dismembrator 
dismembrator (dis-iiii-iii'bra-tor), . [= Sp. 
Pg. ilcxHicHiliriidnr. < Ml,, liisniinihriilur (n plun- 
derer), < <iixmi'ni hrn IT, |i]i. ilixniDiiliriilna, dis- 
member: see dismember.] A device for sepa- 
rating flour from bran. See the extract. 
In some mills u machine ealled a dtffnMmfrrator is used. 
. . . It has two steel disks, one stationary and one revolv- 
inn. each carrying; a multitude of needles, which work like 
the pins on a threshing-machine. The effect is to knock 
off nieces of Hour and middlings attached to bran. 
The Century, XXXII. 45. 
dismettledt (dis -mot 'Id), a. (X dis- priv. + 
mettled,] Without mettle or spirit. Llcieetten. 
dismiss (dis-mis'), t>. t. [First m early mod. E., 
being modified, after L. pp. dixmissus, < ME. dis- 
utitteit : see dixmit, dimit, demit'*.] 1. To send 
away; order or give permission to depart. 
He dismissed the assembly. Acts xlx. 41. 
With thanks, and pardon to you all, 
I do dismiss yon to your several countries. 
SAat., 2 Hen. VI., iv. 9. 
They abode with him 12 dales, and were dismiss'd with 
rieh presents. Milton, Hist. Eng., v. 
2. To discard ; remove from office, service, or 
employment. 
Itixmixs me, and I prophesy your plan, 
Divorced from my experience, will be chaff 
To every gust of chance. Tennyson, Princess, Iv. 
The existence of the king gives our House of Commons 
the power of practically ilijnninsinn the executive govern- 
ment, as soon as it simply ceases to approve of IU policy. 
E. A. Freeman, Amer. Lects., p. 380. 
3. To put aside; put away; put out of mind: 
as, to dismiss the subject. 
Man may dismiss compassion from his heart, 
Hut God will never. Cowi/er, The Task, vi. 442. 
4. In law, to reject ; put out of court : as, the 
complaint was dismissed for lack of proof; the 
appeal was dismissed for irregularity. =Syn. 1. To 
let go. - 2. To discharge, turn off, turn out, cashier. 
dismiss! (dis-mis'), n. [< dismiss, v.] Dis- 
charge ; dismissal. 
His majesties servants, with great expressions of grief 
for their dismiss, poured forth their prayers for his ma- 
jesty's freedom and preservation, and so departed. 
Sir T. Herbert, Threnodia Carolina, I. 14. 
dismissal (dis-mis'al), n. [< dismiss + -al.] 
1. The act of dismissing, or the state or fact of 
being dismissed, (a) Command or permission to depart. 
He wept, he prayed 
For his dismissal. Wordfiporth. 
(b) Discharge ; displacement from employment or office. 
t- ) The act of discarding, or the state of being discarded. 
In Mohammedan law, ... in ordinary divorce or dis- 
missal the wife claims her dowry. 
W. li. Smith, Kinship and Marriage, p. 92. 
2. Liberation; manumission. [Rare.] 
All those wronged and wretched creatures 
By his hand were freed again ; . . . 
He recorded their dismissal, . . . 
And the monk replied, " Amen!" 
Longfellow, The Norman Baron. 
dismission (dis-mish'on), n. [< dismiss + -ion, 
after dimission, demission 2 , < L. dimissio(n-), 
(.(limittere, dismiss: see demission 2 , dimission.] 
1 . The act of sending away ; leave or com- 
mand to depart; dismissal: as, the dismission 
of the grand jury. 
You must not stay here longer, your dismission 
Is come from 1'iesar. Shak., A. and C. t f. 1. 
So pois'd, so gently she descends from high, 
It seems a soft dismission from the sky. 
Dryden, Hind and Panther, I. 346. 
As any of ye rest came over them, or of y other returned 
upon occasion, they should be reputed as members with- 
out any further dismi^sfon or testimoniall. 
