Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter D - Page 65
Disendowment (n.) The act of depriving of an endowment or endowments.
[The] disendowment of the Irish Church. -- G. B. Smith.
Disenfranchise (v. t.) 剝奪……的公民權 To disfranchise; to deprive of the rights of a citizen. -- Dis`en*fran"chise*ment, n.
Disenfranchise (v.) Deprive of voting rights [syn: disenfranchise, disfranchise] [ant: enfranchise].
Compare: Enfranchise
Enfranchise (v. t.) (v.) [With object] 給予……公民權；給予……選舉權；解放 Give the right to vote to.
‘A proposal that foreigners should be enfranchised for local elections’
Enfranchise (v. t.) (Historical) Give (a town) the right to be represented in Parliament.
‘The Reform Act of 1832 eliminated many anomalies, and enfranchised the new industrial towns, which had hitherto been unrepresented.’
Enfranchise (v. t.) (Historical) Free (a slave).
Disengaged (imp. & p. p.) of Disengage.
Disengaging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Disengage.
Disengage (v. t.) 使自由，解放，解開 To release from that with which anything is engaged, engrossed, involved, or entangled; to extricate; to detach; to set free; to liberate; to clear; as, to disengage one from a party, from broils and controversies, from an oath, promise, or occupation; to disengage the affections a favorite pursuit, the mind from study.
To disengage him and the kingdom, great sums were to be borrowed. -- Milton.
Caloric and light must be disengaged during the process. -- Transl. of Lavoisier.
Syn: To liberate; free; loose; extricate; clear; disentangle; detach; withdraw; wean.
Disengage (v. i.) 脫離，斷絕關系 To release one's self; to become detached; to free one's self.
From a friends's grave how soon we disengage! -- Young.
Disengage (v.) Release from something that holds fast, connects, or entangles; "I want to disengage myself from his influence"; "disengage the gears" [syn: disengage, withdraw] [ant: engage, lock, mesh, operate].
Disengage (v.) Free or remove obstruction from; "free a path across the cluttered floor" [syn: free, disengage] [ant: block, close up, impede, jam, obstruct, obturate, occlude].
Disengage (v.) Become free; "in neutral, the gears disengage" [ant: engage].
Disengaged (a.) Not engaged; free from engagement; at leisure; free from occupation or care; vacant. -- Dis`en*ga"ged*ness, n.
Disengagement (n.) The act of disengaging or setting free, or the state of being disengaged.
It is easy to render this disengagement of caloric and light evident to the senses. -- Transl. of Lavoisier.
A disengagement from earthly trammels. -- Sir W. Jones.
Disengagement (n.) Freedom from engrossing occupation; leisure.
Disengagement is absolutely necessary to enjoyment. -- Bp. Butler.
Disengagement (n.) The act of releasing from an attachment or connection [syn: detachment, disengagement].
Disengagement (n.) To break off a military action with an enemy [syn: disengagement, fallback, pullout].
Disengaging (a.) Loosing; setting free; detaching.
Disengaging machinery. See under Engaging.
Disennoble (v. t.) To deprive of that which ennobles; to degrade.
An unworthy behavior degrades and disennobles a man. -- Guardian.
Disenrolled (imp. & p. p.) of Disenroll.
Disenrolling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Disenroll.
Disenroll (v. i.) To erase from a roll or list. [Written also disenrol.] -- Donne.
Disensanity (n.) Insanity; folly. [Obs.]
What tediosity and disensanity Is here among! -- Beau. & Fl.
Disenshrouded (a.) Freed from a shroudlike covering; unveiled.
The disenshrouded statue. -- R. Browning.
Disenslave (v. t.) To free from bondage or slavery; to disenthrall.
He shall disenslave and redeem his soul. -- South.
Disentail (v. t.) (Law) To free from entailment.
Disentangled (imp. & p. p.) of Disentangle.
Disentangling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Disentangle.
Disentangle (v. t.) To free from entanglement; to release from a condition of being intricately and confusedly involved or interlaced; to reduce to orderly arrangement; to straighten out; as, to disentangle a skein of yarn.
