dishonorer 
dishonorer, dishonourer (dis-on'or-er), n. 
One who dishonors or disgraces; one who 
treats another with indignity. 
Preaching how meritorious with the gods 
It would he to ensnare an irreligious 
Dishonourer of Dagon. Milton, S. A., 1. 861. 
dishorn (dis-horn'), i'. t. [< rfi's-priv. 4- liorn.] 
To remove the horns from; deprive of horns. 
The truth being known, 
We'll all present ourselves, dishorn the spirit, 
And mock him home to Windsor. 
Shak., M. W. of W., iv. 4. 
dishorse (dis-hors'), v. t. ; pret. and pp. dis- 
horsed, ppr. dishorsing. [< dis- priv. + horse.] 
To unhorse. 
He burst his lance against a forest bough, 
Dishorned himself and rose again. 
Tennymn, Balin and Balan. 
dish-rag (dish'rag), w. A dish-cloth, 
dishumort, dishumourt (dis-hu'mor), n. [< dis- 
priv. + humor, n.~\ 111 humor. [Rare.] 
We did not beforehand think of the creature we are 
enamoured of as subject to dishumottr, age, sickness, im- 
patience, or sullenness. Steelf, Spectator, No. 479. 
dishumort, dishumourt (dis-hu'mor), v. t. [< 
dis- priv. + humor, r.] To put out of humor; 
make ill-humored. [Rare.] 
Here were a couple unexpectedly dishonoured. 
B. Jonson, Every Man out of his Humour, v. 3. 
dish-washer (dish'wosh'fer), n. 1. One who 
washes dishes. 2. The pied wagtail, Atotacilla 
lugubris. [Prov. Eng.] 3. The grinder, or 
restless flycatcher, Seisura inquieta. See Sei- 
sura. [Australian.] 
dish-water (dish'wa"ter), n. Water in which 
dishes have been washed. 
disillude (dis-i-lud'), v. t.; pret. and pp. disil- 
luded, ppr. disilluding. [< dis- + illude.] To 
free from illusion ; disillusion. [Rare.] 
I am obliged to disillude many of my visitors, though 
I cannot reduce my titles below " General Sahib," or 
" Lord Sahib Bahadoor." 
W. H. Russell, Diary in India, II. 98. 
disillusion (dis-i-lu'zhon), n. [= P. disillusion; 
as dis- priv. + illusion'.] A freeing or becom- 
ing free from illusion; the state of being disil- 
lusioned or disenchanted ; disenchantment. 
He [Spenser] speaks of the Court in a tone of contemptu- 
ous bitterness, in which, as it seems to me, there is more of 
the sorrow of disillusion than of the gall of personal dis- 
appointment. Lowell, Among my Books, 2d ser., p. 14B. 
disillusion (dis-i-lu'zhon), . t. [= F. desillu- 
ifionner; from the noun.] To free from illu- 
sion; disenchant. 
" Egypt," the product of a much disillusioned observer. 
The Nation, No. 967. 
The auto da fiSs of Seville and Madrid, ... the deso- 
lated plains of Germany, and the cruelties of Alva in the 
Netherlands, disillusioned Europe of those golden dreams 
which had arisen in the earlier days of humanism. 
Encye. Brit., XX. 394. 
disillusionize (dis-i-lu'zhon-iz), v. t. ; pret. and 
pp. disillusionized, ppr. disillusionizing. [< dis- 
priv. + illusion + -ize.] To free from illusion ; 
disenchant ; disillusion. 
I am not sure that chapter of Herder's did not uncon- 
sciously operate as a disillusionizing medium. 
J. Owen, Evenings with Skeptics, I. 173. 
disillusionment (dis-i-lu'zhon-ment), n. [= F. 
desillusionnement ; as disillusion,"?., + -merit.] 
The process of disillusioning; the state of be- 
ing disillusioned. 
Gulcciardini seems to glory in his disillusionment, and 
uses his vast intellectual ability for the analysis of the 
corruption he had helped to make incurable. 
Encyc. Brit., XI. 256. 
And therein was the beginning of disUlusionments. 
The Century, XXXII. 939. 
disimbarkt, t'. An obsolete form of disembark. 
disimpark (dis-im-park'), v. t. [< dis- priv. + 
impark.] To free from the limits of a park. 
Craig. [Rare.] 
disimprison (dis-im-priz'on), v. t. [< dis- priv. 
+ imprison.] To discharge from a prison; set 
at liberty; free from restraint. Lockhart. 
[Rare.] 
French Revolution means here the open, violent rebel- 
lion and victory of disimprisoned anarchy against corrupt 
worn-out authority. Carlyle, French Rev., I. vi . l! 
disimprove (dis-im-prov'), v. pret. and pp. 
disimproved, ppr. disimproving. [< dis- priv. + 
improve.] I. trans. To render worse; injure 
the quality of. [Rare.] 
No need to disimprove the royal banks to pay thanks 
to the bishops. Jer. Taylor, Works (ed. 1835), II. 148. 
