disannuller 
Another, to her everlasting fame, erected 
Two ale-houses of ease : the quarter-sessions 
Bonobur against her roundly; in which business 
Two of the dixannullers lost their night-caps. 
Fletcher, Tamer Tamed, ii. 5. 
disannulment (dis-a-nul'ment), n. [< disannul 
+ -ment.] Annulment. 
disanoint (dis-a-noint'), ' t. [< dis- priv. + 
anoint.} To render invalid the consecration of; 
deprive of the honor of being anointed. 
They have juggled and paltered with the world, banded 
and borne arms against their king, divested him, dis- 
anointed him, nay cursed him all over in their pulpits. 
Milton, Tenure of Kings and Magistrates. 
disapparel (dis-a-par'el), D. t. ; pret. and pp. dis- 
appareled or disapparclled, ppr. disappareling or 
disapparelling. [< OF. desapareillier, desapa- 
rillier, desappareiller, F. desappareiller (= Sp. 
desaparejar = Pg. desapparelhar), < dcs- priv. 
+ apareiller, appareiller, apparel : see dig- and 
apparel, v."] To disrobe ; strip of raiment. 
Drink disapparels the soul, and is the betrayer of the 
F. Junins, Sin Stigmatized (1636), p. 81. 
mind. 
disappear (dis-a-peV), v. i. [< OF. desaperer, < 
des-miv. + aperer, appear: see dis- and appear. 
Cf. F. disparaitre (< L. as if *disparescere), OF. 
disaparoistre, desapparoistre = Sp. desaparecer 
= Pg. desapparecer(<. ML. as if *disapparesccre) 
= It. sparire (< ML. disparere .-see disparition), 
of similar ult. formation.] 1. To vanish from 
or pass out of sight; recede from view; cease 
to appear ; be no longer seen. 
The pictures drawn in our minds are laid in fading col- 
ours, and, if not sometimes refreshed, vanish and disap- 
pear. Locke. 
This is the way of the mass of mankind in all ages, to 
be influenced by sudden fears, sudden contrition, sudden 
earnestness, sudden resolves, which disappear as sud- 
denly. J. H. Newman, Parochial Sermons, i. 284. 
The black earth yawns: the mortal disappears: 
Ashes to ashes, dust to dust. 
Tennyson, Death of Wellington. 
2. To pass out of existence or out of know- 
ledge; cease to exist or to be known: as, the 
epidemic has disappeared. 
The Cretaceous Dinosaurs and Cephalopods disappear 
without progeny, though one knows no reason why they 
might not still live on the Pacific Coast. 
Dawson, Nature and the Bible, p. 236. 
3. To end somewhat gradually or without abrupt 
termination: as, the path disappeared in the 
depths of the forest; in entom., a line on the 
wing disappearing at the subcostal vein. 
disappearance (dis-a-per'ans), n. [< disappear 
+ -ance. Cf. appearance.] The act of disap- 
pearing; removal or withdrawal from sight or 
knowledge; a ceasing to appear or to exist: 
as, the disappearance of the sun, or of a race of 
animals. 
A few days after Christ's disappearance out of the world, 
we find an assembly of disciples at Jerusalem, to the num- 
ber of "about one hundred and twenty." 
Paley, Evidences, ii. 9. 
disappendency (dis-a-pen'den-si), n. [< dis- 
priv. + appenaenci/.']' Detachment from a for- 
mer connection ; separation. Burn. 
disappoint (dis-a-poinf), v. t. [< OF. desapoin- 
ter, desapointier, F. d^sappointer, disappoint, < 
des- priv. + apointer, appoint : see dis- and ap- 
point.'] 1. To frustrate the desire or expecta- 
tion of ; balk or thwart in regard to something 
intended, expected, or wished ; defeat the aim 
or will of: as, do not disappoint us by staying 
away; to be disappointed in or of one's hopes, 
or about the weather. 
Arise, O Lord, disappoint him, cast him down : deliver 
my soul from the wicked. Ps. xvii. 13. 
Being thus disappointed of our purpose, we gathered the 
fruit we found ripe. 
Quoted in Capt. John Smith's True Travels, I. 101. 
I have such confidence in your reason that I should be 
greatly disappointed if I were to ftnd it wanting. 
H. James, Jr., Pass. Pilgrim, p. 474. 
2. To defeat the realization or fulfilment of; 
frustrate; balk; foil; thwart: as, to disappoint 
a man's hopes or plans. 
He dixappointeth the devices of the crafty, so that their 
hands cannot perform their enterprise. Job v. 12. 
Without counsel purposes are disappointed. Prov. xv. 22. 
3f. To hinder of intended effect ; frustrate ; foil. 
Many times what man doth determine God doth disap- 
point. T. Sanders, 1584 (Arber's Eng. Garner, II. 12). 
His retiring foe 
Shrinks from the wound, and disappoints the blow. 
Addison. 
They endeavour to disappoint the good works of the most 
learned and venerable order of men. Steele, Tatler, No. 135. 
