disappointment (disa point ment)

[ If we hope for things of which we have not thoroughly than our pleasure in the of disaparoistre , desapparoistre = Sp. desaparecer considered the value, our disappointment will be greater =Pg. desapparecer ( * dis app a res cere ) = It. sparire ( disparere : see dis par it i on ), of similar ult. formation.] 1. To vanish from or pa out of sight; recede from view; cease to appear; be no longer seen. The pictures drawn in our minds are laid in fading col ours, and, if not sometimes refreshed, vanish and disap pear. Locke. This is the way of the ma of mankind in all ages, to be influenced by sudden fears, sudden contrition, sudden earnestne , sudden resolves, which disappear as suddenly. J. H. Newman , Parochial Sermons, i. 284. The black earth yawns: the mortal disappears : Ashes to ashes, dust to dust. Tennyson, Death of Wellington. 2. To pa out of existence or out of knowledge; cease to exist or to be known: as, the epidemic has disappeared. The Cretaceous Dinosaurs and Cephalopods disappear without progeny, though one knows no reason why they might not still live on the Pacific Coast. Dawson, Nature and the Bible, p. 236. Add is on , Spectator. dis appreciate (dis-a-pre's hi-āt), v . t .; pret. and pp. dis appreciated , ppr. dis appreciating . [ dis priv . + appreciate . Cf. Sp. Pg. desapreciar .] To fail to appreciate; undervalue. Imp . Dict. disapprobation (dis-ap-ro-ba's hon), n . [= F. désap probation = Sp. des a pro bac i on = Pg. des approvação = It. disapprovazione ; as dis- priv. + approbation .] The act or state of disapproving; a condemnatory feeling or utterance; disapproval; censure, expre ed or unexpre ed. We have ever expre ed the most unqualified disappro bation of all the steps. Burke . Syn. Disapprobation and Disapproval show the same disapprobatory (dis-apro-ba-to-ri), a. [ dis priv. + approbatory .] Containing disapproba difference as approbation and approval. See approbation. tion; tending to disapprove. Smart. disappropriate (dis-a-prō'pri-āt), v. t.; pret. and pp. disappropriated, ppr. dis appropriating. [ + -ance. pearing; removal or withdrawal from sight or knowledge; a ceasing to appear or to exist: as, the disappearance of the sun, or of a race of animals. A few days after Christ's disappearance out of the world, we find an a embly of disciples at Jerusalem, to the number of "about one hundred and twenty." Paley , Evidences, ii. 9. disappendency (dis-a-pen'den-si), n. [ dis priv. + appendency .] Detachment from a former connection; separation. Burn . disappoint (dis-a-point'), v. t. [ tion of balk or thwart in regard to something intended, expected, or wished; defeat or will of: as, do not disappoint by staying away; to be disappointed in or of one's hopes, Arise, O Lord, disappoint him, cast him down: deliver my soul from the wicked. Ps. xvii. 13. Being thus disappointed of our purpose, we gathered the fruit we found ripe. Quoted in Capt . John Smith's True Travels, I. 101. I have such confidence in your reason that I should be greatly disappointed if I were to find it wanting. H. James, Jr. , Pa . Pilgrim, p. 474. 2. To defeat the realization or fulfilment of; frustrate; balk; foil; thwart: as, to disappoint a man's hopes or plans. He disappoint eth the devices of the crafty, so that their hands cannot perform their enterprise. Job v. 12. Without counsel purposes are disappointed. Prov. xv. 22. 31. To hinder of intended effect; frustrate; foil. Many times what man doth determine God doth disap point. T. Sanders, 1584 (Arber's Eng. Garner, II. 12). His retiring foe Shrinks from the wound, and disappoints the blow. Add is on. They endeavour to disappoint the good works of the most learned and venerable order of men. Steele , Tatler, No. 135. No prudence of ours could have prevented our late misfortune; but prudence may do much in disappointing its effects, Goldsmith, Vicar, iii. IMG:content-2739.png:[blocks in formation] church is one from which the appropriated parsonage, glebe, and tithes are severed. The appropriation may be severed and the church become disappropriate , two ways. disarray There is no reason to believe that they ever disapprove where the thing objected to is the execution of some order unquestionably proceeding from the Emperor. serve. Brougham Rochester, disapproving and murmuring, consented to Macaulay , Hist. Eng., vi disapprovingly (dis-a-prö'ving-li), adr . In a disapproving manner; with disapprobation. disardt, n. Same as dizzard . disarm (dis-ärm'), v. [ desarmen , desarmer , F. désarmer = Pr. Sp. Pg. desarmar = It. disarm are , disarm are , disarm, dis -priv. + armare , arm: see dis- and arm2 , v.] I. trans . 1. To deprive of arms; take the arms or weapons from; take off the armor from: as, he disarmed his foe; the prince gave orders to disarm his subjects: with of before the thing taken away: as, to disarm one of his weapons. These justes fynished, euery man withdrew, the kynge was disarmed, & at time conuenient he and the queenе heard evensong. Hall , Hen. VIII., an. 2. Specifically-2. To reduce to a peace footing, as an army or a navy.-3. To deprive of means of attack or defense; render harmle or defensele : as, to disarm a venomous serpent. Security disarms the best-appointed army. Fuller. 4. To deprive of force, strength, means of injuring, or power to terrify; quell: as, to disarm rage or pa ion; religion disarms death of its terrors. His designe was, if it were po ible, to disarme all, espe Milton, Eikon ok las tes, iv. cially of a wise feare and suspition. Nothing disarms censure like self-accusation. J. T. Trow bridge , Coupon Bonds, p. 230. II. in trans. To lay down arms; specifically, to reduce armaments to a peace footing; dismi or disband troops: as, the nations were then disarming .