DISMEMBER
DISMEMBER, verb transitive [dis and member.]1. To divide limb from limb; to separate a member from the body; to tear or cut in pieces; to dilacerate; to mutilate.Fowls obscene d...
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DISMEMBERED
DISMEMBERED, participle passive Divided member from member; torn or cut in pieces; divided by the separation of a part from the main body.
DISMEMBERING
DISMEMBERING, participle present tense Separating a limb or limbs from the body; dividing by taking a part or parts from the body.DISMEMBERING, noun Mutilation.
DISMEMBERMENT
DISMEMBERMENT, noun The act of severing a limb or limbs from the body; the act of tearing or cutting in pieces; mutilation; the act of severing a part from the main body; divisi...
DISMETTLED
DISMETTLED, adjective Destitute of fire or spirit. [Not much used.]
DISMISS
DISMISS, verb transitive [Latin]1. To send away; properly, to give leave of departure; to permit to depart; implying authority in a person to retain or keep. The town clerk dism...
DISMISSAL
DISMISSAL, noun Dismission.
DISMISSED
DISMISSED, participle passive Sent away; permitted to depart; removed from office or employment.
DISMISSING
DISMISSING, participle present tense Sending away; giving leave to depart; removing from office or service.
DISMISSION
DISMISSION, noun [Latin]1. The act of sending away; leave to depart; as the dismission of the grand jury.2. Removal from office or employment; discharge, either with honor or di...
DISMISSIVE
DISMISSIVE, adjective Giving dismission.
DISMORTGAGE
DISMORTGAGE, verb transitive dismorgage. To redeem from mortgage.
DISMOUNT
DISMOUNT, verb intransitive [dis and mount.]1. To alight from a horse; to descend or get off, as a rider from a beast; as, the officer ordered his troops to dismount2. To descen...
DISMOUNTED
DISMOUNTED, participle passive1. Thrown from a horse, or from an elevation; unhorsed, or removed from horses by order; as dismounted troops. Applied to horses, it signifies unfi...
DISMOUNTING
DISMOUNTING, participle present tense Throwing from a horse; unhorsing; removing from an elevation; throwing or removing from carriages.
DISNATURALIZE
DISNATURALIZE, verb transitive To make alien; to deprive of the privileges of birth.
DISNATURED
DISNATURED, adjective Deprived or destitute of natural feelings; unnatural.
DISOBEDIENCE
DISOBEDIENCE, noun [dis and obedience.]1. Neglect or refusal to obey; violation of a command or prohibition; the omission of that which is commanded to be done, or the doing of ...
DISOBEDIENT
DISOBEDIENT, adjective1. Neglecting or refusing to obey; omitting to do what is commanded, or doing what is prohibited; refractory; not observant of duty or rules prescribed by ...
DISOBEY
DISOBEY, verb transitive [dis and obey.] To neglect or refuse to obey; to omit or refuse to do what is commanded, or to do what is forbid; to transgress or violate an order or i...
DISOBEYED
DISOBEYED, participle passive Not obeyed; neglected; transgressed.
DISOBEYING
DISOBEYING, participle present tense Omitting or refusing to obey; violating; transgressing, as authority or law.
DISOBLIGATION
DISOBLIGATION, noun [dis and obligation.] The act of disobliging; an offense; cause of disgust.
DISOBLIGATORY
DISOBLIGATORY, adjective Releasing obligation.
DISOBLIGE
DISOBLIGE, verb transitive [dis and oblige.]1. To do an act which contravenes the will or desires of another; to offend by an act of unkindness or incivility; to injure in a sli...
DISOBLIGED
DISOBLIGED, participle passive Offended; slightly injured.
DISOBLIGEMENT
DISOBLIGEMENT, noun The act of disobliging.