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2. To release from obligation. [Obs.]
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Absolving and disobliging from a more general command for some just and reasonable cause. Milton.
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Disobligement (?), n. Release from obligation. [Obs.]
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Disobliger (?), n. One who disobliges.
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Disobliging (?), a. 1. Not obliging; not disposed to do a favor; unaccommodating; as, a disobliging person or act.
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2. Displeasing; offensive. [Obs.] Cov. of Tongue.

-- Disobligingly, adv. -- Disobligingness, n.
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Disoccident (?), v. t. To turn away from the west; to throw out of reckoning as to longitude. [Obs.] Marvell.
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Disoccupation (?), n. The state of being unemployed; want of occupation. [R.]
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Disopinion (?), n. Want or difference of belief; disbelief. [Obs.] Bp. Reynolds.
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Disoppilate (?), v. t. [L. dis- + oppilatus, p. p. of oppilare to shut up.] To open. [Obs.] Holland.
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Disorb (?), v. t. [Pref. dis- + orb.] To throw out of the proper orbit; to unsphere. Shak.
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Disord (?), n. Disorder. [Obs.] Holland.
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Disordeined (?), a. [See .] Inordinate; irregular; vicious. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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Disorder (?), n. [Pref. dis- + order: cf. F. désordre.] 1. Want of order or regular disposition; lack of arrangement; confusion; disarray; as, the troops were thrown into disorder; the papers are in disorder.
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2. Neglect of order or system; irregularity.
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From vulgar bounds with brave disorder part,
And snatch a grace beyond the reach of art. Pope.
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3. Breach of public order; disturbance of the peace of society; tumult. Shak.
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4. Disturbance of the functions of the animal economy or of the soul; sickness; derangement. “Disorder in the body.” Locke.

Syn. -- Irregularity; disarrangement; confusion; tumult; bustle; disturbance; disease; illness; indisposition; sickness; ailment; malady; distemper. See .
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Disorder, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disordered (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Disordering.] 1. To disturb the order of; to derange or disarrange; to throw into confusion; to confuse.
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Disordering the whole frame or jurisprudence. Burke.
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The burden . . . disordered the aids and auxiliary rafters into a common ruin. Jer. Taylor.
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2. To disturb or interrupt the regular and natural functions of (either body or mind); to produce sickness or indisposition in; to discompose; to derange; as, to disorder the head or stomach.
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A man whose judgment was so much disordered by party spirit. Macaulay.
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3. To depose from holy orders. [Obs.] Dryden.

Syn. -- To disarrange; derange; confuse; discompose.
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Disordered (?), a. 1. Thrown into disorder; deranged; as, a disordered house, judgment.
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2. Disorderly. [Obs.] Shak.

-- Disorderedly, adv. -- Disorderedness, n.
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Disorderliness (?), n. The state of being disorderly.
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Disorderly (?), a. 1. Not in order; marked by disorder; disarranged; immethodical; as, the books and papers are in a disorderly state.
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2. Not acting in an orderly way, as the functions of the body or mind.
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3. Not complying with the restraints of order and law; tumultuous; unruly; lawless; turbulent; as, disorderly people; disorderly assemblies.
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4. (Law) Offensive to good morals and public decency; notoriously offensive; as, a disorderly house.

