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Deprivation of the rights and privileges of a corporation. T. Warton.

To make unlike a prince. [R.] For I was drench'd with ooze, and torn with briers, . . . And, all one rag, disprinced from head to heel. Tennyson.

ible sign; marked out; specified. [Obs.] Wherever thus created -- for no place Is yet distinct by name. Milton.

A marking off by visible signs; separation into parts; division. [Obs.] The distinction of tragedy into acts was not known. Dryden.

Marking or expressing distinction or difference; distinguishing; characteristic; peculiar. The distinctive character and institutions of New England. Bancroft.

With distinction; plainly.

State of being distinctive.

With distinctness; not confusedly; without the blending of one part or thing another; clearly; plainly; as, to see distinctly.

The quality or state of being distinct; a separation or difference that prevents confusion of parts or things. The soul's . . . distinctness from the body. Cudworth.

Distinctness. [R.]

A cincture. [Poetic] The vast encincture of that gloomy sea. Wordsworth.

To conquer; to subdue. [Obs.] Error by his own arms is best evinced. Milton.

The act of evincing or proving, or the state of being evinced.

Capable of being proved or clearly brought to light; demonstrable. Sir. M. Hale. --E*vin"ci*bly, adv.

Tending to prove; having the power to demonstrate; demonstrative; indicative.

Extinguished; put out; quenched; as, a fire, a light, or a lamp, is extinct; an extinct volcano. Light, the prime work of God, to me is extinct. Milton.

The act of extinguishing or making extinct; a putting an end to; the act of putting out or destroying light, fire, life, activity, influence, etc.

Not within of pertaining to the same province or jurisdiction. Ayliffe.

A small singing bird of many genera and species, belonging to the family Fringillidæ.

Streaked or spotted on the back; -- said of cattle.