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DIS-AGGRE-GA-TED, pp. Separated, as an aggregate mass. | DIS-AP-PRECIATE, v. t. To undervalue; not to esteem. DIS-AGGRE-GA-TING, ppr. Separating, as the parts of an DIS-AP-PRECIA-TED, pp. Undervalued.

aggregate body.

DIS-AP-PRECIA-TING, ppr. Undervaluing.

DIS-AG-GRE-GATION, n. The act or operation of separa- DIS-AP-PRO-BA'TION, n. A disapproving; dislike; the act ting an aggregate body into its component parts.

DIS-A-GREE,. 1. To be not accordant or coincident;

to be not the same; to be not exactly similar; as, their stories disagree. 2. To be of a different opinion. 3. To be unsuitable; as, this diet disagrees with my health. 4. To be in a state of opposition; as, this disagrees with all my previous views. Commonly followed by with. -SYN. To differ; vary; dissent.

DIS-A-GREE'A-BLE, a. 1. Contrary; unsuitable; not conformable; not congruous; [little used.] 2. Unpleasing; offensive to the mind, or to the senses.

DIS-A-GREE'A-BLE-NESS, n. 1. Unsuitableness; contrariety. 2. Unpleasantness; offensiveness to the mind, or to the senses.

DIS-A-GREE'A-BLY, adv. Unsuitably; unpleasantly; offensively.

DIS-A-GREED', pret. and pp. of DISAGREE. DIS-A-GREEING, ppr. Differing; not according or coinciding.

DIS-A-GREEMENT, n. 1. Difference, either in form or essence. 2. Difference of opinion or sentiments. 3. Unsuitableness. SYN. Difference; diversity; dissimilitude unlikenesss; discrepancy; variance; dissent; misunderstanding; dissention; division; dispute; jar; wrangle;

discord.

DIS-AL-LIED (-al-lide), pp. 1. Improperly allied. 2. a. Separated from alliance.

DIS-AL-LIEGE', v. t. To alienate from allegiance.

DIS-AL-LOW', v. t. [dis and allow.] 1. To refuse permission, or not to permit; not to grant; not to make or suppose lawful; not to authorize. 2. To testify dislike or disapprobation; to refuse assent. 3. Not to approve; not to receive. 4. Not to allow or admit as just; as, to disallow a charge. SYN. To disapprove; prohibit; censure; condemn; reject.

DIS-AL-LOW', v. i. To refuse permission; not to grant. DIS-AL-LOW'A-BLE, a. Not allowable; not to be suffered. DIS-AL-LOWANCE, n. Refusal to admit or permit.-SYN. Disapprobation; prohibition; condemnation; censure; rejection.

DIS-AL-LOWED (dis-al-lowd), pp. Not granted, permit-
ted, or admitted; disapproved; rejected.
DIS-AL-LOWING, ppr. Not permitting; not admitting;
disapproving; rejecting.

DIS-AL-LY, D. t. To form an improper alliance.
DIS-AL-LYING, ppr. Forming an improper alliance.
DIS-ANCHOR, 2. t. To force from its anchors.

DIS-AN-GELIC-AL, a. Not angelical.- Coventry.
DIS-ANT-MATE, v. t. 1. To deprive of life; [not used.] 2.
To deprive of spirit or courage; to discourage; to dis-
hearten; to deject.

DIS-ANT-MA-TED, pp. Discouraged; dispirited.
DIS-ANT-MA-TING, ppr. Discouraging; disheartening.
DIS-AN-I-MATION, n. 1. The act of discouraging; depres-
sion of spirits. 2. Privation of life; [not used.]

DIS-AN-NEX', .t. To disunite; to separate that which has been annexed.

DIS-AN-NUL', .t. To annul; to make void; to deprive of authority or force. [ANNUL is the proper word.] DIS-AN-NUL MENT, a. See ANNULMENT. DIS-A-NOINT, v. 1. To render consecration invalid. DIS-AP-PAREL, v. t. To disrobe; to strip of raiment. DIS-AP-PEAR', v. i. 1. To vanish from the sight; to recede from the view; to become invisible. 2. To cease; as, the disease has disappeared. 3. To withdraw from observation; as, the thief has disappeared.

DIS-AP-PEARANCE, n. Cessation of appearance; a removal from sight,

DIS-AP-PEARED', pp. Removed from sight; vanished; become invisible.

DIS-AP-PEARING, ppr. Vanishing; receding from the sight; becoming invisible.

DIS-AP-PEARING, n. A vanishing or removal from sight. DIS-AP-POINT, t. t. 1. To defeat of expectation, wish, hope, desire, or intention; to hinder from the possession or enjoyment of that which was intended, desired, hoped, or expected. 2. To prevent an effect intended; as, to dis. appoint one's efforts. Addison.-SYN. To fail; frustrate; balk; baffle; delude; foil; defeat.

DIS-AP-POINTED, pp. or a. Defeated of expectation, hope, desire, or design; frustrated. Disappointed is used by Shakespeare in Hamlet, act 1, scene 5, for unprepared, corresponding to well-appointed, which means well furnished or prepared,

DIS-AP-POINTING, ppr. Defeating of expectation, hope, desire, or purpose frustrating. DIS-AP-POINTMENT, n. Defeat or failure of expectation, hope, wish, desire, or intention; failure of design or plan. -SYN. Miscarriage; frustration; balk.

of the mind which condemns what is supposed to be wrong.

DIS-AP PRO-BA-TO-RY, a. Containing disapprobation; tending to disapprove. DIS-AP-PROPRIATE, a. Not appropriated, or not having

appropriated.

DIS-AP-PROPRI-ATE, v. t. 1. To sever or separate, as an appropriation; to withdraw from an appropriate use. 2. To deprive of appropriated property, as a church. DIS-AP-PROVAL, n. Disapprobation; dislike. DIS-AP-PROVE' (-ap-proov), v. t. [Fr. desapprouver.] 1. Το dislike; to condemn in opinion or judgment; to censure as wrong. 2. To manifest dislike or disapprobation. 3. To reject, as disliked, what is proposed for sanction; as, the sentence of the court martial was disapproved by the general.

DIS-AP-PROVED' (dis-ap-proovd'), pp. Disliked; condemned; rejected.

