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nd the infectious matter and the odoriferous matter are one . . . then to deodorize is to disinfect. Ure.

That which disinfects; an agent for removing the causes of infection, as chlorine.

The act of disinfecting; purification from infecting matter.

One who, or that which, disinfects; an apparatus for applying disinfectants.

To divest of flame or ardor. Chapman.

Disingenuousness. [Obs.] Clarendon.

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

Uninhabited. [Obs.]

Same as Disherison. Bacon.

law or custom, would devolve on him in the course of descent. Of how fair a portion Adam disinherited his whole posterity! South.

The act of disinheriting, or the condition of being; disinherited; disherison.

To disinter. [R.]

To render insecure; to put in danger. [Obs.] Fanshawe.

Capable of being disintegrated, or reduced to fragments or powder. Argillo-calcite is readily disintegrable by exposure. Kirwan.

f a hammer, frost, rain, and other mechanical or atmospheric influences. Marlites are not disintegrated by exposure to the atmosphere, at least in six years. Kirwan.

The process by which anything is disintegrated; the condition of anything which is disintegrated. Specifically

A machine for grinding or pulverizing by percussion.

To bring out, as from a grave or hiding place; to bring from obscurity into view. Addison.

To deprive or rid of interest in, or regard for; to disengage. [Obs.]

Disinterestedness; impartiality; fairness. [Obs.] Prior.