Syn. -- Irregular; immethodical; confused; tumultuous; inordinate; intemperate; unruly; lawless; vicious.
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Disorderly, adv. In a disorderly manner; without law or order; irregularly; confusedly.
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Withdraw yourselves from every brother that walketh disorderly. 2 Thess. iii. 6.
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Savages fighting disorderly with stones. Sir W. Raleigh.
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Disordinance (?), n. Disarrangement; disturbance. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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Disordinate (?), a. Inordinate; disorderly. [Obs.] “With disordinate gestures.” Prynne.
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Disordinately, adv. Inordinately. [Obs.] E. Hall.
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Disordination (?), n. The state of being in disorder; derangement; confusion. [Obs.] Bacon.
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Disorganization (?), n. [Cf. F. désorganisation. See , v. t.] 1. The act of disorganizing; destruction of system.
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2. The state of being disorganized; as, the disorganization of the body, or of government.
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The magazine of a pawnbroker in such total disorganization, that the owner can never lay his hands upon any one article at the moment he has occasion for it. Sir W. Scott.
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Disorganize (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disorganized (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Disorganizing (?).] [Pref. dis- + organize: cf. F. désorganiser.] To destroy the organic structure or regular system of (a government, a society, a party, etc.); to break up (what is organized); to throw into utter disorder; to disarrange.
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Lyford . . . attempted to disorganize the church. Eliot (1809).
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Disorganizer (?), n. One who disorganizes or causes disorder and confusion.
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Disorient (?), v. t. 1. To turn away from the east; to confuse as to which way is east; to cause to lose one's bearings. [R.] Bp. Warburton.
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2. to cause (a person) to lose one's sense of direction; to cause to lose one's bearings or way; as, the tourist was disoriented by the winding and narrow streets.
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3. (Psychiatry) to cause one to lose one's sense of time or place, or of one's own personal identity.
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4. to confuse (a person) by changing or removing something which has served as a standard or guide to action; as, workers were rendered unemployed and disoriented by the rapid changes in the markets.
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Disorientate (?), v. t. To turn away from the east, or (figuratively) from the right or the truth. [R.]
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disoriented adj. 1. having lost one's bearings physically or mentally. I frequently find myself disoriented when I come up out of the subway;the anesthetic left her completely disoriented
Syn. -- confused, lost.
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2. socially disoriented; withdrawn from social interactions.
Syn. -- alienated, anomic.
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disorienting adj. 1. causing disorientation: causing confusion of directions. Also See: . Antonym: orienting
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Disown (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disowned (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Disowning.] 1. To refuse to own or acknowledge as belonging to one's self; to disavow or deny, as connected with one's self personally; as, a parent can hardly disown his child; an author will sometimes disown his writings.
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2. To refuse to acknowledge or allow; to deny.
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Then they, who brother's better claim disown,
Expel their parents, and usurp the throne. Dryden.

Syn. -- To disavow; disclaim; deny; abnegate; renounce; disallow.
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disowned adj. having social connections repudiated.
Syn. -- repudiated.
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disowning n. the refusal to acknowledge (something or somebody) as one's own.
Syn. -- disownment.
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Disownment (?), n. Act of disowning. [R.]
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Disoxidate (?), v. t. (Chem.) To deoxidate; to deoxidize. [R.]
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Disoxidation (?), n. (Chem.) Deoxidation. [R.]
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Disoxygenate (?), v. t. (Chem.) To deprive of oxygen; to deoxidize. [R.]
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Disoxygenation (?), n. (Chem.) Deoxidation. [R.]
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Dispace (?), v. i. [Pref. dis- asunder, different ways, to and fro + pace.] To roam. [Obs.]
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In this fair plot dispacing to and fro. Spenser.
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Dispair (?), v. t. To separate (a pair). [R.]
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I have . . . dispaired two doves. Beau. & Fl.
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Dispand (?), v. t. [L. dispandere to spread out; pref. dis- + pandere, pansum, to spread out.] To spread out; to expand. [Obs.] Bailey.
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Dispansion (?), n. [See .] Act of dispanding, or state of being dispanded. [Obs.]
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Disparadised, a. Removed from paradise. [R.] Cockeram.
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Disparage (?; 48), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disparaged (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Disparaging (?).] [OF. desparagier, F. déparager, to marry unequally; pref. des- (L. dis-) + F. parage extraction, lineage, from L. par equal, peer. See .] 1. To match unequally; to degrade or dishonor by an unequal marriage. [Obs.]
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Alas! that any of my nation
Should ever so foul disparaged be. Chaucer.
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2. To dishonor by a comparison with what is inferior; to lower in rank or estimation by actions or words; to speak slightingly of; to depreciate; to undervalue.
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Those forbidding appearances which sometimes disparage the actions of men sincerely pious. Bp. Atterbury.
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Thou durst not thus disparage glorious arms. Milton.