DIS-AP-PROVING, ppr. Disliking; condemning; rejecting from dislike.

DIS-AP-PRÖVING-LY, adv. By disapprobation. DIS'ARD, n. [Sax. dysig.] A prattler; a boasting talker. DIS-ÄRM', v. t. [Fr. desarmer.] 1. To deprive of arms; to take the arms or weapons from, usually by force or authority. 2. To deprive of means of attack or defense. 3. To deprive of force, strength, or means of annoyance; to render harmless; to quell; as, to disarm opposition. 4. To strip; to divest of any thing injurious or threatening;

as, to disarm poverty of its terrors: followed by of.

DIS-ARM'A-MENT, n. Act of disarming. DIS-ARMED (diz-ärmd), pp. or a. Deprived of arms; stripped of the means of defense or annoyance; rendered *harmless; subdued.

DIS-ÄRMER, n. One who deprives of arms. DIS-ARMING, ppr. Stripping of arms or weapons; subduing; rendering harmless. n. The act of depriving of arms. DIS-AR-RANGE, v. 1. To put out of order; to unsettle or disturb the order or due arrangement of parts.-Warton.

See DERANGE.

DIS-AR-RANGED', pp. Put out of order; disturbed. DIS-AR-RANGEMENT, n. The act of disturbing order or method; disorder.- Baxter.

DIS-AR-RANGING, ppr. Putting out of order. DIS-AR-RAY (-ar-ra), v. t. 1. To undress; to divest of clothes.-Spenser. 2. To throw into disorder; to rout, as

troops.

DIS-AR-RAY', n. 1. Disorder; confusion; loss or want of
array or regular order. 2. Undress.
DIS-AR-RAYED (dis-ar-rāde'), pp. Divested of clothes or
array; disordered.

DIS-AR-RAYING, ppr. Divesting of clothes; throwing into
disorder.

+ DIS-AS-SI-DŪT-TY, n. Want of assiduity or care. DIS-AS-SOCIĀTE, v. t. To disunite; to disconnect things DIS-BRANCH', v. t. 1. To cut off or separate, as the branch DIS-CERPTION, n. The act of pulling to pieces, or of sepof a tree. 2. To deprive of branches.-Evelyn.

associated.

DIS-AS-SOCIA-TED, pp. Disunited.
DIS-AS-SOCIA-TING, ppr. Disuniting.

DIS-ASTER, n. [Fr. desastre.] 1. A blast or stroke of an unfavorable planet-Shak.; [obs.] 2. Any unfortunate event, especially a sudden misfortune.-SYN. Misfortune; mishap; calamity; mischance; unhappiness; grief.

DIS-ASTER, v. t. To blast by the stroke of an unlucky planet; also, to injure; to afflict.-Shak. DIS-ASTERED, pp. Blasted; injured; afflicted. DIS-ASTROUS, a. 1. Unlucky; unfortunate; calamitous; occasioning loss or injury. 2. Gloomy; dismal; threatening disaster.

DIS-ASTROUS-LY, adv. Unfortunately; in a dismal man.

ner.

DIS-ASTROUS-NESS, n. Unfortunateness; calamitous

ness.

DIS-AUTHOR-IZE, v. t. To deprive of credit or authority. -Wotton. [Little used.]

DIS-A-VOUCH', v. t. To retract profession; to deny; to disown.-Davies. [Little úsed.]

DIS-A-VOW', v. t. 1. To deny; to disown; to deny to be true, as a fact or charge respecting one's self; as, to disavow the charge. 2. To deny; to disown; to reject; to disclaim; as, to disavow a party, or its principles. 3. To dissent from; not to admit as true or justifiable; not to vindicate, as when a government disavows the act of one of its agents.

DIS-A-VOW'AL, n. 1. Denial; a disowning. 2. Rejection; a declining to vindicate.

DIS-A-VOWED (dis-a-vowd), pp. Denied; disowned.
DIS-A-VOWING, ppr. Denying; disowning: rejecting as
something not to be maintained or vindicated.
DIS-A-VOWMENT, n. Denial; a disowning.-Wotton.
DIS-BAND', v. t. 1. To dismiss from military service; to

break up a band or body of men enlisted. 2. To scatter; to disperse.

DIS-BAND', v. 1. 1. To retire from military service; to separate; to break up. 2. To separate; to dissolve connection.-Tillotson. 3. To be dissolved.-Herbert; [obs.] DIS-BAND'ED, pp. or a. Dismissed from military service; separated.

DIS-BANDING, ppr. Dismissing from military service; separating; dissolving connection.

DIS-BARK', v. t. [Fr. debarquer. We now use dobark and disembark.] To land from a ship; to put on shore.-Pope. DIS-BE-LIEF, n. Refusal of credit or faith; denial of belief. Tillotson.-SYN. Distrust; unbelief; skepticism. DIS-BE-LIEVE', v. t. Not to believe; to hold not to be true or not to exist; to refuse to credit.

DIS-BE-LIEV'ED (dis-be-leevd'), pp. Not believed; discredited.

DIS-BE-LIEVER, n. One who refuses belief; one who denies to be true or real. -Watts.

DIS-BE-LIEVING, ppr. Withholding belief; discrediting.
DIS-BENCH', v. t. To drive from a bench or seat.-Shak.
DIS-BLAME', v. t. To clear from blame.-Chaucer.
DIS-BODIED, a. Disembodied, [which is the word now used.]
DIS-BOWEL, v. t. To take out the intestines.

SYN. Perceptible; distinguishable; apparent; visible; evident: manifest.

DIS-CERNT-BLE-NESS (diz-zern'e-bl-nes), n. Visibleness. DIS-CERNT-BLY (diz-zern'e-bly), adv. In a manner to be discerned, seen, or discovered; visibly. Hammond. DIS-CERNING (diz-zern'ing). ppr. 1. Distinguishing; seeing; discovering; knowing; judging. 2. a. Having power to discern; capable of seeing, discriminating, knowing, and judging; sharp-sighted; penetrating; acute. DIS-CERNING (diz-zerning), n. The act of discerning; discernment.

