Disobey Dis`o·bey" intransitive verb To refuse or neglect to obey; to violate commands; to be disobedient.

He durst not know how to disobey .

Sir P. Sidney.

Disobeyer Dis`o·bey"er noun One who disobeys.

Disobligation Dis·ob`li·ga"tion noun 1. The act of disobliging. 2. A disobliging act; an offense. [ Obsolete] Clarendon. 3. Release from obligation. Jer. Taylor.

Disobligatory Dis·ob"li·ga·to·ry adjective Releasing from obligation. " Disobligatory power." Charles I.

Disoblige Dis`o·blige" transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Disobliged ; present participle & verbal noun Disobliging .] [ Prefix dis- + oblige : confer French désobliger .] 1. To do an act which contravenes the will or desires of; to offend by an act of unkindness or incivility; to displease; to refrain from obliging; to be unaccommodating to.

Those . . . who slight and disoblige their friends, shall infallibly come to know the value of them by having none when they shall most need them.

South.

My plan has given offense to some gentlemen, whom it would not be very safe to disoblige .

Addison. 2. To release from obligation. [ Obsolete]

Absolving and disobliging from a more general command for some just and reasonable cause.

Milton.

Disobligement Dis`o·blige"ment noun Release from obligation. [ Obsolete]

Disobliger Dis`o·bli"ger noun One who disobliges.

Disobliging Dis`o·bli"ging adjective 1. Not obliging; not disposed to do a favor; unaccommodating; as, a disobliging person or act. 2. Displeasing; offensive. [ Obsolete] Cov. of Tongue. -- Dis`o*bli"ging*ly , adverb -- Dis`o*bli"ging*ness , noun

Disoccident Dis·oc"ci·dent transitive verb To turn away from the west; to throw out of reckoning as to longitude. [ Obsolete] Marvell.

Disoccupation Dis·oc`cu·pa"tion noun The state of being unemployed; want of occupation. [ R.]

Disopinion Dis`o·pin"ion noun Want or difference of belief; disbelief. [ Obsolete] Bp. Reynolds.

Disoppilate Dis·op"pi·late transitive verb [ Latin dis- + oppilatus , past participle of oppilare to shut up.] To open. [ Obsolete] Holland.

Disorb Dis·orb" transitive verb [ Prefix dis- + orb .] To throw out of the proper orbit; to unsphere. Shak.

Disord Dis·ord" noun Disorder. [ Obsolete] Holland.

Disordeined Dis`or·deined" adjective [ See Ordain .] Inordinate; irregular; vicious. [ Obsolete] Chaucer.

Disorder Dis·or"der noun [ Prefix dis- + order : confer French désordre .] 1. Want of order or regular disposition; lack of arrangement; confusion; disarray; as, the troops were thrown into disorder ; the papers are in disorder . 2. Neglect of order or system; irregularity.

From vulgar bounds with brave disorder part,
And snatch a grace beyond the reach of art.

Pope. 3. Breach of public order; disturbance of the peace of society; tumult. Shak. 4. Disturbance of the functions of the animal economy or of the soul; sickness; derangement. " Disorder in the body." Locke. Syn. -- Irregularity; disarrangement; confusion; tumult; bustle; disturbance; disease; illness; indisposition; sickness; ailment; malady; distemper. See Disease .

Disorder Dis·or"der transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Disordered ; present participle & verbal noun Disordering .] 1. To disturb the order of; to derange or disarrange; to throw into confusion; to confuse.

Disordering the whole frame or jurisprudence.

Burke.

The burden . . . disordered the aids and auxiliary rafters into a common ruin.

Jer. Taylor. 2. To disturb or interrupt the regular and natural functions of (either body or mind); to produce sickness or indisposition in; to discompose; to derange; as, to disorder the head or stomach.

A man whose judgment was so much disordered by party spirit.

