disintegrativc 
disintegrative (dis-in'tA-grii-tiv), . [< disin- 
tegrate + -ivc.] Tending to disintegrate ; dis- 
integrating. 
The dt nit'iiftiirr. process which results in the multi- 
plication of individualH. //. X[tencer. 
Fruilitlism itself . . . was by no means purely disinte- 
ffratiix in its tendencies. J. Flslte, Amer. I'ol. Ideas, p. 80. 
disintegrator (dis-in'te-gra-tor), . [< disin- 
tegrate + -or.] One who or tliat which disin- 
tegrates ; specifically, a machine for pulveriz- 
ing, crushing, or breaking up various kinds of 
materials. A common form used for breaking up ores, 
rock, artificial manures, oil-cake, etc., and for mixing 
mortar, etc., as well as for grinding corn, is a mill con- 
sisting essentially of u number of beaters projecting fruin 
the faces of two parallel disks revolving in opposite di- 
rections at a high speed. 
disintegratory (dis-in'te-gra-to-ri), a. [< dig- 
integrate + -ory.] Disintegrating; disintegra- 
tive. [Rare.] 
Kant has truly said that now criticism has taken its 
place among the disinteijratory agencies, no system can 
pretend to escape its jurisdiction. 
tf. a. Lems, Pop. Bel. Mo., XIII. 419. 
disinter (dis-in-ter'), v. t. ; pret. and pp. disin- 
terred, ppr. disinterring. [Formerly disenter; 
< OF. desenterrer, F. desenterrer = Sp. Pg. des- 
enterrar, disinter, < L. dis- priv.-l- ML. interrare 
(> OF. enterrer, etc.), inter: see inter 1 .] 1. 
To take out of a grave or out of the earth ; ex- 
hume: as, to disinter a dead body. 2. To 
take out as if from a grave ; bring from obscu- 
rity into view. 
The philosopher . . . may be concealed in a plebeian, 
which a proper education might have disinterred, and 
have brought to light. Addison, Spectator, No. 215. 
disinteressed!, disinterest? (dis-in'ter-est), a. 
[Also written disinterest 'd ; with E. suffix -cd2 
(-t 2 ), < OF. desinteresse, F. desinteress6(= Sp. des- 
interesado = Pg. desinteressado = It. disinteres- 
sato), pp. of desinteresser, rid of interest : see dis- 
interest, r.] Disinterested. See disinterested, 
which has taken the place of disinteressed. 
The measures they shall walk by shall be disinterest, 
and even, and dispassionate, and full of observation. 
Jer. Taylor, Works (ed. 1836), I. 740. 
Because all men are not wise and good and disinteress'd. 
Jer. Taylor, Kule of Conscience, it 5. 
disinteressment! (dis-in'ter-es-ment), n. [< F. 
desinteressement (= Sp. desinteresa'iiento),( des- 
interesser, rid of interest: see disinterest, v.] 
Disinterestedness ; impartiality. 
He [the Karl of Dorset] has managed some of the great- 
est charges of the kingdom with known ability, and laid 
them down with entire disinteress>itent. 
Prior, Postscript to Pref. to Poems. 
disinterest! (dis-in'ter-est), n. [= Sp. destn- 
teres = Pg. desinteresse = It. disinteresse, disin- 
terest ; as dis- priv. + interest, n. Cf. disinter- 
est, v.] 1. What is contrary to interest or ad- 
vantage ; disadvantage ; injury. 
They ought to separate from her [the Church of Rome], 
that there be no prejudice done to my true church, nor 
disinterest to thy kingdom. 
Dr. H. More, Epistles to the Seven Churches. 
2. Indifference to profit ; want of regard to 
private advantage. 
disinterest! (dis-in'ter-est), v. t. [For "disinter- 
css, < OF. desinteresser, F. desinteresser = Sp. 
desinteresar = Pg. desinteressar = It. disinteres- 
sare, rid or discharge of interest, < ML. dis- 
priv. + interessc, interest: see dis- and interest, 
v. and ., and cf. disinterest, .] To rid of in- 
terest ; disengage from private interest or ad- 
vantage ; destroy the interest of. 
A noble courtesy . . . conquers the uncompellable 
mind, and disinterest* man of himself. 
Felthain, Sermon on Luke xiv. 20. 
disinterest!, See disinteressed. 
disinterested (dis-iu'ter-es-ted), a. [A later 
form of disinteressed, disinterest, a., as if < disin- 
terest, v. or ., + -erf 2 .] 1. Free from self- 
interest ; unbiased by personal interest or 
private advantage ; acting from unselfish 
motives. 
Every true patriot is disinterested. ' hat fly. 
2. Not influenced or dictated by private 
advantage : as, a disinterested decision. 
Friendship is a disinterested romtm'ree between 
equals. Goldsmith, Good-natured Man, i. 
Love of goodness impersonated in God is not a less dis- 
interested, though naturally a more fervent, sentiment 
than love of goodness in the abstract. 
