disarray 
Departing fnunil, 
Half disarray'd as to her rest, the girl. 
Tennyson, Geraint. 
The forest, disarrayed 
By chill Xovrmlirr. 
0. W. Holmes, An Old Year Song. 
2. To throw into disorder ; rout, as troops. 
Great Amythnon, who with fiery steeds 
Oft disarrayed the foes in battle ranged. 
Fenton, Odyssey, xi. 
II. intrans. To undress or strip one's self. 
1643 
misfortune : a word used with much latitude, 
but most appropriately for some unforeseen 
event of a very distressing or overwhelming 
nature. 
Whilst these Things went on prosperously in France, a 
great Disaster fell out in England. 
Baker, Chronicles, p. 182. 
Nor will It he less my duty faithfully to record disasters 
mingled with triumphs, and great national crimes and fol- 
lies far more humiliating than any disaster. 
disbark 
France disavowed the vxiwilitimi, ami relinquished all 
pn-ti-nsi.iiiH t" Kl'.rida. Bancroft, Hist. (. S., I. 62. 
2f. To deny ; disprove. 
Yet can they never 
Tons into air tin frci-il..m uf my birth, 
Or disavow my blood Plantagenet's. 
Ford. 
Macaulay, Hist. Eng., I. 
disarray (dis-a-ra'),. [< ME. disaray, disray, =8yn. 2. Calamity, Catastrophe, etc. (see misfortune); 
desray, < OF. '^desarrei, desan-oi, desroi, F. des- Wow stroke, reverse 
arroi, disorder; from the verb: see disarray, disastert (di-zis'ter), v. t. [< dmwter, n.] 1 
- - To blast by the stroke of an unlucky planet. 
Spenser. 2. To injure; afflict. 
In his own . . . fields the swain 
Disatter'd stands. Thornton, Winter. 
3. To blemish; disfigure. 
should be, which pitifully iHmttr 
Shot., A. and C., II. 7. 
[< disaster + 
v., and of. deray, n., and array, n.~\ 1. Dis- 
order ; confusion ; loss or want of array or reg- 
ular order. 
Disarray und shameful rout ensue. Dryden, Fables. 
He proceeded to put his own household effects into that 
perfunctory and curious disarray which the masculine 
inincl accounts order. /'//, Atlantic, I \ I . 669. 
2. Imperfect attire ; undress. 
Ami him hehyiul a wicked Hag did stalke, 
In ragged robes and filthy disaray. 
Spenser, K. Q., II. tv. 4. 
Clad In a strange disarray of civilized and savage cos- 
tume. Hawthorne, Scarlet Letter, ill. 
disarticulate (dis-ar-tik'u-lat), v. t. ; pret. and disastrous (di-zas'trus), a. [= P. dtsastreux 
pp. disarticulated, jppr. disarticulating. [< dis- = 8p. Pg. desastroso = It. disastroso; as dis- 
+ articulate; of. P. dtsarticuler.] To divide, aster + -otw.] 1. Gloomy; dismal; threatening 
separate, or sunder the joints of. 
Their [the trustees of the British Museum's) most liberal 
and unfettered permission of examining, and, when neces- 
sary, disarticulating the specimens in the magnificent col- 
lection of Clrripedes. Darwin, Cirripedia, Pref. 
Disarticulated remnants of human skeletons. 
The holes where ey 
the cheeks. 
disasterlyt (di-zas'ter-li), adv 
-fy 2 .] Disastrously. 
Nor let the envy of enveuom'd tongues. 
Which still Is grounded on poor ladies wrongs, 
Thy noble breast disasterly possess. 
Drayton, Lady Geraldine to Surrey. 
disaster. 
As when the sun, . . . 
In dim eclipse, disastrous twilight sheds. 
Milton, f.L.,1. 597. 
Drawing down the dim disastrous brow 
That o'er him hung, he kiss'd it. 
Tennyson, Balin and Balan. 
2. Kui ii MI is; unfortunate; calamitous; occa- 
Dawmn, Origin of World, p. 302. 
disarticulation (dis-ar-tik-u-la'shon), n. [=F. jyimuuo; ^UI-^UIIBW, i..iu~uo, OT - 
denarticulation ; as dis- + articulation.-] Divi- siomng great distress or mjurv:^ as, the day was 
sion of the ligaments of a joint, so as to ampu- 
tate at that point ; amputation at a joint. 
disassentt (dis-a-senf), n. [< ME. disasenten, 
riv. + assentir, assent: 
disastrous; the battle proved disastrous. 
The nine and twentieth of June, the King held a great 
Just and Triumph at Westminster, but a disastrous Sea- 
.... , , - . fight was upon the Water, where one Gates, a Gentleman, 
< OF. desassentir, < des- pnv. + assenttr, assent : w ^ drowne d in his Harness. Baker, chronicles, p. 284. 
see dts- &ud assent.-] Dissent. Fly the pursuit of my dw.<w<rot love. Dryden. 
