disreverencet (disreverens)

t. priv. + reverence.] To deprive of reverence; treat irreverently; dishonor. And also we should of our dutie to God rather for be are the profyte that ourselfe might attayne by a ma e, than to see his maiestye disreuerenced, by the bold pre sum pci on of such an odyous minister as he hath forboden to come about him. Sir T. More, Works, p. 227. disrobe (dis-rōb'), v.; pret. and pp. disrobed, ppr. disrobing. [OF.desrober, desrouber, F. dé rober, though disrob'd of sovereignty, and ravish'd Of ceremonious duty that attends it. Fletcher ( and another ), False One, v. 4. II. in trans. To divest one's self of a robe or of one's garments. Pallas disrobes ; her radiant veil unty'd Flows on the pavement of the Court of Jove. Pope , Iliad, v. disrober (dis-rō'bėr), n. One who strips of clothing or covering. disroot (dis-röt'), v . t. [ dis- priv. + root2 .] 1. To tear up the roots of; tear up by the roots. Whate'er I was Disrooted , what I am is grafted here. Tennyson , Prince , ii. Hence-2. To tear from a foundation; loosen or undermine. A piece of ground disrooted from its situation by subterraneous inundations. Goldsmith. disroutt (dis-rout'), v. t. [OF. des router, des roter, disruter, desroupter, F. dérouter, break up, scatter, rout, IMG:content-2868.png:[blocks in formation] Disrulie , [L.] irregular is. A convention, elected by the people of that State to consider this very question of disrupting the Federal Union, was in se ion at the capital of Virginia when Fort Sumter fell. Lincoln , in Raymond, p. 142. dis respecter (dis-re-spek'ter), n. One who dis- respects; a contemner. [Rare.] take it for granted that there have been, and are, but too many witty dis respecters of the Scripture. disrupt (dis-rupt'), a. Boyle , Works, II. 295. pp.: see the verb.) I shall Pop. Sci. Mo., XXVIII. 441. [L. disrupt us, diruptus, Torn from or asunder; severed by rending or breaking. Ash . [Rare or obsolete.] disruption (dis-rup's hon), n. [ disrup- tio (n-), equiv. to diruptio (n-), disrumpere , pp. disrupt us, commonly dirumpere , pp. diruptus ,. disrupt: see disrupt , v .] A rending asunder; a bursting apart; forcible separation or division into parts; dilaceration. Sought To make disruption in the Table Round. Tennyson, Guinevere. Rosalind... has since ordered her conduct according di avaget (dis-sav'āj), v . t .; pret. and pp. dis- savaged , ppr. dis savaging . [ dis- priv. + sav- age.] To tame; civilize. Chapman , Cæsar and Pompey, i. 1. di cattert, v. t. [ME. deskateren ; des- , dis- , L. dis- , apart, + scatter .] To scatter abroad; disperse. Hit [the silver] is so desk at ered bot he hider and thidere, That halvendel shal ben stole ar hit come togidere and a counted. Political Songs (ed. Wright), p. 337. trer, deprive of a scepter, depose, des- priv. + sceptre , scepter: see dis- and scepter , v.] Το deprive of a scepter. Disruption of the Scottish Church, the rupture of the Established Church of Scotland in 1843, when about 200 commi ioners, composed of ministers and elders, present- ing a protest against the General A embly as a church court, at its meeting on May 18th, on the ground that it had been deprived of its just freedom and powers by the action of the government, chiefly through the enforcement of lay patronage in the settlement of ministers, withdrew from it and organized the new Free Church of Scotland. About 470 ministers seceded, forfeiting benefices of fully To unseat; overthrow. A hundred kings, whose temples were impall'd In golden diadems, set here and there With diamonds, and gemmed every where, £100,000 aggregate value. The controversy preceding the disruption is known as the "ten years' conflict." It [his death] let loose all the disruptive forces which Bedford had been able to keep in subjection. Stubbs , Const. Hist., § 339. disruptive effects. - Disruptive discharge. See dis- charge , 1. ferent states to one uniform rule would probably have been as di atisfactory to some of the states as difficult for the convention. A. Hamilton . di atisfied (dis-sat'is-fid), p . a. 1. Discon- tented; not satisfied; not pleased; offended. When I behold - Seyton, I say - This push Will cheer me ever, or dis - seat me now. di ect (di-sekt'), v. t. [ di ect us , pp. of dis sec are (> Sp. disecar = Pg. di ecar = F. dis- séquer = D. di ekeren = Dan. di ekere = Sw. di ekera ), cut asunder, cut up, dis- , asunder, + secare , cut: see section .] 