disafforestment 
disafforestment (dis-a-for'est-ment), n. [< dis- 
<iffnn:ii + -went.] The act of disafforesting, 
or the state of being disafforested. 
Hi, benefit of the disaforestntent existed only for the 
owner of the lamls. Kurt*: Brit., IX. 409. 
disaggregate (dis-ag're-gat), v. t.- ; pret. and 
pp. mtaggregated, ppr. disaggregating. [< dis- 
priv. + aggregate. Cf. Sp. desagregar = Pg. 
tli'mnjiin-fiar = It. disaggregare, disaggregate.] 
To separate into component parts, or from an 
aggregate ; break up the aggregation of. 
The particles . . . are not small fragment* of iron wire, 
artificially disaggregated from a more considerable mass, 
but Iron precipitated chemically. 
0. B. Preusott, Elect. Invent., p. 129. 
disaggregation (dis-ag-re-ga'shon), n. [= 8p. 
desagregacioii = Pg. desaggregaq So ; as disaggre- 
gate + -ion: see -ation.] The act or operation 
of breaking up an aggregate ; the state of being 
disaggregated. 
A further consequence of this disaggreyation was . . . 
the necessity for an official building. 
h. II. Morgan, Amer. Ethnol., p. 87. 
disagio (dis-aj'i-o or -a'ji-6), n. [< dis- + agio.] 
Discount on a depreciated currency. See agio. 
disagree (dis-a-gre'), v. i. [< P. desagre'er, dis- 
please; asrf-priv. + agree.] 1. To differ; be 
not the same or alike ; be variant ; not to ac- 
cord or harmonize : as, two ideas or two state- 
ments disagree when they are not substantially 
identical, or when they are not exactly alike ; 
the witnesses disagree. 
The mind clearly and infallibly perceives all distinct 
ideas to disagree : that is, the one not to be the other. 
Locke, Human Understanding, IV. i. 4. 
They reject the plainest sense of Scripture, because it 
seems to ditayree with what they call reason. 
Bp. Atterbury. 
2. To differ in opinion; be at variance; ex- 
press contrary views : as, the best judges some- 
times disagree. 
Since in these cases [election of a pastor) unanimity and 
an entire agreement of hearts and voices Is not to be ex- 
pected, you would at least take care to disagree In as de- 
cent and friendly and Christian a manner as is possible. 
Bp. Atterbury, Sermons, II. xxlv. 
Who shall decide when doctors disagree f 
Pope, Moral Essays, Hi. 1. 
3. To be in a state of discord or altercation ; 
wrangle ; quarrel. 
United thus, we will hereafter use 
Mutual concession, and the gods, Induc'd 
By our accord, shall disagree no more. 
Cowper, Iliad, iv. 
4. To conflict in action or effect; be incom- 
patible or unsuitable: as, food that disagrees 
with the stomach. =8301. 1. To vary (from). 2. To 
differ (with), dissent (from). 3. To bicker, wrangle, squab- 
hie, fall out, 
disagreeability (dis-a-gre-a-bU'i-ti), . [< dis- 
agreeable : see -bility. Cf. OP. desagreablete, dis- 
agreement. ] The quality of being disagreeable ; 
unpleasantness ; disagreeable ness. [Rare.] 
He, long-sighted and observant, had seen through It suf- 
ficiently to read all the depression of countenance which 
some imtncili ii i/i ,- ,;,;iliilitji had brought on. 
lime. D'Arblay, Diary, III. 334. 
disagreeable (dis-a-gre'a-bl), a. and n. [< OP. 
desagreable, F. desagrtable (= Sp. desagradabU 
= Pg. desagradarel = It. sgradevolt), disagree- 
able, < des- priv. + agreablc, agreeable : see dis- 
and agreeable, and cf. disagree.] I. a. 1. Un- 
suitable ; not conformable ; not congruous. 
[Now rare in this sense.] 
