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Disaggregate (dĭsăggr�gāt), v. t. To destroy the aggregation of; to separate into component parts, as an aggregate mass.
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Disaggregation (dĭsăggr�gāshŭn), n. [Cf. F. désagrégation.] The separation of an aggregate body into its component parts.
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Disagree (dĭsȧgrē), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Disagreed (dĭsȧgrēd); p. pr. & vb. n. Disagreeing.] [Pref. dis- + agree: cf. F. désagréer to displease.] 1. To fail to accord; not to agree; to lack harmony; to differ; to be unlike; to be at variance.
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They reject the plainest sense of Scripture, because it seems to disagree with what they call reason. Atterbury.
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2. To differ in opinion; to hold discordant views; to be at controversy; to quarrel.
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Who shall decide, when doctors disagree? Pope.
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3. To be unsuited; to have unfitness; as, medicine sometimes disagrees with the patient; food often disagrees with the stomach or the taste.
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☞ Usually followed by with, sometimes by to, rarely by from; as, I disagree to your proposal.

Syn. -- To differ; vary; dissent.
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Disagreeable (dĭsȧgrēȧb'l), a. [Cf. F. désagréable.] 1. Not agreeable, conformable, or congruous; contrary; unsuitable.
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Preach you truly the doctrine which you have received, and each nothing that is disagreeable thereunto. Udall.
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2. Exciting repugnance; offensive to the feelings or senses; displeasing; unpleasant.
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That which is disagreeable to one is many times agreeable to another, or disagreeable in a less degree. Wollaston.
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Disagreeableness, n. The state or quality of being; disagreeable; unpleasantness.
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Disagreeably, adv. In a disagreeable manner; unsuitably; offensively.
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Disagreeance (dĭsȧgrē�ns), n. Disagreement. [Obs.]
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Disagreement (dĭsȧgrēm�nt), n. [Cf. F. désagrément disagreeable circumstance, disagreeableness.] 1. The state of disagreeing; a being at variance; dissimilitude; diversity.
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2. Unsuitableness; unadaptedness. [R.]
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3. Difference of opinion or sentiment.
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4. A falling out, or controversy; difference.

Syn. -- Difference; diversity; dissimilitude; unlikeness; discrepancy; variance; dissent; misunderstanding; dissension; division; dispute; jar; wrangle; discord.
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Disagreer (dĭsȧgrēẽr), n. One who disagrees. Hammond.
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Disalliege (dĭsăllēj), v. t. To alienate from allegiance. [Obs. & R.] Milton.
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Disallow (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disallowed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Disallowing.] [Pref. dis- + allow: cf. OF. desalouer, desloer, to blame, dissuade.] To refuse to allow; to deny the force or validity of; to disown and reject; as, the judge disallowed the executor's charge.
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To whom coming, as unto a living stone, disallowed indeed of men, but chosen of God. 1 Pet. ii. 4.
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That the edicts of Cæsar we may at all times disallow, but the statutes of God for no reason we may reject. Milton.
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☞ This verb was sometimes followed by of; as, “What follows, if we disallow of this?” Shak. See .

Syn. -- To disapprove; prohibit; censure; reject.
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Disallowable (?), a. Not allowable; not to be suffered. Raleigh. -- Disallowableness, n.
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Disallowance (?), n. The act of disallowing; refusal to admit or permit; rejection.

