disintegration (dis in teg rash on)

[ IMG:content-2807.jpg:[blocks in formation] interested witne ; an uninterested spectator. disintegrative (dis-in'te-gra-tiv), a. [ dis- tegrate + -ive .] Tending to disintegrate; dis- integrating. The disintegrative proce which results in the multiplication of individuals. H. Spencer. Feudalism itself... was by no means purely disinte grative in its tendencies. J. Fiske , Amer. Pol. Ideas, p. 86. disintegrator (dis-in'tē-gra-tor), n. [ dis in tegrate + -or.] One who or that which disintegrates; specifically, a machine for pulverizing, crushing, or breaking up various kinds of materials. A common form used for breaking up ores, rock, artificial manures, oil-cake, etc., and for mixing mortar, etc., as well as for grinding corn, is a mill consisting e entially of a number of beaters projecting from the faces of two parallel disks revolving in opposite directions at a high speed. disintegratory (dis-in'tē-gra-to-ri), a. [ Kant has truly said that now criticism has taken its place among the disintegratory agencies, no system can pretend to escape its jurisdiction. G. H. Lewes, Pop. Sci. Mo., XIII. 419. disinter (dis-in-tėr'), v . t .; pret. and pp. dis in terred , ppr. disinterring . [Formerly dis enter ; desenterrer , F. désenterrer = Sp. Pg. des enterrar , disinter, dis- priv. + ML. inter rare (> OF. enterrer, etc.), inter: see inter1.] 1. To take out of a grave or out of the earth; exhume: as, to disinter a dead body.-2. To take out as if from a grave; bring from obscurity into view. disjointed