Dishonesty Dis·hon"es·ty noun [ Confer Old French
deshonesté , French
déshonnêteté .]
1. Dishonor; dishonorableness; shame. [ Obsolete] "The hidden things of
dishonesty ."
2 Cor. iv. 2. 2. Want of honesty, probity, or integrity in principle; want of fairness and straightforwardness; a disposition to defraud, deceive, or betray; faithlessness. 3. Violation of trust or of justice; fraud; any deviation from probity; a dishonest act. 4. Lewdness; unchastity. Shak.
Dishonor Dis·hon"or (dĭs*ŏn"ẽr
or dĭz-)
noun [ Middle English
deshonour ,
dishonour , Old French
deshonor ,
deshonur , French
déshonneur ; prefix
des- (L.
dis- ) +
honor ,
honur , French
honneur , from Latin
honor . See
Honor .] [ Written also
dishonour .]
1. Lack of honor; disgrace; ignominy; shame; reproach. It was not meet for us to see the king's dishonor .
Ezra iv. 14. His honor rooted in dishonor stood.
Tennyson. 2. (Law) The nonpayment or nonacceptance of commercial paper by the party on whom it is drawn. Syn. -- Disgrace; ignominy; shame; censure; reproach; opprobrium.
Dishonor Dis·hon"or transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Dishonored ;
present participle & verbal noun Dishonoring .] [ Middle English
deshonouren , French
déshonorer ; prefix
dés- (L.
dis- ) +
honorer to honor, from Latin
honorare . See
Honor ,
transitive verb ] [ Written also
dishonour .]
1. To deprive of honor; to disgrace; to bring reproach or shame on; to treat with indignity, or as unworthy in the sight of others; to stain the character of; to lessen the reputation of; as, the duelist dishonors himself to maintain his honor. Nothing . . . that may dishonor
Our law, or stain my vow of Nazarite.
Milton. 2. To violate the chastity of; to debauch. Dryden. 3. To refuse or decline to accept or pay; -- said of a bill, check, note, or draft which is due or presented; as, to dishonor a bill exchange. Syn. -- To disgrace; shame; debase; degrade; lower; humble; humiliate; debauch; pollute.
Dishonorable Dis·hon"or·a·ble adjective [ Confer French
déshonorable .]
1. Wanting in honor; not honorable; bringing or deserving dishonor; staining the character, and lessening the reputation; shameful; disgraceful; base. 2. Wanting in honor or esteem; disesteemed. He that is dishonorable in riches, how much more in poverty!
Ecclus. x. 31. To find ourselves dishonorable graves.
Shak. --
Dis*hon"or*a*ble*ness ,
noun --
Dis*hon"or*a*bly ,
adverb
Dishonorary Dis·hon"or·a·ry adjective Bringing dishonor on; tending to disgrace; lessening reputation. Holmes.
Dishonorer Dis·hon"or·er noun One who dishonors or disgraces; one who treats another indignity. Milton.
Dishorn Dis·horn" transitive verb To deprive of horns; as, to dishorn cattle. "
Dishorn the spirit."
Shak.
Dishorse Dis·horse" transitive verb To dismount. Tennyson.
Dishouse Dis·house" transitive verb To deprive of house or home. "
Dishoused villagers."
James White.
Dishumor Dis·hu"mor noun Ill humor. [ Obsolete]
Dishumor Dis·hu"mor transitive verb To deprive of humor or desire; to put out of humor. [ Obsolete]
B. Jonson.
Dishwasher Dish"wash`er noun 1. One who, or that which, washes dishes. 2. (Zoology) A European bird; the wagtail.
Dishwater Dish"wa`ter noun Water in which dishes have been washed. "Suds and
dishwater ."
Beau. & Fl.
Disillusion Dis`il·lu"sion noun The act or process of freeing from an illusion, or the state of being freed therefrom. Lowell.
Disillusion Dis`il·lu"sion transitive verb To free from an illusion; to disillusionize.
Disillusionize Dis`il·lu"sion·ize transitive verb To disenchant; to free from illusion. "The bitter
disillusionizing experience of postnuptial life."
W. Black.
Disillusionment Dis`il·lu"sion·ment noun The act of freeing from an illusion, or the state of being freed therefrom.
Disimbitter Dis`im·bit"ter transitive verb [ Prefix
dis- +
imbitter . Confer
Disembitter .]
To free from bitterness.
Disimpark Dis`im·park" transitive verb To free from the barriers or restrictions of a park. [ R.]
Spectator.
Disimpassioned Dis`im·pas"sioned adjective Free from warmth of passion or feeling.
Disimprove Dis`im·prove" transitive verb To make worse; -- the opposite of improve . [ R.]
Jer. Taylor.
Disimprove Dis`im·prove" intransitive verb To grow worse; to deteriorate.
Disimprovement Dis`im·prove"ment noun Reduction from a better to a worse state; as, disimprovement of the earth.
Disincarcerate Dis`in·car"cer·ate transitive verb To liberate from prison. [ R.]
Harvey.
Disinclination Dis·in`cli·na"tion noun The state of being disinclined; want of propensity, desire, or affection; slight aversion or dislike; indisposition. Disappointment gave him a disinclination to the fair sex.
Arbuthnot. Having a disinclination to books or business.