Syn. -- To decry; depreciate; undervalue; underrate; cheapen; vilify; reproach; detract from; derogate from; degrade; debase. See .
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Disparage (?), n. Inequality in marriage; marriage with an inferior. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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Dissuaded her from such a disparage. Spenser.
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Disparagement (?), n. [Cf. OF. desparagement.] 1. Matching any one in marriage under his or her degree; injurious union with something of inferior excellence; a lowering in rank or estimation. [Eng.]
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And thought that match a foul disparagement. Spenser.
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2. Injurious comparison with an inferior; a depreciating or dishonoring opinion or insinuation; diminution of value; dishonor; indignity; reproach; disgrace; detraction; -- commonly with to.
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It ought to be no disparagement to a star that it is not the sun. South.
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Imitation is a disparagement and a degradation in a Christian minister. I. Taylor.

Syn. -- Indignity; derogation; detraction; reproach; dishonor; debasement; degradation; disgrace.
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disparager (?), n. One who disparages or dishonors; one who vilifies or disgraces.
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disparaging adj. expressing a low opinion of; same as ; as, disparaging remarks about the new house.
Syn. -- belittling, depreciative, deprecatory, depreciatory, derogative, derogatory, detractive, detracting, slighting, pejorative, denigratory.
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disparagingly (?), adv. In a manner to disparage or dishonor; slightingly.
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Disparate (?), a. [L. disparatus, p. p. of disparare to part, separate; dis- + parare to make ready, prepare.] 1. Unequal; dissimilar; separate.
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Connecting disparate thoughts, purely by means of resemblances in the words expressing them. Coleridge.
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2. (Logic) Pertaining to two coördinate species or divisions.
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Disparates (?), n. pl. Things so unequal or unlike that they can not be compared with each other.
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Disparition (?), n. [Cf. F. disparition.] Act of disappearing; disappearance. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.
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Disparity (?), n.; pl. Disparities (#). [LL. disparitas, fr. L. dispar unlike, unequal; dis- + par equal: cf. F. disparité. See , .] Inequality; difference in age, rank, condition, or excellence; dissimilitude; -- followed by between, in, of, as to, etc.; as, disparity in, or of, years; a disparity as to color.
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The disparity between God and his intelligent creatures. I. Taylor.
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The disparity of numbers was not such as ought to cause any uneasiness. Macaulay.

Syn. -- Inequality; unlikeness; dissimilitude; disproportion; difference.
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Dispark (?), v. t. 1. To throw (a park or inclosure); to treat (a private park) as a common.
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The Gentiles were made to be God's people when the Jews' inclosure was disparked. Jer. Taylor.
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2. To set at large; to release from inclosure.
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Till his free muse threw down the pale,
And did at once dispark them all. Waller.
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Disparkle (?), v. t. [OF. desparpeillier.] To scatter abroad. [Obs.] Holland.
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Dispart (?), 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 rive or split; as, disparted air; disparted towers. [Archaic]
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Them in twelve troops their captain did dispart. Spenser.
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The world will be whole, and refuses to be disparted. Emerson.
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Dispart, v. i. To separate, to open; to cleave.
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Dispart, n. 1. (Gun.) The difference between the thickness of the metal at the mouth and at the breech of a piece of ordnance.
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On account of the dispart, the line of aim or line of metal, which is in a plane passing through the axis of the gun, always makes a small angle with the axis. Eng. Cys.
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2. (Gun.) A piece of metal placed on the muzzle, or near the trunnions, on the top of a piece of ordnance, to make the line of sight parallel to the axis of the bore; -- called also dispart sight, and muzzle sight.
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Dispart (?), v. t. 1. (Gun.) To make allowance for the dispart in (a gun), when taking aim.
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Every gunner, before he shoots, must truly dispart his piece. Lucar.
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2. (Gun.) To furnish with a dispart sight.
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Dispassion (?), n. Freedom from passion; an undisturbed state; apathy. Sir W. Temple.
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Dispassionate (?), a. 1. Free from passion; not warped, prejudiced, swerved, or carried away by passion or feeling; judicial; calm; composed.
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Wise and dispassionate men. Clarendon.
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2. Not dictated by passion; not proceeding from temper or bias; impartial; as, dispassionate proceedings; a dispassionate view.

