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10. (Elec.) The equalization of a difference of electric potential between two points. The character of the discharge is mostly determined by the nature of the medium through which it takes place, the amount of the difference of potential, and the form of the terminal conductors on which the difference exists. The discharge may be alternating, continuous, brush, connective, disruptive, glow, oscillatory, stratified, etc.
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Coloq. Charge and discharge . (Equity Practice) See under , n. -- Coloq. Paralytic discharge (Physiol.), the increased secretion from a gland resulting from the cutting of all of its nerves.
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Discharger (?), n. One who, or that which, discharges. Specifically, in electricity, an instrument for discharging a Leyden jar, or electrical battery, by making a connection between the two surfaces; a discharging rod.
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Dischevele (?), a. Disheveled. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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Dischurch (?), v. t. To deprive of status as a church, or of membership in a church. Bp. Hall.
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Discide (?), v. t. [L. discidere; dis- + caedere to cut.] To divide; to cleave in two. [Obs.] Spenser.
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Disciferous (?), a. [Disc- + -ferous.] Bearing disks.

{ Discifloral (?), Disciflorous (?), } a. [See , and .] (Bot.) Bearing the stamens on a discoid outgrowth of the receptacle; -- said of a subclass of plants. Cf. .
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Disciform (?), a. Discoid.
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Discina (?), n. [NL., fr. L. discus disk, Gr. �.] (Zoöl.) A genus of Branchiopoda, having a disklike shell, attached by one valve, which is perforated by the peduncle.
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Discinct (?), a. [L. discinctus, p. p. of discingere to ungird; dis- + cingere to gird.] Ungirded; loosely dressed. [R.] Sir W. Scott.
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Discind (?), v. t. [L. discindere; dis- + scindere to cut, split.] To part; to divide. [Obs.] Boyle.
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Disciple (?), n. [OE. disciple, deciple, OF. disciple, fr. L. discipulus, fr. discere to learn (akin to docere to teach; see ) + prob. a root meaning to turn or drive, as in L. pellere to drive (see ).] One who receives instruction from another; a scholar; a learner; especially, a follower who has learned to believe in the truth of the doctrine of his teacher; an adherent in doctrine; as, the disciples of Plato; the disciples of our Savior.
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Coloq. The disciples , or Coloq. The twelve disciples , the twelve selected companions of Jesus; -- also called the apostles. -- Coloq. Disciples of Christ . See , n., 3, and .

Syn. -- Learner; scholar; pupil; follower; adherent.
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Disciple, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Discipled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Discipling.] 1. To teach; to train. [Obs.]
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That better were in virtues discipled. Spenser.
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2. To punish; to discipline. [Obs.] B. Jonson.
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3. To make disciples of; to convert to doctrines or principles. [R.]
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Sending missionaries to disciple all nations. E. D. Griffin.
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Discipleship, n. The state of being a disciple or follower in doctrines and precepts. Jer. Taylor.
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Discipless (?), n. A female disciple. [Obs.]
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Disciplinable (?), a. [Cf. F. disciplinable. See .] 1. Capable of being disciplined or improved by instruction and training.
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2. Liable or deserving to be disciplined; subject to disciplinary punishment; as, a disciplinable offense.
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Disciplinableness, n. The quality of being improvable by discipline. Sir M. Hale.
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Disciplinal (?), a. Relating to discipline. Latham.
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Disciplinant (?), n. [See .] (Eccl. Hist.) A flagellant. See .
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Disciplinarian (?), a. Pertaining to discipline. “Displinarian system.” Milman.
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Disciplinarian, n. 1. One who disciplines; one who excels in training, especially with training, especially with regard to order and obedience; one who enforces rigid discipline; a stickler for the observance of rules and methods of training; as, he is a better disciplinarian than scholar.
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2. A Puritan or Presbyterian; -- because of rigid adherence to religious or church discipline. [Obs.]
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Disciplinary (?), a. [LL. disciplinarius flogging: cf. F. disciplinaire.] Pertaining to discipline; intended for discipline; corrective; belonging to a course of training.
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Those canons . . . were only disciplinary. Bp. Ferne.
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The evils of the . . . are disciplinary and remedial. Buckminster.
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Discipline (?), n. [F. discipline, L. disciplina, from discipulus. See .] 1. The treatment suited to a disciple or learner; education; development of the faculties by instruction and exercise; training, whether physical, mental, or moral.
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Wife and children are a kind of discipline of humanity. Bacon.
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Discipline aims at the removal of bad habits and the substitution of good ones, especially those of order, regularity, and obedience. C. J. Smith.
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2. Training to act in accordance with established rules; accustoming to systematic and regular action; drill.
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Their wildness lose, and, quitting nature's part,
Obey the rules and discipline of art. Dryden.
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3. Subjection to rule; submissiveness to order and control; habit of obedience.
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The most perfect, who have their passions in the best discipline, are yet obliged to be constantly on their guard. Rogers.
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4. Severe training, corrective of faults; instruction by means of misfortune, suffering, punishment, etc.
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A sharp discipline of half a century had sufficed to educate us. Macaulay.
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5. Correction; chastisement; punishment inflicted by way of correction and training.
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Giving her the discipline of the strap. Addison.
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6. The subject matter of instruction; a branch of knowledge. Bp. Wilkins.
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7. (Eccl.) The enforcement of methods of correction against one guilty of ecclesiastical offenses; reformatory or penal action toward a church member.
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8. (R. C. Ch.) Self-inflicted and voluntary corporal punishment, as penance, or otherwise; specifically, a penitential scourge.
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9. (Eccl.) A system of essential rules and duties; as, the Romish or Anglican discipline.