Disentangle (v. t.) To extricate from complication and perplexity; disengage from embarrassing connection or intermixture; to disembroil; to set free; to separate.
To disentangle truth from error. -- Stewart.
To extricate and disentangle themselves out of this labyrinth. -- Clarendon.
A mind free and disentangled from all corporeal mixtures. -- Bp. Stillingfleet.
Syn: To loose; extricate; disembarrass; disembroil; clear; evolve; disengage; separate; detach.
Disentangle (v.) Release from entanglement of difficulty; "I cannot extricate myself from this task" [syn: extricate, untangle, disentangle, disencumber].
Disentangle (v.) Extricate from entanglement; "Can you disentangle the cord?" [syn: disentangle, unsnarl, straighten out] [ant: entangle, mat, snarl, tangle].
Disentangle (v.) Free from involvement or entanglement; "How can I disentangle myself from her personal affairs?" [syn: disinvolve, disembroil, disentangle].
Disentangle (v.) Separate the tangles of [syn: unwind, disentangle].
Disentangle (v.) Smoothen and neaten with or as with a comb; "comb your hair before dinner"; "comb the wool" [syn: comb, comb out, disentangle].
Disentanglement (n.) The act of disentangling or clearing from difficulties. -- Warton.
Disentanglement (n.) The act of releasing from a snarled or tangled condition [syn: unsnarling, untangling, disentanglement, extrication].
Disenter (v. t.) See Disinter.
Disenthrall (v. t.) To release from thralldom or slavery; to give freedom to; to disinthrall. [Written also disenthral.] -- Milton.
Disenthrallment (n.) Liberation from bondage; emancipation; disinthrallment. [Written also disenthralment.]
Disenthrone (v. t.) To dethrone; to depose from sovereign authority. -- Milton.
Disentitle (v. t.) To deprive of title or claim.
Every ordinary offense does not disentitle a son to the love of his father. -- South.
Disentomb (v. t.) To take out from a tomb; a disinter.
Disentrail (v. t.) To disembowel; to let out or draw forth, as the entrails. [Obs.]
As if he thought her soul to disentrail. -- Spenser.
Disentrance (v. t.) To awaken from a trance or an enchantment. -- Hudibras.
Disentwine (v. t.) To free from being entwined or twisted. -- Shelley.
Disepalous (a.) (Bot.) Having two sepals; two-sepaled.
Disert (a.) Eloquent. [Obs.]
Disertitude (n.) Eloquence. [Obs.]
Diserty (adv.) Expressly; clearly; eloquently. [Obs.] -- Holland.
Disespouse (v. t.) To release from espousal or plighted faith. [Poetic] -- Milton.
Disestablish (v. t.) To unsettle; to break up (anything established); to deprive, as a church, of its connection with the state. -- M. Arnold.
Disestablish (v.) Deprive (an established church) of its status.
Disestablishment (n.) The act or process of unsettling or breaking up that which has been established; specifically, the withdrawal of the support of the state from an established church; as, the disestablishment and disendowment of the Irish Church by Act of Parliament.
Disestablishment (n.) The condition of being disestablished.
Disestablishment (n.) The act terminating an established state of affairs; especially ending a connection with the Church of England.
Disesteem (n.) 厭惡，輕視 Want of esteem; low estimation, inclining to dislike; disfavor; disrepute.
Disesteem and contempt of the public affairs. -- Milton.
Disesteemed (imp. & p. p.) of Disesteem.
Disesteeming (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Disesteem.
Disesteem (v. t.) 厭惡，輕視 To feel an absence of esteem for; to regard with disfavor or slight contempt; to slight.
But if this sacred gift you disesteem. -- Denham.
Qualities which society does not disesteem. -- Ld. Lytton.
Disesteem (v. t.) To deprive of esteem; to bring into disrepute; to cause to be regarded with disfavor. [Obs.]
What fables have you vexed, what truth redeemed, Antiquities searched, opinions disesteemed? -- B. Jonson.
Disesteem (n.) The state in which esteem has been lost [ant: {esteem}, {regard}, {respect}].