II. intrans. To grow worse. [Rare.] 
disimprovement (dis-im-prov'ment), n. [< 
dis- priv. + improvement.] Reduction from 
1666 
or want of improvement; non-improvement. 
[Rare.] 
Beside that the presence of God serves to all this, It 
hath also especial influence in the disimprocement of 
temptations. Jer. Taylor, Works (ed. 1835), I. 112. 
disincarcerate (dis-in-kiir'se-rat), v. t. ; pret. 
and pp. disincarcerated, ppr. disincarceratiiiy. 
[< dis- priv. + incarcerate. Cf. Sp. desencarce- 
lar = Pg. descncarcerar.] To liberate from 
prison ; set free from confinement. Harvey. 
[Rare.] 
disinclination (dis-in-kli-na'shon), n. [< dis- 
priv. + inclination.] Want of inclination ; want 
of propensity, desire, or affection (generally 
implying a positive inclination toward the op- 
posite course or thing) ; slight dislike or aver- 
sion. 
Disappointment gave him a disinclination to the fair sex. 
Arbuthnot. 
= Syn. Indisposition, unwillingness, reluctance, hesita- 
tion, repugnance. 
disincline (dis-in-klin'), v. t. ; pret. and pp. dis- 
inclined, ppr. disinclining. [< dis- priv. + in- 
cline.] To make averse or indisposed; make 
unwilling. 
The Provencal poets . . . willingly established them- 
selves . . . under a prince full of knightly accomplish* 
ments, and yet not disinclined to the arts of peace. 
Ticknor, Span. Lit., I. 277. 
Disinclined to help from their own store 
The opprobrious wight. 
Browning, Ring and Book, I. 129. 
[This] . . . produced so much effect upon the Com- 
mittee as to disincline them to report this measure favor- 
ably. The American, VII. 292. 
disinclose, disenclose (dis-in-kloz', -en-kloz'), 
v. t. ; pret. and pp. disinclosed, disenclosed, ppr. 
disinclosing, disenclosing. [< dis- priv. + inclose, 
enclose.] To free from inclosure ; throw open 
(what has been inclosed) ; specifically, to dis- 
park. 
disincorporate (dis-in-kor'po-rat), v. t.; pret. 
and pp. disincorporated, ppr. disincorporating. 
[< dis- priv. + incorporate, v. Cf. F. ddsincor- 
porer = Sp. Pg. desincorporar.] 1. To deprive 
of corporate powers or character. 2. To de- 
tach or separate from a corporation or society. 
disincorporate! (dis-in-kor'po-rat), a. [= Sp. 
Pg. desincorporado; as dis- priv. + incorporate, 
rt.J Disunited from a body or society ; unem- 
bodied. Bacon. 
disincorporation (dis-in-k6r-po-ra'shon), n. [= 
F. desincorporation = Sp. desincorporacion = 
Pg. desincorporac&o ; as disincorporate + -ion: 
see -ation.] 1. Deprivation of the rights and 
privileges of a corporation. 2. Detachment or 
separation from a body, corporation, or society. 
disincrustant (dis-in-ki-us'tant), n. [< dfc-priv. 
+ incrust + -an* 1 .] Something which serves 
to prevent or to remove incrustation. 
Zinc as a Disincrustant In Steam Boilers. 
Ure, Diet., IV. 1012. 
disindividualize (dis-in-di-vid'u-al-iz), v. t.; 
pret. and pp. disindmdualized, ppr. disindivia- 
ualizing. [< dis- priv. + individualize.] To de- 
prive of individuality. 
The artist who is to produce a work which is to be ad- 
mired, not by his friends or his townspeople or his con- 
temporaries, but by all men, and which is to be more beau- 
tiful to the eye in proportion to its culture, must disindi- 
vidualize himself, and be a man of no party, and no man- 
ner, and no age, but one through whom the soul of all men 
circulates, as the common air through his lungs. 
Emerson, Art. 
disinfect (dis-in-fekf), v. t. [= F. desinfecter 
= Sp. Pg. desinfectar = It. disinfettare ; as dis- 
priv. + infect.] To cleanse from infection; 
purify from contagious or infectious matter; 
destroy the germs of disease in. 
disinfectant (dis-in-fek'tant), a. and n. [= F. 
disinfectant = Sp. Pg. desinfectante = It. dis- 
infettante; as disinfect + -ant 1 .] I. a. Serving 
to disinfect ; disinfecting. 
II. n. An agent used for destroying the con- 
tagium or germs of infectious diseases. The dis- 
infectants most used at present are heat, mercuric chlo- 
rid, sulphur dioxid (formed by burning sulphur), iron pro- 
tosulphate, zinc chlorid,Labarraque's disinfecting solution 
(liquor sodse chlorate), and chlorinated lime, or so-called 
chlorid of lime (calx chlorata). Deodorizers, or substances 
which destroy smells, are not necessarily disinfectants, 
and disinfectants do not always have an odor. 
The moral atmosphere, too, of this honest, cheerful, sim- 
ple home scene acted as a moral disinfectant. 
