disown 
taining to one's self; deny the ownership of or 
responsibility for ; not to own or acknowledge ; 
repudiate. 
They disown their principles out of fear. 
Sw(ft, .Sentiments of a Ch. of Eng. Man, I. 
Through a false shame, we disnirn religion with our lips, 
and next our words atleet our tin nights. 
./. //. .\Vir-man, Parochial Sermons, 1. 308. 
disown 2 (dis-on'), r. t. [< dis- priv. + own 2 . 
A different word from disown 1 (as ovnft from 
mi- ni), but now hardly distinguished in use.] 
1. To deny; not to allow; refuse to admit. 
Then they, who brothers' better claim disown, 
Expel their parents, and ii.-mrp the throne. 
Hi nil, n. .-Kni'id. 
Nor does the village Church-clock's iron tone 
The time's and season's influence disown, 
Wordsworth, Evening Voluntaries, i. 
2. Specifically, in the Society of Friends, to re- 
move from membership; dismiss. 
The monthly meeting to which he belongs may disown 
him if the case require it. 
Itixi-i'iiliaeofXea Knyland Yearly Meeting (1872), p. 94. 
= Syn. To disavow, disclaim, disallow, renounce, 
disownment (dis-on'ment), H. [< disown? + 
-meiit.] The act of disowning; repudiation; 
specifically, expulsion from membership in the 
Society of Friends. J. J. Gurney. 
The monthly meeting ... is at liberty ... to proceed 
even to the dtsuirnment of the offender. 
Discipline of Xew England Yearly Meeting (1872), p. 91. 
disoxidate (dis-ok'si-dat), v. t.; pret. and pp. 
itixii.riilnlt-il, ppr. dtsoxitlating. [< dis- priv. + 
oxidate.] Same as deoxidate. 
disoxidation (dis-ok-si-da'shqn), n. [< disoxi- 
date: see -atioii.] Same as deoxidation. 
disoxygenate (dis-ok'si-je-nat), v. t. ; pret. and 
pp. disoxygeiiated, ppr. disoxygenating. [< dis- 
priv. + oxygenate.] To deoxidate. 
disoxygenation (dis-pk'si-je-na'shon), n. [< 
disoxygenate: see -ation.] Deoxidation. 
dispacet (dis-pas'), v. [One of Spenser's man- 
ufactured words, appar. < dis-, in different di- 
rections, + pace, walk ; or else meant for di- 
space, < L. dis-, di-, apart, + spatiari, walk, walk 
about: see space and expatiate.] I. intrans. 
To range or wander about. 
When he spide the joyous Butterflle, 
In this faire plot dispacing too and fro. 
Spenser, Muiopotmos, 1. 250. 
II. trans. To cause to wander or walk about. 
Thus wise long time he did himselfe dispace 
There round about. Spenser, Virgil's Gnat, I. 285. 
dispackt (dis-pak'), v. t. [< OF. despacquer, < 
dM-prir. + pacqwr, pack : see pack.] To un- 
pack. 
When God the mingled Lump dispackt, 
From Fiery Element did Light extract. 
Sylvester, tr. of Du Bartas's Weeks, i. 1. 
dispaintt (dis-panf), v. t. [Improp. for depaint. 
Cf . OF. despeindre, paint out, efface.] To paint. 
His chamber was dispainted all within 
With sondry colours. Spenser, F. Q., II. ix. 50. 
dispairt (dis-par'), . t. [< dis- priv. -t- pair. 
Cf. L. disparare, part, of similar formation : see 
disparate.] To dissociate, as the members of 
a pair. [Rare.] 
Forgive me, lady, 
I have . . . dispair'd two doves. 
Beau, and Fl., Four Plays In One. 
dispandt (dis-pand'). r. t. [= OF. despandre, < 
Li. dispanderc, spread out, expand, < dis-, apart, 
+ pandere, spread. Cf. expand.] To spread 
out; display. Hailei/, 1727. 
dispansiont (dis-pan'shon), n. [< L. as if "dis- 
pnsio(n-), < dis/iander'e, pp. dispansus, spread 
out : see dispand.] The act of spreading out 
or displaying. Bailey, 1731. 
disparadise (dis-par'a-dis), v. t. ; pret. and pp. 
(liKiniriiili.il d. ppr. disparndising. [< dis- priv. 
+ paradise.] To remove from paradise. Cock- 
i-rnni. [Rare.] 
disparage!, . [< ME. disparage, < OF. despa- 
rage, an unoqual marriage, < (to?- priv. + parage, 
equal rank, rank : see parage, peerage. Cf . dis- 
parage, i-.J Disparagement; disgrace result- 
ing from an unequal match. 
Him wolde thinke it were a disparage 
To his estaat, so lowe for talyghte, 
And voyden hir as sone as ever he myphte. 
Chaucer, Clerk s Tale, 1. 852. 
To match so high, her friends with counsell sage 
Dissuaded her from such *di*imratie. 
