disappointment

[Pref. dis, and Eng. appointment (q. v.).] 1. A defeat or frustration of one's hopes, expectations, or desires. 2. The state of being disappointed or deceived in hopes, expectations, or desires. "The sage replies, With disappointment lowering in his eyes." Cowper : Hope , 1. 2. 3. A frustrating, balking, foiling, or defeating. "The providence of God may interpose for the disap . point ment of it." - Wilkins : Nat . Relig ., bk. ii., ch. ii. dis-ap-prē-çi-āte (or çi as shi), v . t . [Pref.dis, and Eng. appreciate (q. v.).] Not to appreciate; to undervalue, to depreciate. *dis-ap-pre-çi-at-ěd (or çi as shi), pa . par. or a . [DIS APPRECIATE.] *dis-ap-pre-çi-at-ing (or çi as shi), pr . par ., a. & 8. [DIS APPRECIATE.] A. & B. As pr. par. & particip . adj .: (See the verb.) C. As subst.: The same as dis appreciation (q. v.). dis-ap-pre-çi-ā-tion (or çi as shi), s . [Pref. dis, and Eng. appreciation (q. v.).] The act of undervaluing or depreciating; depreciation. dis-ap-pro-bā-tion, s . [Pref. dis , and Eng. approbation (q.v.).] The act or state of disapproving, censuring, or condemning: disapproval, censure, either expre ed or unexpre ed. "He was obliged to publish his letters, to show his dis approbation of the publishing of others."- Pope . For the difference between disapprobation and displeasure , see DISPLEASURE. 1423 dis-ap-pro-bā-tor-ý, a . [Pref. dis , and Eng. approbatory (q. v.).] Containing, expre ing, or implying disapprobation. dis-ap-pro-pri-ate, a. [Pref. dis, and English appropriate (q. v.).]. Eng . Eccl. Law : Not appropriated; not having the fruits of a benefice annexed; stripped or divested of appropriations [APPROPRIATION, Β. 1.] "If the corporation which has the appropriation is di olved, the parsonage becomes disappropriate at common law."-Black stone: Comm., bk. i., ch. 2. dis-ap-pro-pri-āte, v. t. [Pref. dis, and Eng. appropriate (q. v.).] I. Ord. Lang.: To remove or reduce from the state or condition of being proper or appropriated to one person or thing. "To a ist nature in dis appropriating that evil."-Milton: Tetrachord on. II. English Ecclesiastical Law : 1. To sever or separate as an appropriation. "The appropriations of the several parsonages would have been by the rules of the common law disap . propria ted."-Black stone: Comm., bk. i., ch. 2. 2. To deprive, strip, or divest of appropriations. dis-ap-pro-pri-a-tion, s . [Pref. dis , and Eng. appropriation (q. v.).] 1. Ord . Lang .: The act of removing from the appropriate use. 2. Eng . Eccl. Law : The act of alienating church property from the purpose to which it was appropriated. dis-ap-prôv'-al, s . [Pref. dis , and Eng. approval (q. v.).] The act of disapproving, condemning, or censuring; disapprobation, censure. "There being not a word let fall from them in disap . proval of that opinion." Glanvill : Pre - existence of Souls, ch. iv. dis-ap-prô ve, v. t. & i. [Pref. dis, and English approve (q. v.); Fr. désapprouver.] 1. To condemn or censure as wrong; to dislike; to show, expre , or feel disapprobation of. "The rest were banditti, whose violence and licentiousne the Government affected to disapprove ." -Macaulay : Hist . Eng ., ch. xii. 2. To reject; not to confirm, sanction, or approve. B. In trans.: To expre or show disapprobation, or dislike. (It is generally followed by of before that which is censured or disliked.) "A project for a treaty of barrier with the States was transmitted hither from Holland, and was disapproved of by our courts."-Swift. Crabb thus discriminates between to disapprove and to dislike " Disapprove is an act of the judgment; dislike is an act of the will. To approve or disapprove is peculiarly the part of a superior, or one who determines the conduct of others; to dis like is altogether a personal act, in which the feelings of the individual are consulted. It is a misuse of the judgment to disapprove , when we need only dislike ; it is a perversion of the judgment to disap prove because we dislike ." (Crabb: Eng. Synon.) dis-ap-proved, pa . par . or a . [DISAPPROVE.] dis-ap-prôv'-ing, pr . par ., a. & 8. [DISAPPROVE.] A. & B. As pr. par. & particip. adj.: (See the verb.) C. As subst.: The act of expre ing or showing disapproval or disapprobation. dis-ap-prôv-ing-ly, adv. [Eng. disapproving; -ly.) In a manner expre ive of disapproval; with disapprobation. *dis-ā-proned, a. [Pref. dis , and Eng. aproned (q. v.).1 Without or not wearing an apron. "The aproned or dis aproned burghers moving in to breakfast." -Carlyle : Sartor Resartus, bk. ii., ch. iii. *dis-arch-bishop, v. t . [Pref. dis , and Eng. archbishop (q. v.).] To deprive of or reduce from the status of an archbishop. "We had to dis archbishop and unlord, And make you simple Cranmer once again." Tennyson: Queen Mary, iv. 2. *diş-ard, *dis-arde, s . & a. [A. S. dysig =silly, foolish.] [DIZARD, DIZZY.] A. As subst .: A blockhead, a fool, a silly fellow. "He ran abrode in a fole's cote like a disard ."-Goldyng: Justine, fo. 41. IMG:content-0016.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-0017.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-0018.png:[blocks in formation]