Preache you trulye the doctrine whlche you haue re- 
cevued, & teach nothing that is disagreeable therevnto. 
J. Udall, On Mark iv. 
No man ought to have the esteem of the rest of the 
world for any actions which are disagreeable to those 
maxims which prevail as the standards of behaviour in 
the country wherein he lives. Steele, Spectator, No. 75. 
Some demon . . . had forced her to a conduct disagree- 
obit to her sincerity. Broom*. 
2. Unpleasing ; offensive to the mind or to the 
senses ; distasteful ; repugnant : as, one's man- 
ners may be disagreeable; food may be disa- 
greeable to the taste. 
The long step of the camel causes a very great motion 
in the riders, which to some is very disagreeable. 
Pococke, Description of the East, 1. 131. 
That which is disagreeable to one is many times agree- 
able to another, or disagreeable in a less degree. 
'. Wollaston, Religion of Nature, v. 
Syn. 2. Unpleasant, distasteful, unwelcome, ungrate- 
ful, obnoxious. 
II. H. A disagreeable thing. 
I had all the merit of a temperance martyr without any 
of its (/ini./rtrM< .. Kingiley, Alton Locke, xiv. 
1041 
His open and manly style did much to relieve him from 
,1,. .,,-.. !./.. ,terlyJiec., I.XXMII. f?>. 
disagreeableness (dis-ii-tfrf-'ii-lpl-nrN), n. The 
state or quality of being disagreeable, (n) t'n 
suitableness ; incongruit} ; contrariety. |Rare.) (I 
pleasantness ; offenilveneas to the mind or to the senses : 
as, the disagreeableness of another's manners ; the disa- 
greeaUeneu of a taste, sound, or smell. 
Many who have figured Solitude, having set out the 
most noted properties thereof, have sought to sweeten all 
they could the disaareeaoleness. 
W. Montague, Devoute Essays, I. xvl. 1. 
disagreeably (dis-a-gre'a-bli), adv. In a dis- 
agreeable manner or degree; unsuitably; un- 
pleasantly ; offensively. 
His [Bourdaloue's] style Is verbose, he Is disagreeably 
full of quotations from the fathers, and he want* imagi- 
nation. Blair, Rhetoric, xxix. 
disagreeancet (dis-a-gre'ans), n. [< disagree 
+ -ance.] Disagreement. 
There is no disagreeance where is faith In Jesus Christ 
and consent of mind together in one accord. 
J. Udall, On Acts vill. 
disagreement (dis-a-gre'ment), n. [< disagree 
-t- -ment. Cf. F. desagrement, disagreeableness, 
defect.] 1. Want of agreement; difference, 
either in form or in essence ; dissimilitude ; di- 
versity; unlikeness: as, the disagreement of 
two ideas, of two stories, or of any two objects 
in some respects similar. 
These carry . . . plain and evident notes and charac- 
ters either of disagreement or affinity. Woodward. 
2. Difference of opinion or sentiments. 
As touching their several opinions about the necessity 
of sacramento, ... in truth their disagreement Is not 
great. Hooter, Eccles. Polity. 
To account, by any current hypothesis, for the number- 
less disagreements in men's ideas of right and wrong . . . 
seems scarcely possible. 11. Spencer, Social Statics, p. 471. 
3. Unsuitableness ; unfit ness; lack of conform- 
ity. 
From these different relations of different things there 
necessarily arises an agreement or disagreement of some 
things to others. Clarke, On the Attributes, xiv. 
4. A falling out ; a wrangle ; contention. 
His resignation was owing to a disagreement with his 
brother-in-law and coadjutor, Sir Robert Walpole, which 
had long subsisted. Coze. 
= 8yn. 1. Distinction, Diversity, etc. (see di/erenee) ; un- 
likeness, discrepancy. 4. Variance, misunderstanding, 
dissension, division, dispute, jarring, clashing, strife, 
disallieget (dis-a-lej'), * t. [< dis- priv. + 
"alliege (influenced by liet/e) for "allege, a verb 
assumed from allegiance^] To alienate from 
allegiance. 