DIS-CERNING-LY (diz-zerning-ly), adv. With discernment; acutely; with judgment; skillfully.-Garth. DIS-CERNMENT (diz-zern'ment), n. The act of discerning; also, the power or faculty of the mind, by which it distinguishes one thing from another, as truth from falsehood, virtue from vice; power of perceiving differences of things or ideas.-SYN. Judgment; acuteness; discrimination; penetration; sagacity

† DIS-CERP', v. t. [L. discerpo.] To tear in pieces; to sep

arate.

DIS-CERP-I-BILI-TY, n. Capability or liableness to be torn asunder or disunited.

+DIS-CERPI-BLE, a. [L. discerpo. In some dictionaries it

DIS-BOWELED. pp. Deprived of intestines.

DIS-BOW'EL-ING, ppr. Taking out the intestines.

is written discerptible.] That may be torn asunder; separable; capable of being disunited by violence.

DIS-BUD', v. t. To deprive of buds or shoots.

DIS-BUR'DEN (dis-burdn), v. t. 1. To remove a burden from. 2. To throw off a burden; to clear of any thing weighty, troublesome, or cumbersome with of. SYN. To unload; discharge; disencumber; free; relieve. DIS-BUR'DEN, v. i. To ease the mind; to be relieved. DIS-BURDENED (dis-bur'dnd), pp. Eased of a burden; unloaded; disencumbered.

DIS-BURDEN-ING, ppr. Unloading; discharging; throw-
ing off a burden; disencumbering.
DIS-BURSE' (dis-burs), v. t. [Fr. debourser.] To pay out,
as money; to spend or lay out; primarily, to pay money
from a public chest or treasury; but applicable to a pri-
vate purse.

DIS-BÜRSED' (dis-burst), pp. Paid out; expended.
DIS-BURSEMENT, n. [Fr. deboursement.] 1. The act of
paying out; as money from a public or private chest. 2.
The money or sum paid out.

DIS-BURSER, n. One who pays out or disburses money.
DIS-BURSING, ppr. or a. Paying out or expending.
DISE, n. [L. discus.] The face or visible projection of a
celestial body. See DISK.

DIS-CALCE-ATE, v. t. [L. discalceatus.] To pull off the

shoes or sandals.

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DIS-CARD', v. t. [Sp. descartar.] 1. Literally, to throw out of the hand such cards as are useless; [not used.] 2. To turn out from service or employment, or from society; to cast off. 3. To thrust away; to reject; as, to discard erroneous opinions. - SYN. To dismiss; displace; discharge; cashier.

DIS-CARD'ED, pp. or a. Thrown out; dismissed from service: rejected.

DIS-CARDING, ppr. Throwing out; dismissing from employment; rejecting.

+ DIS-CARD'URE, n. Dismissal. Hayter. DIS-CARNATE, a. [dis, and L. caro.] Stripped of flesh. DIS-CASE', o. t. [dis and case.) To take off a covering from; to strip; to undress.-Shak. †DIS-CEP-TATION, n. Controversy; disputation.-Foz. + DIS-CEP-TATOR, n. [L.] One who arbitrates or decides. DIS-CERN' (diz-zern), v. t. [L. discerno.] 1. To separate by the eye, or by the understanding. 2. To see the difference between two or more things. 3. To make the difference; [obs.] 4. To see; to distinguish by the eye. 5. To discover by the intellect; hence, to have knowledge of; to judge; as, to discern the meaning of a writer.SYN. To distinguish; discover; penetrate; discriminate; espy; descry.

DIS-CERN' (diz-zern), v. i. 1. To see or understand the difference; to make distinction. 2. To have judicial cognizance; [obs.]

DIS-CERNED (diz-zernd), pp. Distinguished; seen; dis

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arating the parts.

+ DIS-CESSIÓN (-sesh'un), n. [L. discessio.] Departure. DIS-CHARGE', v. t. [Fr. decharger.] 1. To unload, as a ship; to take out, as a cargo. 2. To free from any load or burden; to throw off or exonerate; as, "discharged of business."-Dryden. 3. To throw off a load or charge; to let fly; to shoot. 4. To pay. 5. To send away, as a creditor by payment of what is due to him. 6. To free from claim or demand; to give an acquittance to, or a receipt in full, as to a debtor. 7. To free from an obligation. 8. To clear from an accusation or crime; to acquit; to absolve; to set free with of. 9. To throw off or out; to let fly; to give vent to. 10. To perform or execute, as a duty or office considered as a charge. 11. To divest of an office or employment; to dismiss from service, 12 To dismiss; to release; to send away from any business or appointment. 13. To emit or send out. 14. To release; to liberate from confinement. 15. To put away; to remove; to clear from; to destroy; to throw off; to free.-16. In architecture, to relieve, or distribute a weight to be borne. Thus, discharging arches are placed in a wall over a lintel, to discharge the lintel of too great pressure from above. - Brande.

DIS-CHARGE', v. i. To break up.

DIS-CHARGE', n. 1. An unloading, as of a ship. 2. A throwing out; vent; emission; a flowing or issuing out, or a throwing out. 3. That which is thrown out; matter emitted. 4. Dismission from office or service; or the writing which evidences the dismission. 5. Release from obligation, debt, or penalty; or the writing which is evidence of it; an acquittance. 6. Absolution from a crime or accusation; acquittance. 7. Ransom; liberation; price paid for deliverance. --Milton. 8. Performance; execution. 9. Liberation; release from imprisonment or other confinement. 10. Exemption; escape. 11. Payment, as of a debt.

DIS-CHARGED (dis-chärjd), pp. or a. Unloaded; let off; shot; thrown out; dismissed from service paid; released: acquitted; freed from debt or penalty; liberated; performed; executed.

DIS-CHARGER, n. 1. He who discharges in any manner. 2. One who fires a gun.-3. In electricity, an instrument for discharging a Leyden phial, jar, &c., by opening a communication between the two surfaces.

DIS-CHARGING, ppr. Unlading; letting fly; shooting; throwing out; emitting; dismissing from service; paying; releasing from debt, obligation, or claim; acquitting; liberating; performing; executing.

DIS-CHARGING ARCH, n. An arch over a door, window, &c., to distribute or relieve the pressure.-Brande.

DIS-CHARGING ROD, n. In electricity, a bent wire armed
at both ends with nobs, and insulated by a glass handle,
used to discharge a Leyden jar or electrical battery.
DIS-CHURCH', v. t. To deprive of the rank of a church.
DIS-CHURCHED (-churcht), pp. Deprived of being a
church.

