Webster's Dictionary 1913

3700

Disassimilative

Dis′as‐sim″i‐la‐tive (?), a.(Physiol.) Having power to disassimilate; of the nature of disassimilation.Disassimilative processes constitute a marked feature in the life of anima...

3701

Disassociate

Dis′as‐so″ci‐ate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Disassociated (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Disassociating (?).] To disconnect from things associated; to disunite; to dissociate. Florio.

3702

Disaster

Dis‐as″ter (?), n. [F. désastre; pref. dés- (L. dis-) + astre star, fr. L. astrum; a word of astrological origin. See Aster, Astral, Star.] 1. An unpropitious or baleful aspect ...

3703

Disaster (2)

Dis‐as″ter, v. t. 1. To blast by the influence of a baleful star. Sir P. Sidney.2. To bring harm upon; to injure. Thomson.

3704

Disasterly

Dis‐as″ter‐ly, adv. Disastrously. Drayton.

3705

Disastrous

Dis‐as″trous (?), a. [Cf. F. désastreux. See Disaster.] 1. Full of unpropitious stellar influences; unpropitious; ill-boding.The moonIn dim eclipse, disastrous twilight sheds. M...

3706

Disattire

Dis′at‐tire″ (?), v. t. [Pref. dis- + attire: cf. OF. desatirier.] To unrobe; to undress. Spenser.

3707

Disaugment

Dis′aug‐ment″ (?), v. t. To diminish.

3708

Disauthorize

Dis‐au″thor‐ize (?), v. t. To deprive of credit or authority; to discredit. W. Wotton.

3709

Disavaunce

Dis′a‐vaunce″ (?), v. t. [Cf. Disadvance.] To retard; to repel; to do damage to. Chaucer.

3710

Disaventure

Dis′a‐ven″ture (?; 135), n. [See Disadventure, Adventure.] Misfortune. Spenser.

3711

Disaventurous

Dis′a‐ven″tur‐ous (?), a. Misadventurous; unfortunate. Spenser.

3712

Disavouch

Dis′a‐vouch″ (?), v. t. [Pref. dis- + avouch. Cf. Disavow.] To disavow. Daniel.

3713

Disavow

Dis′a‐vow″ (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Disavowed (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Disavowing.] [F. désavouer; pref. dés- (L. dis-) + avouer to avow. See Avow, and cf. Disavouch.] 1. To refuse st...

3714

Disavowal

Dis′a‐vow″al (?), n. The act of disavowing, disclaiming, or disowning; rejection and denial.An earnest disavowal of fear often proceeds from fear. Richardson.

3715

Disavowance

Dis′a‐vow″ance (?), n. Disavowal. South.

3716

Disavower

Dis′a‐vow″er (?), n. One who disavows.

3717

Disavowment

Dis′a‐vow″ment (?), n. Disavowal. Wotton.

3718

Disband

Dis‐band″ (?; see Dis-), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Disbanded; p. pr. & vb. n.Disbanding.] [Pref. dis- + band: cf. OF. desbander, F. débander, to unbind, unbend. See Band, and cf. Disbe...

3719

Disband (2)

Dis‐band″, v. i. To become separated, broken up, dissolved, or scattered; especially, to quit military service by breaking up organization.When both rocks and all things shall d...

3720

Disbandment

Dis‐band″ment (?), n. The act of disbanding.

3721

Disbar

Dis‐bar″ (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Disbarred (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Disbarring.] (Law) To expel from the bar, or the legal profession; to deprive (an attorney, barrister, or counselo...

3722

Disbark

Dis‐bark″ (?), v. t. [Pref. dis- + bark a small ship: cf. OF. desbarquer, F. débarquer. Cf. Debark, Disembark.] To disembark. Pope.

3723

Disbark (2)

Dis‐bark″, v. t. [Pref. dis- + bark rind.] To strip of bark; to bark. Boyle.

3724

Disbarment

Dis‐bar″ment (?), n. Act of disbarring.

3725

Disbase

Dis‐base″ (?), v. t. [Cf. Debase.] To debase or degrade.Nor you nor your house were so much as spoken of before I disbased myself. B. Jonson.

3726

Disbecome

Dis′be‐come″ (?), v. t. To misbecome. Massinger.