T. Winthrop, Cecil Dreeme, vi. 
disinfection (dis-in-fek'shon), n. [= F. disin- 
fection = Sp. desinfeccion = Pg. desinfeccSo ; as 
disinfect + -ion.] Purification from infectious 
matter; the destruction of the contagium or 
germs of infectious diseases. 
disintegration 
Disinfection consists in the destruction of something in- 
fectious, and we fail to see any justification for the popu- 
lar use of the term which makes it synonymous with deo- 
dorization. Science, VI. 328. 
disinfector (dis-in-fek'tor), n. [< disinfect + 
-or.] One who or that which disinfects; spe- 
cifically, a device for diffusing a disinfectant in 
the air to purify it, or destroy contagion. 
disingenuityt (dis-m-.ie-nu'i-ti),. [< disingen- 
uous + -ity, after ingenuity, q. v.] Disingenu- 
ousuess; unfairness; want of candor. 
A habit of ill nature and disingenuity necessary to their 
affairs. Clarendon, Civil War, I. 321. 
disingenuous (dis-in-jen'u-us), a. [< dis- priv. 
+ ingenuous.] Not ingenuous : not open, frank, 
or candid; uncandid; insincere: as, a. disingen- 
uous person; a disingenuous answer. 
Such kinds of Pleasantry are very unfair and disingenu- 
ous in Works of Criticism. Addimn, Spectator, No'. 291. 
Persons entirely disintfenuous, who really do not believe 
the opinions they defend. Hume, Mil. of Morals, 1. 
Lovable as lie was, it would be disingenuous, as well as 
idle, to attempt to show that Steele was a prudent man. 
A. Dobson, Int. to Steele, p. xxvi. 
disingenuously (dis-in-jen'u-us-li), adv. In a 
disingenuous manner; not openly and can- 
didly. 
disingenuousness (dis-in-jen'u-us-nes), n. The 
character of being disingenuous; want of can- 
dor. 
The disingenuousness of embracing a profession to which 
their own hearts have an inward reluctance. 
Government of the Tongue. 
disinhabitt (dis-in-hab'it), r. t. [< dis- priv. + 
inhabit. Cf. dishabit.] To deprive of inhabit- 
ants. 
It was disinhabited sixe and thirtie yeres before Saint 
Helen's time for lacke of water. Hakluyt's Voyages, II. 109. 
disinherison (dis-in-her'i-zon), .. [See disheri- 
son.] 1. The act of cutting off from heredi- 
tary succession ; the act of disinheriting. 2. 
The state of being disinherited. 
The adultery of the woman is worse, as bringing bas- 
tardy into the family, and disinherisons or great injuries 
to the lawful children. Jer. Taylor, Holy Living, ii. 3. 
disinherit (dis-in-her'it), v. t. [< OF. 'disin- 
heriter; as dis- priv. + inherit. Cf. disherit.] 
To deprive of an inheritance or of the right to 
inherit ; prevent, as an heir, from coming into 
possession of property or right which by law 
or custom would devolve on him in the course 
of descent, as by an adverse will or other act 
of alienation, or by right of conquest. 
He was a murderer before a parent ; he disinherited all 
his children before they were born, and made them slaves 
before they knew the price of liberty. 
Bates, Harmony of the Divine Attributes, ii. 
disinheritance (dis-in-her'i-taus), n. [< OF. 
disinheritance, < *disinheriter: see disinherit and 
-ance. Cf. disheritance.] The act of disinherit- 
ing, or the state of being disinherited. 
Sedition tendeth to the disinheritance of the king. 
State Trials, W. Stroud, an. 1620. 
disinhume (dis-in-hum'), v. t. ; pret. and pp. 
disinhumed, ppr. disinhuming. [< dis- priv. + 
inhume.] To disinter. [Rare.] 
Once more the Church is seized with sudden fear, 
And at her call is Wicliffe disinhumed. 
Wordsworth, Eccles. Sonnets, ii. 17. 
disintailt, disintalet, v. t. Obsolete forms of 
disentail. 
disintegrate (dis-in'te-gra-bl), a. [< disin- 
tegra-te + -ble.] Capable of being disinte- 
grated. 
Argillo-calcite is readily disintegrate by exposure to the 
atmosphere. Kirwan. 
disintegrate (dis-in'te-grat), v. ; pret. and pp. 
disintegrated, ppr. disintegrating. [< dis- priv. 
+ integrate.] I. trans. To separate into com- 
ponent parts; reduce to fragments; break up 
or destroy the cohesion of : as, roeks are dis- 
integrated by frost and rain. 
The Carolingian empire, first parting into its large divi- 
sions, became in course of time further disintegrated by 
subdivision of these. //. Spencer, Prin. of Sociol., 453. 
II. intrans. To break up; separate into its 
component parts. 
disintegration (dis-in-te-gra'shon), n. [< dis- 
integrate: see-ation.] T'he act of separating the 
component particles of a substance, as distin- 
guished from decomposition or the separation 
of its elements ; destruction of the cohesion 
of constituent parts; specifically, in gfol., the 
wearing down of rocks, resulting chiefly from 
the slow action of frosts, rains, and other at- 
mospheric influences. Disintegration milling. 
See milling. 