But whether he departed without the Frenche kyuge's The ln8un . ectionarT for ce suffered a disastrous, though, 
consent or disassent, he deceaued in his expectaciou, and fortunately a comparatively bloodless defeat, 
in maner in dlspayre, returned agayn to the Lady Marga- #? yictor Emmanu el, p. 43. 
ret. Hall, Hen. VII., an. 7. 
disassentt (dis-a-senf), . i. To refuse to as- ^g^S^JyTi*^. * 
All the most of the mirtitv with a mavn wille Iu '""df 1 lessened his (Hood's) power to work, and kept 
^SSti^^^Sl^SSK^' W I** *d P*y in turn reacted disastro^ly upon 
Destruction qf Troy (E. E. T. S.), 1. 9369. ms health - Stedman, \ let. Poets, p. 89. 
disassentert (dis-a-sen'ter), . One who re- nevaventmd ^ tr ^ ytoT ^^^T^: 
fuses to assent or concur ; a dissenter. disastrousness (di-zas'tms-nes), n. The state 
Thirdly, the alledging the noting of the names of the ~ hoim* disastrous Railfu 1727 
disassenters could not at the first be conceived to imply , or W" V <* Dem 8 ttisastrous. aaiwy, ^f>. 
an officious prying into the gesture of the prince, but disattiret (dlS-a-tir ), t'. t. [< dis- pnv. + at- 
rather a loyal fear of incurring the king's displeasure. tire, .] To disrobe; undress. Spenser. 
State Trials, Lord Balmerino, an. 1634. digattune (dis-a-tun'), V. t. ; pret. and pp. dis- 
disassiduityt (dis-as-i-du'i-ti), n. [<<Js-priv. attuned, ppr. disattuning. [<*.- priv. + attune.-] 
+ assiduity. ~\ Want of assiduity or care ; want To put out of tune or harmony, liulwer. 
of attention; inattention; carelessness. disaugment (dis-ag-menf), v. t. [< <?- priv. 
But he came in, and went out ; and, through disassiduity, 
drew the curtain between himself and light of her [Queen 
Elizabeth's] favour. Sir R. Naunton, Fragmenta Regalia. 
disassociate (dis-a-so'shi-at), v. t.; pret. and 
pp. disassociated, ppr. disassociating. [< dis- disauthorize (dis-a'thor-iz), v. t.; pret. and 
priv. + associate. Cff . F. dtsasspcier = Sp. desa- pp. disauthorized, ppr. disauthorizing. [= OF. 
sociar. Cf. dissociate.] To dissociate; sever desautoriser,desauthoriser,F.d6sautoriser = Srj. 
or separate from association. Pg>. desautorizar = It. disautorizzare; as dis- 
Our mind . . . disassociating herself from the body. pnv. + authorize.'] To deprive of credit or au- 
f lorio, tr. of Montaigne's Essays (1613), p. 630. thority : discredit. W. Wotton. [Rare.] 
Aphasia, whether amnesic or ataxic, may, but seldom disavailt (dis-a-val'), V. t. 1. To injure; pre- 
does, exist disassociat ed from absolute ; insanity iudice. Lydnate. 2. To avail; help. Boston 
Encyc. Brit., II. 171. J , f . TI f oq 
,. . .. ,,. _ . _. , v ry j- Lttiiers, in. -J. 
disassociation (dis-a-so-si-a shon), n. [< dm- disavailt (dis-a-val'), . Injury. Lydgate. 
associate: see -o.] The act of [disassociat- disavauncet, v. t. See disadvance. 
ing, or the state of being disassociated; disso- disaventuret, n. See disadventure. 
Clatlon - disavoucht (dis-a-vouch'), v. t. [< dis- priv. + 
M. Reimann believes that there is disassociation of the avouch 1 To disavow 
elements of the alum. Ure, Diet., IV. 69. ^ believln this because Luther affirmed it 
disaster (di-zas'ter), n. [< OF. desastre, F. disapproving that, because Calvin hath disavouched it. 
desastre = Pr. desastre = Sp. Pg. desastre = It. Sir T. Browne, Religio Medici, L 5. 
ili.-~-ii.itro, disaster, misfortune, < L. dis-, here disavow (dis-a-vou'), v. t. [< ME. desavouen, 
equiv. to_E. mis-, ill, + astrum (> It. Sp. Pg. < OF. desavouer, F. desavouer, disavow, < des- 
+ augment.'] To diminish or lessen. [Rare.] 
There should I find that everlasting treasure 
Which force deprives not, fortune disauifmcnts not. 
Quarles, Emblems, v. 13. 
disavowal (dis-a-vou'al), n. [< disavow + -al, 
after avowal.] 'Denial; disowning; rejection; 
repudiation. 
An earnest ditamwal of fear often proceeds from fear. 
Richardson, Clarissa Harlowe. 
disavowancet (dis-a-vou'ans), . [< OF. rf^*- 
arouance, < dcsavouer, disavow : see disavow and 
-linn'.] Disavowal. 
The very corner stone of the English Reformation was 
laid in an utter denial and duamicaiu-c of this point [the 
pope's supremacy). South, Works, VI. L 
disavower (dis-a-vou 'er), n. One who dis- 
avows. 
disavowment (dis-a-vou'ment), n. [< OF. dcs- 
acouement, < desarjoiter, disavow: see disavow 
and -infill.] Denial ; a disowning. 
