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Disturbed; troubled; solicitous; as, to be much concerned for the safety of a friend.

Confused, disturbed. [Obs.] Chaucer.

rderly, contemptuous, or insolent language or behavior in presence of a court, tending to disturb its proceedings, or impair the respect due to its authority.

unded." Clarendon. -- To keep the countenance, to preserve a composed or natural look, undisturbed by passion or emotion. Swift.

The process of dealing cards to the players; also, the portion disturbed. The deal, the shuffle, and the cut. Swift.

To pour off gently, as liquor, so as not to disturb the sediment; or to pour from one vessel into another; as, to decant wine.

To put out of place, order, or rank; to disturb the proper arrangement or order of; to throw into disorder, confusion, or embarrassment; to disorder; to disarrange; as, to derange the plans of a commander, or the affairs of a nation.

The dried leaves of the purple foxglove (Digitalis purpurea), used in heart disease, disturbance of the circulation, etc.

To disturb the functions of; to disorder. It disaffects the bowels. Hammond.

To unsettle or disturb the order or due arrangement of; to throw out of order.

To destroy or disturb the comfort of; to deprive oas, a smoky chimney discomforts a family.

To disarrange; to interfere with; to disturb; to disorder; to unsettle; to break up. Or discomposed the headdress of a prude. Pope.

Disordered; disturbed; disquieted. -- Dis`com*pos"ed*ly, adv. -- Dis`com*pos"ed*ness, n.

The state of being discomposed; disturbance; disorder; agitation; perturbation. No discomposure stirred her features. Akenside.

To confuse the faculties of; to disturb the composure of; to discompose; to abash. The embrace disconcerted the daughter-in-law somewhat, as the caresses of old gentlemen unshorn and perfumed with tobacco might well do. Thackeray.

An alteration in the state of the body or of some of its organs, interrupting or disturbing the performance of the vital functions, and causing or threatening pain and weakness; malady; affection; illness; sickness; disorder; -- applied figuratively to the mind, to the moral character and habits, to institutions, the s…

Breach of public order; disturbance of the peace of society; tumult. Shak.

Disarrangement; disturbance. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Freedom from passion; an undisturbed state; apathy. Sir W. Temple.

Want of quiet; want of tranquility in body or mind; uneasiness; restlessness; disturbance; anxiety. Swift.