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known by sight to any of you. Burke. Abandoned by their great patron, the faction henceforward acted at disadvantage. Palfrey.

To lack affection for; to be alienated from, or indisposed toward; to dislike. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.

State of being disaffected; alienation or want of affection or good will, esp. toward those in authority; unfriendliness; dislike. In the making laws, princes must have regard to . . . the affections and disaffections of the people. Jer. Taylor.

ith evolution of energy, -- a normal nutritional process the reverse of assimilation; downward metabolism. The breaking down of already existing chemical compounds into simpler ones, sometimes called disassimilation. Martin.

f correction against one guilty of ecclesiastical offenses; reformatory or penal action toward a church member.

ing broken, . . . the stone included in them is thereby disclosed and set at liberty. Woodward.

Lack of courage; cowardliness.

rrator; a speaker; an haranguer. In his conversation he was the most clear discourser. Milward.

Want of honesty, probity, or integrity in principle; want of fairness and straightforwardness; a disposition to defraud, deceive, or betray; faithlessness.

To render unaccustomed or unfamiliar. We are hindered and disinured . . . towards the true knowledge. Milton.

eridan and Fox. J. Morley. His dislike of a particular kind of sensational stories. A. W. Ward.

ur bones. Shak. After some time the strata on all sides of the globe were dislocated. Woodward. And thus the archbishop's see, dislocated or out of joint for a time, was by the hands of his holiness set right again. Fuller.

One who dispends or expends; a steward. [Obs.] Wyclif (1 Cor. iv. 1).

free will (oaths, vows, etc.). A dispensation was obtained to enable Dr. Barrow to marry. Ward.

To deal out in portions; to distribute; to give; as, the steward dispenses provisions according directions; Nature dispenses her bounties; to dispense medicines. He is delighted to dispense a share of it to all the company. Sir W. Scott.

tural constitution; nature; quality; as, a disposition in plants to grow in a direction upward; a disposition in bodies to putrefaction.

Proneness to dispute. [Obs.] Bp. Ward.

arly uniform and constant fire or heat disseminated throughout the body of the earth. Woodward.

if's death in 1384, John of Gaunt had openly dissociated himself from the reformer. A. W. Ward.

dissolved; having its parts separable by heat or moisture; convertible into a fluid. Woodward.