1. To cut in pieces; divide into parts with or as with a cutting in- strument: as, to di ect a fowl. Specifically -2. To cut in pieces, or separate the distinct or elementary parts of, as an animal or a plant, for the purpose of studying its organization or the functions and morbid affections of its organs and ti ues; anatomize. di eize (dis-sēz'), v . t .; pret. and pp. di eized , ppr. di eizing . [Also di eise ; de eisir , di eisir , de aisir , F. de aisir (= Pr. de azir ), dispo e , des- , dis- , priv., + seisir , saisir , take po e ion of: see dis- and seize .] In law , to dispo e wrongfully; deprive of actual seizin or po e ion: followed by of : as, to di eize a tenant of his freehold. See di eizin . Then thus gan Jove: Right true it is, that these And all things else that under heaven dwell Are chaung'd of Time, who doth them all di eise Of being. Spenser, F. Q., VII. vii. 48. A man may frequently suppose himself to be di eised , when he is not so in fact. Black stone, Com., IIL. 10. And pilfering what I once did give, Di eize thee of thy right. Where, with blunted Knives, his Scholars learn How to di ect , and the nice Joints discern. Like following life through creatures you di ect , You lose it in the moment you detect. Hence-3. To examine part by part or point by point; treat or consider piecemeal; analyze, tail: as, to di ect a man's character. as for the purpose of criticism; describe in de- Chief mastery to di ect With long and tedious havoc fabled knights, In battle feign'd. Milton , P. L., ix. 29. If men can so hardly endure to have the deformity of their vices represented to them though very imperfectly here, how will they bear the di ecting and laying them open in the view of the whole world? Di ected map or picture, a map or picture mounted designed to be joined together as a puzzle. on a board and divided into more or le irregular parts, Or must every architect invent a little piece of the new style, and all put it together at last like a di ected map ? Ruskin . Di ecting aneurism. See aneurism . di ected (di-sek'ted), p . a . [Pp. of di ect , v .] In bot . , deeply cut into numerous segments: applied to leaves, etc. di ectible (di-sek'ti-bl), a. [ di ect + -ible .] Capable of being di ected. di ection (di-sek's hon), n . [= F. di ection = Sp. diseccion = Pg. di ecção = It. di ezione , di ectio (n-), dis sec are , pp. di ect us , cut up: see di ect .] 1. The operation of cut- ting open or separating into parts. Specifically -2. The proce of cutting into parts an animal or a plant, or a part of one, in such a way as to show its structure or to separate one or more of its organs or ti ues for examination: as, the di ection of a dog; the di ection of a hand or a flower. In our di ection of lake ice by a beam of heat we no- ticed little vacuous spots at the centres of the liquid flowers formed by the beam. Hence-3. The act of separating anything into distinct or elementary parts for the purpose of critical examination; treatment or consider a- tion of something in detail or point by point. Such strict enquiries into nature, so true and so perfect a di ection of human kind, is the work of extraordinary diligence. Granville. 