Disesteem (v.) Have little or no respect for; hold in contempt [syn: {disrespect}, {disesteem}] [ant: {esteem}, {prise}, {prize}, {respect}, {value}].
Disesteemer (n.) One who disesteems. -- Boyle.
Disestimation (n.) Disesteem.
Disexercise (v. t.) To deprive of exercise; to leave untrained. [Obs.]
By disexercising and blunting our abilities. -- Milton.
Disfame (n.) Disrepute. [R.] -- Tennyson.
Disfancy (v. t.) To dislike. [Obs.]
Disfashion (v. t.) To disfigure. [Obs.] -- Sir T. More.
Disfavor (n.) Want of favor of favorable regard; disesteem; disregard.
The people that deserved my disfavor. -- Is. x. 6
Sentiment of disfavor against its ally. -- Gladstone.
Disfavor (n.) The state of not being in favor; a being under the displeasure of some one; state of unacceptableness; as, to be in disfavor at court.
Disfavor (n.) An unkindness; a disobliging act.
He might dispense favors and disfavors. -- Clarendon.
Disfavored (imp. & p. p.) of Disfavor.
Disfavoring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Disfavor.
Disfavor (v. t.) To withhold or withdraw favor from; to regard with disesteem; to show disapprobation of; to discountenance.
Countenanced or disfavored according as they obey. -- Swift.
Disfavor (v. t.) To injure the form or looks of. [R.] -- B. Jonson.
Disfavor (n.) The state of being out of favor; "he is in disfavor with the king" [syn: disfavor, disfavour].
Disfavor (n.) An inclination to withhold approval from some person or group [syn: disfavor, disfavour, dislike, disapproval].
Disfavor (v.) Put at a disadvantage; hinder, harm; "This rule clearly disadvantages me" [syn: disadvantage, disfavor, disfavour] [ant: advantage].
Disfavorable (a.) Unfavorable. [Obs.] -- Stow.
Disfavorably (adv.) Unpropitiously. [Obs.]
Disfavorer (n.) One who disfavors. -- Bacon.
Disfeature (v. t.) To deprive of features; to mar the features of. [R.]
Disfellowship (v. t.) To exclude from fellowship; to refuse intercourse with, as an associate.
An attempt to disfellowship an evil, but to fellowship the evildoer. -- Freewill Bapt. Quart.
Disfiguration (n.) The act of disfiguring, or the state of being disfigured; defacement; deformity; disfigurement. -- Gauden.
Disfiguration (n.) An appearance that has been spoiled or is misshapen; "there were distinguishing disfigurements on the suspect's back"; "suffering from facial disfiguration" [syn: disfigurement, disfiguration, deformity].
Disfiguration (n.) The act of damaging the appearance or surface of something; "the defacement of an Italian mosaic during the Turkish invasion"; "he objected to the dam's massive disfigurement of the landscape" [syn: defacement, disfigurement, disfiguration].
Disfigured (imp. & p. p.) of Disfigure.
Disfiguring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Disfigure.
Disfigure (v. t.) To mar the figure of; to render less complete, perfect, or beautiful in appearance; to deface; to deform.
Disfiguring not God's likeness, but their own. -- Milton.
Syn: To deface; deform; mar; injure.
Disfigure (n.) Disfigurement; deformity. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Disfigure (v.) Mar or spoil the appearance of; "scars defaced her cheeks"; "The vandals disfigured the statue" [syn: deface, disfigure, blemish].
Disfigurement (n.) Act of disfiguring, or state of being disfigured; deformity. -- Milton.
Disfigurement (n.) That which disfigures; a defacement; a blot.
Uncommon expressions . . . are a disfigurement rather than any embellishment of discourse. -- Hume.
Disfigurement (n.) An appearance that has been spoiled or is misshapen; "there were distinguishing disfigurements on the suspect's back"; "suffering from facial disfiguration" [syn: disfigurement, disfiguration, deformity].