† DIS-CIDE', v. t. To divide; to cut in pieces.
DIS'CI-FORM, a. Having the form of a discus or disk.
DIS-CINET, a. Ungirded.

DIS-CIND', v. t. To cut in two.-Boyle. DIS-CIPLE, n. [L. discipulus.] 1. One who receives of professes to receive instruction from another. 2. An ad herent to the doctrines of another.- SYN. Learner; schol. ar; pupil; follower; adherent; partisan; supporter. DIS-CIPLE, v. t. 1. To teach; to train or bring up. 2. Ta make disciples of; to convert to doctrines or principles.

Hammond. 3. To punish; to discipline. Spenser; [not in | DIS-CO-HERENT, a. Incoherent. [Little used.]

use.]

DIS-CIPLE-LIKE, a. Becoming a disciple. --Milton.
DIS-CIPLED, pp. Taught; trained; brought up; made a

disciple.

DIS-CIPLE-SHIP, 7. The state of a disciple or follower in doctrines and precepts. Hammond.

DIS CI-PLIN-A-BLE, a. 1. Capable of instruction and improvement in learning. 2. That may be subjected to discipline, as an offense. 3. Subject or liable to discipline, as the member of a church.

DIS CI-PLIN-A-BLE-NESS, n. 1. Capacity of receiving in. struction by education.-Hale. 2. The state of being subject to discipline.

DIS CI-PLIN-ANT, n. One of a religious order, so called from the practice of scourging themselves, or other rigid discipline.

DIS-CI-PLIN-ARI-AN, a. Pertaining to discipline.

DIS-CIPLIN-ARI-AN, n. 1. One who disciplines; one versed in rules, principles, and practice, and who teaches them with precision; particularly, one who instructs in miitary and naval tactics and manœuvres. 2. A Puritan or Presbyterian; so called from his rigid adherence to religious discipline. Sanderson; [not used.]

DIS CI-PLIN-A-RY, a. 1. Pertaining to discipline; intended for discipline or government; promoting discipline. 2. Relating to a regular course of education; intended for in

struction.

DISCIPLINE, n. [L. disciplina.] 1. Cultivation and im-
provement, comprehending instruction in arts, sciences,
correct sentiments, morals, and manners, and due subordi-
nation to authority. 2. Instruction and government, com-
prehending the communication of knowledge and the
regulation of practice. 3. Rule of government; method
of regulating principles and practice. 4. Subjection to
laws, rules, order, precepts, or regulations. 5. Punishment
intended to correct crimes or errors.-6. In ecclesiastical
afairs, the execution of the laws by which the Church is
governed. 7. Chastisement or bodily punishment inflicted
ou a delinquent in the Roman Catholic Church.-SYN. Edu-
cation; instruction; culture; correction; chastisement.
DISCI-PLINE, v. t. 1. To inform the mind; to prepare by
instructing in correct principles and habits. 2. To instruct
and govern; to teach rules and practice, and accustom to
order and insubordination. 3. To subject to suffering
with a view to correction and improvement. 4. To exe-
cute the laws of the Church on offenders, with a view to
bring them to repentance and reformation of life. 5. To
advance and prepare by instruction.-SYN. To train; form;
bring up; regulate; correct; chasten; chastise; punish.
DISCIPLINED, pp. or a. Instructed; educated; subject
ed to rules and regulations; corrected; chastised; pun-
ished; admonished.

DISCI-PLIN-ER, 2. One who disciplines or teaches.-
Milton.

DIS'CI-PLIN-ING, ppr. Instructing; educating; subjecting
to order and subordination; correcting; chastising; ad-
monishing; punishing.

DIS-CLAIM, τ. 1. 1. To reject as not belonging to one's
self; as, to disclaim opinions. 2. Openly to reject any
union or connection with; as, to disclaim the authority of
the pope. 3. To deny all claim.-SYN. To disown; dis-
avow; deny; renounce.

DIS-CLAIM, D. i. To disavow all part or share.
DIS-CLAIMED (dis-klämd), pp. Disowned; disavowed;
rejected; denied.

DISCLAIMER, n. 1. A person who disclaims, disowns, or
renounces.-2. In law, an express or implied denial or re-
nunciation of certain things in question. Hence, 3. A pub-
lic disavowal or renunciation, as of pretensions, &c.
DIS-CLAIMING, ppr. Disowning; disavowing; denying;
renouncing.

DIS-CLA-MATION, a. The act of disclaiming.
DIS-CLOSE', v. 1. 1. To remove a cover from and lay open
to the view. 2. To lay open to the view; to bring to light.
3. To make known by words; to give utterance to. 4.
To make known; to show in any manner. 5. To open;
to hatch; (not used.]-SYN. To uncover; open; unvail;

discover; reveal; divulge; tell; utter.

DIS'COID, n. [discus, and Gr. ειδος.) Something in forın
of a discus or disk. The term is particularly applied to
those univalve shells which have their whorls disposed
vertically on the same plane, so as to form a disk, as the
pearly nautilus.
DIS'COID,
a. Having the form of a disk. Discoid or
DIS-COIDAL, discous flowers, are compound flowers, not
radiated, but the florets all tabular, as the tansy, southern-
wood, &c.

DIS-COL'OR (dis-kullur), v. t. [L. discoloro.] 1. To alter
the natural hue or color of; to stain; to tinge. 2. Το
change any color, natural or artificial; to alter a color
partially.-3. Figuratively, to alter the complexion; to
change the appearance.

DIS-COL-OR-ATION, n. 1. The act of altering the color; a staining. 2. Alteration of color; stain. 3. Alteration of complexion or appearance.

DIS-COL'ORED (-kullurd), pp. 1. Altered in color; stained. 2. a. Variegated; being of divers colors.-Spenser. DIS-COL'OR-ING, ppr. Altering the color or hue; staining; changing the complexion.

DIS-COLOR-ING, n. The act of altering color for the worse.
DIS-COMFIT (-kum'fit), v. t. [Fr. deconfire, deconfit.] Το
rout; to defeat; to scatter in fight; to cause to flee; to
vanquish.