Syn. -- Disapprobation; prohibition; condemnation; censure; rejection.
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Disally (?), v. t. [Pref. dis- + ally: cf. F. désaltier.] To part, as an alliance; to sunder. [R.] “Disallied their nuptials.” Milton.
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Disanchor (?), v. t. & i. [Pref. dis- + anchor: cf. F. désancrer.] To raise the anchor of, as a ship; to weigh anchor. [Obs.] Heywood.
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Disangelical (?), a. Not angelical. [R.] “Disangelical nature.” Coventry.
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Disanimate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disanimated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Disanimating (?).] 1. To deprive of life. [R.] Cudworth.
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2. To deprive of spirit; to dishearten. Shak.
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Disanimation (?), n. 1. Privation of life. [R.] Sir T. Browne.
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2. The state of being disanimated or discouraged; depression of spirits.
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Disannex (?), v. t. To disunite; to undo or repeal the annexation of. State Trials (1608).
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Disannul (?), v. t. To annul completely; to render void or of no effect.
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For the Lord of hosts hath purposed, and who shall disannul it? Isaiah xiv. 27.
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☞ The prefix in this word an its derivatives is intensive, and not negative.
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Disannuller (?), n. One who disannuls.
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Disannulment (?), n. Complete annulment.
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Disanoint (?), v. t. To invalidate the consecration of; as, to disanoint a king. [Obs.] Milton.
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Disapparel (?), v. t. [See , v. t.] [Pref. dis- + apparel: cf. OF. desapareiller.] To disrobe; to strip of apparel; to make naked.
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Drink disapparels the soul. Junius (1635).
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Disappear (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Disappeared (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Disappearing.] 1. To cease to appear or to be perceived; to pass from view, gradually or suddenly; to vanish; to be no longer seen; as, darkness disappears at the approach of light; a ship disappears as she sails from port.
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2. To cease to be or exist; as, the epidemic has disappeared.
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Disappearance (?), n. The act of disappearing; cessation of appearance; removal from sight; vanishing. Addison.
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Disappearing, p. pr. & vb. n. of .

Coloq. Disappearing carriage (Ordnance), a carriage for heavy coast guns on which the gun is raised above the parapet for firing and upon discharge is lowered behind the parapet for protection. The standard type of disappearing carriage in the coast artillery of the United States army is the Buffington-Crozier carriage, in which the gun trunnions are secured at the upper and after ends of a pair of heavy levers, at the lower ends of which is attached a counterweight of lead. The levers are pivoted at their middle points, which are, with the top carriage, permitted restrained motion along the slightly inclined chassis rails. The counterweight is held in place by a pawl and ratchet. When the gun is loaded the pawl is released and the counterweight sinks, raising the gun to the firing position above the parapet. The recoil following the discharge returns the gun to the loading position, the counterweight rising until the pawl engages the ratchet.
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Disappendency (?), n. A detachment or separation from a former connection. [R.]
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Disappendent (?), a. Freed from a former connection or dependence; disconnected. [R.]
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Disappoint (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disapointed; p. pr. & vb. n. Disappointing.] [OF. desapointier, F. désappointer; pref. des- (L. dis-) + apointier, F. appointier, to appoint. See .] 1. To defeat of expectation or hope; to hinder from the attainment of that which was expected, hoped, or desired; to balk; as, a man is disappointed of his hopes or expectations, or his hopes, desires, intentions, expectations, or plans are disappointed; a bad season disappoints the farmer of his crops; a defeat disappoints an enemy of his spoil.
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I was disappointed, but very agreeably. Macaulay.
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☞ Disappointed of a thing not obtained; disappointed in a thing obtained.
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2. To frustrate; to fail; to hinder of result.
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His retiring foe
Shrinks from the wound, and disappoints the blow. Addison.

Syn. -- To tantalize; fail; frustrate; balk; baffle; delude; foil; defeat. See .
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Disappointed, a. 1. Defeated of expectation or hope; balked; as, a disappointed person or hope.
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2. Unprepared; unequipped. [Obs.]
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Cut off even in the blossoms of my sin,
Unhouseled, disappointed, unaneled. Shak.
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disappointing a. defeating one's expectations or hopes; failing to fulfill one's expectations or hopes; as, a disappointing result; a disappointing crop yield.
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disappointing n. the act of disappointing someone.
Syn. -- disappointment, dashing hopes.
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Disappointment (?), n. [Cf. F. désappointement.] 1. The act of disappointing, or the state of being disappointed; defeat or failure of expectation or hope; miscarriage of design or plan; frustration.
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If we hope for things of which we have not thoroughly considered the value, our disappointment will be greater than our pleasure in the fruition of them. Addison.
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In disappointment thou canst bless. Keble.
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2. That which disappoints.

