Webster's Dictionary 1913

4564

Dispurpose

Dis‐pur″pose (?), v. t. To dissuade; to frustrate; as, to dispurpose plots. A. Brewer.

4565

Dispurse

Dis‐purse″ (?), v. t. To disburse. Shak.

4566

Dispurvey

Dis′pur‐vey″ (?), v. t. [Pref. dis- + purvey: cf. OF. desporveoir, F. dépourvoir.] To disfurnish; to strip. Heywood.

4567

Dispurveyance

Dis′pur‐vey″ance (?), n. Want of provisions; �ack of food. Spenser.

4568

Disputable

Dis′pu‐ta‐ble (?; 277), a. [L. disputabilis: cf. F. disputable. See Dispute, v. i.] 1. Capable of being disputed; liable to be called in question, controverted, or contested; or...

4569

Disputableness

Dis′pu‐ta‐ble‐ness, n. State of being disputable.

4570

Disputacity

Dis′pu‐tac″i‐ty (?), n. [See Dispute, v. i.] Proneness to dispute. Bp. Ward.

4571

Disputant

Dis″pu‐tant (?), a. [L. disputants, p. pr. of disputare: cf. F. disputant. See Dispute, v. i.] Disputing; engaged in controversy. Milton.

4572

Disputant (2)

Dis″pu‐tant, n. One who disputes; one who argues in opposition to another; one appointed to dispute; a controvertist; a reasoner in opposition.A singularly eager, acute, and per...

4573

Disputation

Dis′pu‐ta″tion (?), n. [OE. desputeson, disputacion, OF. desputeison, F. disputation, fr. L. disputatio. See Dispute, v. i.] 1. The act of disputing; a reasoning or argumentatio...

4574

Disputatious

Dis′pu‐ta″tious (?), a. Inclined to dispute; apt to civil or controvert; characterized by dispute; as, a disputatious person or temper.The Christian doctrine of a future life wa...

4575

Disputative

Dis‐put″a‐tive (?), a. [L. disputativus.] Disposed to dispute; inclined to cavil or to reason in opposition; as, a disputative temper. I. Watts.

4576

Dispute

Dis‐pute″ (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p.Disputed; p. pr. & vb. n.Disputing.] [OE. desputen, disputen, OF. desputer, disputer, F. disputer, from L. disputare, disputatum; dis- + putare...

4577

Dispute (2)

Dis‐pute″, v. t. 1. To make a subject of disputation; to argue pro and con; to discuss.The rest I reserve it be disputed how the magistrate is to do herein. Milton.2. To oppose ...

4578

Dispute (3)

Dis‐pute″, n. [Cf. F. dispute. See Dispute, v. i.] 1. Verbal controversy; contest by opposing argument or expression of opposing views or claims; controversial discussion; alter...

4579

Disputeless

Dis‐pute″less, a. Admitting no dispute; incontrovertible. Bailey.

4580

Disputer

Dis‐put″er (?), n. One who disputes, or who is given to disputes; a controvertist.Where is the disputer of this world? 1 Cor. i. 20.

4581

Disputison

Dis‐pu″ti‐son (?), n. [See Disputation.] Dispute; discussion. Chaucer.

4582

Disqualification

Dis‐qual′i‐fi‐ca″tion (?), n. 1. The act of disqualifying, or state of being disqualified; want of qualification; incompetency; disability; as, the disqualification of men for h...

4583

Disqualify

Dis‐qual″i‐fy (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Disqualified (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Disqualifying.] 1. To deprive of the qualities or properties necessary for any purpose; to render unfit; t...

4584

Disquantity

Dis‐quan″ti‐ty (?), v. t. To diminish the quantity of; to lessen. Shak.

4585

Disquiet

Dis‐qui″et (?), a. Deprived of quiet; impatient; restless; uneasy. Shak.

4586

Disquiet (2)

Dis‐qui″et, n. Want of quiet; want of tranquility in body or mind; uneasiness; restlessness; disturbance; anxiety. Swift.

4587

Disquiet (3)

Dis‐qui″et, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Disquieted; p. pr. & vb. n.Disquieting.] To render unquiet; to deprive of peace, rest, or tranquility; to make uneasy or restless; to disturb.Why ...

4588

Disquietal

Dis‐qui″et‐al (?), n. The act of disquieting; a state of disquiet.roars and strives 'gainst its disquietal. Dr. H. More.

4589

Disquieter

Dis‐qui″et‐er (?), n. One who, or that which, disquiets, or makes uneasy; a disturber.

4590

Disquietful

Dis‐qui″et‐ful (?), a. Producing inquietude or uneasiness. Barrow.