Bradford, Plymouth Plantation, p. 42. 
2. Removal from office or employment; dis- 
charge ; in universities, the sending away of a 
student without all the penalties attending ex- 
pulsion. Thus, the dismissed student may take a degree 
at another university, and in some cases even reenter the 
same university. 
3. Iii late, a decision that a suit is not or can- 
not be maintained ; rejection as unworthy of 
being noticed or granted. 
dismissive! (dis-mis'iv), a. [< dismiss + -ive.] 
Giving dismission; dismissory: as, "the dis- 
mixxirc writiiiir," Millnu, Tetrachordon. 
dismissory (dis-mis'o-ri), a. [< distniss + -ory. 
Cf. dimixsory, drinixmiri/.] 1. Sending away; 
dismissing to another jurisdiction. 2. Grant- 
ing leave to depart. Letter dismissory. s, , 
i/iw/Avifiri/ letter, under </i tni,<*<>ri/. 
dismitt (ilis-mit ' ), r. t. [ME. dixiiiittcn, dixmi/t- 
ten, < OF. drsmrttre, dexmetrc (= It. dismettere, 
xniHtcri', as if < L. "dixmittere), var. of dcmet- 
//<. ilfiiietre, F. ilrinettrc = Pr. ilcmitrc = Sp. 
dimitir = I'g- ilimittir = It. dinicttere, dismiss, 
givo up, < L. iliuiilti re, pp. tliiiiixttiis. send away, 
dismiss: see demit" and dimit, doublets of dis- 
1671 
IKI '. and cf. <lixmixx, which has taken the place of 
dixmit.] To t>end away; dismiss. 
Itrethercn (tiKiititli-(f>-ti I'oiil and silns in to Hi-roan. 
ll>-(i/, Acts xvli. 10 (Oxf.X 
dismortgage (dis-m6r'gaj). r. t. ; pret. and pp. 
tiixHiortyitged, ppr. dismortytgiiig. [< dis- priv. 
+ mortgage.} To redeem from mortgage. 
He dismort'jaged the crown demesnes, and left behind 
liini a urcat mass of golil. lloivell, Dodona's Grove. 
dismount (dis-mounf), t'. [< OF. desmontcr, 
F. ilcnwnter = Sp. Pg. desmontar = It. dismon- 
tare, xninnl<ir<; < ML. dismoniare, dismount, < 
L. dis- priv. + ML. montare (F. monter, etc.), 
mount: seemot 2 .] I. intrans. If. To descend 
from a height ; come or go down. 
Now the bright Sunne gynneth to dismount. 
Spenser, Hhep. Cal., May. 
2. To get off from a horse or other ridden ani- 
mal ; descend or alight, as a rider from the sad- 
dle: as, the officer ordered his troops to dis- 
mount. 
When any one dismounts on the road, the way of getting 
up is on the back of the Arab, who stoops down, and so 
they climb up the neck of the camel. 
1'ncuekr, Description of the East, 1. 131. 
U. trans. 1. To throw or bring down from 
an elevation, or from a place or post of author- 
ity. [Rare or obsolete.] 
Samuel, . . . ungratefully and injuriously dismounted 
from liis authority. Barrow, Works, I. xxv. 
2. To throw or bring down from a horse ; un- 
horse : as, the soldier dismounted his adversary. 
When the flght )>ecame visible, half the knights on each 
side were dismounted, some by the dexterity of their ad- 
versary's lance, some by superior weight and strength of 
opponents, which had borne down both horse and man. 
Scott, Ivanhoe, xii. 
3. To remove or throw down, as cannon or 
other artillery from their carriages, or from a 
parapet or intrenchment; destroy the mount- 
ings of, so as to render useless. 4. To remove 
from a frame, setting, or other mounting : as, to 
dismount a picture or a jewel Dismounting bat- 
tery (mtfi?.), a battery placed and directed to breach 
or destroy the parapet of a fortification, and disable the 
enemy's cannon. Dismounting batteries employing direct 
fire are generally tenned breaching batteries or counter-bat- 
teries; when employing flank or reverse fire, enjiladiny 
batteries. 
disna (diz'na). Scotch for does not. 