Syn. -- Education; instruction; training; culture; correction; chastisement; punishment.
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Discipline (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disciplined (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Disciplining.] [Cf. LL. disciplinarian to flog, fr. L. disciplina discipline, and F. discipliner to discipline.] 1. To educate; to develop by instruction and exercise; to train.
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2. To accustom to regular and systematic action; to bring under control so as to act systematically; to train to act together under orders; to teach subordination to; to form a habit of obedience in; to drill.
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Ill armed, and worse disciplined. Clarendon.
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His mind . . . imperfectly disciplined by nature. Macaulay.
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3. To improve by corrective and penal methods; to chastise; to correct.
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Has he disciplined Aufidius soundly? Shak.
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4. To inflict ecclesiastical censures and penalties upon.

Syn. -- To train; form; teach; instruct; bring up; regulate; correct; chasten; chastise; punish.
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Discipliner (?), n. One who disciplines.
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disc jockey (dĭsk jŏk�), n. a person who plays records or compact disks of recorded music; especially, a person who selects and plays recorded music for broadcast over the radio, often making comments about the music or other topics and also announcing commercial advertising messages; also, one who plays recorded music at a dance or social gathering, especially as a profession. [Also spelled disk jockey.]
Syn. -- DJ. [PJC]

Disclaim (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disclaimed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Disclaiming.] 1. To renounce all claim to deny; ownership of, or responsibility for; to disown; to disavow; to reject.
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He calls the gods to witness their offense;
Disclaims the war, asserts his innocence. Dryden.
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He disclaims the authority of Jesus. Farmer.
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2. To deny, as a claim; to refuse.
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The payment was irregularly made, if not disclaimed. Milman.
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3. (Law) To relinquish or deny having a claim; to disavow another's claim; to decline accepting, as an estate, interest, or office. Burrill.

