Webster's Dictionary 1913

4402

Disparition

Dis′pa‐ri″tion (?), n. [Cf. F. disparition.] Act of disappearing; disappearance. Bp. Hall.

4403

Disparity

Dis‐par″i‐ty (?), n.; pl.Disparities (#). [LL. disparitas, fr. L. dispar unlike, unequal; dis- + par equal: cf. F. disparité. See Par, Peer.] Inequality; difference in age, rank...

4404

Dispark

Dis‐park″ (?), v. t. 1. To throw (a park or inclosure); to treat (a private park) as a common.The Gentiles were made to be God's people when the Jews' inclosure was disparked. J...

4405

Disparkle

Dis‐par″kle (?), v. t. [OF. desparpeillier.] To scatter abroad. Holland.

4406

Dispart

Dis‐part″ (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Disparted; p. pr. & vb. n.Disparting.] [Pref. dis- + part: cf. OF. despartir.] To part asunder; to divide; to separate; to sever; to rend; to r...

4407

Dispart (2)

Dis‐part″, v. i. To separate, to open; to cleave.

4408

Dispart (3)

Dis‐part″, n. 1. (Gun.) The difference between the thickness of the metal at the mouth and at the breech of a piece of ordnance.On account of the dispart, the line of aim or lin...

4409

Dispart (4)

Dis‐part″ (?), v. t. 1. (Gun.) To make allowance for the dispart in (a gun), when taking aim.Every gunner, before he shoots, must truly dispart his piece. Lucar.2. (Gun.) To fur...

4410

Dispassion

Dis‐pas″sion (?), n. Freedom from passion; an undisturbed state; apathy. Sir W. Temple.

4411

Dispassionate

Dis‐pas″sion‐ate (?), a. 1. Free from passion; not warped, prejudiced, swerved, or carried away by passion or feeling; judicial; calm; composed.Wise and dispassionate men. Clare...

4412

Dispassioned

Dis‐pas″sioned (?), a. Free from passion; dispassionate. “Dispassioned men.” Donne.

4413

Dispatch

Dis‐patch″ (?; 224), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Dispatched (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Dispatching.] [OF. despeechier, F. dépêcher; prob. from pref. des- (L. dis-) + (assumed) LL. pedicare to p...

4414

Dispatch (2)

Dis‐patch″, v. i. To make haste; to conclude an affair; to finish a matter of business.They have dispatched with Pompey. Shak.

4415

Dispatch (3)

Dis‐patch″, n. [Cf. OF. despeche, F. dépêche. See Dispatch, v. t.] [Written also despatch.] 1. The act of sending a message or messenger in haste or on important business.2. Any...

4416

Dispatcher

Dis‐patch″er (?), n. One who dispatches.

4417

Dispatchful

Dis‐patch″ful (?), a. Bent on haste; intent on speedy execution of business or any task; indicating haste; quick; as, dispatchful looks. Milton.

4418

Dispatchment

Dis‐patch″ment (?), n. [Cf. OF. despechement.] The act of dispatching. State Trials (1529).

4419

Dispathy

Dis″pa‐thy (?), n.; pl.Dispathies (#). [Pref. dis- + Gr. � passion. See Pathos.] Lack of sympathy; want of passion; apathy.Many discrepancies and some dispathies between us. Sou...

4420

Dispauper

Dis‐pau″per (?), v. t. To deprive of the claim of a pauper to public support; to deprive of the privilege of suing in forma pauperis.

4421

Dispauperize

Dis‐pau″per‐ize (?), v. t. To free a state of pauperism, or from paupers. J. S. Mill.

4422

Dispeed

Dis‐peed″ (?), v. t. [Pref. dis- + speed.] To send off with speed; to dispatch. Knolles.Then they dispeeded themselves of the Cid and of their mother-in-law, Do�a Ximena. Southey.

4423

Dispel

Dis‐pel″ (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Dispelled (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Dispelling.] [L. dispellere; dis- + pellere to push, drive. See Pulse a beating.] To drive away by scattering, or ...

4424

Dispence

Dis‐pence″ (?), v. i. & n. See Dispense.

4425

Dispend

Dis‐pend″ (?), v. t. [OF. despendre, L. dispendere to weigh out, dispense; dis- + pendere to weigh. See Pension, Spend, and cf. Dispense.] To spend; to lay out; to expend. Spens...

4426

Dispender

Dis‐pend″er (?), n. One who dispends or expends; a steward. Wyclif (1 Cor. iv. 1).

4427

Dispensable

Dis‐pen″sa‐ble (?), a. [LL. dispensabilis. See Dispense.] 1. Capable of being dispensed or administered.2. Capable of being dispensed with. Coleridge.

4428

Dispensableness

Dis‐pen″sa‐ble‐ness, n. Quality of being dispensable.