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of charms or spells; to free from fascination or delusion. Haste to thy work; a noble stroke or two Ends all the charms, and disenchants the grove. Dryden.

Dishonor. [Obs.] To the disglory of God's name. Northbrooke.

To provoke disgust or strong distaste in; to cause (any one) loathing, as of the stomach; to excite aversion in; to offend the moral taste of; -- often with at, with, or by. To disgust him with the world and its vanities. Prescott. Ærius is expressly declared . . . to have been disgusted at failing. J. H. Newman. Alarm…

ke concave, or depress in the middle, like a dish; as, to dish a wheel by inclining the spokes.

evolent, the look oblique, The obvious satire, or implied dislike. Hannah More. We have spoken of the dislike of these excellent women for Sheridan and Fox. J. Morley. His dislike of a particular kind of sensational stories. A. W. Ward.

organized; as, the disorganization of the body, or of government. The magazine of a pawnbroker in such total disorganization, that the owner can never lay his hands upon any one article at the moment he has occasion for it. Sir W. Scott.

en followed by with or at. It usually expresses less than to anger, vex, irritate, or provoke. God was displeased with this thing. 1 Chron. xxi. 7. Wilt thou be displeased at us forever Psalms lxxxv. 5 (Bk. of Com. Prayer). This virtuous plaster will displease Your tender sides. J. Fletcher. Adversity is so wholesome .…

Disturbance of quiet in body or mind; restlessness; uneasiness. Hooker.

The act or rending asunder, or the state of being rent asunder or broken in pieces; breach; rent; dilaceration; rupture; as, the disruption of rocks in an earthquake; disruption of a state.

To differ; to be of a contrary nature. Hooker.

thing by the separation of its parts; ruin. To make a present dissolution of the world. Hooker.

To waste away; to be dissipated; to be decomposed or broken up.

To take away therefore that error, which confusion breedeth, distinction is requisite. Hooker.

The state of being distorted, or twisted out of shape or out of true position; crookedness; perversion.

indicating, or attended with, distress; as, a distressful situation. "Some distressful stroke." Shak. "Distressful cries." Pope. -- Dis*tress"ful*ly, adv.

ps or operations by which steam is supplied to and withdrawn from the cylinder at each stroke of the piston; viz., admission, suppression or cutting off, release or exhaust, and compression of exhaust steam prior to the next admission. Geographical distribution, the natural arrangements of animals and plants in particu…

roubler. A needless disturber of the peace of God's church and an author of dissension. Hooker.

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

To plunge (a person or thing) into water; to dip; to duck. [Obs.] Hooker.

of diving anything into parts, or the state of being so divided; separation. I was overlooked in the division of the spoil. Gibbon.