F. I'. Coblie, Peak in Dari.'ii. p. I'.i. 
= Syn. Unbiased, impartial, unbought, incorruptible, un- 
semsh, dispassionate, magnanimous. Disinterested and 
uninterested are soinrlinirs Confounded in speech, though 
rarely in writing. A itixinf.-rested person takes part in or 
concerns himself about the affairs of others without regard 
to self-interest, or to any personal benefit to be gained by 
his action ; an uninterested one takes no interest in or is 
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indifferent to the matter under consideration : as, a dis- 
interested witness; an uninterested spectator. 
disinterestedly (diH-in'UT-cs-toil-li), mlr. In 
a disinti n sti il manner; unselfishly. 
I have long since renounrrd your world, ye know : 
Yet weigh the worth nt worldly pri/.o foregone, 
Disinterestedly judge this and that 
Good ye account good. 
liriiicning, Ring and Book, II. 325. 
disinterestedness (dis-in'ter-es-ted-nes), n. 
The character of being disinterested or unsel- 
fish ; the fact of having no personal interest in 
a question or an event; freedom from bias or 
prejudice on account of private interest; un- 
selfishness ; generosity. 
Wholly to abstract our views from self undoubtedly 
requires unparalleled disinterestedness. 
Shelley, In Dowden, I. 264. 
The conception of pure disinterestedness is presupposed 
in all our estimates of virtue. Lecky, Europ. Morals, 1. 72. 
disinteresting (dis-in'ter-es-ting), a. [< <Ji- 
priv. + interesting."] Uninteresting. [Rare.] 
There is such a dull, heavy succession of long quota- 
tions of disinteresting passages that it makes their method 
quite nauseous. Warburton, To Birch. 
He rarely paints a ditinteresliny subject. 
The Studio, III. 130. 
disinterment (dis-in-ter'mgnt), n. [= Sp. des- 
enterramiento = Pg. desenterramento ; as disin- 
ter + -ment.] The act of disinterring, or taking 
out of the earth or the grave, literally or figur- 
atively; exhumation. 
Our most skilful delver into dramatic history, amidst 
his curious masses of disintennents, has brought up this 
proclamation. /. Disraeli, Amen, of Lit., I. 373. 
disinthral!, disinthrall! (dis-in-thral'), r. t. 
See disenthrall. 
disinthralment (dis-in-thral'ment), . See 
disentliralment. 
disintricate (dis-in'tri-kat), t'. t.; pret. and pp. 
disintricated, ppr. disintricating. [< dis- priv. 
+ intricate.] To free from intricacy ; disen- 
tangle. 
It Is therefore necessary to disintricate the question, by 
relieving it of these two errors, bad in themselves, but 
worse in the confusion which they occasion. 
Sir W. Hamilton. 
disinuret (dis-i-nur'), v. t.; pret. and pp. disin- 
ured, ppr. disinurina. [< dis- priv. 4- inure.] 
To deprive of familiarity or custom; render 
unfamiliar or unaccustomed. 
We are hinder'd and dis-inur'd by this cours of licencing 
towards the true knowledge of what we seem to know. 
Milton, Areopagitica, p. 42. 
disinvagination (dis-in-vaj-i-na'shon), n. [< 
dis- priv. + inz</ination.] In med., the relief 
or reduction of an invagination, as of one part 
of the intestine in another. 
disinvalidityt (dis-in-va-lid'i-ti), n. [< dis- 
priv. (here intensive) + invalidity.] Invalidity. 
Againe, I doe call those some men's doctrines in this 
point, private opinions ; and so well may I doe, in respect 
of the disinvalidity and disproportion of them. 
W. ilontagur, Appeal to Cicsar, il. 
disinvestiture (dis-in-ves'ti-tur), n. [< dis- 
priv. + investiture.] The act "of depriving or 
the state of being deprived of investiture. 
disinvigorate (dis-in-vig'or-it), v. t. ; pret. and 
pp. dismvigorated, ppr. disimrigorating. [< dix- 
priv. + invigorate.] Todeprive of vigor; weak- 
en; relax. 
This soft, and warm, and disinviijorating climate ! 
Sydney Smith, Letters (1844), p. 52. 
disinyite! (dis-in-vif), r. t. [= F. desiunter = 
It. disinvitarc; as dis- priv. + invite.] To re- 
call an invitation to. 
I was, upon his highness's intimation, sent to disinvite 
them. Sir J. Finett, Foreign Ambassadors, p. 143. 
disinvolve (dis-in-yolv'), p. t. [= Sp. Pg. des- 
enrolmr; as dis- priv. + involve.] To uncover; 
unfold or unroll ; disentangle. 
Disippus I.imfttitis disippiis , natural size, showin? wings on the 
ten side in their proper position, and on the right side reversed, to 
show under surface. 
disjointed 
disippus (di-sip'us), . [NL., irreg. < (f) Gr. 
<), twico, double-, + mtrof, horse, as in archip- 
IHI.I (in ref. to it.- imitation of the archippus).] 