DIS-COMFIT, n. Rout; dispersion; defeat; overthrow
DIS-COMFIT-ED, pp. or a. Routed; defeated; overthrown.
DIS COMFIT-ING, ppr. Routing; defeating.
DIS-COMFIT-URE (-kum'fit-yür), n. 1. Rout; defeat in bat-
tle; dispersion; overthrow. 2. Defeat; frustration; dis-
appointment.

DIS-COMFORT (-kum'furt), n. Uneasiness; disturbance
of peace; pain; grief; inquietude.-South.
DIS-COMFORT, v. t. To disturb peace or happiness; to
make uneasy; to pain; to grieve; to sadden; to deject.
DIS-COMFORT-A-BLE, a. 1. Causing uneasiness; unpleas-
ant; giving pain; making sad; [little used.] 2. Uneasy;
melancholy; refusing comfort-Shak.; [not used.)
†DIS-COMFORT-A-BLE-NESS, n. State of being discom-

fortable.

DIS-COMFORT-ED, pp. Made uneasy; disturbed; pained, grieved.

DIS-COMFORT-ING, ppr. Disturbing peace and happiness,
making uneasy; grieving.

DIS-COM-MEND', v. t. [dis and commend.] To blame; to
censure; to mention with disapprobation.
DIS-COM-MEND'A-BLE, a. Blamable; censurable; de-
serving disapprobation. Ayliffe.
DIS-COM-MEND'A-BLE-NESS, n. Blamableness; the qual-
ity of being worthy of disapprobation.
DIS-COM-MEND-A'TION, η. Blame; censure.
DIS-COM-MENDER, n. One who discommends.
DIS-COM-MENDING, ppr. Blaming; censuring.
DIS-COM'MO-DATE, v. t. To incommode. [Not used.]
DIS-COM-MODE', v. t. [dis, and Fr. commode.] To put to
inconvenience. SYN. To incommode; annoy; molest;
trouble; inconvenience.

DIS-COM-MOD'ED, pp. Put to inconvenience; molested;
incommoded.

DIS-COM-MŪDING, ppr. Putting to inconvenience; giving

trouble to.

DIS-COM-MODI-OUS, a. Inconvenient; troublesome.-
Spenser.

DIS-COM-MODI-OUS-LY, adv. In a discommodious manner.
DIS-COM-MODI-TY, η. Inconvenience; trouble; hurt;
disadvantage.-Bacon.

DIS-COM'MON, v. t. 1. Τo appropriate common land; to
separate and inclose common. Cowel. 2. To deprive of
the privileges of a place.

DIS-COM'MÕNED, pp. Appropriated, as land.
DIS-COM'MON-ING, ppr. Appropriating; separating or in-
closing common land.
DIS-COM-PLEXION (-kom-plex'yun), v. t. To change the
complexion or color.-Beaumont and Fletcher.
DIS-COM-POSE', v. t. 1. To throw into confusion, as affairs.
2. To disturb peace and quietness, as of the mind or tem-
per.-Swift. 3. To displace; to discard.-Bacon; [not in
use.]-SYN. To disorder; derange; unsettle; disturb; dis-
concert; agitate; ruffle; fret; vex.

DIS-CLOSE', n. An uncovering.-Young. DIS-CLOSED (dis-klözd'), pp. Uncovered; opened to view; | DIS-COM-POSED (dis-kom-pozd'), pp. or a. Unsettled; dismade known; revealed; told; uttered.

DIS-CLOSER, 2. One who discloses or reveals.

DIS-CLOSING, ppr. Uncovering; opening to view; reveal-
ing: making known; telling.
DISCLOSURE (dis-klőzhur), n. 1. The act of disclosing;
an uncovering and opening to view. 2. The act of reveal-
ing; utterance of what was secret; a telling. 3. The act
of making known what was concealed. 4. That which is
disclosed or made known.

DIS-CLUSION (dis-klūzhun), n. [L. disclusus.) An emis-
sion; a throwing out-More. [Little used.]

DIS-COAST, v. i. To depart from; to quit the coast.

ordered; ruffled; agitated; disturbed.

DIS-COM-POSING, ppr. Unsettling; putting out of order;
ruffling; agitating; disturbing tranquillity.

+ DIS-COM-PO-SITION (-po-zish'un), n. Inconsistency.
DIS-COM-POSURE (dis-kom-pozhur), n. Disorder; agita-
tion; disturbance; perturbation.
DIS-CON-CERT", v. t. [dis and concert.] 1. To break or in-
terrupt any order, plan, or harmonious scheme. 2. Το
unsettle the mind.-SYN. To discompose; derange; ruffle;
confuse; disturb; defeat; frustrate.

DIS-CON-CERTED, pp. Broken; interrupted: disordered;
defeated; unsettled; discomposed; confused.

DIS-CON-CERTING, ppr. Disordering; defeating; discomposing; disturbing.

DIS-CON-CERTION (-shun), n. The act of disconcerting.Hamilton.

DIS-CON-FORMI-TY, n. Want of agreement or conformity; inconsistency.-Hakewill.

DIS-CON-GRUI-TY, n. Want of congruity; incongruity; disagreement; inconsistency.-Hale.

DIS-CON-NECT, v. t. [dis and connect.] To separate; to disunite; to dissolve a pre-existing connection.-Burke. DIS-CON-NECTED, pp. or a. Separated; disunited. DIS-CON-NECTING, ppr. Separating; disuniting. DIS-CON-NECTION, n. The act of separating, or state of being disunited; separation; want of union.-Burke. DIS-CON-SENT, v. i. [dis and consent.] To differ; to disagree; not to consent.-Milton. DIS-CON'SO-LANCE, n. Disconsolateness. DIS-CON'SO-LAN-CY, n. Disconsolateness.

DIS-CON'SO-LATE, a. [dis, and L. consolatus.] 1. Destitute of comfort or consolation; sorrowful; hopeless, or not expecting comfort; sad; dejected; melancholy. 2. Not affording comfort; cheerless.

DIS-CON'SO-LATE-LY, adv. In a disconsolate manner; without comfort.

DIS-CON'SO-LATE-NESS, n. The state of being disconsolate or comfortless.

DIS-CON-SO-LATION, n. Want of comfort.-Jackson. DIS-CON-TENT", n. Want of content; uneasiness or inquietude of mind; dissatisfaction. DIS-CON-TENT, a. Uneasy; dissatisfied.-Hayward. DIS-CON-TENT', v. 4. To make uneasy at the present state; to dissatisfy.