Macaulay. 3. To depose from holy orders. [ Obsolete] Dryden. Syn. -- To disarrange; derange; confuse; discompose.

Disordered Dis·or"dered adjective 1. Thrown into disorder; deranged; as, a disordered house, judgment. 2. Disorderly. [ Obsolete] Shak. -- Dis*or"dered*ly , adverb -- Dis*or"dered*ness , noun

Disorderliness Dis·or"der·li·ness noun The state of being disorderly.

Disorderly Dis·or"der·ly adjective 1. Not in order; marked by disorder; disarranged; immethodical; as, the books and papers are in a disorderly state. 2. Not acting in an orderly way, as the functions of the body or mind. 3. Not complying with the restraints of order and law; tumultuous; unruly; lawless; turbulent; as, disorderly people; disorderly assemblies. 4. (Law) Offensive to good morals and public decency; notoriously offensive; as, a disorderly house. Syn. -- Irregular; immethodical; confused; tumultuous; inordinate; intemperate; unruly; lawless; vicious.

Disorderly Dis·or"der·ly adverb In a disorderly manner; without law or order; irregularly; confusedly.

Withdraw yourselves from every brother that walketh disorderly .

2 Thess. iii. 6.

Savages fighting disorderly with stones.

Sir W. Raleigh.

Disordinance Dis·or"di·nance noun Disarrangement; disturbance. [ Obsolete] Chaucer.

Disordinate Dis·or"di·nate adjective Inordinate; disorderly. [ Obsolete] "With disordinate gestures." Prynne.

Disordinately Dis·or"di·nate·ly adverb Inordinately. [ Obsolete] E. Hall.

Disordination Dis·or`di·na"tion noun The state of being in disorder; derangement; confusion. [ Obsolete] Bacon.

Disorganization Dis·or`gan·i·za"tion noun [ Confer French désorganisation . See Disorganize , transitive verb ] 1. The act of disorganizing; destruction of system. 2. The state of being disorganized; as, the disorganization of the body, or of government.

The magazine of a pawnbroker in such total disorganization , that the owner can never lay his hands upon any one article at the moment he has occasion for it.

Sir W. Scott.

Disorganize Dis·or"gan·ize transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Disorganized ; present participle & verbal noun Disorganizing .] [ Prefix dis- + organize : confer French désorganiser .] To destroy the organic structure or regular system of (a government, a society, a party, etc.); to break up (what is organized); to throw into utter disorder; to disarrange.

Lyford . . . attempted to disorganize the church.

Eliot (1809).

Disorganizer Dis·or"gan·i`zer noun One who disorganizes or causes disorder and confusion.

Disorient Dis·o"ri·ent transitive verb To turn away from the east; to confuse as to which way is east; to cause to lose one's bearings. [ R.] Bp. Warburton.

Disorientate Dis·o"ri·en·tate transitive verb To turn away from the east, or (figuratively) from the right or the truth. [ R.]

Disown Dis·own" transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Disowned ; present participle & verbal noun Disowning .] 1. To refuse to own or acknowledge as belonging to one's self; to disavow or deny, as connected with one's self personally; as, a parent can hardly disown his child; an author will sometimes disown his writings. 2. To refuse to acknowledge or allow; to deny.

Then they, who brother's better claim disown ,
Expel their parents, and usurp the throne.

Dryden. Syn. -- To disavow; disclaim; deny; abnegate; renounce; disallow.

Disownment Dis·own"ment noun Act of disowning. [ R.]

Disoxidate Dis·ox"i·date transitive verb (Chemistry) To deoxidate; to deoxidize. [ R.]

Disoxidation Dis·ox`i·da"tion noun (Chemistry) Deoxidation. [ R.]

Disoxygenate Dis·ox"y·gen·ate transitive verb (Chemistry) To deprive of oxygen; to deoxidize. [ R.]

Disoxygenation Dis·ox`y·gen·a"tion noun (Chemistry) Deoxidation. [ R.]

