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& s. [Fr. disjonctif: Ital. disgiuntivo; Sp. disyuntivo, from Lat. disjunctivus, from disjunct us, pa. par. of disjungo.] IMG:content-0115.png:[blocks in formation] 2. Logic : (1) A disjunctive proposition is one which expre es the relation (apparently) of two or more judgments which cannot be true together, and one or other of which must be true, as: "Either the Bible is false, or holine ought to be followed." ( Thomson .) (2) A disjunctive syllogism is when the major proposition is disjunctive , as: The earth moves in a circle, or an ellipse. But it does not move in a circle. Therefore it moves in an ellipse. ( Watts .) B. As substantive: 1. Gram.: A disjunctive particle: as, or, nor, neither, but , else. "Of these disjunctives some are simple, some adversative." -Harris : Hermes, ii. 2. 2. Logic : A disjunctive proposition. dis-junct-ive-ly, adv . [Eng. disjunctive ; -ly.] In a disjunctive manner; separately, distinctly. "What he observes of the numbers disjunctively and apart, reason suggests to be applicable to the whole body united."-More: Decay of Piety. dis-junct-üre, s . [Pref. dis , and Eng. juncture (q. v.). The act of separating, or disuniting; the state of being disunited. "Those bruises, disjunctures , or brokenne of bones." -Good win: Works , vol. ii., pt. 1v., p. 347. *dis-jü'ne, *dě-jūne, *dis-joon, *dis-ione, s. [O. Fr. desjune ; Fr. déjeûner .] Breakfast. "Than in the morning up scho gat, And on hir hairt laid hir disjune ." Bannatyne: Poems , p. 216, st. 5. To make a disjune of : To swallow up at a single meal, to annihilate at one attack. "A fifth part of them were able to make a disjune of all the Gordons when at their best."- Baillie : Letters , i. 60. disk, s . [DISC.] IMG:content-0116.png:[blocks in formation] 1. Want or absence of kindne , affection, or goodwill; unkindne . 2. An act of unkindne or malignity; injury, hurt. "He that pulls down his neighbor's house does him a dis kindne ." Search: Light of Nature. (Introd.) *dis-knō w, v. t. [Pref. dis , and Eng. know (q. v.).] To disown, to refuse to acknowledge. "An'l when he shall (to light thy sinful load) Put manhood on, disk now him not for God." Sylvester: The Lawe , 851. *dis-lā de, v . t . [Pref. dis , and Eng. lade (q. v.).] To unlade, to unload. "Ægeons ful-fraught gallies are disladed ." Heywood: Troia Britanica (1609). marine; gō, pot, pine, pit, sire, sir, dislady *dis-lādỹ, v. t. [Prefix dis , and Eng. lady (qv.).] To deprive of the position or character of a lady. *dis-law-yer, v . t . [Pref. dis , and Eng. lawyer (q. v.).] To deprive of the rank, position, or standing of a lawyer. Guilford , ii. 287. "They had dis lawyered him."-North: Life of Lord *dis-leaf-ing, s. [Pref. dis ; Eng. leaf , and suff. -ing.] The lo or deprivation of leaves. "Its boughs, with their buddings and dis leasings."Carlyle: Heroes and Hero- worship , lect. i., p. 32. *dis-lik-a-ble, a. [Eng. dislik (e); -able .] Deserving of being disliked; unpleasant, disagreeable. "On the whole, as matters go, that is not the most dis likable."-Carlyle. (Ogilvie.) dis-like, s . [Pref. dis , and Eng. like , s. (q. v.)] 1. A feeling of disinclination, disapprobation, or aversion; an absence of fondne or affection; distaste, repugnance. "Jonn Dalrymple was regarded with incurable distrust and dislike ." -Macaulay: Hist. Eng., ch. xiii. 2. Discord, disagreement, di ension. "This said Aletes, and a murmur rose That showed dislike among the Christian peers.' Fairfax : Godfrey of Bouillon . (1) Crabb thus discriminates between dislike , disgust , displeasure , di atisfaction , and distaste : " Dislike and di atisfaction denote the feeling or IMG:content-0117.png:[blocks in formation] "Muffle your face, Dismantle you, and, as you can disliken The truth of your own seeming." Shakesp.: Winter's Tale , iv. 4. *dis-lik'-ened pa . par . or a . [DISLIKEN.] dis-like-ne , s. [Pref. dis , and Eng. likene (q. v.).] Unlikene , di imilitude, di imilarity. "That which is not designed to represent anything but itself can never mislead us from the true apprehen- sion of anything by its dislikene to it."- Locke : Human Understanding, bk. iii., ch. iv.