>>'fnvr, K. ()., TV. viii. 60. 
disparage (dis-par'aj), r. t. ; pret. and pp. dis- 
I'liruged, ppr. dix)>tiraging. [< ME. dispaniiti n. 
dcftparagen, <()F. tlrvjiarager, desparagirr, mar- 
ry to one of inferior condition or rank, offer un- 
worthy conditions, disparage, < des- priv. + 
1073 
parnge, equal rank, rank: see disparage, n.] 
If. To marry to one of inferior condition or 
rank; degrade by an unequal match or mar- 
riage ; match unequally. 
Alias ! that any of my nacioun 
Sholde evere so foule disparaged be. 
Chaucer, Wife of Bath's Tale, 1. 213. 
And that your H h degree 
Is much disparaij d to be match 'd with me. 
Dryden, Wife of Bath, 1. 381. 
2. To injure or dishonor by a comparison, es- 
pecially by treating as equal or inferior to what 
is of less dignity, importance, or value. 
I advert to these considerations, not to disparage our 
country. Story, speech, Cambridge, Aug. 31, 1826. 
Hence 3. To undervalue ; criticize or censure 
unjustly ; speak slightingly of ; vilify. 
Thou durst not thus disparage glorious arms. 
Milton, 9. A., 1. 1130. 
We are to consider into what an evil condition sin puts 
us, for which we are . . . disgraced and disparaged here, 
marked with disgraceful punishments, despised by good 
men. Jer. Taylor, Works (ed. 1835), I. 729. 
We shall not again disparage America, now that we see 
what men it will bear. Emerson, Misc., p. 322. 
disparkle 
If the office of an evangelist be higher I than that of a 
bishop], then as long as they are not ./; ,;o<ilc, much lets 
destructive of each other, they may have leave to consist 
In subordination. Jer. Taylur, Works (ed. 1835), II. 1U9. 
His (the geometrician's] subject matter is perfectly 
homogeneous, instead of being made up of j>erfectly dis- 
parate orders of existence. 
/,.-,',. Stephen, Eng. Thought, I. i 31. 
We can severally form concepts of a wi.nl -It -Ruination, 
of a word-root, and of the process of budding : but the 
three < 'tieepts are wholly disparate, and refuse to unite Into 
a thinkable proiiosition. J. /V*fo-, Cosmic i'hilos., I. 66. 
H. n. One of two or more things or charac- 
ters of different species; something that is op- 
posite but not contrary. 
Disparates are those of which one Is opposed to many 
after the same manner. 80 man imd horse, and white and 
blue, are disparates ; because man is not only opposed to 
horse, but also to dog, lion, and other species of beasu ; 
and white not only to blue, but also to red, green, and the 
other mediate colours, in the same manner that is, in the 
same genus of opposition. 
Burgcrsdicius, tr. by a Gentleman. 
disparately (dis'pa-rat-li), < 
My. 
His religion sat . . . gracefully upon him, without any of 
those forbidding appearances which sometimes disparage 
the actions of men sincerely pious. Bp. Atterbury. 
If I utter fallacies, I may have the sympathy of men who 
know how easy it is, in matters where head and heart are 
alike engaged, to Oupunfft truth by exaggeration. 
Stubbs, Medieval and Modern Hist., p. 73. 
= Syn. 3. Depreciate, Detract from, etc. See decry. 
disparageablet (dis-par'aj-a-bl), a. [< dispar- 
age + -able.] Tending to disparage ; unequal ; 
unsuitable. 
They disdained this marriage with Dudley as altogether 
disparageable and most unworthy of the bloud royal and 
regal majesty. Camden, Elizabeth, an. 1663. 
disparagement (dis-par'aj-ment), n. [< OF. des- 
paragenient, disparagement (F. deparagement), 
< desparager, marry to one of inferior condi- 
tion: see disparage, v.] If. The matching of 
a man or a woman to one of inferior rank or con- 
dition, and against the rules of decency. 
And thought that match a fowle disparagement. 
Spenser, V. Q., III. vill. 12. 
Grace. Xow he will marry me to his wife's brother, this 
wise gentleman that you see ; or else I must pay value o' 
ray land. 
Quar. 'Slid, is there no device of disparagement, or so? 
Talk with some crafty fellow, some picklock of the law. 
B. Jonson, Bartholomew Fair, ill. 1. 
2. Injury by union or comparison with some- 
thing of inferior excellence. Hence 3. The 
act of undervaluing or lowering the estimation 
or character of a person or thing; the act of 
depreciating; detraction. 
The attending to his discourses may not be spent in 
vain talk concerning him or his disparagements, but may 
be used as a duty and a part of religion. 
Jer. Taylor, Works (ed. 1836), I. 757. 
He chill'd the popular praises of the King, 
With silent smiles of slow disparagement. 
Tennyson, Guinevere. 
4. Diminution of value or excellence; re- 
in a disparate 
manner; unequally. 
After the retina is destroyed . . . the eyeballs gradual- 
ly lose the power of moving together, but move disparately. 