For as touching theTtidentlne History, his holiness (says 
the Cardinal) will not press you to any disavowment there- 
of. Sir a. Wotton, Letter to the Regius Professor. 
disband (dis-band'), v. [< OF. desbander, des- 
bender, F. debander (= It. disbandare, sbandare), 
untie, loosen, scatter, disband, < des- priv. + 
bander, tie : see dis- and band?, v. The senses 
of the E. disband involve a ref. to band*, band?, 
and band 3 .] I. trans. If. To release from a 
bond, restriction, or connection of any kind; 
unbind; set free. 
What savage bull, disbanded from his stall, 
Of wrath a signe more inhumane could make? 
Stirling, Aurora, st. 4. 
2. To break up the band or company of; dis- 
miss or dissociate from united sarvice or action ; 
especially, to discharge in a body from mili- 
tary service: as, to disband an orchestra or a 
society; to disband troops, a regiment, or an 
army. 
This course [retrenchment] disbanded many trades; no 
merchant, no cook, no lawyer, no flatterer, no divine, no 
astrologer, was to be found in Lacedaemonia. 
Penn, No Cross, No Crown, ii. 
3. To dismiss or separate from a band or com- 
pany; dissociate from a baud: as, a disbanded 
soldier. 
After 30 years service a Soldier may petition to be dis- 
banded ; and then the Village where he was born must 
send another man to serve in his room. 
Dampier, Voyages, II. L 71. 
I come, . . . bidding him 
Disband himself, and scatter all his powers. 
Tennyson, Geraint. 
4f. To break up the constitution of; disinte- 
grate; destroy. 
Some imagine that a quantity of water sufficient to make 
such a deluge was created upon that occasion ; and when 
the business was done, all disbanded again, and annihi- 
lated. Woodward. 
II. intrans. If. To be released from a bond, 
restriction, or connection; become disunited, 
separated, or dissolved. 
When both rocks and all things shall disband. 
O. Herbert. 
We use not to be so pertinacious In any pious resolu- 
tions, but our purposes disband upon the sense of the 
first violence. Jer. Taylor, Works (ed. 18S5), I. 84. 
Human society may disband. Tillotson. 
2. To retire from united service or action ; sep- 
arate ; break up : as, the army disbanded at the 
close of the war; the society disbanded on the 
loss of its funds. 
Our navy was upon the point of disbanding. Bacon. 
disbandment (dis-band'ment), n. [< disband 
+ -ment.] The act of disbanding, or the state 
of being disbanded. 
The disbandment of a considerable part of the great 
army of mercenaries. The American, VI. 279. 
disbar (dis-bar'), v. t. ; pret. and pp. disbarred, 
ipr. disbarring. [< dis- priv. + fear 1 . Cf. 
astro = Pr. F. astre), a star (taken in the as- 
trological sense of 'destiny, fortune, fate': cf. 
MLi. iifitnini xiiiiritritiH, misfortune, lit. unlucky 
star; Pr. benastre, good fortune, malastre, ill 
fortune; Q. unstern, 'evil star'; E. ill-starred, 
etc.), < Or. aarpov, a star: see aster.] If. An 
unfavorable aspect of a star or planet ; an ill 
portent; a blast or stroke of au unfavorable 
planet. 
As stars with trains of fire and dews of blood, 
Disasters in the sun. Shak,, Hamlet, I. 1. 
2. Misfortune; mishap; calamity; any unfor- 
tunate event ; especially, a sudden or great 
priv. + avouer, avow: see avow 1 ."] 1. To dis- 
own; disclaim knowledge of, responsibility for, 
or connection with; repudiate; deny concur- 
rence in or approval of; refuse to own or ac- 
knowledge; disclaim. 
Which of all those oppressive Acts or Impositions did he 
ever disclaime or disavow, till the fatal aw of this Parla- 
1 1 n 1 1 1 hung ominously over him ? Hilton, Eikonoklastes, i. 
If I am to he a beggar, it shall never make me a rascal, 
or induce me to distu-mc my principles. 
Goldsmith, Vicar, ii. 
Kings may say, we cannot trust this ambassador's un- 
dertaking, because his senate may disavow him. 
Brougham. 
ir.] In law, to expel from the bar, as a 
barrister; strike off from the roll of attorneys. 
disbark 1 (dis-bark'), c. t. [< dis- priv. + 
bark 2 .] To strip off the bark of; divest of 
bark. 
The wooden houses, whose walls are made of fir-trees 
(unsquared and only disbarlctd). Boyle, Works, II. 730. 
disbark 2 (dis-bark'), v. t. [< OF. desbarqver, 
F. debarquer (> also E. debark, q. v.), < des- 
priv. -I- barque, bark: see bark 3 , and cf. dis- 
embark.'] To disembark. [Rare.] 
The ship we moor on these obscure abodes ; 
Disbark the sheep an off'ring to the Gods. 
Pope, Odyssey, xL 