Syn. -- Calm; cool; composed serene; unimpassioned; temperate; moderate; impartial; unruffled.

-- Dispassionately, adv. -- Dispassionateness, n.
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Dispassioned (?), a. Free from passion; dispassionate. [R.] “Dispassioned men.” Donne.
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Dispatch (?; 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 place obstacles in the way, fr. L. pedica fetter, fr. pes, pedis, foot. See , and cf. , .] [Written also despatch.] 1. To dispose of speedily, as business; to execute quickly; to make a speedy end of; to finish; to perform.
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Ere we put ourselves in arms, dispatch we
The business we have talked of. Shak.
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[The] harvest men . . . almost in one fair day dispatcheth all the harvest work. Robynson (More's Utopia).
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2. To rid; to free. [Obs.]
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I had clean dispatched myself of this great charge. Udall.
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3. To get rid of by sending off; to send away hastily.
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Unless dispatched to the mansion house in the country . . . they perish among the lumber of garrets. Walpole.
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4. To send off or away; -- particularly applied to sending off messengers, messages, letters, etc., on special business, and implying haste.
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Even with the speediest expedition
I will dispatch him to the emperor's cou��. Shak.
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5. To send out of the world; to put to death.
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The company shall stone them with stones, and dispatch them with their swords. Ezek. xxiii. 47.

Syn. -- To expedite; hasten; speed; accelerate; perform; conclude; finish; slay; kill.
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Dispatch, v. i. To make haste; to conclude an affair; to finish a matter of business.
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They have dispatched with Pompey. Shak.
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Dispatch, n. [Cf. OF. despeche, F. dépêche. See , v. t.] [Written also despatch.] 1. The act of sending a message or messenger in haste or on important business.
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2. Any sending away; dismissal; riddance.
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To the utter dispatch of all their most beloved comforts. Milton.
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3. The finishing up of a business; speedy performance, as of business; prompt execution; diligence; haste.
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Serious business, craving quick dispatch. Shak.
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To carry his scythe . . . with a sufficient dispatch through a sufficient space. Paley.
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4. A message dispatched or sent with speed; especially, an important official letter sent from one public officer to another; -- often used in the plural; as, a messenger has arrived with dispatches for the American minister; naval or military dispatches.
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5. A message transmitted by telegraph. [Modern]
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Coloq. Dispatch boat , a swift vessel for conveying dispatches; an advice boat. -- Coloq. Dispatch box , a box for carrying dispatches; a box for papers and other conveniences when traveling.

Syn. -- Haste; hurry; promptness; celerity; speed. See .
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Dispatcher (?), n. One who dispatches.
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Dispatchful (?), a. Bent on haste; intent on speedy execution of business or any task; indicating haste; quick; as, dispatchful looks. Milton.
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Dispatchment (?), n. [Cf. OF. despechement.] The act of dispatching. [Obs.] State Trials (1529).
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Dispathy (?), n.; pl. Dispathies (#). [Pref. dis- + Gr. � passion. See .] Lack of sympathy; want of passion; apathy. [R.]
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Many discrepancies and some dispathies between us. Southey.
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Dispauper (?), v. t. To deprive of the claim of a pauper to public support; to deprive of the privilege of suing in forma pauperis.
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Dispauperize (?), v. t. To free a state of pauperism, or from paupers. J. S. Mill.
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Dispeed (?), v. t. [Pref. dis- + speed.] To send off with speed; to dispatch. [Obs.] Knolles.
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Then they dispeeded themselves of the Cid and of their mother-in-law, Do�a Ximena. Southey.
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Dispel (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dispelled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Dispelling.] [L. dispellere; dis- + pellere to push, drive. See a beating.] To drive away by scattering, or so to cause to vanish; to clear away; to banish; to dissipate; as, to dispel a cloud, vapors, cares, doubts, illusions.
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[Satan] gently raised
their fainting courage, and dispelled their fears. Milton.
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I saw myself the lambent easy light
Gild the brown horror, and dispel the night. Dryden.
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Dispence (?), v. i. & n. See . [Obs.]
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