Disennoble
Dis′en‐no″ble (?), v. t. To deprive of that which ennobles; to degrade.An unworthy behavior degrades and disennobles a man. Guardian.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.
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Dis′en‐no″ble (?), v. t. To deprive of that which ennobles; to degrade.An unworthy behavior degrades and disennobles a man. Guardian.
Dis′en‐roll″ (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p.Disenrolled (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Disenrolling.] To erase from a roll or list. [Written also disenrol.] Donne.
Dis′en‐san″i‐ty (?), n. [Pref. dis- + en (L. in) + sanity.] Insanity; folly.What tediosity and disensanityIs here among! Beau. & Fl.
Dis′en‐shroud″ed (?), a. Freed from a shroudlike covering; unveiled.The disenshrouded statue. R. Browning.
Dis′en‐slave″ (?), v. t. To free from bondage or slavery; to disenthrall.He shall disenslave and redeem his soul. South.
Dis′en‐tail″ (?), v. t.(Law) To free from entailment.
Dis′en‐tan″gle (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Disentangled (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Disentangling (?).] 1. To free from entanglement; to release from a condition of being intricately and co...
Dis′en‐tan″gle‐ment (?), n. The act of disentangling or clearing from difficulties. Warton.
Dis′en‐ter″ (?), v. t. See Disinter.
Dis′en‐thrall″ (?), v. t. [See Enthrall.] To release from thralldom or slavery; to give freedom to; to disinthrall. [Written also disenthral.] Milton.
Dis′en‐thrall″ment (?), n. Liberation from bondage; emancipation; disinthrallment. [Written also disenthralment.]
Dis′en‐throne″ (?), v. t. To dethrone; to depose from sovereign authority. Milton.
Dis′en‐ti″tle (?), v. t. To deprive of title or claim.Every ordinary offense does not disentitle a son to the love of his father. South.
Dis′en‐tomb″ (?), v. t. To take out from a tomb; a disinter.
Dis′en‐trail″ (?), v. t. To disembowel; to let out or draw forth, as the entrails.As if he thought her soul to disentrail. Spenser.
Dis′en‐trance″ (?), v. t. To awaken from a trance or an enchantment. Hudibras.
Dis′en‐twine″ (?), v. t. To free from being entwined or twisted. Shelley.
Di‐sep″al‐ous (?), a. [Pref. di- + sepalous.] (Bot.) Having two sepals; two-sepaled.
Dis‐ert″ (?), a. [L. disertus, for dissertus, p. p.: cf. F. disert. See Dissert.] Eloquent.
Dis‐er″ti‐tude (?), n. [L. disertitud�.] Eloquence.
Dis‐ert″y (?), adv. Expressly; clearly; eloquently. Holland.
Dis′es‐pouse″ (?), v. t. To release from espousal or plighted faith. Milton.
Dis′es‐tab″lish (?), v. t. To unsettle; to break up (anything established); to deprive, as a church, of its connection with the state. M. Arnold.
Dis′es‐tab″lish‐ment (?), n. 1. The act or process of unsettling or breaking up that which has been established; specifically, the withdrawal of the support of the state from an...
Dis′es‐teem″ (?), n. Want of esteem; low estimation, inclining to dislike; disfavor; disrepute.Disesteem and contempt of the public affairs. Milton.
Dis′es‐teem″, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Disesteemed (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Disesteeming.] 1. To feel an absence of esteem for; to regard with disfavor or slight contempt; to slight.But if...
Dis′es‐teem″er (?), n. One who disesteems. Boyle.