O. S. Hall, (icrman Culture, p. 2M. 
disparateness (dis'pa-rat-nes), . The state 
or quality of being disparate. 
There is a disparateness between hearing clicks and 
counting, as there li between hearing the bell and seeing 
the index. M.H.I. XI. 60. 
In 1838, Wheatstone, In his truly classical memoir on 
binocular vision and the stereoscope, showed that the dis- 
parateness of the points on which the two images of an 
object fall does not . . . affect its seen singleness. 
W. James, Mind, XII. 337. 
nt of Learning. L 97. 
, . [< F. dispa- 
rition, < ML. as if *disparitio(n-), < disparere, 
disappear: see disappear.] Disappearance. 
Perhaps, though they knew that to be the prophet's last 
day, yet they might think his disparitiun should be sud- 
den, and insensible ; l>esides, they found how much bee 
affected secrecie in this intended departure. 
Bp. Hall, Rapture of Elijah. 
disparity (dis-par'i-ti), . ; pi. disparities (-tiz). 
[< F. disparite = Sp. disparidad = Pg. dispari- 
dade = It. disparita, < ML. disparita(t-)s, in- 
equality, < L. dispar, unequal, < dis- priv. + 
par, equal. Ct. parity.] 1. The state or char- 
acter of being disparate, (a) Inequality in degree, 
age, rank, condition, or excellence : as, disparity In or of 
years, age, circumstances, or condition. 
You not consider, sir, 
The great disparity is in their bloods, 
Estates, and fortunes. 
Fletcher and Ituwleu, Maid In the Mill, II. 2. 
There must needs be a great di;*iri(>/ between the first 
Christians and those of these latter ages. 
Bp. Atterbury, Sermons, II. xiv. 
Though in families the number of males and females 
differs widely, yet In great collections of human beings 
the disparity almost disappears. 
Macatilay, Sadler's Ref. Refuted. 
(M Dissimilitude ; extreme unlikeness ; specifically, a de- 
gree of mil ike-ness so great that it renders comparison Im- 
possible. 
Just such disparity 
As is 'twlxt air and angels' purity, 
Twixt woman's love and man s will ever be. 
Donne, Air and Angels. 
two or more unlike things ; a dis- 
" mch Tast cnMIn or 8"" between <"- 
'"^- - ,,, ^ , _ 
And low disparagements I had put upon him. 
B. Jonson, Every Man in his Humour, 11. 1. 
It can be no disparagement to the most skilful Pilot 
to have his Vessel tossed upon a tempestuous Sea; bat to 
escape with little damage when he sees others sink down 
and perish shews the great difference which wisdom gives 
in the success, where the dangers are equal & common. 
Stillingjleet, Sermons, I. x. 
= Syn. 3. Derogation, depreciation, debasement, degra- 
dation. 
disparager (dis-par'aj-er), n. One who dis- 
parages or dishonors; one who belittles, vili- 
fies, or disgraces. 
disparagingly (dis-par'aj-ing-li), adv. In a 
manner to disparage or dishonor. 
Why should he speak so disparagingly of many books 
and much reading? Peters, On Job, p. 428. 
disparate (dis'pa-rat), a. and n. [= F. dispa- 
rate = It. disparato, sparato, < L. disparatm, pp. 
of dittpararr, separate, < dis- priv. + parare, 
disparity, dixpair.] I. n. Essentially different ; 
of different species, unlike but not opposed in 
pairs; also, less properly, utterly unlike; in- 
capable of being compared : having no common 
p-lius. Si,- William Hamilton and his school define dis- 
parate predicates as those which belong to a common sub- 
ject or similar subjects. 
... t. [< dis- priv. + park.] 
1 . To divest of the character or uses of a park ; 
throw open to common use, as land forming a 
park. 
You have fed upon my seignories, 
Dispark'd my parks, and fell'd my forest woods. 
Shot., Rich. II., iii. l. 
The gentiles were made to be God's people when the 
Jews' enclosure was disparked. 
Jer. Taylor, Works (ed. 1835), I. 774. 
A great portion of the Frith . . . had formerly been s 
Chase. . . . Since the Reformation, however, it had been 
disparked. Barham, Ingoldsby Legends, I. 132. 
2. To set at large; release from inclosure or 
confinement. 
Hereupon he disjKtrks hi* seraglio, and flies thence to 
Potan with Asaph-Chawn's lovely daughter only in his 
company. Sir T. Herbert, Travels in Africa, p. 87. 
disparklet (dis-par'kl), r. /. and i. [Also dis- 
/itn-cle; a modification of the older and imper- 
fectly understood disparple (q. v.), with refer- 
ence to sparkle taken in the sense of 'scatter.'] 
To scatter abroad ; disperse ; divide. 
When the inlial'itmires that dwelled in cottages dis- 
;K7rM/'rftherealM)Utssawmen comniing \vliomc they judged 
to lie theire enemies, . . . [tliej] fled to the wilde moun- 
tayues that were full of snowe. 
J, Brende. tr. of Quintus Curtius, v. 
