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DIS n.
The god Pluto. Shak.
DIS- n. 3 definitions
A prefix from the Latin, whence F. dés, or sometimes dé-, dis-. The Latin dis- appears as di- before b, d, g, l, m, n, r, v, becomes dif- before f, and either dis- or di- before j. It is from the same root as bis twice, and duo, E. two. See Two, and cf. Bi-, Di-, Dia-. Dis- denotes separation, a parting from, as in dis…
DISABILITY n. 2 definitions
State of being disabled; deprivation or want of ability; absence of competent physical, intellectual, or moral power, means, fitness, and the like. Grossest faults, or disabilities to perform what was covenanted. Milton. Chatham refused to see him, pleading his disability. Bancroft.
DISABLE a. 4 definitions
Lacking ability; unable. [Obs.] "Our disable and unactive force." Daniel.
DISABLEMENT n.
Deprivation of ability; incapacity. Bacon.
DISABUSE v.
To set free from mistakes; to undeceive; to disengage from fallacy or deception; to set right. To undeceive and disabuse the people. South. If men are now sufficiently enlightened to disabuse themselves or artifice, hypocrisy, and superstition, they will consider this event as an era in their history. J. Adams.…
DISACCOMMODATE v.
To put to inconvenience; to incommode. [R.] Bp. Warburton.
DISACCOMMODATION n.
A state of being unaccommodated or unsuited. [R.] Sir M. Hale.
DISACCORD n. 2 definitions
Disagreement. Pop. Sci. Monthly.
DISACCORDANT a.
Not accordant. Fabyan.
DISACCUSTOM v.
To destroy the force of habit in; to wean from a custom. Johnson.
DISACIDIFY v.
To free from acid.
DISACKNOWLEDGE v.
To refuse to acknowledge; to deny; to disown. [Obs.] South.
DISACQUAINT v.
To render unacquainted; to make unfamiliar. [Obs.] While my sick heart With dismal smart Is disacquainted never. Herrick.
DISACQUAINTANCE n.
Neglect of disuse of familiarity, or familiar acquaintance. [Obs.] South.
DISACRYL n.
A white amorphous substance obtained as a polymeric modification of acrolein.
DISADORN v.
To deprive of ornaments. Congreve.
DISADVANCE v.
To draw back, or cause to draw back. [Obs.] Spenser.
DISADVANTAGE n. 3 definitions
like; that which hinders success, or causes loss or injury. I was brought here under the disadvantage of being unknown by sight to any of you. Burke. Abandoned by their great patron, the faction henceforward acted at disadvantage. Palfrey.
DISADVANTAGEABLE a.
Injurious; disadvantageous. [Obs.] Bacon.
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