A common and wide-spread species of butterfly, 
Ijiiii'iiitia ilixi/i/iiii, feeding in tlic caterpillar 
state on the willow, poplar, and plum, and hi- 
bernating in the same state in cases made of 
rolled leaves. See Limcnitis. itixvnniliithei mii 
States as fur north as Maim-, in the Went Indies, and in 
northern Smith America. The udult is supposed to mimic 
the archippus butterfly (Daiutis archippus), the larva of 
which feeds on aselepiads. Bee cut in preceding i-olnnm. 
disjaskit (dis-jas'kit), a. [8c., said to be a 
corruption of "disjected for dejected.] Jaded; 
decayed; worn out. 
In the morning after the coronation I found myself In 
a very disjaxkit state, being hoth sore in lith anil limb, and 
worn out in my mind with the great fatigue I had under- 
gone. Oait, The Steam-Uoat, p. 201. 
disjecta membra (dis-jek'ta mem'brft). [L. : 
disjecta, neut. pi. of disjectus, scattered; mem- 
lira, pi. of membrum, member: see direction and 
member."] Scattered members; disjointed por- 
tions or parts. 
disjectiont (dis-jek'shon), n. [< L. as if "digjec- 
tio(n-), < disiccre, disjicere, pp. disjectus, throw 
apart, scatter, disperse, < dis-, apart, -I- jacere, 
throw : see Jet 1 , and cf. adject, conject, deject, 
etc.] The act of overthrowing or dissipating. 
A very striking image of the sudden disjeetion of Pha- 
raoh's Host Hartley, Biblical Criticism, IV. 395. 
disjoin (dis-join'), v. [< ME. disjoynen, < OF. 
desjoindre, P. disioindre, dejoindre = Pr. detjo- 
nher, dejonher = It. disgiugnere, disgiungcre, < L. 
disjungere or dijungcre, pp. disjunctus, separate, 
< dis-, di-, apart, + jungere, join: see join.] I. 
trans. 1. To sever the junction or union of; 
dissolve or break up the connection of ; disunite ; 
sunder : as, to disjoin the parts of a machine ; 
they have disjoined their interests. 
You shine now in too high a sphere for me; 
We are planets now disjoin'd for ever. 
Fletcher (and another), Queen of Corinth, ill. 2. 
My Father was appointed Sheriff for Surrey and Sussex 
before they were disjoyned. i't(;/ii, Diary, 1634. 
2. To prevent from junction or union; keep 
separate or apart ; divide. 
The riuer Nilus of JJgypt disiouneth Asia from Africa. 
Haicluyt'i Voyage*, I. 103. 
Cross disjoined, in her., same as cross double -parted 
(which see, under crosxi, n.). 
II. intrans. To be separated ; part. 
Two not far disjoining vallies there arc that stretch to 
each other. Sandys, Travailes, p. 17. 
disjoint (dis-joinf), t>. [< dis- priv. + joint, v.] 
1. trans. 1. To separate or disconnect the 
joints or joinings of. (a) Anatomically, to disarticu- 
late ; dislocate : as, to disjoint an arm or a foot ; to dis- 
joint the vertebrae. (6) Mechanically, to separate the joined 
parts of ; take apart ; pull to pieces : as, disjointed col- 
umns ; to disjoint a tool. 
2. To break the natural order and relations of ; 
put out of order ; derange. 
They are so disjoi/nted, and every one commander of 
himselfe, to plant what he will. 
Quoted in Capt. John Smith's True Travels, II. 259. 
Were it possible for any power to add to it ever so little, 
it would at once overstep its bounds; the equilibrium 
would be disturbed ; the framework of affairs would be 
disjointed. Buckle, Civilization, II. vi. 
Il.t intrans. To fall in pieces. 
Let the frame of things disjoint, both the worlds suffer, 
Ere we will eat our meal in fear. Shot., Macbeth, lii. 2. 
disjoint! (dis-joinf), a. [< ME. disjoynt, < OF. 
desjoint, desjoinct, F. disjoint (= Sp. disyunto = 
It. <li.ii/i<tiitn, < L. <H.ijHiictu.i), pp. of desjoindre, 
disjoin : see ilisju'm.} Disjointed ; disjunct ; 
separated. 
Thinking, by our late dear brother's death, 
Our state to be disjoint and out of frame. 
simk.. Hamlet, I. 2. 
Carrying on a disjoynt and privat interest of his own. 
Milt,,n, Eikonoklastes, iv. 
disjoint!, [ME., < OF. desjointe, des- 
joincte, separation, division, rupture, < des- 
joint, pp. of desjoindre, disjoin : see disjoint, 
a., and disjoin.] A difficult situation ; dis- 
advantage. 
But sith I se I stonde in this disjoynt, 
I wol answere you shortly to the poynt. 
Chaucer, Shipman's Tale, 1. 411. 
disjointed (dis-join'ted), p. a. [Pp. of disjoint, 
r.] 1. Having the joints or connections sepa- 
rated: as, a disjointed fowl; hence, disconnect- 
ed; incoherent: as, a disjointed discourse. 
The constancy of your wit was not wont to bring forth 
such disjointed speeches. .Sir P. Sidney. 
Trust me. I could weep 
Rather : for I have found In all thy words 
A strange disjointed sorrow. 
Beau, and Fl., King and No King, ii. L 
