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The act of rending asunder. Arbuthnot.

to eclipse. A king among his courtiers, who dims all his attendants. Dryden. Now set the sun, and twilight dimmed the ways. Cowper.

or Christian, era. Dionysian period, a period of 532 years, depending on the cycle of the sun, or 28 years, and the cycle of the moon, or 19 years; -- sometimes called the Greek paschal cycle, or Victorian period.

To immerse one's self; to become plunged in a liquid; to sink. The sun's rim dips; the stars rush out. Coleridge.

ors and a plane glass disposed in the form of a prism, so that, by the reflections of the sun's rays from their surfaces, two images are presented to the eye, moving in opposite directions, and coinciding at the instant the sun's center is on the meridian.

to accompany funeral rites; a funeral hymn. The raven croaked, and hollow shrieks of owls Sung dirges at her funeral. Ford.

To part, as an alliance; to sunder. [R.] "Disallied their nuptials." Milton.

To disunite; to undo or repeal the annexation of. State Trials (1608).

To sunder; to separate, as joints. -- Dis`ar*tic`u*la"tion, n.

To disconnect from things associated; to disunite; to dissociate. Florio.

; malevolent influence of a heavenly body; hence, an ill portent. [Obs.] Disasters in the sun. Shak.

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. They disbanded themselves and returned, every man to his own dwelling. Knolles.

To separate; to disunite. [R.] Bp. Hurd.

Tending to separate or disunite parts. Encys. Dict.

ing of tubular florets only, as a tansy, lacking the rays which are seen in the daisy and sunflower.

To dissolve the union or connection of; to disunite; to sever; to separate; to disperse. The commonwealth itself would . . . be disconnected into the dust and powder of individuality. Burke. This restriction disconnects bank paper and the precious metals. Walsh.

ssatisfaction; disquiet. Now is the winter of our discontent Made glorious summer by this sun of York. Shak. The rapacity of his father's administration had excited such universal discontent. Hallam

Want of continuity or cohesion; disunion of parts. "Discontinuity of surface." Boyle.

To part; to disunite; to separate; to sunder. That marriage, therefore, God himself disjoins. Milton. Never let us lay down our arms against France, till we have utterly disjoined her from the Spanish monarchy. Addison. Windmill Street consisted of disjoined houses. Pennant.

The act of disjoining; disunion; separation; a parting; as, the disjunction of soul and body.