He disna like to be disturbed on .Saturdays wi' business. 
Scott, Guy Mannering, xxxvi. 
disnaturalize (dis-nat'u-ral-iz), v. t. ; pret. and 
pp. disnaturalized, ppr. disnaturalizing. [= F. 
denaturalizer = Sp. Pg. desnaturalizar ; as dis- 
priv. + naturalize.'] To make alien or unnat- 
ural; denaturalize. [Rare.] 
There is this to be said in favour of retaining the usual 
form and pronunciation of this well-known name [Job], 
that if it were disnaturalised and put out of use, an ety- 
mology in our language would be lost sight of. 
Southey, The Doctor, cxv. 
disnature (dis-na'tur), r. t. ; pret. and pp. dis- 
natured, ppr. disnaturing. [< ME. disnatvren, 
< OF. desaaturer, F. dtnaturer = Pg.desnaturar 
= It. disnaturare; as dis- priv. + nature."} To 
change the nature of ; make unnatural. [Rare.] 
Ymage repaired and dimaturtd fro kynde, holde thy 
pees, ne enquere no mo thinges, for nought will I telle 
the but be-fore the Emperour. 
Merlin (E. E. T. S.), 111. 425. 
If she must teem, 
Create her child of spleen, that it may live, 
And be a thwart disnatttr'd torment to her ! 
.-.'An*-., Lear, i. 4. 
The king 
Remembered his departure, and he felt 
Feelings which long from his disnatured breast 
Ambition had expelled. Southey. 
disnest (dis-nesf), v. t. [< dis- priv. + nest.'] 
1. To free from use or occupation as if for a 
nest. 
Any one may see that our author's chief design was to 
disnest heaven of so many immoral and debauched deities. 
Dryden, Life of Lucian. 
2. To dislodge as if from a nest. 
disobedience (dis-d-be'di-ens), n. [< ME. dis- 
obedience, < OF. desobedience (= Sp. Pg. des- 
obediencia = It. disobbedienna, disuobidienza), < 
desobctlicnt, disobedient: see disobedient.'] 1. 
The fact of being disobedient ; lack of obedi- 
ence; neglect or refusal to obey; violation of 
a command, injunction, or prohibition ; the 
omission of that which is commanded to be 
done, or the doing of that which is forbidden ; 
disregard of duty prescribed by authority. 
By one man's tlisobedii-nrr many were made sinners. 
KM, II V. 19. 
Thou. Posthmmis. that didst set up 
My disobedience 'gainst the king my father. 
Shak., l Am In-line, iii. 4. 
disoblige 
Because no disobedience can ensue, 
Where no submission to a judge is due. 
Drydni, Html uinl Panther, 1. 486. 
2. Non-compliance, as with a natural law ; fail- 
ure to submit to a superior influence. 
This disobedience of the moon will prove 
The sun's bright orb does not the planets move. 
Sir R. Blaclcmore. 
disobediencyt (dis-o-be'di-en-si), n. Disobe- 
dience. Taifliii'. 
disobedient (dis-<}-be'di-ent), a. [Not found in 
ME. (which had 'disobeis'ant, (}. v.); < OF. des- 
obcdient (= Pr. desobediens), disobedient, < des- 
priv. + obedient, obedient: see dt#-and obedient. 
Cf. disobey, disobewant.'] 1 . Neglecting or refus- 
ing to obey ; omitting to do what is commanded, 
or doing what is prohibited; refractory; acting 
with disregard of duty; not submitting to rules 
or regulations prescribed by authority: BB, 
children disobedient to parents; citizens diso- 
bedient to the laws. 
I was not disobedient unto the heavenly vision. 
Acts xxvi. 19. 
Thou knowest since yesterday 
How disobedient slaves the forfeit pay. 
