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To deprive of life. [R.] Cudworth.

yptians were . . . the most oddly discrepant from the rest in their manner of worship. Cudworth.

A feeling of contempt and aversion; the regarding anything as unworthy of or beneath one; scorn. How my soul is moved with just disdain! Pope.

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

Wanting in honesty; void of integrity; faithless; disposed to cheat or defraud; not trustworthy; as, a dishonest man.

ve of honor; to disgrace; to bring reproach or shame on; to treat with indignity, or as unworthy in the sight of others; to stain the character of; to lessen the reputation of; as, the duelist dishonors himself to maintain his honor. Nothing . . . that may dishonor Our law, or stain my vow of Nazarite. Milton.…

Not noble; unbecoming true honor or dignity; mean; unworthy; as, disingenuous conduct or schemes.

To lay aside or reject as unworthy of attentions or regard, as a petition or motion in court.

Rejection; a setting aside as trivial, invalid, or unworthy of consideration.

gard; to pay no heed to; to omit to take notice of; to neglect to observe; to slight as unworthy of regard or notice; as, to disregard the admonitions of conscience. Studious of good, man disregarded fame. Blackmore.

"a*ble*ness, n. Though everything which is compacted be in its own nature dissolvable. Cudworth. Such things as are not dissolvable by the moisture of the tongue. Sir I. Newton.

th dirt and blood." Spenser. [She] hath . . . distained her honorable blood. Spenser. The worthiness of praise distains his worth. Shak.

at prevents confusion of parts or things. The soul's . . . distinctness from the body. Cudworth.

Worthy of note or special regard. Swift.

To refuse to worship; to treat as unworthy. [Obs.] Sir T. More.

One who holds the doctrine of ditheism; a dualist. Cudworth.

A mean, worthless fellow; a wretch. What is thy servant, which is but a dog, that he should do this great thing 2 Kings viii. 13 (Rev. Ver. )

A small Dutch coin, worth about half a farthing; also, a similar small coin once used in Scotland; hence, any small piece of money. Shak.

r; coupled. [Let] The swan, on still St. Mary's lake, Float double, swan and shadow. Wordsworth.

Worthy of being feared; redoubtable. [Obs.]