Syn. -- To disown; disavow; renounce; repudiate.
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Disclaim, v. t. To disavow or renounce all part, claim, or share. Blackstone.
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Coloq. Disclaim in , Coloq. Disclaim from , to disown; to disavow. [Obs.] “Nature disclaims in thee.” Shak.
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Disclaimer (?), n. 1. One who disclaims, disowns, or renounces.
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2. (Law) A denial, disavowal, or renunciation, as of a title, claim, interest, estate, or trust; relinquishment or waiver of an interest or estate. Burrill.
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3. A public disavowal, as of pretensions, claims, opinions, and the like. Burke.
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Disclamation (?), n. A disavowing or disowning. Bp. Hall.
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Disclame (?), v. t. To disclaim; to expel. [Obs.] “Money did love disclame.” Spenser.
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Disclaunder (?), v. t. [From OE. disclaundre, n., for sclandre, esclandre, OF. esclandre. See , .] To injure one's good name; to slander. [Obs.]
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Discloak (?), v. t. To take off a cloak from; to uncloak. [Obs.] B. Jonson.
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Disclose (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disclosed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Disclosing.] [OE. desclosen, disclosen, fr. disclos, desclos, not shut in, open, OF. desclos, p. p. of desclore to open, F. déclore; pref. des- (L. dis-) + clore to shut, fr. L. claudere to shut. See , and cf. .] 1. To unclose; to open; -- applied esp. to eggs in the sense of to hatch.
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The ostrich layeth her eggs under sand, where the heat of the discloseth them. Bacon.
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2. To remove a cover or envelope from;; to set free from inclosure; to uncover.
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The shells being broken, . . . the stone included in them is thereby disclosed and set at liberty. Woodward.
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3. To lay open or expose to view; to cause to appear; to bring to light; to reveal.
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How softly on the Spanish shore she plays,
Disclosing rock, and slope, and forest brown! Byron.
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Her lively looks a sprightly mind disclose. Pope.
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4. To make known, as that which has been kept secret or hidden; to reveal; to expose; as, events have disclosed his designs.
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If I disclose my passion,
Our friendship 's an end. Addison.

Syn. -- To uncover; open; unveil; discover; reveal; divulge; tell; utter.
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Disclose, n. Disclosure. [Obs.] Shak. Young.
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Disclosed (?), p. a. (Her.) Represented with wings expanded; -- applied to doves and other birds not of prey. Cussans.
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Discloser (?), n. One who discloses.
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Disclosure (?; 135), n. [See , v. t., and cf. .] 1. The act of disclosing, uncovering, or revealing; bringing to light; exposure.
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He feels it [his secret] beating at his heart, rising to his throat, and demanding disclosure. D. Webster.
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2. That which is disclosed or revealed.
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Were the disclosures of 1695 forgotten? Macaulay.
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Discloud (?), v. t. To clear from clouds. [Archaic] Fuller.
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Disclout (?), v. t. To divest of a clout. [R.]
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Disclusion (?), n. [L. disclusio, fr. discludere, disclusum, to separate. See .] A shutting off; exclusion. [Obs.] Dr. H. More.
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Discoast (?), v. i. [Pref. dis- + coast: cf. It. discostare.] To depart; to quit the coast (that is, the side or border) of anything; to be separated. [Obs.]
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As far as heaven and earth discoasted lie. G. Fletcher.
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To discoast from the plain and simple way of speech. Barrow.
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Discoblastic (?), a. [Gr. � disk + � to grow.] (Biol.) Applied to a form of egg cleavage seen in osseous fishes, which occurs only in a small disk that separates from the rest of the egg.
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Discobolus (?), n.; pl. Discoboli (#). [L., fr. Gr. �; � a discu + � to throw.] (Fine Arts) (a) A thrower of the discus. (b) A statue of an athlete holding the discus, or about to throw it.
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☞ The Discobolus of Myron was a famous statue of antiquity, and several copies or imitations of it have been preserved.
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Discodactyl (?), n. [See .] (Zoöl.) One of the tree frogs.
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Discodactylia (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. � disk + � finger.] (Zoöl.) A division of amphibians having suctorial disks on the toes, as the tree frogs.
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Discodactylous (?), a. (Zoöl.) Having sucking disks on the toes, as the tree frogs.
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Discoherent (?), a. Incoherent. [R.]
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Discoid (?), a. [Gr. � quoit-shaped, � a round plate, quoit + e'i^dos form, shape: cf. F. discoïde. See .] Having the form of a disk, as those univalve shells which have the whorls in one plane, so as to form a disk, as the pearly nautilus.
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Coloq. Discoid flower (Bot.), a compound flower, consisting of tubular florets only, as a tansy, lacking the rays which are seen in the daisy and sunflower.
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Discoid, n. Anything having the form of a discus or disk; particularly, a discoid shell.
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Discoidal (?), a. [Cf. F. discoïdal.] Disk-shaped; discoid.
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Discolith (?), n. [Gr. � a round plate + -lith.] (Biol.) One of a species of coccoliths, having an oval discoidal body, with a thick strongly refracting rim, and a thinner central portion. One of them measures about 1/50000 of an inch in its longest diameter.
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Discolor (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Discolored (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Discoloring.] [OE. descolouren, OF. descolorer, F. décolorer, fr. L. dis- + cololare, coloratum, to color, color color. See .] [Written also discolour.] 1. To alter the natural hue or color of; to change to a different color; to stain; to tinge; as, a drop of wine will discolor water; silver is discolored by sea water.
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2. To alter the true complexion or appearance of; to put a false hue upon.
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To discolor all your ideas. Watts.
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Discolorate (?), v. t. To discolor. [R.] Fuller.
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Discoloration (?), n. [Cf. F. decoloration.] 1. The act of discoloring, or the state of being discolored; alteration of hue or appearance. Darwin.
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2. A discolored spot; a stain. Arbuthnot.
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discolored (?), a. 1. Altered in color; stained; spotted or streaked with foreign matter.
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2. Variegated; of divers colors. [R.]
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That ever wore discolored arms. Chapman.
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discolour v. same as . [Brit.]
Syn. -- discolor, colour, change color.
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discoloured adj. same as ; as, discoloured paneling. [Brit.]
Syn. -- discolored.
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discombobulate v. to cause to be confused; confuse emotionally.
Syn. -- confuse, flurry, consternate, disconcert, put off, bewilder, bemuse, throw.
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discombobulated adj. confused; upset; as, the hecklers pelted the discombobulated speaker with anything that came to hand.
Syn. -- discomfited, discomfitted, disconcerted.
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Discomfit (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Discomfited; p. pr. & vb. n. Discomfiting.] [OF. desconfit, p. p. of desconfire, F. déconfire; fr. L. dis- + conficere to make ready, prepare, bring about. See , .] 1. To scatter in fight; to put to rout; to defeat.
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And his proud foes discomfit in victorious field. Spenser.
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2. To break up and frustrate the plans of; to balk� to throw into perplexity and dejection; to disconcert.
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Well, go with me and be not so discomfited. Shak.