Guardian. Syn. -- Unwillingness; disaffection; alienation; dislike; indisposition; distaste; aversion; repugnance.
Disincline Dis`in·cline" transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Disinclined ;
present participle & verbal noun Disinclining .]
To incline away the affections of; to excite a slight aversion in; to indispose; to make unwilling; to alienate. Careful . . . to disincline them from any reverence or affection to the Queen.
Clarendon. To social scenes by nature disinclined .
Cowper.
Disinclose Dis`in·close" transitive verb [ Confer
Disenclose .]
To free from being inclosed.
Disincorporate Dis`in·cor"po·rate transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Disincorporated ;
present participle & verbal noun Disincorporating .]
1. To deprive of corporate powers, rights, or privileges; to divest of the condition of a corporate body. 2. To detach or separate from a corporation. Bacon.
Disincorporate Dis`in·cor"po·rate adjective Separated from, or not included in, a corporation; disincorporated. Bacon.
Disincorporation Dis`in·cor`po·ra"tion noun Deprivation of the rights and privileges of a corporation. T. Warton.
Disinfect Dis`in·fect" transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Disinfected ;
present participle & verbal noun Disinfecting .]
To free from infectious or contagious matter; to destroy putrefaction; to purify; to make innocuous. When the infectious matter and the infectious matter and the odoriferous matter are one . . . then to deodorize is to disinfect .
Ure.
Disinfectant Dis`in·fect"ant noun That which disinfects; an agent for removing the causes of infection, as chlorine.
Disinfection Dis`in·fec"tion noun The act of disinfecting; purification from infecting matter.
Disinfector Dis`in·fect"or noun One who, or that which, disinfects; an apparatus for applying disinfectants.
Disinflame Dis`in·flame" transitive verb To divest of flame or ardor. Chapman.
Disingenuity Dis·in`ge·nu"i·ty noun Disingenuousness. [ Obsolete]
Clarendon.
Disingenuous Dis`in·gen"u·ous adjective 1. Not noble; unbecoming true honor or dignity; mean; unworthy; as, disingenuous conduct or schemes. 2. Not ingenuous; wanting in noble candor or frankness; not frank or open; uncandid; unworthily or meanly artful. So disingenuous as not to confess them [ faults].
Pope. --
Dis`in*gen"u*ous*ly ,
adverb T. Warton. --
Dis`in*gen"u*ous*ness ,
noun Macaulay.
Disinhabited Dis`in·hab"it·ed adjective Uninhabited. [ Obsolete]
Disinherison Dis`in·her"i·son noun [ See
Disinherit ,
transitive verb , and confer
Disherison .]
Same as Disherison . Bacon.
Disinherit Dis`in·her"it transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Disinherited ;
present participle & verbal noun Disinheriting .] [ Confer
Disherit ,
Disheir .]
1. To cut off from an inheritance or from hereditary succession; to prevent, as an heir, from coming into possession of any property or right, which, by law or custom, would devolve on him in the course of descent. Of how fair a portion Adam disinherited his whole posterity!
South. 2. To deprive of heritage; to dispossess. And disinherit Chaos, that reigns here.
Milton.
Disinheritance Dis`in·her"it·ance noun The act of disinheriting, or the condition of being; disinherited; disherison.
Disinhume Dis`in·hume" transitive verb To disinter. [ R.]
Disinsure Dis`in·sure" transitive verb To render insecure; to put in danger. [ Obsolete]
Fanshawe.
Disintegrable Dis·in"te·gra·ble adjective Capable of being disintegrated, or reduced to fragments or powder. Argillo-calcite is readily disintegrable by exposure.
Kirwan.
Disintegrate Dis·in"te·grate transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Disintegrated ;
present participle & verbal noun Disintegrating .] [ Latin
dis- +
integratus , past participle of
integrare to renew, repair, from
integer entire, whole. See
Integer .]
To separate into integrant parts; to reduce to fragments or to powder; to break up, or cause to fall to pieces, as a rock, by blows of a hammer, frost, rain, and other mechanical or atmospheric influences. Marlites are not disintegrated by exposure to the atmosphere, at least in six years.
Kirwan.
Disintegrate Dis·in"te·grate intransitive verb To decompose into integrant parts; as, chalk rapidly disintegrates .
Disintegration Dis·in`te·gra"tion noun (a) The process by which anything is disintegrated; the condition of anything which is disintegrated. Specifically
(b) (Geol.) The wearing away or falling to pieces of rocks or strata, produced by atmospheric action, frost, ice, etc. Society had need of further disintegration before it could begin to reconstruct itself locally.
Motley.
Disintegrator Dis·in"te·gra`tor noun (Mech.) A machine for grinding or pulverizing by percussion.
Disinter Dis`in·ter" transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Disinterred ;
present participle & verbal noun Disinterring .]
1. To take out of the grave or tomb; to unbury; to exhume; to dig up. 2. To bring out, as from a grave or hiding place; to bring from obscurity into view. Addison.
Disinteress Dis·in"ter·ess transitive verb [ French
désintéresser to deprive of interest in; prefix
dés- (L.
dis- ) +
intéresser to interest, from Latin
interesse to import, concern. See
Interest , and confer
Disinterest .]
To deprive or rid of interest in, or regard for; to disengage. [ Obsolete]
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