dishevel, dischevel, disc he vell

t. . [O. Fr. descheveler; Fr. décheveler; O. Fr. des Fr.de=Lat. dis away, apart, and O. Fr. cheval; Fr. cheveu; Lat. capillum hair; Sp. descabellar; Ital. discapigliare.] A. Transitive : 1. Lit .: To spread the locks or tre es of the hair loosely and carele ly; to throw the hair about negligently; to suffer the hair to hang or flow loosely (obsolete except in the pa. par.). "His mane, dishevelled, o'er his shoulders flies." Pope: Homer's Iliad, vi. 657. 2. Fig .: To scatter, to disperse. "All flesh is gra , and all its glory fades Like the fair flower dishevelled in the wind." Cowper : Task , iii. 261, 262. B. In trans.: To hang or lie loosely and negli gently. "Their hair curling dishevels about their shoulders." Sir T. Herbert: Travels , p. 300. *di-shev-ele, *di-schev-ele, *dis-sheve-ly, *dis-shiv-ill, a. [O. Fr. deschevele; Fr. déchevelé , pa. par. of O. Fr. descheveler; Fr. décheveler = to dishevel.] 1. Disheveled, loose. IMG:content-0106.png:[blocks in formation] "All Inglis men wold disherys him blythly." *dis-her-Işed, *dis-her-Ized, pa . par . or a. [DIS HER IS.] *dis-her-Is-ing, *dis-her-Iz-lng, pr . par ., a. & 8. [DIS HER IS.] A. & B. As pr. par. & particip. adj.: (See the verb.) C. As subst.: The act of disinheriting. “.. the dis her i zing of the daulphin confirmed."Speed: Henry V., hk. ix., ch. xv., § 56. *dis-her-I-şön, *dys-her-I-şon, s. [Eng. dis her is; -on.] The act of disinheriting or cutting off from inheritance. "To the dysherison of you and your poster i tie for euer." -Hall: Henry VIII . (an. 5.)