No prudence of ours could have prevented our late mis- 
fortune ; but prudence may do much in disappointing its 
effects. Goldsmith, Vicar, ill. 
1642 
disappointed (dis-a-poin'ted), p. a. [Pp. of 
disappoint, v.] 1. Baffled; balked; thwarted; 
frustrated: as, a disappointed man ; disappoint- 
ed hopes. 2. Not appointed or prepared; un- 
prepared or ill-prepared. [Bare.] 
Cut off even in the blossoms of my sin, 
Unhousel'd, disappointed, unanel'd. 
Shak., Hamlet, i. 5. 
disappointing (dis-a-poin'ting), p. a. [Ppr. of 
disappoint, .] Causing disappointment; not 
equal to or falling short of one's expectation; 
unsatisfactory. 
But the place (Gorizia] itself is, considering its history, 
a little disappointing. E. A. Freeman, Venice, p. 48. 
disappointment (dis-a-point'ment), n. [< dis- 
appoint + -ment, after'F. desappointement."] 1. 
Defeat or failure of expectation, hope, wish, 
desire, or intention ; miscarriage of design or 
plan: as, he has had many disappointments in 
life. 2. The state of being disappointed or de- 
feated in the realization of one's expectation 
or intention in regard to some matter, or the 
resulting feeling of depression, mortification, 
or vexation. 
If we hope lor things of which we have not thoroughly 
considered the value, our disappointment will be greater 
than our pleasure in the fruition of them. 
Addison, Spectator. 
disappreciate (dis-a-pre'shi-at), v. t. ; pret. and 
pp. disappreciated, ppr. disappreciating. [< dis- 
priv. + appreciate. Cf. Sp. Pg. desapreciar."] 
To fail to appreciate ; undervalue. Imp. Diet. 
disapprobation (dis-ap-ro-ba'shon), n. [= F. 
disapprobation = Sp. desaprobacion = Pg. des- 
approvagSo = It. disapprovazimie ; as dis- priv. 
f approbation."] The act or state of disapprov- 
ing ; a condemnatory feeling or utterance ; dis- 
approval ; censure, expressed or unexpressed. 
We have ever expressed the most unqualified disappro- 
bation of all the steps. Burke. 
= Syn. Disapprobation and Disapproval show the same 
difference as approbation and approval. See approbation. 
disapprobatory (dis-ap'ro-ba-to-ri), a. [< dis- 
priv. + approbatory."] Containing disapproba- 
tion; tending to disapprove. Smart. 
disappropriate (dis-a-pro'pri-at), v. t. ; pret. 
and pp. disappropriaied, ppr. Misappropriating. 
[< dis- priv. + appropriate, v."] 1. To remove 
from individual possession or ownership ; throw 
off or aside ; get rid of. 
How much more law-like were it to assist nature in 
disappropriating that evil which by continuing proper 
becomes destructive ! Milton, Tetrachordon. 
Specifically 2. To sever or separate, as an 
appropriation; withdraw from an appropriate 
use. 
The appropriations of the several parsonages would 
have been, by the rules of the common law, disappropri- 
ated. Blackstone. 
3. To deprive of appropriated property, as a 
church ; exclude or debar from possession. 
disappropriate (dis-a-pro'pri-at), a. [< dis- 
priv. + appropriate, "a."] Deprived of appro- 
priation; not possessing appropriated church 
property. In the Church of England a disappropriate 
church is one from which the appropriated parsonage, 
glebe, and tithes are severed. 
The appropriation may be severed and the church be- 
come disappropriate, two ways. Blackst&ne. 
disappropriatipn (dis-a-pro-pri-a'shon), n. [= 
F. desappropriation = "Pg. desapropriaf ao ; as 
dis- priv. + appropriation."] 1. The act of 
withdrawing from an appointed use. Specifi- 
cally 2. The act of alienating church prop- 
erty from the purpose for which it was designed. 
disapproval (dis-a-pro'val), n. [< dis- priv. + 
approval."] The act of disapproving; disap- 
probation; dislike. 
There being not a word let fall from them in disapproval 
of that opinion. Glanville, Pre-existence of Souls, iv. 
= Syn. See disapprobation. 
disapprove (dis-a-prb'v'), v. ; pret. and pp. dis- 
approved, ppr. disapproving. [= F. desapprou- 
ver = Sp. desaprobar = Pg. desapprovar = It. dis- 
approvare; as dis- priv. -r approve 1 ."] I. trans. 
1 . To regard with disfavor ; think wrong or 
reprehensible ; censure or condemn in opinion 
or judgment : now generally followed by of: as, 
to disapprove of dancing, or of late hours. 
I disapprove alike 
The host whose assiduity extreme 
Distresses, and whose negligence offends. 
Cowper, Odyssey, xv. 
2. To withhold approval from; reject as not 
approved of ; decline to sanction : as, the court 
disapproved the verdict. 
