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ng anything as unworthy of or beneath one; scorn. How my soul is moved with just disdain! Pope.

over with ignominy; to lower in estimation. Shall heap with honors him they now disgrace. Pope. His ignorance disgraced him. Johnson.

able; shameful; indecent; unchaste; lewd. [Obs.] Inglorious triumphs and dishonest scars. Pope. Speak no foul or dishonest words before them [the women]. Sir T. North.

; uncandid; unworthily or meanly artful. So disingenuous as not to confess them [faults]. Pope. -- Dis`in*gen"u*ous*ly, adv. T. Warton. -- Dis`in*gen"u*ous*ness, n. Macaulay.

A discus; a quoit. Some whirl the disk, and some the javelin dart. Pope.

rom member; to tear or cut in pieces; to break up. Fowls obscene dismembered his remains. Pope. A society lacerated and dismembered. Gladstone. By whose hands the blow should be struck which would dismember that once mighty empire. Buckle.

From vulgar bounds with brave disorder part, And snatch a grace beyond the reach of art. Pope.

A dispensatory. Pope.

To give dispensation. He [the pope] can also dispense in all matters of ecclesiastical law. Addis & Arnold (Cath. Dict. ) To dispense with. (a) To permit the neglect or omission of, as a form, a ceremony, an oath; to suspend the operation of, as a law; to give up, release, or do without, as services, attention, etc.; t…

disgrace or disfavor; disfavor. [Obs.] He went into Poland, being in displeasure with the pope for overmuch familiarity. Peacham.

y and without restraint; to amuse one's self. Where light disports in ever mingling dyes. Pope. Childe Harold basked him in the noontide sun, Disporting there like any other fly. Byron.

hath disposed the whole world Job xxxiv. 13. All ranged in order and disposed with grace. Pope. The rest themselves in troops did else dispose. Spenser.

Not to relish; to regard as unpalatable or offensive; to feel a degree of disgust at. Pope.

isesteem; incivility; discourtesy. Impatience of bearing the least affront or disrespect. Pope.

s that are the greatest dissemblers. Bacon. Priests, princes, women, no dissemblers here. Pope.

o drop; to fall in drops; to trickle. Soft showers distilled, and suns grew warm in vain. Pope.

With distinction; with some mark of preference. Pope.

Mentally disordered; unsettled; mad. My distracted mind. Pope.

tress; as, a distressful situation. "Some distressful stroke." Shak. "Distressful cries." Pope. -- Dis*tress"ful*ly, adv.

distrustful of ourselves, of one's powers. Distrustful sense with modest caution speaks. Pope.