Syn. -- Miscarriage; frustration; balk.
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Disappreciate (?), v. t. [See .] To undervalue; not to esteem. -- Disappreciation (#), n.
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Disapprobation (?), n. [Pref. dis- + approbation: cf. F. désapprobation. Cf. .] The act of disapproving; mental condemnation of what is judged wrong, unsuitable, or inexpedient; feeling of censure. We have ever expressed the most unqualified disapprobation of all the steps. Burke.
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Disapprobatory (?), a. Containing disapprobation; serving to disapprove.
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Disappropriate (?), a. (Law) Severed from the appropriation or possession of a spiritual corporation.
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The appropriation may be severed, and the church become disappropriate, two ways. Blackstone.
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Disappropriate (?), v. t. 1. To release from individual ownership or possession. Milton.
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2. (Law) To sever from appropriation or possession a spiritual corporation.
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Appropriations of the several parsonages . . . would heave been, by the rules of the common law, disappropriated. Blackstone.
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Disappropriation (?), n. The act of disappropriating.
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Disapproval (?), n. Disapprobation; dislike; censure; adverse judgment.
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Disapprove (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disapproved (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Disapproving.] [Pref. dis- + approve: cf. F. déapprouver. Cf. .] 1. To pass unfavorable judgment upon; to condemn by an act of the judgment; to regard as wrong, unsuitable, or inexpedient; to censure; as, to disapprove the conduct of others.
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2. To refuse official approbation to; to disallow; to decline to sanction; as, the sentence of the court-martial was disapproved by the commander in chief.
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☞ This verb is often followed by of; as, to disapprove of an opinion, of such conduct. See .
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Disapprover (?), n. One who disapproves.
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disapproving adj. expressing disapproval.
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Disapprovingly, adv. In a disapproving manner.
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Disard (?), n. See . [Obs.] Burton.
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Disarm (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disarming (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Disarming.] [OE. desarmen, F. désarmer; pref. dés- (L. dis-) + armer to arm. See .] 1. To deprive of arms; to take away the weapons of; to deprive of the means of attack or defense; to render defenseless.
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Security disarms the best-appointed army. Fuller.
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The proud was half disarmed of pride. Tennyson.
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2. To deprive of the means or the disposition to harm; to render harmless or innocuous; as, to disarm a man's wrath.
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Disarmament (?), n. [Cf. F. désarmement.] The act of disarming.
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Disarmature (?; 135), n. [Pref. dis- + armature.] The act of divesting of armature. [R.]
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Disarmed (?), a. 1. Deprived of arms.
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2. (Her.) Deprived of claws, and teeth or beaks. Cussans.
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Disarmer (?), n. One who disarms.
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disarming adj. 1. capable of allaying suspicion or hostility and inspiring confidence; as, a disarming smile.
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2. capable of allaying hostility.
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disarming n. act of reducing or depriving of weapons.
Syn. -- disarmament.
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Disarrange (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disarranged (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Disarranging.] [Pref. dis- + arrange: cf. F. désarranger.] To unsettle or disturb the order or due arrangement of; to throw out of order.
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disarranged adj. having the arrangement disturbed; not put in order; as, her disarranged hair. Opposite of arranged.
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Disarrangement (?), n. The act of disarranging, or the state of being disarranged; confusion; disorder. Cowper.
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Disarray (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disarrayed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Disarraying.] [Pref. dis- + array, v.: cf. OF. desarroyer, desarreier.] 1. To throw into disorder; to break the array of.
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Who with fiery steeds
Oft disarrayed the foes in battle ranged. Fenton.
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2. To take off the dress of; to unrobe.
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So, as she bade, the witch they disarrayed. Spenser.
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Disarray (?), n. [Cf. F. désarroi.] 1. Want of array or regular order; disorder; confusion.
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Disrank the troops, set all in disarray. Daniel.
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2. Confused attire; undress. Spenser.
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Disarrayment (?), n. Disorder. [R.] Feltham.
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Disarticulate (?), v. t. To sunder; to separate, as joints. -- Disarticulation (#), n.
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Disarticulator (?), n. One who disarticulates and prepares skeletons.
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disassemble v. t. 1. to take apart; to disconnect the parts of; to convert a whole into its constituent pieces.
Syn. -- dismantle, take apart, break apart, break up. [PJC]