Syn. -- To defeat; overthrow; overpower; vanquish; conquer; baffle; frustrate; confound; discourage.
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Discomfit, a. Discomfited; overthrown. [Obs.]
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Discomfit, n. Rout; overthrow; discomfiture.
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Such a discomfit as shall quite despoil him. Milton.
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discomfited discomfitted adj. 1. thwarted; -- used especially of feelings of defeat and discouragement.
Syn. -- baffled, balked, discouraged, frustrated, disconcerted.
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2. same as .
Syn. -- discombobulated.
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discomfited n. pl. people who are defeated.
Syn. -- defeated.
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Discomfiture (?; 135), n. [OF. desconfiture, F. déconfiture. See , v. t., and cf. .] The act of discomfiting, or the state of being discomfited; rout; overthrow; defeat; frustration; confusion and dejection.
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Every man's sword was against his fellow, and there was a very great discomfiture. 1 Sam. xiv. 20.
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A hope destined to end . . . in discomfiture and disgrace. Macaulay.
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Discomfort (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Discomforted; p. pr. & vb. n. Discomforting.] [OF. desconforter, F. déconforter, to discourage; pref. des- (L dis-) + conforter. See .] 1. To discourage; to deject.
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His funeral shall not be in our camp,
Lest it discomfort us. Shak.
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2. To destroy or disturb the comfort of; to deprive of quiet enjoyment; to make uneasy; to pain; as, a smoky chimney discomforts a family.
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Discomfort, n. [OF. desconfort, F. déconfort. See , v. t.] 1. Discouragement. [Obs.] Shak.
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2. Want of comfort; uneasiness, mental or physical; disturbance of peace; inquietude; pain; distress; sorrow. “An age of spiritual discomfort.” M. Arnold.
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Strive against all the discomforts of thy sufferings. Bp. Hall.
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Discomfortable (?), a. [Cf. OF. desconfortable.] 1. Causing discomfort; occasioning uneasiness; making sad. [Obs.] Sir P. Sidney.
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2. Destitute of comfort; uncomfortable. [R.]
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A labyrinth of little discomfortable garrets. Thackeray.

-- Discomfortableness, n. [Obs.]
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Discommend (?), v. t. 1. To mention with disapprobation; to blame; to disapprove. [R.] Spenser.
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By commending something in him that is good, and discommending the same fault in others. Jer. Taylor.
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