Webster's Dictionary 1913

3862

Discompliance

Dis′com‐pli″ance (?), n. Failure or refusal to comply; noncompliance.A compliance will discommend me to Mr. Coventry, and a discompliance to my lord chancellor. Pepys.

3863

Discompose

Dis′com‐pose″ (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Discomposed (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Discomposing.] [Pref. dis- + compose: cf. OF. decomposer, F. décomposer.] 1. To disarrange; to interfere wi...

3864

Discomposed

Dis′com‐posed″ (?), a. Disordered; disturbed; disquieted. — Dis′com‐pos″ed‐ly (#), adv. — Dis′com‐pos″ed‐ness, n.

3865

Discomposition

Dis‐com′po‐si″tion (?), n. Inconsistency; discordance. Donne.

3866

Discomposure

Dis′com‐po″sure (?; 135), n. 1. The state of being discomposed; disturbance; disorder; agitation; perturbation.No discomposure stirred her features. Akenside.2. Discordance; dis...

3867

Discompt

Dis‐compt″ (?), v. t. [See Discount.] To discount. See Discount. Hudibras.

3868

Disconcert

Dis′con‐cert″ (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Disconcerted; p. pr. & vb. n.Disconcerting.] [Pref. dis- + concert: cf. OF. desconcerter, F. déconcerter.] 1. To break up the harmonious pr...

3869

Disconcert (2)

Dis′con‐cert″ (?), n. Want of concert; disagreement. Sir W. Temple.

3870

Disconcertion

Dis′con‐cer″tion (?), n. The act of disconcerting, or state of being disconcerted; discomposure; perturbation. State Trials (1794).

3871

Disconducive

Dis′con‐du″cive (?), a. Not conductive; impeding; disadvantageous.

3872

Disconformable

Dis′con‐form″a‐ble (?), a. Not conformable.Disconformable in religion from us. Stow (1603).

3873

Disconformity

Dis′con‐form″i‐ty (?), n. Want of conformity or correspondence; inconsistency; disagreement.Those... in some disconformity to ourselves. Milton.Disagreement and disconformity be...

3874

Discongruity

Dis′con‐gru″i‐ty (?), n. Incongruity; disagreement; unsuitableness. Sir M. Hale.

3875

Disconnect

Dis′con‐nect″ (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Disconnected; p. pr. & vb. n.Disconnecting.] To dissolve the union or connection of; to disunite; to sever; to separate; to disperse.The co...

3876

Disconnection

Dis′con‐nec″tion (?), n. The act of disconnecting, or state of being disconnected; separation; want of union.Nothing was therefore to be left in all the subordinate members but ...

3877

Disconsecrate

Dis‐con″se‐crate (?), v. t. To deprive of consecration or sacredness.

3878

Disconsent

Dis′con‐sent″ (dĭs′kŏn‐sĕnt″), v. i. To differ; to disagree; to dissent. Milton.

3879

Disconsolacy

Dis‐con″so‐la′cy (?), n. The state of being disconsolate. Barrow.

3880

Disconsolate

Dis‐con″so‐late (?), n. Disconsolateness. Barrow.

3881

Disconsolate (2)

Dis‐con″so‐late (?), a. [LL. disconsolatus; L. dis- + consolatus, p. p. of consolari to console. See Console, v. t.] 1. Destitute of consolation; deeply dejected and dispirited;...

3882

Disconsolated

Dis‐con″so‐la′ted (?), a. Disconsolate.A poor, disconsolated, drooping creature. Sterne.

3883

Disconsolation

Dis‐con′so‐la″tion (�), n. Dejection; grief. Bp. Hall.

3884

Discontent

Dis′con‐tent″ (dĭs′kŏn‐tĕnt″), a. Not content; discontented; dissatisfied. Jer. Taylor.Passion seemed to be much discontent, but Patience was very quiet. Bunyan.

3885

Discontent (2)

Dis′con‐tent″, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Discontented; p. pr. & vb. n.Discontenting.] To deprive of content; to make uneasy; to dissatisfy. Suckling.

3886

Discontent (3)

Dis′con‐tent″, n. 1. Want of content; uneasiness and inquietude of mind; dissatisfaction; disquiet.Now is the winter of our discontentMade glorious summer by this sun of York. S...

3887

Discontentation

Dis‐con′ten‐ta″tion (?), n. Discontent. Ascham.

3888

Discontented

Dis′con‐tent″ed (?), p. p. & a. Dissatisfied; uneasy in mind; malcontent.And every one that was in distress, and every one that was in debt, and every one that was discontented,...