4t. A segment; a division; a part. All his kindne es are not only in their united forms, but in their several di ections fully commendable. Sir P. Sidney, Def. of Poesie, p. 554. Canonical di ection. See canonical . di ector (di-sek'tor), n . [= F. di ect eur = Sp . disector = Pg. di ector = It. di ettore , di ector , dis sec are , pp. di ect us , dis- sect: see di ect .] One who di ects; one who practises di ection for the purpose of study- di eizor (dis-se'zor), n. [Also di eisor , dis- sciser ; di eisor , dis seis our , dis- seisir , di eize: see di eize .] In law , one who wrongfully dispo e es another, or puts an- other out of po e ion. Where ent'ring now by force, thou hold'st by might, And art dis seiser of another's right. I wanted those old instruments of state, Di emblance and suspect. Marston and Webster , The Malcontent, i. 4. Middle ton, The Phoenix, i. 1. di emble semelhar, de imilhar, make unlike, = It. di imi gliare, be unlike, differ; these forms (partly I'll put it [a gown] on, and I will di emble myself in 't. Shak., T. N., iv. 2. 2. To give a false impre ion about; cause to seem different or non-existent; mask under a false pretense or deceptive manner. A man must frame some probable cause why he should not do his best, and why he should di emble his abilities. Bacon , Advancement of Learning, ii. 337. To leave off loving were your better way; Yet if you will di emble it, you may. Dryden, Helen to Paris, 1. 149. The wrongs of the Puritans could neither be di embled nor excused. Bancroft, Hist. U. S., I. 238. 3t. To put on the semblance of; simulate; pretend. Your son Lucentio Doth love my daughter, and she loveth him, Or both di emble deeply their affections. Shak ., T. of the S., iv. 4. Congreve , Way of the World, ii. 1. Then it seems you di emble an Aversion to Mankind only in compliance to my Mother's Humour. So like a lion that unheeded lay, Di embling sleep, and watchful to betray, With inward rage he meditates his prey. Dryden, Sig. and Guis., 1. 243. 4+. To a ume the appearance of; appear like; imitate. The gold di embled well her yellow hair. Dryden. =Syn. 2. Di emble, Simulate, Di imulate, Disguise, cloak, cover. (See hide.) To di emble is to pretend that a thing which is is not: as, to di emble one's real sentiments. To simulate is to pretend that a thing which is not is: as, to simulate friendship. To di imulate is to hide the reality or truth of something under a diverse or contrary appearance: as, to di imulate one's poverty by ostentation. To disguise is to put under a false guise, to keep a thing from being recognized by giving it a false appearance: as, I cannot disguise from myself the fact. See di embler and conceal. I thought it best, however, to di emble my wrath, and to treat them with promises and fair words, until opportunity of vengeance should be afforded me. an Poe , Tales, I. 6. The scheme of simulated insanity is precisely the one he [Hamlet] would have been likely to hit upon, because it enabled him to follow his own bent. 1685 di eminate (di-sem'i-nāt), v. t.; pret. and pp. di eminated, ppr. di eminating. [ It. dis semi nare = Sp. diseminar = Pg. dis seminar = F. di éminer ), scatter seed, Seeds are di eminated by their minutene - by their capsule being converted into a light balloon-like envelope by having hooks and grapnels of many kinds and serrated awns, so as to adhere to the fur of quadrupeds-and by being furnished with wings and plumes as different in shape as elegant in structure, so as to be wafted by every breeze. Darwin , Origin of Species, p. 187. Hence-2. To spread by diffusion or dispersion: generally with reference to some intended or actual result. A uniform heat di eminated through the body of the earth. Woodward. The Jews are di eminated through all the trading parts of the world. Add is on, Spectator. 3. To scatter by promulgation, as opinions or doctrines; propagate by speech or writing. Nor can we certainly learn that any one philosopher of note embraced our religion, till it had been for many years preached, and di eminated , and had taken deep root in the world. Bp . Atterbury , Sermons, I. iii. Alexis . Sire, I never have attempted to di eminate my opinions. Peter. How couldst thou? the seed would fall only on granite. Landor , Peter the Great and Alexis.