Disfigurement (n.) The act of damaging the appearance or surface of something; "the defacement of an Italian mosaic during the Turkish invasion"; "he objected to the dam's massive disfigurement of the landscape" [syn: defacement, disfigurement, disfiguration].
Disfigurer (n.) One who disfigures.
Disflesh (v. t.) To reduce the flesh or obesity of. [Obs.] -- Shelton.
Disforest (v. t.) To disafforest. -- Fuller.
Disforest (v. t.) To clear or deprive of forests or trees.
Disforest (v.) Remove the trees from; "The landscape was deforested by the enemy attacks" [syn: deforest, disforest, disafforest].
Disforestation (n.) The act of clearing land of forests. -- Daniel.
Disforestation (n.) The removal of trees [syn: deforestation, disforestation].
Disformity (n.) Discordance or diversity of form; unlikeness in form.
Uniformity or disformity in comparing together the respective figures of bodies. -- S. Clarke.
Disfranchised (imp. & p. p.) of Disfranchise.
Disfranchising (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Disfranchise.
Disfranchise (v. t.) 剝奪……公民權；剝奪……的權利 To deprive of a franchise or chartered right; to dispossess of the rights of a citizen, or of a particular privilege, as of voting, holding office, etc.
Sir William Fitzwilliam was disfranchised. -- Fabyan (1509).
He was partially disfranchised so as to be made incapable of taking part in public affairs. -- Thirlwall.
Disfranchise (v.) Deprive of voting rights [syn: disenfranchise, disfranchise] [ant: enfranchise].
Disfranchisement (n.) 剝奪公民權 The act of disfranchising, or the state disfranchised; deprivation of privileges of citizenship or of chartered immunities.
Sentenced first to dismission from the court, and then to disfranchisement and expulsion from the colony. -- Palfrey.
Disfranchisement (n.) The discontinuation of a franchise; especially the discontinuation of the right to vote.
Disfranchisement (also called Disenfranchisement) (n.) Is the revocation of suffrage (the right to vote) of a person or group of people, or through practices, prevention of a person exercising the right to vote. Disfranchisement is also termed to the revocation of power or control of a particular individual, community or being to the natural amenity they are abound in; that is to deprive of a franchise, of a legal right, of some privilege or inherent immunity. Disfranchisement may be accomplished explicitly by law or implicitly through requirements applied in a discriminatory fashion, intimidation, or by placing unreasonable requirements on voters for registration or voting.
Disfriar (v. t.) To depose or withdraw from the condition of a friar. [Obs.]
Many did quickly unnun and disfriar themselves. -- Fuller.
Disfrock (v. t.) To unfrock.
Disfurnished (imp. & p. p.) of Disfurnish.
Disfurnishing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Disfurnish.
Disfurnish (v. t.) To deprive of that with which anything is furnished (furniture, equipments, etc.); to strip; to render destitute; to divest.
I am a thing obscure, disfurnished of All merit, that can raise me higher. -- Massinger.
Disfurnishment (n.) The act of disfurnishing, or the state of being disfurnished. -- Daniel.
Disfurniture (n.) The act of disfurnishing, or the state of being disfurnished. [Obs.]
Disfurniture (v. t.) To disfurnish. [R.] -- East.
Disgage (v. t.) To free from a gage or pledge; to disengage. [Obs.] -- Holland.
Disgallant (v. t.) To deprive of gallantry. [Obs.] -- B. Jonson.
Disgarland (v. t.) To strip of a garland. [Poetic] "Thy locks disgarland." -- Drummond.
Disgarnish (v. t.) To divest of garniture; to disfurnish; to dismantle. -- Bp. Hall.
Disgarrison (v. t.) To deprive of a garrison. -- Hewyt.
Disgaveled (imp. & p. p.) of Disgavel.
Disgaveling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Disgavel.
Disgavel (v. t.) (Eng. Law) To deprive of that principal quality of gavelkind tenure by which lands descend equally among all the sons of the tenant; -- said of lands. -- Burrill.
Disgest (v. t.) To digest. [Obs.] -- Bacon.
Disgestion (n.) Digestion. [Obs.]
Disglorified (imp. & p. p.) of Disglorify.