II. intrans. To express or feel disapproba- 
tion. 
disarray 
There is no reason to believe that they ever disapprove 
where the thing objected to is the execution of some or- 
der unquestionably proceeding from the Emperor. 
Brougham, 
Rochester, disapproving and murmuring, consented to 
serve. Macaalay, Hist. Eng., vi. 
disapprovingly (dis-a-pro'viug-li), adv. In a 
disapproving manner"; with disapprobation. 
disardt, Same as dizzard. 
disarm (dis-arm'), v. [< ME. desarmen, < OF. 
desarmer, F. desarmer = Pr. Sp. Pg. desarmar 
= It. disarmare, < ML. disarmare, disarm, < L. 
(fe-priv. + armare, arm: see dis- and arm 2 , u.] 
1. trans. 1. To deprive of arms; take the arms 
or weapons from; take off the armor from: as, 
he disarmed his foe; the prince gave orders 
to disarm his subjects: with of before the thing 
taken away: as, to disarm one o/his weapons. 
These justes lynished, enery man withdrew, the kynge 
was disarmed, & at time conuenient he and the queene 
heard evensong. Hall, Hen. VIII., an. 2. 
Specifically 2. To reduce to a peace footing, 
as an army or a navy. 3. To deprive of means 
of attack or defense ; render harmless or de- 
fenseless: as, to disarm a venomous serpent. 
Security disarms the best-appointed army. Fuller. 
4. To deprive of force, strength, means of in- 
juring, or power to terrify; quell: as, to disarm 
rage or passion; religion disarms death of its 
teiTors. 
His designe was, if it were possible, to disarme all, espe- 
cially of a wise feare and suspition. 
Milton, Eikouoklastes, iv. 
Nothing disarms censure like self-accusation. 
J. T. Trowbridge, Coupon Bonds, p. 230. 
II. intrans. To lay down arms ; specifically, 
to reduce armaments to a peace footing ; dis- 
miss or disband troops: as, the nations were 
then disarming. 
disarmament (dis-ar'ma-ment), n. [= F. des- 
armement = Sp. desarmamiento = Pg. desarma- 
mento = It. disarmamento, < ML. *disarmamen- 
twn, < disarmare, disarm: see disarm, and cf. 
armament."] The act of disarming ; the reduc- 
tion of military and naval forces from a war to 
a peace footing: as, a general disarmament is 
much to be desired. 
He [Napoleon], in a fit of irresolution, broached in Berlin 
the question of mutual disarmament. 
Lowe, Bismarck, I. 489. 
disarmature (dis-ar'ma-tur), n. [< disarm + 
-ature, after armature.'] "'the act of disarming 
or disabling; the act of divesting one's self or 
another of any equipment ; divestiture. [Bare.] 
On the universities which have illegally dropt philoso- 
phy and its training from their course of discipline will 
lie the responsibility of this singular and dangerous dis- 
armature. Sir W. Hamilton. 
disarmed (dis-armd'), p. a. [Pp. of disarm, v."] 
If. Unarmed; without arms or weapons. 
I hold it good polity not to go disarmed. 
B. Jonson, Every Man in his Humour, iv. 5. 
2. Stripped of arms ; deprived of means of at- 
tack or defense. 
Elsewhere he saw where Troilus defy'd 
Achilles, and unequal combat try'd, 
Then where the boy disarm'd, with loosen'd reins, 
Was by his horses hurry'd o'er the plains. 
Dryden, vEneid, i. 
3. In her., without claws, teeth, or beak: an 
epithet applied to an animal or a bird of prey. 
disarmer (dis-ar'mer), n. One who disarms. 
disarrange (dis-a-ranj'), v. t.; pret. and pp. 
disarranged, ppr. disarranging. [< OF. dtsar- 
renger, F. desarranger = Pg. desarranjar, dis- 
arrange, disarray; as dis- + arrange."] To put 
out of order ; unsettle or disturb the order or 
arrangement of; derange. 
This circumstance disarranges all our established ideas. 
T. Wat-ton. 
We could hardly alter one word, or disarrange one mem* 
her without spoiling it. Few sentences are to be found 
more finished or more happy. Blair, Rhetoric, xx. 
=Syn. To disorder, derange, confuse. 
disarrangement (dis-a-ranj'ment), . [< dis- 
arrange + -ment."] The act of disarranging, or 
the state of being disarranged. 
In his opinion, the very worst part of the example set 
is in the late assumption of citizenship by the army, and 
the whole of the arrangement or rather ttiiafranpmtnt 
of their military. Burke, The Army Estimates. 
disarray (dis-a-ra'), r. [< OF. desareer, des- 
areier, desarreier, desaroyer, desarroycr, etc., 
< des- priv. -f- areer, areier, etc., array: see dis- 
priv. and array, v. Cf. (foray.] I. trims. 1. 
To undress or disrobe ; divest, as of clothes or 
attributes. 
Vanities and little instances of sin ... dinarray a man's 
soul of his virtue. Jer. Taylor, Works (ed. 1835), I. 841. 