Dispace Dis·pace" intransitive verb [ Prefix dis- asunder, different ways, to and fro + pace .] To roam. [ Obsolete]

In this fair plot dispacing to and fro.

Spenser.

Dispair Dis·pair" transitive verb To separate (a pair). [ R.]

I have . . . dispaired two doves.

Beau. & Fl.

Dispand Dis·pand" transitive verb [ Latin dispandere to spread out; prefix dis- + pandere , pansum , to spread out.] To spread out; to expand. [ Obsolete] Bailey.

Dispansion Dis·pan"sion noun [ See Dispand .] Act of dispanding, or state of being dispanded. [ Obsolete]

Disparadised Dis·par"a·dised adjective Removed from paradise. [ R.] Cockeram.

Disparage Dis·par"age transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Disparaged ; present participle & verbal noun Disparaging .] [ Old French desparagier , French déparager , to marry unequally; prefix des- (L. dis- ) + French parage extraction, lineage, from Latin par equal, peer. See Peer .] 1. To match unequally; to degrade or dishonor by an unequal marriage. [ Obsolete]

Alas! that any of my nation
Should ever so foul disparaged be.

Chaucer. 2. To dishonor by a comparison with what is inferior; to lower in rank or estimation by actions or words; to speak slightingly of; to depreciate; to undervalue.

Those forbidding appearances which sometimes disparage the actions of men sincerely pious.

Bp. Atterbury.

Thou durst not thus disparage glorious arms.

Milton. Syn. -- To decry; depreciate; undervalue; underrate; cheapen; vilify; reproach; detract from; derogate from; degrade; debase. See Decry .

Disparage Dis"pa·rage` noun Inequality in marriage; marriage with an inferior. [ Obsolete] Chaucer.

Dissuaded her from such a disparage .

Spenser.

Disparagement Dis·par"age·ment noun [ Confer Old French desparagement .] 1. Matching any one in marriage under his or her degree; injurious union with something of inferior excellence; a lowering in rank or estimation. [ Eng.]

And thought that match a foul disparagement .

Spenser. 2. Injurious comparison with an inferior; a depreciating or dishonoring opinion or insinuation; diminution of value; dishonor; indignity; reproach; disgrace; detraction; -- commonly with to .

It ought to be no disparagement to a star that it is not the sun.

South.

Imitation is a disparagement and a degradation in a Christian minister.

I. Taylor. Syn. -- Indignity; derogation; detraction; reproach; dishonor; debasement; degradation; disgrace.

Disparager Dis·par"a·ger noun One who disparages or dishonors; one who vilifies or disgraces.

Disparagingly Dis·par"a·ging·ly adverb In a manner to disparage or dishonor; slightingly.

Disparate Dis"pa·rate adjective [ Latin disparatus , past participle of disparare to part, separate; dis- + parare to make ready, prepare.] 1. Unequal; dissimilar; separate.

Connecting disparate thoughts, purely by means of resemblances in the words expressing them.

Coleridge. 2. (Logic) Pertaining to two coördinate species or divisions.

Disparates Dis"pa·rates noun plural Things so unequal or unlike that they can not be compared with each other.

Disparition Dis`pa·ri"tion noun [ Confer French disparition .] Act of disappearing; disappearance. [ Obsolete] Bp. Hall.

Disparity Dis·par"i·ty noun ; plural Disparities . [ Late Latin disparitas , from Latin dispar unlike, unequal; dis- + par equal: confer French disparité . See Par , Peer .] Inequality; difference in age, rank, condition, or excellence; dissimilitude; -- followed by between , in , of , as to , etc.; as, disparity in, or of, years; a disparity as to color.

The disparity between God and his intelligent creatures.

I. Taylor.

The disparity of numbers was not such as ought to cause any uneasiness.

Macaulay. Syn. -- Inequality; unlikeness; dissimilitude; disproportion; difference.