disippus (disipus)

[NL., irreg. a disinterested manner; unselfishly. I have long since renounced your world, ye know: Yet weigh the worth of worldly prize foregone, Disinterestedly judge this and that Good ye account good. Browning , Ring and Book, II. 325. disinterestedne (dis-in'ter-es-ted-nes), n . The character of being disinterested or unselfish; the fact of having no personal interest in a question or an event; freedom from bias or prejudice on account of private interest; unselfishne ; generosity. Wholly to abstract our views from self undoubtedly requires unparalleled disinterestedne . Shelley , in Dowden, I. 264. IMG:content-2808.png:[blocks in formation] Our most skilful delver into dramatic history, amidst his curious ma es of disinterments , has brought up this proclamation. disinthralt, disinthrallt (dis-in-thral'), v . t. See disenthrall . I. D'Israeli, Amen. of Lit., 1. 373. (-t2), The measures they shall walk by shall be disinterest , and even, and dispa ionate, and full of observation. Jer. Taylor , Works (ed. 1835), I. 740. Because all men are not wise and good and dis intere 'd . Jer. Taylor , Rule of Conscience, ii. 5. dis intere ment† (dis-in'tèr-es-ment), n. [F. désinter e e ment (= Sp. des in teres a mien to ), désin teres ser, rid of interest: see disinterest, v.] Disinterestedne ; impartiality. He [the Earl of Dorset] has managed some of the greatest charges of the kingdom with known ability, and laid them down with entire dis intere ment . Prior , Postscript to Pref. to Poems. disinterestt (dis-in'tér-est), n. [= Sp. des in terés Pg. des intere e = It. dis intere e , dis in terest; as dis- priv. + interest, n. Cf. disinterest, v.] 1. What is contrary to interest or advantage; disadvantage; injury. They ought to separate from her [the Church of Rome], that there be no prejudice done to my true church, nor disinterest to thy kingdom. Dr. H. More, Epistles to the Seven Churches. 2. Indifference to profit; want of regard to private advantage. disinterestt (dis-in'ter-est), v. t. [For * disinter e , A noble courtesy conquers the uncompellable mind, and disinterests man of himself. [A later disenthralment. disintricate (dis-in'tri-kat), v. t.; pret. and pp. disintricated, ppr. disintricating. [ It is therefore nece ary to disintricate the question, by relieving it of these two errors, bad in themselves, but worse in the confusion which they occasion. Sir W. Hamilton. disinuret (dis-i-nūr'), v. t.; pret. and pp. dis in ured, ppr. disinuring . [ dis- priv. + inure .] To deprive of familiarity or custom; render unfamiliar or unaccustomed. We are hinder'd and dis - inur'd by this cours of licencing towards the true knowledge of what we seem to know. Milton, Areopagitica, p. 42. dis invagination (dis-in-vaj-i-nā'shon), n. dis- priv. + invagination.] In med., the relief or reduction of an invagination, as of one part of the intestine in another. disinvalidityt (dis-in-va-lid'i-ti), n. [ W. Montague, Appeal to Cæsar, ii. disinvestiture (dis-in-ves'ti-tūr), n. [ dis priv. + investiture .] The act of depriving or the state of being deprived of investiture. disinvigorate (dis-in-vig'or-at), v . t.; pret. and pp. disinvigorated , ppr. disinvigorating . [ invigorate .] To deprive of vigor; weaken; relax. This soft, and warm, and disinvigorating climate! Sydney Smith , Letters (1844), p. 52. disinvitet (dis-in-vit'), v. t. [= F. désinviter = It. disinvitare; as dis- priv. + invite.] To recall an invitation to. I was, upon his highne 's intimation, sent to disinvite Sir J. Finett , Foreign Amba adors, p. 143. disinvolve (dis-in-volv'), v . t . [= Sp. Pg. des envolver ; as dis- priv. + involve . ] To uncover; unfold or unroll; disentangle. Whately. Every true patriot is disinterested. 2. Not influenced or dictated by private advantage: as, a disinterested decision. Friendship is a disinterested commerce between equals. Goldsmith, Good-natured Man, i. Love of goodne impersonated in God is not a le dis interested, though naturally a more fervent, sentiment than love of goodne in the abstract. F. P. Cobbe , Peak in Darien, p. 19. =Syn. Unbiased, impartial, unbought, incorruptible, unselfish, dispa ionate, magnanimous. Disinterested and uninterested are sometimes confounded in speech, though rarely in writing. A disinterested person takes part in or concerns himself about the affairs of others without regard to self-interest, or to any personal benefit to be gained by his action; an uninterested one takes no interest in or is Disippus ( Limen it is disippus ), natural size, showing wings on the left side in their proper position, and on the right side reversed, to show under surface. pus (in ref. to its imitation of the arc hippus).] A common and wide-spread species of butterfly, Limen it is disippus, feeding in the caterpillar state on the willow, poplar, and plum, and hibernating in the same state in cases made of rolled leaves. See Limen it is. It occurs in the United States as far north as Maine, in the West Indies, and in northern South America. The adult is supposed to mimic the arc hippus butterfly ( Danais arc hippus ), the larva of which feeds on asclepiads. See cut in preceding column. disjaskit (dis-jas'kit), a. [Sc., said to be a corruption of * disjected for dejected.] Jaded; decayed; worn out. In the morning after the coronation I found myself in a very disjaskit state, being both sore in lith and limb, and worn out in my mind with the great fatigue I had undergone. Galt , The Steam-Boat, p. 261. disject a membra (dis-jek'tä mem'bra). [L.: disject a, neut. pl. of disject us, scattered; mem bra, pl. of membrum, member: see disjection and member.] Scattered members; disjointed portions or parts.