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with regard to any form of government; disloyalty only equality in the portion of labor which is to be performed 

 with regard to monarchy. Many were disaffected to the by two persons is a ground for the inequality of their 

 usurpation of Oliver Cromwell, because they would not recompense. 



be disloyal to their king. Dispassionate, Cool. Dispassionate is taken nega- 



To Disappear. Vanish. A thing disappears either lively, it marks merely the absence of passion; cool is 

 gradually or suddenly; it vanishes on a sudden; it dis- taken positively, it marks an entire freedom from pas- 

 appears in the ordinary course of things; it vanishes by sion: when we meet with an angry disputant it is neces- 



. to be dispassionate, in order to avoid quarrels; in 

 of I the moment of danger our safety often depends upon our 



< ..... IMM. 

 To Dispel 



Disperse. Dispel is a more forcible ae- 



an unusual effort, a supernatural or a magic power. 



To Disapprove, Dislike. Disapprove is an act 

 the judgment; dislike is an act of the will or the affection. 

 To approve or disapprove is peculiarly the part of a 



superior, or one who determines the conduct of others; . . ^ 



to dislike is altogether a personal act, in which the feel- | by dispelling it; we merely destroy the junction dispers- 

 ings of the individual are consulted. j ing it. 



Disbelief, Unbelief. Disbelief properly implies the To Dispense, Distribute. Dispense is an indis- 

 believing that a thing is not, or refusing to believe that | criminate action; distribute is a particularizing action: 

 Unbelief expresses properly a believing the con- | we dispense to all; we distribute to each Individually. 

 trary of what one has believed before: disbelief is most 

 applicable to the ordinary events of life; unbelief to seri- 

 ous matters of opinion. 



To Disclaim, Disown. To disclaim is to throw off 

 a claim, as to disown is not to admit as one's own. 



Hi -cord. Strife. Discord consists most in the feeling; 



tion than to disperse; we destroy the existence of a thing 



. 



Displeasure, \niier. Disapprobation. Displeas- 

 ure is always a softened and gentle feeling; anger is al- 



strife consists most in the outward action. Discord 

 evinces itself in various ways; by looks, words, or actions 

 strife displays itself in words or acts of violence. 



To Discover. Manifest. Declare. We discover 

 by any means direct or indirect; we manifest by un- 

 questionable marks; we declare by express words: 

 talents and dispositions discover themselves; particular 

 feelings and sentiments manifest themselves; facts, 

 opinions, and sentiments are declared. 



Discredit, Disgrace, Reproach, Scandal. Dis- 

 credit interferes with a man s credit or respectability; 

 disgrace marks him out as an object of unfavorable dis- 

 tinction; reproach makes him a subject of reproachful 

 conversation : scandal makes him an object, of offense or 

 even abhorrence. 



To Discuss, Examine. Discuss signifies to shake 



ways a harsh feeling, and sometimes rises to vehemence 

 and madness. Displeasure is always produced by some 

 adequate cause, real or supposed; but anger may he 

 provoked by every or any cause, according to the tenner 

 of the individual; displeasure is .an act of the will, it is 

 an angry sentiment; disapprobation is an act of the 

 judgment, it is an opposite opinion. 



Disposal, Disposition, Disposal is a personal act; 

 it depends upon the will of the individual: disposition 

 is an act of the Judgment; it depends upon the nature 

 of the things. The removal of a thing from one's self is 

 involved in a disposal; the good order of the things is 

 comprehended in their disposition. 



To Dispose, Arrange, Digest. We may dispose 

 ordinary matters by simply assigning a place to each; 

 in this manner trees are disposed in a row. but we ar- 

 range and digest by an intellectual effort ; in the first cane 

 by putting those together which ought to go together; 

 and in the latter case by both separating that which is 

 dissimilar, and bringing together that which is similar; 



asunder or to separate thoroughly so as to see the whole in this manner books are arranged in a library according 

 composition; examine is used where the judgment holds to their size or their subject; the materials for a literary 



Disgust. Loathing. Nausea, 

 loathing, and that than nausea. 



the balance in examining. Discussion is altogether car- 

 ried on by verbal and personal communication; exami- 

 nation proceeds by reading, reflection, and observation. 



Disgust is less than 



that than nausea. When applied to sen- 

 sible objects we are disgusted with dirt; we loathe the 

 smell of food if we have a sickly appetite; we nauseate 

 medicine: and when applied metaphorically, we are 

 disgusted with affectation; we loathe the endearments 

 of those who are offensive; we nauseate all the enjoy- 

 ments of life, after having made an intemperate use of 

 them, and discovered their inanity. 