DIS-CON-TENTED, pp. or a. Uneasy in mind; dissatisfied; unquiet.

DIS-CON-TENTED-LY, adv. In a discontented manner or

mood.

DIS-CON-TENTED-NESS, n. Uneasiness of mind; inquietude; dissatisfaction.-Addison. DIS-CON-TENTFUL, a. Full of discontent. DIS-CON-TENTING, a. Giving uneasiness. DIS-CON-TENΤΜΕΝΤ, η. The state of being uneasy in mind; uneasiness; inquietude; discontent. DIS-CON-TIN'U-A-BLE, a. That may be discontinued. DIS-CON-TINU-ANCE, n. 1. Want of continuance; interruption of continuance. 2. Want of continued connection or cohesion of parts; want of union. 3. In law, a breaking off or interruption of possession. 4. Discontinuance of a suit is when a plaintiff leaves a chasm in the proceedings in his cause, as by not continuing the process regularly from day to day. -SYN. Cessation; intermission; discontinuation; separation; disunion; disjunction; disruption. DIS-CON-TIN-U-ATION, n. Breach or interruption of continuity; disruption of parts; separation of parts. DIS-CON-TINUE, v. t. 1. To leave off; to cause to cease, as a practice or habit; to stop; to put an end to. 2. To break off; to interrupt. 3. To cease to take or receive, as a newspaper.

DIS-CON-TINUE, v. i. 1. Τo cease; to leave the possession, or lose an established or long-enjoyed right. 2. TO lose the cohesion of parts; to suffer disruption or separation of substance; [little used.]

DIS-CON-TINUED (-kon-tin'yūd), pp. Left off; interrupted; broken off.

DIS-CON-TINU-ER, 2. One who discontinues a rule or practice.

DÍS-CON-TIN'U-ING, ppr. Ceasing; interrupting; breaking off.

DIS-CON-TI-NOI-TY, n. Disunion of parts; want of cohesion.-Newton.

DIS-CON-TIN'U-OUS, a. 1. Broken off; interrupted. 2. Separated; wide; gaping.-Milton. DIS-CON-VENIENCE (-kon-ven'yens), n. Incongruity; disagreement.-Bramhall. [Little used.] DIS-CON-VENIENT, a. Incongruous. Reynolds. DISCORD, n. [Ladiscordia.] 1. Disagreement among persons or things. Between persons, any disagreement which produces angry passions, contest, disputes, litigation, or war. 2. Disagreement; want of order or harmony. 3. In music, disagreement of sounds; a union of sounds which is inharmonious, grating, and disagreeable to the ear.-SYN. Variance; difference; opposition; dissension; contention; strife; clashing; dissonance.

† DIS-CORD, v. i. To disagree; to jar; to clash; not to suit; not to be coincident.-Bacon. DIS-CORD'ANCE, n. [L. discordans.] Disagreement; opDIS-CORD'AN-CY, 5 position; inconsistency.

DIS-CORD'ANT, a. [L. discordans.) 1. In a state of opposition; being at variance; as, discordant views. 2. Not coincident; as, discordant attractions. 3. Not in unison; not harmonious; not accordant.-SYN. Disagreeing; incongruous; contradictory; repugnant; opposite; contrary; contrarious; dissonant; harsh; jarring.

DIS-CORD'ANT-LY, adv. Dissonantly; in a discordant

manner; inconsistently; in a manner to jar or clash; disagreement with another, or with itself.

DIS-CORD 'FUL, a. Quarrelsome; contentious. † DIS-COUN'SEL, v. t. To dissuade.-Spenser. DISCOUNT, n. [Fr. deconte, or decompte.] 1. A sum deducted for prompt or advanced payment; an allowance or deduction from a sum due, or from a credit; a certain rate per cent. deducted from the credit price of goods sold, on account of prompt payment; or any deduction from the customary price, or from a sum due, or to be due, at a future time.-2. Among bankers, the deduction of a sum for advanced payment; particularly, the deduc. tion of the interest on a sum lent, at the time of lending. 3. The sum deducted or refunded. 4. The act of discounting.

* DISCOUNT, or DIS-COUNT', v. t. [Sp. descontar.] 1. To deduct a certain sum or rate per cent. from the principal sum. 2. To lend or advance the amount of, deducting the interest or other rate per cent. from the principal, at the time of the loan or advance.

* DISCOUNT, v. i. To lend, or make a practice of lending money, deducting the interest at the time of the loan. DISCOUNT-DAY, n. The day of the week on which a bank discounts notes and bills.

DIS-COUNT'A-BLE, a. That may be discounted. * DIS'COUNT-ED, pp. 1. Deducted from a principal sum; paid back; refunded or allowed. 2. Having the amount lent on discount or deduction of a sum in advance.

DIS-COUN'TE-NANCE, v. t. [dis and countenance.] 1. To abash; to discompose the countenance; to put to shame. Milton; [not used.] 2. To discourage; to check; to restrain by frowns, censure, arguments, opposition, or cold

treatment.

DIS-COUN'TE-NANCE, n. Cold treatment; unfavorable aspect; unfriendly regard; disapprobation; whatever tends to check or discourage. DIS-COUN'TE-NANCED (-koun'te-nanst), pp. Abashed; discouraged; checked; frowned on.

DIS-COUNTE-NAN-CER, n. One who discourages by cold treatment, frowns, censure, or expression of disapprobation; one who checks or depresses by unfriendly regards. DIS-COUNTE-NAN-CING, ppr. Abashing; discouraging; checking by disapprobation or unfriendly regards. * DISCOUNT-ER, 2. One who advances money on discounts.-Burke.

*DISCOUNT-ING, ppr. 1. Deducting a sum for prompt or advanced payment. 2. Lending on discount. * DISCOUNT-ING, n. The act or practice of lending money on discounts.-Hamilton.

DIS-COURAGE (dis-kur'aje), v. t. [dis and courage; Fr. decourager.] 1. To extinguish the courage of; to deprive of confidence. 2. To deter from any thing: with from. 3. To attempt to repress or prevent; as, to discourage all attempts. SYN. To dishearten; dispirit; depress; deject; dissuade.

