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The waist or bodice of a lady's dress; as. a low corsage.

Betrothal. [Obs.] Ethelbert . . . went peaceably to King Offa for desponsage of Athilrid, his daughter. Foxe.

To destroy the aggregation of; to separate into component parts, as an aggregate mass.

The separation of an aggregate body into its component parts.

nlike; to be at variance. They reject the plainest sense of Scripture, because it seems disagree with what they call reason. Atterbury.

gruous; Preach you truly the doctrine which you have received, and each nothing that is disagreeable thereunto. Udall.

The state or quality of being; disagreeable; unpleasantness.

In a disagreeable manner; unsuitably; offensively.

Disagreement. [Obs.]

The state of disagreeing; a being at variance; dissimilitude; diversity.

One who disagrees. Hammond.

Gradual cessation of use or custom; neglect of use; disuse. [R.] Hooker.

(Med.)

An embassy. "He sent a solemn embassage." Bacon. Except your embassages have better success. Motley.

to apprehend; to regard. [R.] Keats. From the very dawn of existence the infant must envisage self, and body acting on self. McCosh.

The act of envisaging.

Espousal. [Obs.] Latimer.

The charge for carrying a parcel by express.

The intensity of a magnetic field expressed in C.G.S. units, or gausses.

Of a harsh or stern countenance; hard-featured. Burke.