as, to dish a wheel by inclining the spokes. 3. To frustrate; to beat; to ruin. [ Low]
To dish out .
1. To serve out of a dish; to distribute in portions at table. 2. (Architecture) To hollow out, as a gutter in stone or wood. --
To dish up ,
to take (food) from the oven, pots, etc., and put in dishes to be served at table.
Dishabilitate Dis`ha·bil"i·tate transitive verb [ Confer
Disability .]
To disqualify. [ R.]
Dishabille Dis`ha·bille" noun [ See
Deshabille .]
An undress; a loose, negligent dress; deshabille. They breakfast in dishabille .
Smollett.
Dishabit Dis·hab"it transitive verb [ Prefix
dis- +
habit to inhabit.]
To dislodge. [ Obsolete]
Those sleeping stones . . . from their fixed beds of lime
Had been dishabited .
Shak.
Dishabited Dis·hab"it·ed p. adjective Rendered uninhabited. "
Dishabited towns."
R. Carew.
Dishabituate Dis`ha·bit"u·ate transitive verb To render unaccustomed.
Dishable Dis·ha"ble transitive verb 1. To disable. [ Obsolete]
2. To disparage. [ Obsolete]
She oft him blamed . . . and him dishabled quite.
Spenser.
Dishallow Dis·hal"low transitive verb To make unholy; to profane. Tennyson. Nor can the unholiness of the priest dishallow the altar.
T. Adams.
Disharmonious Dis`har·mo"ni·ous adjective Unharmonious; discordant. [ Obsolete]
Hallywell.
Disharmony Dis·har"mo·ny noun Want of harmony; discord; incongruity. [ R.]
A disharmony in the different impulses that constitute it [ our nature].
Coleridge.
Dishaunt Dis·haunt" transitive verb To leave; to quit; to cease to haunt. Halliwell.
Dishcloth Dish"cloth` noun A cloth used for washing dishes.
Dishclout Dish"clout` noun A dishcloth. [ Obsolescent]
Disheart Dis·heart" transitive verb To dishearten. [ Obsolete]
Dishearten Dis·heart"en transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Disheartened ;
present participle & verbal noun Disheartening .] [ Prefix
dis- +
hearten .]
To discourage; to deprive of courage and hope; to depress the spirits of; to deject. Regiments . . . utterly disorganized and disheartened .
Macaulay. Syn. -- To dispirit; discourage; depress; deject; deter; terrify.
Disheartenment Dis·heart"en·ment noun Discouragement; dejection; depression of spirits.
Disheir Dis·heir" transitive verb [ Confer
Disherit .]
To disinherit. [ Obsolete]
Dryden.
Dishelm Dis·helm" transitive verb [ Prefix
dis- +
helm helmet.]
To deprive of the helmet. [ Poetic]
Lying stark,
Dishelmed and mute, and motionlessly pale.
Tennyson.
Disherison Dis·her"i·son noun [ See
Disherit .]
The act of disheriting, or debarring from inheritance; disinhersion. Bp. Hall.
Disherit Dis·her"it transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Disherited ;
present participle & verbal noun Disheriting .] [ French
déshériter ; prefix
dés- (L.
dis- ) +
hériter to inherit. See
Inherit , and confer
Dusheir ,
Disinherit .]
To disinherit; to cut off, or detain, from the possession or enjoyment of an inheritance. [ Obsolete]
Spenser.
Disheritance Dis·her"it·ance noun [ Confer Old French
desheritance .]
The act of disinheriting or state of being disinherited; disinheritance. [ Obsolete]
Beau. & Fl.
Disheritor Dis·her"it·or noun (Law) One who puts another out of his inheritance.
Dishevel Di·shev"el (dĭ*shĕv"'l
or - ĕl)
transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Disheveled or
Dishevelled ;
present participle & verbal noun Disheveling or
Dishevelling .] [ Old French
descheveler , French
décheveler , Late Latin
discapillare ;
dis- + Latin
capillus the hair of the head. See
Capillary .]
1. To suffer (the hair) to hang loosely or disorderly; to spread or throw (the hair) in disorder; -- used chiefly in the passive participle. With garments rent and hair disheveled ,
Wringing her hands and making piteous moan.
Spenser. 2. To spread loosely or disorderly. Like the fair flower disheveled in the wind.
Cowper.
Dishevel Di·shev"el intransitive verb To be spread in disorder or hang negligently, as the hair. [ R.]
Sir T. Herbert.
Dishevele Di·shev"ele past participle & adjective Disheveled. [ Obsolete]
Dishevele , save his cap, he rode all bare.
Chaucer.
Disheveled Di·shev"eled adjective 1. Hanging in loose disorder; disarranged; as, disheveled hair. 2. Having the hair in loose disorder. The dancing maidens are disheveled Mænads.
J. A. Symonds.
dishful dish"ful noun ;
plural dishfuls As much as a dish holds when full.
Dishing Dish"ing adjective Dish-shaped; concave.
Dishonest Dis·hon"est adjective [ Prefix
dis- +
honest : confer French
déshonnête , Old French
deshoneste .]
1. Dishonorable; shameful; indecent; unchaste; lewd. [ Obsolete]
Inglorious triumphs and dishonest scars.
Pope. Speak no foul or dishonest words before them [ the women].
Sir T. North. 2. Dishonored; disgraced; disfigured. [ Obsolete]
Dishonest with lopped arms the youth appears,
Spoiled of his nose and shortened of his ears.
Dryden. 3. Wanting in honesty; void of integrity; faithless; disposed to cheat or defraud; not trustworthy; as, a dishonest man. 4. Characterized by fraud; indicating a want of probity; knavish; fraudulent; unjust. To get dishonest gain.
Ezek. xxii. 27. The dishonest profits of men in office.
Bancroft.
Dishonest Dis·hon"est transitive verb [ Confer Old French
deshonester .]
To disgrace; to dishonor; as, to dishonest a maid. [ Obsolete]
I will no longer dishonest my house.
Chapman.
Dishonestly Dis·hon"est·ly adverb In a dishonest manner.
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