Dispark Dis·park" transitive verb 1. To throw (a park or inclosure); to treat (a private park) as a common.

The Gentiles were made to be God's people when the Jews' inclosure was disparked .

Jer. Taylor.

2. To set at large; to release from inclosure.

Till his free muse threw down the pale,
And did at once dispark them all.

Waller.

Disparkle Dis·par"kle transitive verb [ Old French desparpeillier .] To scatter abroad. [ Obsolete] Holland.

Dispart Dis·part" transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Disparted ; present participle & verbal noun Disparting .] [ Prefix dis- + part : confer Old French despartir .] To part asunder; to divide; to separate; to sever; to rend; to rive or split; as, disparted air; disparted towers. [ Archaic]

Them in twelve troops their captain did dispart .

Spenser.

The world will be whole, and refuses to be disparted .

Emerson.

Dispart Dis·part" intransitive verb To separate, to open; to cleave.

Dispart Dis·part" noun 1. (Gun.) The difference between the thickness of the metal at the mouth and at the breech of a piece of ordnance.

On account of the dispart , the line of aim or line of metal, which is in a plane passing through the axis of the gun, always makes a small angle with the axis.

Eng. Cys.

2. (Gun.) A piece of metal placed on the muzzle, or near the trunnions, on the top of a piece of ordnance, to make the line of sight parallel to the axis of the bore; -- called also dispart sight , and muzzle sight .

Dispart Dis·part" transitive verb 1. (Gun.) To make allowance for the dispart in (a gun), when taking aim.

Every gunner, before he shoots, must truly dispart his piece.

Lucar.

2. (Gun.) To furnish with a dispart sight.

Dispassion Dis·pas"sion noun Freedom from passion; an undisturbed state; apathy. Sir W. Temple.

Dispassionate Dis·pas"sion·ate adjective 1. Free from passion; not warped, prejudiced, swerved, or carried away by passion or feeling; judicial; calm; composed.

Wise and dispassionate men.

Clarendon.

2. Not dictated by passion; not proceeding from temper or bias; impartial; as, dispassionate proceedings; a dispassionate view.

Syn. -- Calm; cool; composed serene; unimpassioned; temperate; moderate; impartial; unruffled.

-- Dis*pas"sion*ate*ly , adverb -- Dis*pas"sion*ate*ness , noun

Dispassioned Dis·pas"sioned adjective Free from passion; dispassionate. [ R.] " Dispassioned men." Donne.

Dispatch Dis·patch" transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Dispatched ; present participle & verbal noun Dispatching .] [ Old French despeechier , French dépêcher ; probably from prefix des- (L. dis- ) + (assumed) Late Latin pedicare to place obstacles in the way, from Latin pedica fetter, from pes , pedis , foot. See Foot , and confer Impeach , Despatch .] [ Written also despatch .] 1. To dispose of speedily, as business; to execute quickly; to make a speedy end of; to finish; to perform.

Ere we put ourselves in arms, dispatch we
The business we have talked of.

Shak.

[ The] harvest men . . . almost in one fair day dispatcheth all the harvest work.

Robynson (More's Utopia).

2. To rid; to free. [ Obsolete]

I had clean dispatched myself of this great charge.

Udall.

3. To get rid of by sending off; to send away hastily.

Unless dispatched to the mansion house in the country . . . they perish among the lumber of garrets.

Walpole.

4. To send off or away; -- particularly applied to sending off messengers, messages, letters, etc., on special business, and implying haste.

Even with the speediest expedition
I will dispatch him to the emperor's cou.......

Shak.

5. To send out of the world; to put to death.

The company shall stone them with stones, and dispatch them with their swords.

Ezek. xxiii. 47.

Syn. -- To expedite; hasten; speed; accelerate; perform; conclude; finish; slay; kill.

Dispatch Dis·patch" intransitive verb To make haste; to conclude an affair; to finish a matter of business.

They have dispatched with Pompey.

Shak.

Dispatch Dis·patch" noun [ Confer Old French despeche , French dépêche . See Dispatch , transitive verb ] [ Written also despatch .] 1. The act of sending a message or messenger in haste or on important business.

2. Any sending away; dismissal; riddance.

To the utter dispatch of all their most beloved comforts.

Milton.

3. The finishing up of a business; speedy performance, as of business; prompt execution; diligence; haste.

Serious business, craving quick dispatch .

Shak.

To carry his scythe . . . with a sufficient dispatch through a sufficient space.

Paley.

4. A message dispatched or sent with speed; especially, an important official letter sent from one public officer to another; -- often used in the plural; as, a messenger has arrived with dispatches for the American minister; naval or military dispatches .

5. A message transmitted by telegraph. [ Modern]

Dispatch boat , a swift vessel for conveying dispatches; an advice boat. -- Dispatch box , a box for carrying dispatches; a box for papers and other conveniences when traveling.

