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DISENNOBLE v.
To deprive of that which ennobles; to degrade. An unworthy behavior degrades and disennobles a man. Guardian.
DISENROLL v.
To erase from a roll or list. [Written also disenrol.] Donne.
DISENSANITY n.
Insanity; folly. [Obs.] What tediosity and disensanity Is here among! Beau. & Fl.
DISENSHROUDED a.
Freed from a shroudlike covering; unveiled. The disenshrouded statue. R. Browning.
DISENSLAVE v.
To free from bondage or slavery; to disenthrall. He shall disenslave and redeem his soul. South.
DISENTAIL v.
To free from entailment.
DISENTANGLE v. 2 definitions
sedly involved or interlaced; to reduce to orderly arrangement; to straighten out; as, to disentangle a skein of yarn.
DISENTANGLEMENT n.
The act of disentangling or clearing from difficulties. Warton.
DISENTER v.
See Disinter.
DISENTHRALL v.
To release from thralldom or slavery; to give freedom to; to disinthrall. [Written also disenthral.] Milton.
DISENTHRALLMENT n.
Liberation from bondage; emancipation; disinthrallment. [Written also disenthralment.]
DISENTHRONE v.
To dethrone; to depose from sovereign authority. Milton.
DISENTITLE v.
To deprive of title or claim. Every ordinary offense does not disentitle a son to the love of his father. South.
DISENTOMB v.
To take out from a tomb; a disinter.
DISENTRAIL v.
To disembowel; to let out or draw forth, as the entrails. [Obs.] As if he thought her soul to disentrail. Spenser.
DISENTRANCE v.
To awaken from a trance or an enchantment. Hudibras.
DISENTWINE v.
To free from being entwined or twisted. Shelley.
DISEPALOUS a.
Having two sepals; two-sepaled.
DISERT a.
Eloquent. [Obs.]
DISERTITUDE n.
Eloquence. [Obs.]
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