DISPOSSESSING
DISPOSSESSING, participle present tense Depriving of possession; disseizing.
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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DISPOSSESSION
DISPOSSESSION, noun The act of putting out of possession.
DISPOSURE
DISPOSURE, noun Dispozhur. [See Dispose.]1. Disposal; the power of disposeing; management; direction. [The use of this word is superseded by that of disposal.]2. State; posture;...
DISPRAISE
DISPRAISE, noun Dispraze. [dis and praise.]1. Blame; censure. Be cautious not to speak in dispraise of a competitor.2. Reproach; dishonor.The general has seen Moors with as bad ...
DISPRAISED
DISPRAISED, participle passive Blamed; censured.
DISPRAISER
DISPRAISER, noun One who blames or dispraises.
DISPRAISING
DISPRAISING, participle present tense Blaming; censuring.
DISPRAISINGLY
DISPRAISINGLY, adverb By way of dispraise; with blame or some degree of reproach.
DISPREAD
DISPREAD, verb transitive dispred. [dis and spread. See Spread.] To spread in different ways; to extend or flow in different directions.DISPREAD, verb intransitive To expand or ...
DISPREADER
DISPREADER, noun A publisher; a divulger.
DISPRIZE
DISPRIZE, verb transitive To undervalue.
DISPROFESS
DISPROFESS, verb intransitive To renounce the profession of.
DISPROFIT
DISPROFIT, noun [dis and profit.] Loss; detriment; damage. [Little used.]
DISPROOF
DISPROOF, noun [dis and proof.] Confutation; refutation; a proving to be false or erroneous; as, to offer evidence in disproof of a fact, argument, principle or allegation.
DISPROPERTY
DISPROPERTY, verb transitive To deprive of property; to dispossess. [Not used.]
DISPROPORTION
DISPROPORTION, noun [dis and proportion.]1. Want of proportion of one thing to another, or between the parts of thing; want of symmetry. We speak of the disproportion of a mans ...
DISPROPORTIONABLE
DISPROPORTIONABLE, adjective Disproportional; not in proportion; unsuitable in form, size or quantity to something else; inadequate. [Note. The sense in which this word is used ...
DISPROPORTIONABLEN
DISPROPORTIONABLENESS, noun Want of proportion or symmetry; unsuitableness to something else.
DISPROPORTIONABLY
DISPROPORTIONABLY, adverb With want of proportion or symmetry; unsuitably to something else.
DISPROPORTIONAL
DISPROPORTIONAL, adjective Not having due proportion to something else; not having proportion or symmetry of parts; unsuitable in form or quantity; unequal; inadequate. A dispro...
DISPROPORTIONALITY
DISPROPORTIONALITY, noun The state of being disproportional.
DISPROPORTIONALLY
DISPROPORTIONALLY, adverb Unsuitably with respect to form, quantity or value; inadequately; unequally.
DISPROPORTIONATE
DISPROPORTIONATE, adjective Not proportioned; unsymmetrical; unsuitable to something else, in bulk, from or value; inadequate. In a perfect form of the body, none of the limbs a...
DISPROPORTIONATELY
DISPROPORTIONATELY, adverb In a disproportionate degree; unsuitably; inadequately.DISPROPORTIONATENESS, noun Unsuitableness in form, bulk or value; inadequacy.
DISPROPORTIONATENE
DISPROPORTIONATENESS, noun Unsuitably with respect to form, quantity or value; inadequately; unequally.DISPROPORTIONATE, adjective Not proportioned; unsymmetrical; unsuitable to...
DISPROPRIATE
DISPROPRIATE, verb transitive To destroy appropriation; to withdraw from an appropriate use.[See Disappropriate, which is more regularly formed, and more generally used.]
DISPROVABLE
DISPROVABLE, adjective Capable of being disproved or refuted.