DISADVENTUROUS
DISADVENTUROUS, adjective Unprosperous. [Not used.]
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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DISAFFECT
DISAFFECT, verb transitive [dis and affect.]1. To alienate affection; to make less friendly to; to make less faithful to a person, party or cause, or less zealous to support it;...
DISAFFECTED
DISAFFECTED, participle passive or adjective Having the affections alienated; indisposed to favor or support; unfriendly; followed by with or to; as, these men are disaffected w...
DISAFFECTEDLY
DISAFFECTEDLY, adverb In a disaffected manner.
DISAFFECTEDNESS
DISAFFECTEDNESS, noun The quality of being disaffected.
DISAFFECTING
DISAFFECTING, participle present tense Alienating the affections; making less friendly.
DISAFFECTION
DISAFFECTION, noun1. Alienation of affection, attachment or good will; want of affection; or more generally, positive enmity, dislike or unfriendliness; disloyalty. It generally...
DISAFFECTIONATE
DISAFFECTIONATE, adjective Not well disposed; not friendly.
DISAFFIRM
DISAFFIRM, verb transitive disafferm. [dis and affirm.]1. To deny; to contradict.2. To overthrow or annul, as a judicial decision, by a contrary judgment of a superior tribunal.
DISAFFIRMANCE
DISAFFIRMANCE, noun1. Denial; negation; disproof; confutation.2. Overthrow or annulment, by the decision of a superior tribunal; as disaffirmance of judgment.
DISAFFIRMED
DISAFFIRMED, participle passive Denied; contradicted; overthrown.
DISAFFIRMING
DISAFFIRMING, participle present tense Denying; contradicting; annulling.
DISAFFOREST
DISAFFOREST, verb transitive [dis and afforest.] To reduce from the privileges of a forest to the state of common ground; to strip of forest laws and their oppressive privileges...
DISAFFORESTED
DISAFFORESTED, participle passive Stripped of forest privileges.
DISAFFORESTING
DISAFFORESTING, participle present tense Depriving of forest privileges.
DISAGGREGATE
DISAGGREGATE, verb transitive [dis and aggregate.] To separate an aggregate mass into its component parts.
DISAGGREGATED
DISAGGREGATED, participle passive Separated, as an aggregate mass.
DISAGGREGATING
DISAGGREGATING, participle present tense Separating, as the parts of an aggregate body.
DISAGGREGATION
DISAGGREGATION, noun The act or operation of separating an aggregate body into its component parts.
DISAGREE
DISAGREE, verb intransitive [dis and agree.]=1. To differ; to be not accordant or coincident; to be not the same; to be not exactly similar. Two ideas disagree when they are not...
DISAGREEABLE
DISAGREEABLE, adjective1. Contrary; unsuitable; not conformable; not congruous. [Little used.]This conduct was disagreeable to her natural sincerity.2. Unpleasing; offensive to ...
DISAGREEABLENESS
DISAGREEABLENESS, noun1. Unsuitableness; contrariety.2. Unpleasantness; offensiveness to the mind, or to the senses; as the disagreeableness of anothers manners; the disagreeabl...
DISAGREEABLY
DISAGREEABLY, adverb Unsuitable; unpleasantly; offensively.
DISAGREEING
DISAGREEING, participle present tense Differing; not according or coinciding.
DISAGREEMENT
DISAGREEMENT, noun1. Difference, either in form or essence; dissimilitude; diversity; as the disagreement of two ideas, of two pictures, of two stories or narrations.2. Differen...
DISALLIEGE
DISALLIEGE, verb transitive To alienate from allegiance. [Not in use.]
DISALLOW
DISALLOW, verb transitive [dis and allow.] To refuse permission, or not to permit; not to grant; not to make or suppose lawful; not to authorize; to disapprove. God disallows th...