And what greater dividing then by a pernicious and hos- 
tile peace to disalliege a whole feudary kingdom from the 
ancient dominion of England? 
Milton, Art. of Peace with Irish. 
disallow (dis-a-lou' ), v. [< ME. disalowen, < 
OF. desalouer, desalotcer, desaloer, < ML. diaal- 
locare, mixed with 'disallaudare, written (after 
OP.) disaloudare, disallow, < L. dis- priv. + ML. 
allocare, assign, allow, L. allaudare, praise, ML. 
approve, allow, > OF. alouer, allow: see dis- 
arm allow 1 , allotc^.] I. trans. 1. To refuse or 
withhold permission to or for ; refuse to allow, 
sanction, grant, or authorize : disapprove : as, 
to disallow items in an account. 
It is pitie that those which have authoritie and charge 
to allow and dissalow Ixwkes to be printed be no more 
circumspect herein than they are. 
AKkam, The Scholernaster, p. 79. 
They disallmred self-defence, second marriages, and 
usury. Bentley, Freethinking, $ 11. 
2. To decline or refuse to receive ; reject; dis- 
own. 
To whom coming as unto a living stone, disallowed in- 
deed of men, but chosen of God, and precious. 1 Pet. ii. 4. 
They disallowed the flue bookes of Moses. 
Purchas, Pilgrimage, p. 143. 
= Syn. To prohibit, forbid, condemn, set aside, repuit iate. 
n. intrant. To refuse allowance or tolera- 
tion ; withhold sanction. 
What follows if we disallow of this? 
Shot., K. John, i. 1. 
He returnes againe to disallow of that Reformation 
which the Covnant vowes, as being the partial! advice of 
a few Divines. Milton, Eikonoklastes, xliii. 
disallowable (dis-a-lou'a-bl), a. [< dis- priv. 
+ allowable 1 .'] Not allowable ; not to be sanc- 
tioned or permitted. 
That he [Mure] had vsed dansing in Asia, where he was 
gouernour for a season, which deed was so disalowaHe 
that he durst not defend It for wel done, but stitiy denied. 
I'itn, Instruction of a Christian W nman, i. IS. 
disallowableness (dis-a-lou'a-bl-nes), n. The 
state of being disallowable. Ash. 
disannuller 
disallowance (dis-a-lou'ans), n. [< disallow + 
-/ini-i, afti-r OMOMM* 1 .] Disapprobation; re- 
fusal to admit or sanction ; prohibition ; rejec- 
tion. 
God accept* of a thing suitable for him to receive, and 
for us to give, where he doe* not declare his refusal and 
disallowance of it. South. 
The disallowance of the Anti-Chinese Bill the other day 
Is another source of dissatisfaction to her [Hritlidi Colum- 
bia). N. A. Ii,;:. r.XXXIX. 47. 
disally (dis-a-li'), v. t. ; pret. and pp. disallied, 
ppr. disallyiny. [< dis- 4- allyl.] To disregard 
or undo the alliance of. 
Nor both so loosely ditallied 
Their nuptials. Milton, 8. A., 1. 1022. 
disalternt, ' '. [< dis- + altern.] To refuse 
to alternate, or to permit in alternation. 
But must I ever grind ? and must I earn 
Nothing but stripes ? O wilt thou disaltern 
The rest thou gav'st? Quarles, Emblems, HI. 4. 
disamis (dis'a-mis), n. The mnemonic name 
given by Petrus Hispanus to that mood of the 
third figure of syllogism of which the major 
premise is a particular affirmative and the mi- 
nor premise a universal affirmative proposition. 
