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To deprive of glory; to treat with indignity. [R.] Disglorified, blasphemed, and had in scorn. Milton.

To deprive 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.…

One who dishonors or disgraces; one who treats another indignity. Milton.

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

To take out of the grave or tomb; to unbury; to exhume; to dig up.

r; a depreciating or dishonoring opinion or insinuation; diminution of value; dishonor; indignity; reproach; disgrace; detraction; -- commonly with to. It ought to be no disparagement to a star that it is not the sun. South. Imitation is a disparagement and a degradation in a Christian minister. I. Taylor.…

To remove from a state, office, dignity, or employment; to discharge; to depose; as, to displace an officer of the revenue.

es justice or a sense of propriety; disapprobation; dislike; dissatisfaction; disfavor; indignation. O Lord, rebuke me not in thine anger, neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure. Ps. vi. 1. Undoubtedly he will relent, and turn From his displeasure. Milton.

Marked; variegated. [Obs.] The which [place] was dight With divers flowers distinct with rare delight. Spenser.

A trench made in the earth by digging, particularly a trench for draining wet land, for guarding or fencing inclosures, or for preventing an approach to a town or fortress. In the latter sense, it is called also a moat or a fosse.

One who digs ditches.

To prepare for action or use; to make ready; to dight. [Obs.] His hideous club aloft he dites. Spenser.

A wandering about or going astray; digression. Let us be set down at Queen's Crawley without further divagation. Thackeray.

To turn aside; to digress. [Obs.] I diverted to see one of the prince's palaces. Evelyn.

To make away; to put away. Nothing but death Shall e'er divorce my dignities. Shak.

A small piece of paper or parchment, containing the heads of a writing; a summary or digest.

The office or dignity of a doge.

A sort of loose or irregular verse; mean or undignified poetry. Doggerel like that of Hudibras. Addison. The ill-spelt lines of doggerel in which he expressed his reverence for the brave sufferers. Macaulay.

A title anciently given to the pope, and later to other church dignitaries and some monastic orders. See Don, and Dan.

Refuse; lees; dregs; the wash given to swine or cows; hogwash; waste matter. Prodigals lately come from swine keeping, from eating draff and husks. Shak. The draff and offal of a bygone age. Buckle. Mere chaff and draff, much better burnt. Tennyson.