disarray (disara)

[ Vanities and little instances of sin... disarray a man's soul of his virtue. Jer. Taylor, Works (ed. 1835), L. 841 IMG:content-2740.png:[blocks in formation] Clad in a strange disarray of civilized and savage costume. Hawthorne , Scarlet Letter, iii. disarticulate (dis-är-tik'u-lāt), v. t.; pret. and pp. disarticulated , ppr. disarticulating . [ dis- [ articulate ; cf. F. désarticuler.] To divide, separate, or sunder the joints of. Their [the trustees of the British Museum's] most liberal and unfettered permi ion of examining, and, when nece ary, disarticulating the specimens in the magnificent collection of Cirripedes. Darwin, Cirriped i a, Pref. Disarticulated remnants of human skeletons. Dawson, Origin of World, p. 302. disarticulation (dis-är-tik-ū-lā'shon), n. [F. désarticulation ; as dis- + articulation .] Division of the ligaments of a joint, so as to amputate at that point; amputation at a joint. disa entt (dis-a-sent'), n. [ disasenten , desa entir , des- priv. + a entir , a ent: see dis- and a ent .] Di ent. But whether he departed without the Frenche kynge's consent or disas sent , he, deceaued in his expect a cion, and in maner in dispayre, returned agayn to the Lady Marga Hall , Hen. VII., an. 7. disa entt (dis-a-sent'), v. i. To refuse to as ret. sent. All the most of the mighty, with a mayn wille, Dy aisent to the dede, demyt hit for noght. Destruction of Troy (E. E. T. S.), 1. 9369. One who re- disa entert (dis-a-sen'ter), n. fuses to a ent or concur; a di enter. Thirdly, the alledging the noting of the names of the dis a enters could not at the first be conceived to imply an officious prying into the gesture of the prince, but rather a loyal fear of incurring the king's displeasure. State Trials , Lord Balmerino, an. 1634. disa iduityt (dis-as-i-du'i-ti), n. [ dis -priv. + a iduity .] Want of a iduity or care; want of attention; inattention; carele ne . But he came in, and went out; and, through dis a iduity , drew the curtain between himself and light of her [Queen Elizabeth's] favour. Sir R. Naunton , Fragment a Regalia. disa ociate (dis-a-sō'shi-āt), v. t .; pret. and pp. disa ociated , ppr. disa ociating . [ a ociate . Cf. F. désa ocier = Sp. des a sociar. Cf. di ociate .] To di ociate; sever or separate from a ociation. Our mind disa ociating herself from the body. Florio , tr. of Montaigne's E ays (1613), p. 630. Aphasia, whether amnesic or ataxic, may, but seldom does, exist disa ociated from absolute insanity. Encyc. Brit ., II. 171.