DIS-COUR'AGED (dis-kur'ajd), pp. or a. Disheartened; deprived of courage or confidence; depressed in spirits; dejected; checked.

DIS-COUR'AGE-MENT (dis-kur'aje-ment), n. 1. The act of disheartening, or depriving of courage; the act of deterring or dissuading from an undertaking; the act of depressing confidence. 2. That which destroys or abates courage; that which depresses confidence or hope; that which deters, or tends to deter, from an undertaking, or from the prosecution of any thing.

DIS-COUR'AG-ER (dis-kura-jer), n. One who discourages; one who disheartens, or depresses the courage; one who impresses diffidence or fear of success; one who dissuades from an undertaking.

DIS-COUR'AG-ING (dis-kur'a-jing), ppr. 1. Disheartening; depressing courage. 2. a. Tending to dishearten, or to depress the courage.

DIS-COUR'AG-ING-LY, adv. In a discouraging manner. DIS-COURSE' (dis-kōrs), n. [Fr. discours; L. discursus.] 1. The act of the understanding, by which it goes forth into the field of thought; as, a mind of large discourse, looking before and after; (obs.] 2. Literally, a running over a subject in speech; hence, a communication of thoughts by words, either to individuals, to companies, or to public assemblies. 3. Effusion of language; speech. 4. A written treatise; a formal dissertation. 5. A sermon, uttered or written.

DIS-COURSE, v. i. 1. To talk; to converse; but it expresses rather more formality than talk. 2. To communicate thoughts or ideas in a formal manner; to treat upon in a solemn, set manner. 3. To reason; to pass from premises to consequences.

+ DIS-COURSE', v. t. 1. To treat of; to talk over; [obs.] 2. To utter or give forth; as, to discourse excellent music. DIS-COURSED' (dis-körst), pp. Discussed at length; treat

ed of.

DIS-COURSER, n. 1. One who discourses; a speaker; a haranguer. 2. The writer of a treatise.

DIS-COURSING, ppr. Talking; conversing; preaching;
discussing; treating at some length or in a formal manner.
DIS-COURSTVE, a. 1. Reasoning; passing from premises
to consequences.-Milton. 2. Containing dialogue or con-
versation; interlocutory.-Dryden.

*DIS-COURTE-OUS (dis-kurte-us), a. [See COURTEOUS.]
Uncivil; rude; uncomplaisant; wanting in good manners.
*DIS-COURTE-OUS-LY (dis-kurt'e-us-ly), adv. In a rude
or uncivil manner; with incivility.
DIS-COURTE-SY (dis-kurte-se), n. [dis and courtesy.] In-
civility; rudeness of behavior or language; ill manners;
act of disrespect.

+ DIS-COURT SHIP, n. Want of respect. Ben Jonson.
DISCOUS, a. [L. discus.] Broad; flat; wide; [used of the
middle, plain, and flat part of some flowers.]
DIS-COVE-NANT, v. t. To dissolve covenant with.

DIS-COVER (dis-kuver), v. t. [Fr. decouvrir.] 1. Liter-
ally, to uncover; to remove a covering. 2. To lay open
to the view; to make visible; to bring to view something
before unseen or concealed; [obs.] 3. To make known.
4. To have the first sight of. 5. To obtain the first knowl-
edge of; to come to the knowledge of something sought
or before unknown; [obs.] -SYN. To disclose; bring out;
exhibit; show; manifest; reveal; communicate; impart;
tell; espy; find out; detect.

DIS-COVER-A-BLE, a. 1. That may be discovered; that may be brought to light, or exposed to view. 2. That may be seen. 3. That may be found out or made known. 4. Apparent; visible; exposed to view.

DISCOVERED (-kuv'erd), pp. or a. Uncovered; disclosed to view; laid open; revealed; espied, or first seen; found out: detected.

DIS-COVER-ER, n. 1. One who discovers; one who first sees or espies; one who finds out, or first comes to the knowledge of something. 2. A scout; an explorer.

DIS-COVER-ING, ppr. Uncovering; disclosing to view; laying open; revealing; making known; espying; finding out: detecting.

DIS-COVERT-URE, n. [Fr. decouvert.] A state of being released from coverture; freedom of a woman from the coverture of a husband.

DIS-COVER-Y. n. 1. The action of disclosing to view, or bringing to light. 2. Disclosure; manifestation; a making known. 3. The action of finding something hidden. 4. The act of finding out, or coming to the knowledge of. 5. The act of espying; first sight of. 6. That which is discovered, found out, or revealed; that which is first brought to light, seen, or known.-7. In dramatic poetry, the unraveling of a plot, or the manner of unfolding the plot, or fable, of a comedy or tragedy.

DIS-CREDIT, n. [Fr. discredit.] 1. Want of credit or good reputation; some degree of disgrace or reproach. 2. Want of belief, trust, or confidence. SYN. Disesteem; disrepute; dishonor; scandal; disbelief; distrust.

DIS-CREDIT, v. 1. [Fr. decrediter.] 1. To disbelieve; to
distrust; to give no credit to; not to credit or believe. 2.
To deprive of credit or good reputation; to make less rep-
utable or honorable; to bring into disesteem; to bring
into some degree of disgrace, or into disrepute. 3. To
deprive of credibility.

DIS-CREDIT-A-BLE, a. Tending to injure credit; injuri-
ous to reputation; disgraceful; disreputable.
DIS-CREDIT-A-BLY, adv. In a discreditable manner.
DIS-CREDIT-ED, pp. Disbelieved; brought into disrepute;
disgraced.

DIS-CREDIT-ING, ppr. Disbelieving; not trusting to; de-
priving of credit; disgracing.

DIS-CREET, a. [Fr. discret.] Prudent; wise in avoiding errors or evil, and in selecting the best means to accomplish a purpose; circumspect; cautious; wary; not rash. DIS-CREETLY, ado. Prudently; circumspectly; cautiously; with nice judgment of what is best to be done or

omitted.

DIS-CREETNESS, n. The quality of being discreet; dis-
cretion.