Syn. -- Haste; hurry; promptness; celerity; speed. See Haste .

Dispatcher Dis·patch"er noun One who dispatches.

Dispatchful Dis·patch"ful adjective Bent on haste; intent on speedy execution of business or any task; indicating haste; quick; as, dispatchful looks. Milton.

Dispatchment Dis·patch"ment noun [ Confer Old French despechement .] The act of dispatching. [ Obsolete] State Trials (1529).

Dispathy Dis"pa·thy noun ; plural Dispathies . [ Prefix dis- + Greek ... passion. See Pathos .] Lack of sympathy; want of passion; apathy. [ R.]

Many discrepancies and some dispathies between us.

Southey.

Dispauper Dis·pau"per transitive verb To deprive of the claim of a pauper to public support; to deprive of the privilege of suing in forma pauperis .

Dispauperize Dis·pau"per·ize transitive verb To free a state of pauperism, or from paupers. J. S. Mill.

Dispeed Dis·peed" transitive verb [ Prefix dis- + speed .] To send off with speed; to dispatch. [ Obsolete] Knolles.

Then they dispeeded themselves of the Cid and of their mother-in-law, Do...a Ximena.

Southey.

Dispel Dis·pel" transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Dispelled ; present participle & verbal noun Dispelling .] [ Latin dispellere ; dis- + pellere to push, drive. See Pulse a beating.] To drive away by scattering, or so to cause to vanish; to clear away; to banish; to dissipate; as, to dispel a cloud, vapors, cares, doubts, illusions.

[ Satan] gently raised
their fainting courage, and dispelled their fears.

Milton.

I saw myself the lambent easy light
Gild the brown horror, and dispel the night.

Dryden.

Dispence Dis·pence" intransitive verb & noun See Dispense . [ Obsolete]

Dispend Dis·pend" transitive verb [ Old French despendre , Latin dispendere to weigh out, dispense; dis- + pendere to weigh. See Pension , Spend , and confer Dispense .] To spend; to lay out; to expend. [ Obsolete] Spenser.

Able to dispend yearly twenty pounds and above.

Fuller.

Dispender Dis·pend"er noun One who dispends or expends; a steward. [ Obsolete] Wyclif (1 Cor. iv. 1).

Dispensable Dis·pen"sa·ble adjective [ Late Latin dispensabilis . See Dispense .] 1. Capable of being dispensed or administered.

2. Capable of being dispensed with. Coleridge.

Dispensableness Dis·pen"sa·ble·ness noun Quality of being dispensable.

Dispensary Dis·pen"sa·ry noun ; plural Dispensaries . [ Confer French dispensaire .] 1. A place where medicines are prepared and dispensed; esp., a place where the poor can obtain medical advice and medicines gratuitously or at a nominal price.

2. A dispensatory. Pope.

Dispensation Dis`pen·sa"tion noun [ French dispensation , Latin dispensatio .] 1. The act of dispensing or dealing out; distribution; often used of the distribution of good and evil by God to man, or more generically, of the acts and modes of his administration.

To respect the dispensations of Providence.

Burke.

2. That which is dispensed, dealt out, or appointed; that which is enjoined or bestowed ; especially (Theol.) , A system of principles, promises, and rules ordained and administered; scheme; economy; as, the Patriarchal, Mosaic, and Christian dispensations .

Neither are God's methods or intentions different in his dispensations to each private man.

Rogers.

3. The relaxation of a law in a particular case; permission to do something forbidden, or to omit doing something enjoined; specifically, in the Roman Catholic Church, exemption from some ecclesiastical law or obligation to God which a man has incurred of his own free will (oaths, vows, etc.).

A dispensation was obtained to enable Dr. Barrow to marry.

Ward.

Dispensative Dis·pen"sa·tive adjective [ Confer French dispensatif .] Granting dispensation.

Dispensatively Dis·pen"sa·tive·ly adverb By dispensation. Wotton.

Dispensator Dis"pen·sa`tor noun [ Latin ] A distributer; a dispenser. Bacon.

Dispensatorily Dis·pen"sa·to·ri·ly adverb In the way of dispensation; dispensatively.

Dispensatory Dis·pen"sa·to·ry adjective [ Latin dispensatorius relating to management. See Dispense , transitive verb ] Granting, or authorized to grant, dispensations. " Dispensatory power." Bp. Rainbow.

Dispensatory Dis·pen"sa·to·ry noun ; plural Dispensatories A book or medicinal formulary containing a systematic description of drugs, and of preparations made from them. It is usually, but not always, distinguished from a pharmacopœia in that it issued by private parties, and not by an official body or by government.

Dispense Dis·pense" transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Dispensed ; present participle & verbal noun Dispensing .] [ French dispenser , Latin dispensare , intens. of dispendere . See Dispend .] 1. To deal out in portions; to distribute; to give; as, the steward dispenses provisions according directions; Nature dispenses her bounties; to dispense medicines.