Dishonest. |\na\is|i. What is dishonest violates 

 thlished laws of man; what is knavish supposes 

 peculiar art and design in the accomplishment. 



Dishonor. Mi-urace. Shame. Dishonor deprives 

 a person of those outward marks of honor which men 



look for according to their rank and station; 

 deprives a man of the favor and kindness which he has 

 re received from others; shame is occasioned 

 by direct moral turpitude or that of which one ought to 

 be ashamed. 



I I >i- j<> int. I >i sine m he r. A limb of the body may 

 he disjointed if it he .- put out of the joint that ,' 

 act ; hut the body itself is dismembered when the differ- 

 ent limbs or parts are separated from each or 



Dislike, 1 1, -in. Dislike applies to what one 



has or does; disinclination only to what one does. 



To Dismay, Daunt, Appall. \\ e are d.-maved hv 

 alarming circumstances; we are daunted by terrifying cir- 

 cumstances; we are appalled by horrid circumstances. 



MI-OHI.T. l>i-.-.ise. Mistrniper. Malady. 

 era! sense disorder is altogether indefinite; hut m MS 

 restricted sense it expresses less than all the rest : u i- 

 the mere commencement of a disease: disease compre- 

 hends every serious and permanent disorder in the animal 

 jy, and i*. therefore, of universal application. 



The disorder is slight, partial, and transitory; the disease 

 is deep-rooted and permanent. The disorder may lie in 

 the extr- , disease lies in the hum r - and the 



vital parts. Distemper is used for such particularly aa 

 throw the animal frame most completely < 

 IHT or course, and is consequently applied pr : 

 virulent disorders, such as the small-pox. Maud v has less 



of a technical MBM thtt ths Oth n-rms; it refer- BOM 

 to the suffering titan to the state of the body. 



Mi-i'."'!\. in, <iu.iiit> . M : .nty applies to two 

 objects which should meet or Aland in coalition with each 

 other: inequality is applicable to those that are com- 

 pared with each other: the disparity of age. 

 and circumstances is to be c 

 sous entering into a matrimonial connection: 



production are digested. 



Disposition. Temper. Disposition is permanent 

 and settled; temper may be transitory and fluctuating. 

 The disposition comprehends the springs and m< 

 actions; the temper influences the action of the moment : 

 it is possible and not infrequent to have a good disposi- 

 tion with a bad temper, and vice versa. 



Disposition. Inclination. We may always expect 

 a man to do that which he is disposed to do; but we can- 

 not always calculate upon his executing that to which 

 he is merely inclined. We indulge a disposition; we 

 yield to an inclination. The disposition comprehends 

 the whole state of the mind at the time; an inclination 

 is particular, referring always to a particular object. 



To Disregard, \. -ule, :. Might. We disregard the 

 warnings, the words, or opinions of others; we neglect 

 their injunctions or their precepts. To disregard re- 

 sults from the settled purpose of the mind; to neglect 

 from a temporary forgetfulness or oversight; slight is al- 

 together an intentional act toward an individual. 



Dissension. Contention. Discord. A collision of 

 opinions produces dissension; a collision of interest* 

 produces contention; a collision of humors produces 

 discord. 



Distant, Far. Remote. Distant is used to designate 

 great space; far only that which is ordinary: a 

 mers estimate that the sun is ninety-four millions ,,f 

 miles distant from the earth; a person lives not very far 

 off. or a person is far from the spot; remote expresses 

 the relative idea of being gone out of 



To Distinguish. Discriminate 



tingu 



<> dist 



f sight. 

 . To 



discru 



we speak of 



i- m fact t<> distinguish speeiiirally: hence we speak o 

 a distinct ion a* true or false, but 01 a discrimination n 

 nice; we distinguish by means of the senses as well an the 

 understanding; we discriminate by the understanding 



""Distinguished. < on-pi, u..u -. Not, ,1. Imln.nl. 

 Illiisi nuns. \ thing i* distinguished in pn.j < 

 it is di.-nnct or separate from < 



in proportion as it is easily seen ; it is noted in ptppOftKNl 



a- it is widely known; eminent applies to those thing* 



a man high in the circle of his acquaintance; 



i* applies to that which makes him shine before 



the world. 



Dlstre^. \,,x,,-n. \imuisi,. \gpnjr. Distress is 

 the pain felt when in a strait from which we see no means 

 of extricating ourselves; anxiety ic that pain which 

 one feels on the prospect of an evil. 

 pends upon some outward cause; n> 



n ; -anguish rW reflection on 



the evil that is past; agony springs from witnessing that 

 which is tmmyVt?^ or before the eye. 