WMiam Horru, Earthly Paradise, I. 264. 
2. Not yielding to exciting force or agency; 
not to be influenced ; insensible. 
Medicines used unnecessarily contribute to shorten life, 
by sooner rendering peculiar parts of the system disobe- 
dient to stimuli. /'/'. E. Darwin. 
disobediently (dis-o-be'di-ent-li), adv. In a 
disobedient manner. 
He disobedientlie refused to come, pretending some f eare 
of bodilie harm, through the malice of some that were 
about the king. Holiiuihcd, Edw. III., an. 1340. 
disobeisancet, [< OF. desobeissance, F. deso- 
beissance, < desobeissant, disobedient: see dis- 
obeisant. Cf. obeisance.] Disobedience. 
For lacke of whfche dylygence, thei that were disposed 
to do disobeysaunce were incoraged and inlwldened. 
Hall, Hen. VI., an. 4. 
disobeisantt, [l&E.disobeisaunt, disobeysnunt, 
< Of. desobeissant, F. desobeissant, < des- priv. 
+ obeissant, obedient: see dis- and obeisant.} 
Disobedient. 
And if that I to hyre be founde vntrewe, 
Disobcysaunt, or wilful necligent. 
Chaucer, Parliament of Fowls, 1. 428. 
Thenne they all with one voyce answered, we wyll that 
this IMJ done, for surely he is disobeysaunt and a rebell 
agaynst you. Berners, tr. of Froissart's t'hron., xliil. 
disobey (dis-o-ba'), r. [< ME. disobeyen, dis- 
obeien, < OF.' desobeir, F. desobeir (= Pr. des- 
obedir = It. disobbedire, disubbidire; cf. Sp. Pg. 
desobedecer), disobey, < des- priv. + obeir, obey : 
see dis- and obey.'} J. trans. To neglect or re- 
fuse to obey ; transgress or violate a command 
or injunction of; refuse submission to: as, chil- 
dren disobey their parents; men disobey the 
laws. 
I needs must disobey him for his good ; 
How should I dare obey him to his harm? 
Tennyson, Geraint. 
II. intrans. To refuse obedience ; disregard 
authority or command ; violate rules or regu- 
lations. 
She absolutely bade him, and he durst not know how 
to disobey. Sir /'. Sidney. 
disobeyer (dis-o-ba'er), . One who disobeys. 
disobligationt (dis-ob-li-ga'shon), n. [=. Pg. 
desobriga^do = It. disobbligazione ; as disoblige 
+ -ation : see disoblige.'] 1. Freedom from ob- 
ligation. 
If it [the law| had been de facto imposed, It could not 
oblige the conscience ; then the conscience is restored to 
liberty and disobligation. 
Jer. Taylor, Rule of Conscience, III. vi. 3. 
2. The act of disobliging ; an act showing dis- 
regard of obligation, or unwillingness to oblige. 
He [Selden] intended to haue given his owne library to 
the Vniversity of Oxford, but received disobligatwn from 
them, for that they would not lend him some MSS. 
Aubrey itSS., in Selden's Table-Talk, p. 7. 
If he receded from what he had promised, it would be 
such a disobHyation to the prince . . . that he would 
never forget it Clarendon, Civil War, I. I. 18. 
disobligatoryt (dis-ob'li-ga-to-ri), a. [As dis- 
oblige + -atori/.'] Releasing 'from obligation. 
King Charles, Letter to Henderson. 
disoblige (dis-o-blij'), r. t. ; pret. and pp. dis- 
obliged, ppr. disobliging. [< OF. desobliger, F. 
desobliger (= Sp. denolilii/ar = Pg. dcsobrigar = 
It. disobbligare), disoblige, < rfes-priv. + obliger, 
oblige: see dis- and oblige.] 1. To refuse or 
neglect to oblige ; act contrary to the desire or 
convenience of; fail to accommodate. 
My plan has given offence to some gentlemen whom it 
would not be very safe to disoblige. Addison. 