* DIS-CREPANCE, n. [L. discrepantia.] Difference; dis-
*DIS-CREPAN-CY, agreement; contrariety.-Faber.
DIS-CREPANT, a. Different; disagreeing; contrary.
DIS-CRETE', a. [L. discretus.] 1. Separate; distinct; dis-
junct-In phonology, a discrete movement is a leap of the
voice from one line of pitch to another, as opposed to a
concrete movement, or slide, in which the voice passes
through all the intermediate parts of the scale.-Discrete
proportion is when the ratio of two or more pairs of num-
bers or quantities is the same, but there is not the same pro-
portion between all the numbers; as, 3:6::8:16. Har-
ris. 2. Disjunctive; as, a discrete proposition.-Johnson.
DIS-CRETE, v. t. To separate; to discontinue.
DIS-CRETION (dis-kresh'un), n. [Fr. discretion.] 1. Pru-
dence, or knowledge and prudence; wise management;
that discernment which enables a person to judge critical-
ly of what is correct and proper, united with caution;
nice discernment and judgment, directed by circumspec-

tion, and primarily regarding one's own conduct. 2. Lib-
erty or power of acting without other control than one's
own judgment.-To surrender at discretion is to surrender
without stipulation or terms. 3. Disjunction; separation.
-Mede; [not much used.]

DIS-CRETION-A-RY, a. Left to discretion; unrestrained
DIS-CRETION-AL, 3 except by discretion or judgment;
that is to be directed or managed by discretion only.
DIS-CRETION-A-RI-LY, adv. At discretion; according to
DIS-CRETION-AL-LY,

discretion.
DIS-CRETIVE, a. 1. Disjunctive; noting separation or op-
position. In logic, a discretive proposition expresses some
distinction, opposition, or variety, by means of but, though,
yet, &c.; as, travelers change their climate, but not their
temper.-2. In grammar, discretive distinctions are such as
imply opposition or difference; as, not a man, but a beast.
3. Separate; distinct.

DIS-CREʼTIVE-LY, adv. In a discretive manner.
DIS-CRIMIN-A-BLE, a. That may be discriminated.
DIS-CRIMIN-ATE, v. 1. [L. discrimino.] 1. To distinguish;
to observe the difference between. 2. To separate; to
select from others; to make a distinction between. 3. Το
mark with notes of difference; to distinguish by some
note or mark.

DIS-CRIMIΝ-ΑΤΕ, ο. 1. 1. To make a difference or distinc-
tion. 2. To observe or note a difference; to distinguish.
DIS-CRIMIN-ATE, a. Distinguished; having the difference
marked.-Bacon.

DIS-CRIMIN-A-TED, pp. Separated; distinguished.
DIS-CRIMIN-ATE-LY, adv. Distinctly; with minute dis-
tinction; particularly. Johnson.
DIS-CRIMIN-ATE-NESS, n. Distinctness; marked differ.
ence.-Dict.

DIS-CRIMIN-A-TING, ppr. 1. Separating; distinguishing;
marking with notes of difference. 2. a. Distinguishing;
peculiar; characterized by peculiar differences. 3. a.
That discriminates; able to make nice distinctions.
DIS-CRIM-IN-Α ́ΤΙΟΝ, η. 1. The act of distinguishing; the
act of making or observing a difference. 2. The state of
being distinguished. 3. Mark of distinction.-SYN. Dis-
cernment; penetration; clearness; acuteness; judgment;
distinction.

DIS-CRIMIN-A-TIVE, a. 1. That makes the mark of dis-
tinction; that constitutes the mark of difference; charac-
teristic. 2. That observes distinction.
DIS-CRIMIN-A-TIVE-LY, adv. With discrimination or dis-
tinction.-Foster.

DIS-CRIMIN-A-TOR, n. One who discriminates.
DIS-CRIMIN-OUS, a. Hazardous.-Harvey.
DIS-CROWN', v. t. To deprive of a crown.
DIS-CROWN ED', pp. Deprived of a crown.
DIS-CROWNING, ppr. Depriving of a crown.-Campbell.
†DIS-CRŪCIA-TING, a. Painful. Brown.
DIS-CUBI-TO-RY, a. [L. discubitorius.] Leaning; inclin-
ing; or fitted to a leaning posture.-Brown.
DIS-CULPATE, v. t. [Fr. disculper.] To free from blame
or fault; to exculpate; to excuse. Ashton.

DIS-CULPA-TED, pp. Cleared from blame; exculpated.
DIS-CULPA-TING, ppr. Freeing from blame; excusing.
DIS-CUL-PATION, n. Exculpation.
DIS-CULPA-TO-RY, a. Tending to exculpate.

DIS-CUM'BEN-CY, n. [L.. discumbens.) The act of leaning
at meat, according to the manner of the ancients.
DIS-CUMBER, v. t. To unburden; to throw off any thing
cumbersome; to disengage; to disencumber; [rare.]
DIS-CURE', v. t. To discover; to reveal.-Spenser.
†DIS-CURRENT, a. Not current.-Sandys.
DIS-CUR'SION, n. [L. discurro.] A running or rambling
about.-Bailey.

†DIS-CUR'SIST, n. A disputer.--L. Addison.
DIS-CUR'SIVE, a. [Sp. discursivo.] 1. Moving or roving
about; desultory. 2. Argumentative; reasoning; pro-
ceeding regularly from premises to consequences; some
times written discoursive.

DIS-CURSIVE-LY, adv. In a discursive manner.
DIS-CUR'SIVE-NESS, n. The state or quality of being dis-

cursive.-Barrow.

DIS-CUK'SO-RY, a. Argumental; rational.-Johnson.
DISCUS, n. [L.] 1. A quoit; a piece of iron, copper, or
stone, to be thrown in play. 2. În botany, the middle plain
part of a radiated compound flower, generally consisting
of small florets. 3. The face or surface of the sun or
moon. See DISC.

DIS-CUSS', v. t. [L. discutio, discussum.) Literally, to shake
asunder; hence, to separate into parts. 1. To disperse;
to scatter; to dissolve; to repel; [medical usage.] 2. To
debate; to agitate by argument; to clear of objections and
difficulties, with a view to find or illustrate truth; to sift;
to examine by disputation; to ventilate; to reason on.
3. To break in pieces. -Brown. 4. To shake off.-Spenser
[not in use.] 5. The primary sense of the word is re-
tained in the familiar phrases, to discuss a fowl; to discuss
a bottle of wine.

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