He is delighted to dispense a share of it to all the company.

Sir W. Scott.

2. To apply, as laws to particular cases; to administer; to execute; to manage; to direct.

While you dispense the laws, and guide the state.

Dryden.

3. To pay for; to atone for. [ Obsolete]

His sin was dispensed
With gold, whereof it was compensed.

Gower.

4. To exempt; to excuse; to absolve; -- with from .

It was resolved that all members of the House who held commissions, should be dispensed from parliamentary attendance.

Macaulay.

He appeared to think himself born to be supported by others, and dispensed from all necessity of providing for himself.

Johnson.

Dispense Dis·pense" intransitive verb 1. To compensate; to make up; to make amends. [ Obsolete]

One loving hour
For many years of sorrow can dispense .

Spenser.

2. To give dispensation.

He [ the pope] can also dispense in all matters of ecclesiastical law.

Addis & Arnold (Cath. Dict. )

To dispense with . (a) To permit the neglect or omission of, as a form, a ceremony, an oath; to suspend the operation of, as a law; to give up, release, or do without, as services, attention, etc.; to forego; to part with . (b) To allow by dispensation; to excuse; to exempt; to grant dispensation to or for. [ Obsolete] "Conniving and dispensing with open and common adultery." Milton. (c) To break or go back from, as one's word. [ Obsolete] Richardson.

Dispense Dis·pense" noun [ Confer French dispense dispensation. See Dispense , transitive verb ] Dispensation; exemption. [ Obsolete]

Dispense Dis·pense" noun [ Old French despense , French dépense .] Expense; profusion; outlay. [ Obsolete]

It was a vault built for great dispense .

Spenser.

Dispenser Dis·pens"er noun One who, or that which, dispenses; a distributer; as, a dispenser of favors.

Dispeople Dis·peo"ple transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Dispeopled ; present participle & verbal noun Dispeopling .] [ Prefix dis- + people : confer French dépeupler .] To deprive of inhabitants; to depopulate.

Leave the land dispeopled and desolate.

Sir T. More.

A certain island long before dispeopled . . . by sea rivers.

Milton.

Dispeopler Dis·peo"pler noun One who, or that which, dispeoples; a depopulator. Gay.

Disperge Dis·perge" transitive verb [ Latin dispergere . See Disperse .] To sprinkle. [ Obsolete]

Dispermous Di·sper"mous (di*spẽr"mŭs) adjective [ Greek di- = dis + spe`rma seed, from spei`rein to sow: confer French disperme .] (Botany) Containing only two seeds; two- seeded.

Disperple Dis·per"ple transitive verb [ Old French desparpeulier .] To scatter; to sprinkle. [ Obsolete]

Odorous water was
Disperpled lightly on my head and neck.

Chapman.

Dispersal Dis·per"sal noun The act or result of dispersing or scattering; dispersion. Darwin.

Disperse Dis·perse" transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Dispersed ; present participle & verbal noun Dispersing .] [ Latin dispersus , past participle of dispergere to strew, scatter. See Sparse .] 1. To scatter abroad; to drive to different parts; to distribute; to diffuse; to spread; as, the Jews are dispersed among all nations.

The lips of the wise disperse knowledge.

Prov. xv. 7.

Two lions, in the still, dark night,
A herd of beeves disperse .

Cowper.

2. To scatter, so as to cause to vanish; to dissipate; as, to disperse vapors.

Dispersed are the glories.

Shak.

Syn. -- To scatter; dissipate; dispel; spread; diffuse; distribute; deal out; disseminate.

Disperse Dis·perse" intransitive verb 1. To separate; to go or move into different parts; to vanish; as, the company dispersed at ten o'clock; the clouds disperse .

2. To distribute wealth; to share one's abundance with others.

He hath dispersed , he hath given to the poor.

Ps. cxii. 9.

Dispersed Dis·persed" adjective Scattered. -- Dis*pers"ed*ly adverb -- Dis*pers"ed*ness , noun

Dispersed harmony (Mus.) , harmony in which the tones composing the chord are widely separated, as by an octave or more.

Disperseness Dis·perse"ness noun Dispersedness. [ Obsolete]

Disperser Dis·pers"er noun One that disperses.

Dispersion Dis·per"sion noun [ Confer French dispersion .] 1. The act or process of scattering or dispersing, or the state of being scattered or separated; as, the Jews in their dispersion retained their rites and ceremonies; a great dispersion of the human family took place at the building of Babel.

The days of your slaughter and of your dispersions are accomplished.

Jer. xxv. 34.

2. (Opt.) The separation of light into its different colored rays, arising from their different refrangibilities.

Dispersion of the optic axes (Crystallog.) , the separation of the optic axes in biaxial crystals, due to the fact that the axial angle has different values for the different colors of the spectrum.

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