2. (Computers) to convert a computer program in machine language into an equivalent assembly-language file.
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disassemble v. i. to be able to come apart easily; to be converted into constituent parts; as, the rifle disassembles into small pieces for concealment.
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disassembler n. (Computers) a computer program that takes as input a computer program in machine language and produces an equivalent assembly-language file.
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Disassent (?), v. i. To dissent. [Obs.]
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Disassent, n. Dissent. [Obs.] E. Hall.
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Disassenter (?), n. One who disassents; a dissenter. [Obs.] State Trials (1634).
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Disassiduity (?), n. Want of assiduity or care. [R.] Sir H. Wotton.
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Disassimilate (?), v. t. (Physiol.) To subject to disassimilation.
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Disassimilation (?), n. (Physics) The decomposition of complex substances, within the organism, into simpler ones suitable only for excretion, with evolution of energy, -- a normal nutritional process the reverse of assimilation; downward metabolism; -- now more commonly called catabolism.
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The breaking down of already existing chemical compounds into simpler ones, sometimes called disassimilation. Martin.
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Disassimilative (?), a. (Physiol.) Having power to disassimilate; of the nature of disassimilation.
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Disassimilative processes constitute a marked feature in the life of animal cells. McKendrick.
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Disassociate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disassociated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Disassociating (?).] To disconnect from things associated; to disunite; to dissociate. Florio.
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Disaster (?), n. [F. désastre; pref. dés- (L. dis-) + astre star, fr. L. astrum; a word of astrological origin. See , , .] 1. An unpropitious or baleful aspect of a planet or star; malevolent influence of a heavenly body; hence, an ill portent. [Obs.]
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Disasters in the sun. Shak.
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2. An adverse or unfortunate event, esp. a sudden and extraordinary misfortune; a calamity; a serious mishap.
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But noble souls, through dust and heat,
Rise from disaster and defeat
The stronger. Longfellow.

Syn. -- Calamity; misfortune; mishap; mischance; visitation; misadventure; ill luck. See .
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Disaster, v. t. 1. To blast by the influence of a baleful star. [Obs.] Sir P. Sidney.
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2. To bring harm upon; to injure. [R.] Thomson.
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Disasterly, adv. Disastrously. [Obs.] Drayton.
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Disastrous (?), a. [Cf. F. désastreux. See .] 1. Full of unpropitious stellar influences; unpropitious; ill-boding. [Obs.]
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The moon
In dim eclipse, disastrous twilight sheds. Milton.
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2. Attended with suffering or disaster; very unfortunate; calamitous; ill-fated; ending in utter failure or ruin; as, a disastrous day; a disastrous termination of an undertaking.
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Wherein I spake of most disastrous chances. Shak.

-- Disastrously, adv. -- Disastrousness, n.
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Disattire (?), v. t. [Pref. dis- + attire: cf. OF. desatirier.] To unrobe; to undress. Spenser.
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Disaugment (?), v. t. To diminish. [R.]
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Disauthorize (?), v. t. To deprive of credit or authority; to discredit. [R.] W. Wotton.
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Disavaunce (?), v. t. [Cf. .] To retard; to repel; to do damage to. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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Disaventure (?; 135), n. [See , .] Misfortune. [Obs.] Spenser.
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Disaventurous (?), a. Misadventurous; unfortunate. [Obs.] Spenser.
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Disavouch (?), v. t. [Pref. dis- + avouch. Cf. .] To disavow. [R.] Daniel.
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Disavow (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disavowed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Disavowing.] [F. désavouer; pref. dés- (L. dis-) + avouer to avow. See , and cf. .] 1. To refuse strongly and solemnly to own or acknowledge; to deny responsibility for, approbation of, and the like; to disclaim; to disown; as, he was charged with embezzlement, but he disavows the crime.
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A solemn promise made and disavowed. Dryden.
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2. To deny; to show the contrary of; to disprove.
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Yet can they never
Toss into air the freedom of my birth,
Or disavow my blood Plantagenet's. Ford.
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disavowable adj. able to be disavowed.
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Disavowal (?), n. The act of disavowing, disclaiming, or disowning; rejection and denial.
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An earnest disavowal of fear often proceeds from fear. Richardson.
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Disavowance (?), n. Disavowal. [Obs.] South.
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Disavower (?), n. One who disavows.
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Disavowment (?), n. Disavowal. [R.] Wotton.
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Disband (?; see ), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disbanded; p. pr. & vb. n. Disbanding.] [Pref. dis- + band: cf. OF. desbander, F. débander, to unbind, unbend. See , and cf. , .] 1. To loose the bands of; to set free; to disunite; to scatter; to disperse; to break up the organization of; especially, to dismiss from military service; as, to disband an army.
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They disbanded themselves and returned, every man to his own dwelling. Knolles.
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2. To divorce. [Obs.]
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And therefore . . . she ought to be disbanded. Milton.
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Disband, v. i. To become separated, broken up, dissolved, or scattered; especially, to quit military service by breaking up organization.
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