The following is an example : Some acts of homicide are 
laudable, but all acts of homicide are cruel ; therefore, 
some cruel acts are laudable. The vowels of the word, 
t, a, i, show the quantity and quality of the propositions ; 
the initial letter, d, shows that the mood is to be reduced 
to dam; the two 's show that the major premise and con- 
clusion are to be simply converted In the reduction ; and 
the letter lit shows that the premises are to be transposed. 
Thus every letter of the word is significant. See barbara. 
disanalogalt (dis-a-nal'o-gal), a. [< dis- priv. 
+ <iiiii/"i/iil.] Not analogous. 
The idea or image of that knowledge which we have In 
ourselves ... Is utterly unsuitable and disanaloyal to 
that knowledge which is in God. 
Sir M. Bale, Works of God. 
disanchort (dis-ang'kor), v. t. [< dis- priv. + 
anchor 1 .'] To free or force from the anchor, as 
a ship ; weigh the anchor of. 
The saill relsed vp, the winde softe gan blow, 
Anon disancred the shippe in a throw [brief space). 
Hum. of Partenay (E. E. T. S.), 1. 3380. 
disangelicalt (dis-an-jel'i-kal), a. [< dis- priv. 
+ angelical.'] Not angelical ; carnal; gross. 
That learned casuist . . . who accounts for the shame 
attending these pleasures of the sixth sense, as he Is 
pleased to call them, from their disangelical nature. 
Coventry, Philemon to Hydaspes, ii. 
disanimate (dis-an'i-mat), v. t. ; pret. and pp. 
disanimated, ppr. disanimating. [< dis- priv. + 
animate.'} If. To deprive of life. 
That soul and life that is now fled and gone from a life- 
less carcase is only a loss to the particular Inxiy of corn- 
pages of matter, which by means thereof is now disani- 
mated. Cvdworth, Intellectual System, p. 38. 
2. To deprive of spirit or courage ; discourage ; 
dishearten; deject. [Rare.] 
The presence of a king engenders love 
Amongst his subjects and his loyal friends, 
As it disanimatts his enemies. 
Shak., 1 Hen. VI., III. 1. 
disanimation (dis-an-i-ma'shon), n. < ilisnui- 
mate: see -ation.] If. Privation of life. 
True it is, that a glowworm will afford a faint light 
almost a daye's space when many will conceive it dead ; 
but this is a mistake in the compute of death and term of 
disanimalion. Sir T. Browne, Vulg. Err., lit 27. 
2. The act of discouraging; depression of spir- 
its. [Rare.] 
disannext (dis-a-neks'), r. t. [< OF. desannex- 
er; as dis- priv. + annex.'] To separate; dis- 
unite ; disjoin. 
That when the provinces were lost and diwnnrxed, and 
that the king was but king de jure ouer them and not de 
facto, yet neuertheless the privilege of naturalization con- 
tinued. State Trial', Case of the Postnati (1608). 
disannul (dis-a-nul'), r. t. ; pret. and pp. disan- 
nulled, ppr. disannulling.] [< dis-, here inten- 
sive (luce MM- in unloose), + annul.] 1. To 
make void; annul; deprive of force or au- 
thority; cancel. 
Whatsoever laws he [Ood] hath made they ought to 
stand, unless himself from Heaven proclaim them rfuan- 
nulted, because it Is not in man to correct the ordinance 
of God. Hooter, Eccles. Polity, iii. 10. 
Now, trust me, were It not against our laws, 
Against my crown, my oath, my dignity, 
Which princes, would they, may not disannul, 
My soul should sue as advocate for thee. 
Skat., C. of E., L 1. 
That rude law is torne 
And disaunidd, as too too inhumane. 
Marston. Scourge of Villanle, Sat ii. 
2. To deprive (of). [Rare.] 
Are we disannulled of our first sleep, and cheated of our 
dreams and fantasies? Middletau, The Black Book. 
disannuller (dis-a-nul'er), n. One who disan- 
nuls, annuls, or cancels. 
