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One who, or that which, disenchants.

The act of disenchanting, or state of being disenchanted. Shelton.

To free from the influence of a charm or spell; to disenchant. [R.] Jer. Taylor.

See Disinclose.

Discouragement. [Obs.] Spectator.

To decrease. [Obs.] Chaucer.

brance, or from anything which clogs, impedes, or obstructs; to disburden. Owen. I have disencumbered myself from rhyme. Dryden.

Freedom or deliverance from encumbrance, or anything burdensome or troublesome. Spectator.

To deprive of an endowment, as a church. Gladstone.

The act of depriving of an endowment or endowments. [The] disendowment of the Irish Church. G. B. Smith.

To disfranchise; to deprive of the rights of a citizen. -- Dis`en*fran"chise*ment, n.

lved, or entangled; to extricate; to detach; to set free; to liberate; to clear; as, to disengage one from a party, from broils and controversies, from an oath, promise, or occupation; to disengage the affections a favorite pursuit, the mind from study. To disengage him and the kingdom, great sums were to be borrowed.…

Not engaged; free from engagement; at leisure; free from occupation or care; vacant. -- Dis`en*ga"ged*ness, n.

The act of disengaging or setting free, or the state of being disengaged. It is easy to render this disengagement of caloric and light evident to the senses. Transl. of Lavoisier. A disengagement from earthly trammels. Sir W. Jones.

Loosing; setting free; detaching. Disengaging machinery. See under Engaging.

To deprive of that which ennobles; to degrade. An unworthy behavior degrades and disennobles a man. Guardian.

To erase from a roll or list. [Written also disenrol.] Donne.

Insanity; folly. [Obs.] What tediosity and disensanity Is here among! Beau. & Fl.

Freed from a shroudlike covering; unveiled. The disenshrouded statue. R. Browning.

To free from bondage or slavery; to disenthrall. He shall disenslave and redeem his soul. South.