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To destroy the force of habit in; to wean from a custom. Johnson.

One who discommends; a dispraiser. Johnson.

stinguishing; distinctive; characteristic. That peculiar and discriminative form of life. Johnson.

imation. Shall heap with honors him they now disgrace. Pope. His ignorance disgraced him. Johnson.

Indifference to profit; want of regard to private advantage; disinterestedness. [Obs.] Johnson.

d with dislike or aversion; to disapprove; to disrelish. Every nation dislikes an impost. Johnson.

orn to be supported by others, and dispensed from all necessity of providing for himself. Johnson.

The act of leaping or starting asunder. Johnson.

Squandered; scattered. "Dissipated wealth." Johnson.

; as, to dissociate the particles of a concrete substance. Before Wyclif's death in 1384, John of Gaunt had openly dissociated himself from the reformer. A. W. Ward.

That which falls in drops. [R.] Johnson

tinction upon; -- with by or for."To distinguish themselves by means never tried before." Johnson.

opinion or feeling; discord; variance; alienation. There was a division among the people. John vii. 43.

To tame; to domesticate. [Obs.] Johnson.

means of approach or access. I am the door; by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved. John x. 9.

A European marine fish (Zeus faber), of a yellow color. See Illust. of John Doree.

A European fish. See Doree, and John Doree.

A fierce, violent person, esp. a woman. Johnson.

To drink drams; to ply with drams. [Low] Johnson. Thackeray.

ell. The woman saith unto him, Sir, thou hast nothing to draw with, and the well is deep. John iv. 11.