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To discolor. [R.] Fuller.

The act of discoloring, or the state of being discolored; alteration of hue or appearance. Darwin.

Variegated; of divers colors. [R.] That ever wore discolored arms. Chapman.

To scatter in fight; to put to rout; to defeat. And his proud foes discomfit in victorious field. Spenser.

The act of discomfiting, or the state of being discomfited; rout; overthrow; defeat; frustration; confusion and dejection. Every man's sword was against his fellow, and there was a very great discomfiture. 1 Sam. xiv. 20. A hope destined to end . . . in discomfiture and disgrace. Macaulay.

To discourage; to deject. His funeral shall not be in our camp, Lest it discomfort us. Shak.

Causing discomfort; occasioning uneasiness; making sad. [Obs.] Sir P. Sidney.

; to blame; to disapprove. [R.] Spenser. By commending something in him that is good, and discommending the same fault in others. Jer. Taylor.

Deserving, disapprobation or blame. -- Dis`com*mend"a*ble*ness, n.

Blame; censure; reproach. [R.] Ayliffe.

One who discommends; a dispraiser. Johnson.

To deprive of a commission or trust. [R.] Laud.

To discommode. [Obs.] Howell.

To put inconvenience; to incommode; to trouble. [R.]

Inconvenient; troublesome; incommodious. [R.] Spenser. -- Dis`com*mo"di*ous*ly, adv. -- Dis`com*mo"di*ous*ness, n.

Disadvantage; inconvenience. Bacon.

To deprive of the right of common. [R.] Bp. Hall.

e reveals community of descent; but dissimilarity of embryonic development does not prove discommunity of descent. Darwin.

To free from company; to dissociate. [R.] It she be alone now, and discompanied. B. Jonson.

To change the complexion or hue of. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl.