disparkle 
1674 
They dispute without strife, and examine as dispasttion- 
ately the events and the characters of the present age as 
tltey reason about those which are found iu history. 
Bolingbrokc, Remarks on Hist. Eng. 
The sect of Libertines began but lately ; but as vipers 
soon multiply into generations, so is their spawn dis- 
parklcd over all lands. R. Clerke, Sermons (I<i;i7), p. 471. 
disparplet (dis-piir'pl), '. [Sometimes also 
dinperple ; also by apheresis sparple, sjjerple; < dispassiqned(dis-pash'ond),a. [(.dispassimi + 
ME. disparplen, dcsparplen, also disparpoilen, -e<&. Cf. dispassionate.] Free from passion. 
disparblen, divide, scatter, intr. disperse, < OF. Yet ease and joy, ditpastiou'd reason owns, 
desparpeillier, desparpaittier, desparpeler, din- As often visit cottages as thrones. 
parpeillicr, desperpouillier, etc. (= Sp. desparpa- Cawthom, Equality of Human conditions. 
jar = It. sparpagliare ; also with different but dispatch, dispatcher, etc. See despatch, etc. 
equiv. prefix es-, OF. esparpeiller, F.eparpiller= dispathy (dis'pa-thi), . ; pi. dispatlues (-thiz). 
Pr. esparpalhcir), scatter, disperse, appar. orig. [= F. dispatliie, an antipathy or natural dis- 
flutter about, as a butterfly, < des-, in different agreement (Cotgrave), < Or. fmmrdOeta, insensi- 
directions, + *parpeille (F. papillon) = Pr. far- bility, firmness in resisting deep affliction, < 
pallio = It. dial, parpaja, parpaj, It. parpagli- fivoxafffc, hardly feeling, impassive, insensible, 
one, a butterfly, a popular variation of L. pa- < <W-, hard, + irdffoc, feeling. The word would 
piUo(n-), a butterfly : see papilio and pavilion, thus be spelled properly "dyspathy, but it is 
So mod. Pr. csfarfalnd, scatter, < farfalla, a prob. regarded by its users as < dis- priv. + 
dispensation 
being abrogated or remitted by, dispensation. 
See dispensation, 5. 
In convocation the two questions on which the divorce 
turned were debated in the manner of University disputa- 
tions ; the theologians disputed as to the dispensability of 
n marriage with a brother's widow, the canonists on the 
facts of Arthur's marriage with Katherine. 
Stubbs, Medieval and Modern Hist., p. 284. 
butterfly, another variation of L. papilio(n-).} 
I. trans. To scatter; disperse. 
The wolf ravyschith and disparplith, or scaterith the 
scheep. Wydif, John x. 12. 
I bath'd, and odorous water was 
Disperpled lightly, on my head, and necke. 
Chapman, Odyssey, x. dispauper dis-pa'per), t'. t. [< dig- priv. + 
-pathy, as in apathy, sympathy, etc.] Want of 
sympathy ; antipathy ; an opposite taste or lik- 
ing; uncongeniality. [Rare.] 
It is excluded from our reasonings by our dispathiei. 
Palgrave, Hist. Norm, and Eng. (1857), II. 110. 
H. intrans. To be scattered ; be dispersed. 
Aa a flock of scheep without a schepperde, the which 
departeth and desparpleth. Mandeville, Travels, p. 3. 
Her wav'ring hair dutparpling flew apart 
In seemly shed. Hudson, Judith, iv. 339. 
pauper.} To decide or declare to be no longer 
a pauper, and thus to be disqualified from su- 
ing as a pauper, or in forma pauperis; deprive 
(one who has been permitted to sue in forma 
pauperis) of the right or privilege of continuing 
to sue as a pauper. See the extract. 
If a party has a current income, though no permanent 
property, he must be dispaupered. 
Phillimore, Reports, I. 185. 
dispart (dis-parf), v. [< OF. despartir, F. dc- 
partir = Sp. Pg. despartir = It. dispartire, spar- 
tire, < L. dispartire, dispertirc, distribute, di- 
vide, < dis-, apart, + partire, part, divide : see 
part. Cf. depart.} I. trans. 1. To divide into dispauperize (dis-pa'per-iz), v. t. ; pret. and pp. 
parts ; separate ; sever. dispauperizcd, ppr. dispauperiging. [< dis- priv. 
+ pauperize.} To release or free from the state 
of pauperism ; free from paupers. 
As well as by that of many highly pauperized districts 
in more recent times, which have been dispauperteed by 
adopting strict rules of poor-law administration. 
J. S. Mill. 
dispeace (dis-peV), n, [< dis- priv. + peace.] 
nd Julia. Want of peace or quiet; dissension. Russell. 
Whilst thus the world will be whole, and refuses to be dispeedt (dis-ped'), ,'. t. [For "disspeed, < dis- 
digparted, we seek to act partially, to sunder, to appro- + speed ; perhaps suggested bv dispatch.} To 
pnate - Lmerson, Compensation, despatch ; dismiss. 
sever. 
When all three kinds of love together meet, 
And doe dispart the hart with powre extreme. 
Spenser, F. Q., IV. ix. 1. 
Distorted Britain mourn'd their [Heroes'] doubtful Sway. 
Prior, Carmen Seculare (1700), st. 6. 
Once more 
Were they united, to be yet again 
Disparted pitiable lot ! 
Wordsworth, Vaudracour and 
2. In gun. : (a) To set a mark on the rnuzzle- 
ring of, as a piece of ordnance, so that a sight- 
line from the top of the base-ring to the mark 
on or near the muzzle may be parallel to tho 
axis of the bore or hollow cylinder. (6) To 
make allowance for the dispart in, when taking 
aim. 
Every gunner, before he shoots, must truly dispart his 
Piece. Lucar. 
II. intrans. To separate ; open ; break up. 
The silver clouds disparted. Shelley, Queen Mab, i. 
The wild rains of the day are abated : the great single 
cloud disparts and rolls away from heaven. 
Charlotte Bronte, Shirley, xxix. 
dispart (dis-parf), n. [< dispart, v.} In gun. : 
(a) The difference between the semi-diameter 
of the base-ring at the breech of a gun and 
that of the ring at the swell of the muzzle. (6) 
A dispart-sight. 
dispart-sight (dis-part'slt), . In gun., a piece 
of metal cast on the muzzle of a piece of ord- 
To that end he dispeeded an embassadour to Poland. 
Knolles, Hist. Turks. 
Thus having said, 
Deliberately, in self-possession still, 
Himself from that most painful interview 
Dispeediny, he withdrew. Southey. 
dispel (dis-pel'), v. t. ; pret. and pp. dispelled, 
ppr. dispelling. [< L. dispellere, drive away, 
disperse, < dis-, apart, away, + pellere, drive: 
see pulse. Cf. depel.} To drive off or away; 
scatter or disperse effectually; dissipate: as, 
to dispel vapors, darkness, or gloom; to dispel 
fears, cares, sorrows, doubts, etc. ; to dispel a 
tumor, or humors. 
I lov'd, and love diipell'd the fear 
That I should die an early death. 
Tennyson, Miller's Daughter. 
The dreams of idealism may, I tMnk, be thus effectually 
dispelled by a thorough analysis of what is given us in 
perception. Mivart, Nature and Thought, p. 122. 
= Syn. Disperse, Scatter, etc. (see dissipate), banish, re- 
nance to make the line of sight parallel to the ,K!2 i ,* I/AX n i, 
axis of the bore. dispeller (dis-pel'er), n. One who or that which 
dispassiont ^dis-pash'on), n. [< dis- priv. + **B as, the sun is the dispeller of darkness. 
, . . i ,,. 
passion.} Freedom from passion; an undis- S""B (d ; s A p T ? nd ^' *' ' C< ME " aispenden, 
turbed state of the mind ; apathy. despenden, < OF. despendre = Sp. Pg. despender 
Called by the Stoics apathy, or dispersion. '' K dts P erlaere > %<***% < _ MIj . djspendere, by 
Sir W\Temple Gardening " spendere (> AS. a-spendan, E. spend 
= U^spenderen = Or. spendiren = Dan. spendere 
" expend, L. dispendere, weigh 
is-, apart, + pendcre, weigh: 
from passion; calm ; c'omposedrimpartial fun! ^J^ dent - Gf ' ^ en(l ' ***1 To P a y out; 
moved by strong emotion ; cool: applied to per- 
sons : as, dispassionate men or judges. 
The hazard of great interests cannot fail to agitate 
strong Passions; we are not disinterested ; it is impossi- 
ole we should be dispassionate. Ames, Works, II. 38. 
Quiet, dispassionate, and cold. Tennyson, A Character. 
2. Not dictated by passion; not proceeding 
from temper or bias; impartial: applied to ac- 
tions or sentiments : as, dispassionate proceed- 
ings ; dispassionate views. 
expend. 
Oure godys, oure golde vngaynly dispendit, 
And oure persons be put vnto pale dethe. 
Destruction of Troy (E. E. T. 8.), I. 9333. 
This nest of gallants . . . can dispend their two thou- 
sand a-year out of other men's coffers. 
Middleton, The Black Book. 
Had women navigable rivers in their eyes, 
They would dispend them all. 
Webster, White Devil, v. 1. 
dispendert (dis-pen'der), n. [< ME. dispendour, 
. , 
Reason requires a calm and dispassionate situation of <i es P en dour, < OF. despendeor, despendeour, des- 
the mind to form her judgments aright. pendeur, < despendre, dispend: see dispend and 
A. Tucker, Light of Nature, I. xxi. -erl.] One who dispends. 
Cranmer had a greater capacity than either Hpnrv or . 
Crumwel ; he had much of the dispassionate dual tv of ,, The^Wer riches that a man hath, the moo despendours 
the statesman. _R. If. Dimn, Hist Church of Eng.fiiT Chaucer, Parson's Tale. 
= Syn fool, serene, temperate, moderate, collected,' un- dispensability (dis- 
with - 
dis- 
dispensed or dispensed with, or of receiving, or 
despensable, prodigal, abundant, < ML. dispen- 
sabilis, pertaining to expenses) ; as dispense + 
-able.} 1. Capable of being dispensed or ad- 
ministered. 
Laws of the land .. . dispensable by the ordinary courts. 
State Trials, Col. Andrt'we, an. 1680. 
2. Capable of being spared or dispensed with. 
There are some things, which indeed are pious and re- 
ligious, \>at dispensable, voluntary, and commutable. 
Jer. Taylor, Works (ed. 1835), I. 274. 
Dispensable, at least, if not superfluous. 
Coleridge, Lit. Remains, IV. 259. 
Not a tone of colour, not a note of form, is misplaced or 
dispensable. Swinburne, Essays, p. 118. 
3. Capable of receiving or being the subject of 
dispensation ; hence, excusable ; pardonable. 
If straining a point were at all dispensable, it would 
certainly be so rather to the advance of unity than in- 
crease of contradiction. Sirtft, Tale of a Tub, vi. 
dispensableness (dis-pen'sa-bl-nes), n. The 
quality of being dispensable ; the capability of 
being dispensed or dispensed with. Hammond. 
dispensary (dis-peu'sa-ri), n. ; pi. dispensaries 
(-riz). [ F. dispensdlre, a dispensary (cf . OF. 
despensairc, expense), < ML. dispensarius, adj. 
(as a noun, a steward, spencer: see dispenser), 
< dispensa, provisions, a buttery, larder, spence : 
see spence, and dispend, dispense.} 1 . A room or 
shop in which medicines are dispensed or served 
out : as, a hospital dispensary. 
The dispensary, being an apartment in the college, set 
up for the relief of the sick poor. 
Garth, Dispensary, Pref. 
2. A public institution, primarily intended for 
the poor, where medical advice is given and 
medicines are furnished free, or sometimes for 
a small charge to those who can afford it. 
dispensation (dis-pen-sa'shon), n. [= D. dis- 
pensatie = G. Dan. Sw. dispensation, < OF. des- 
pensation, F. dispensation = Sp. dispensation = 
Pg. dispensaqtto = It. dispensazione, < L. dis- 
pensatio(n-), management, charge, direction, < 
dispensare, pp. dispcnsatus, manage, regulate, 
distribute, dispense : see dispense, v.} 1. The 
act of dispensing or dealing out ; distribution : 
as, the dispensation of royal favors ; the dispen- 
sation of good and evil by Divine Providence. 
A dispensation of water . . . indifferently to all parts 
of the earth. 
Woodward, Essay towards a Nat. Hist, of the Earth. 
2. A particular distribution of blessing or af- 
fliction dispensed by God to a person, family, 
community, or nation, in the course of his deal- 
ings with his creatures ; that which is dispensed 
or dealt out by God : as, a sad dispensation ; a 
merciful dispensation. 
Neither are God's methods or intentions different in his 
dispensations to each private man. Kogers. 
The kind and chief design of God, in all his severest 
dispensations, is to melt and soften our hearts to such 
degrees as he finds necessary in order to the good pur- 
poses of his grace. Bp. Atterbury, Sermons, I. xvi. 
3. In theol. : (a) The method or scheme by 
which God has at different times developed his 
purposes, and revealed himself to man ; or the 
body of privileges bestowed, and duties and re- 
sponsibilities enjoined, in connection with that 
scheme or method of revelation : as, the old or 
Jewish dispensation; the new or Gospel dispen- 
sation. See grace, (b) A period marked by a 
particular development of the divine purpose 
and revelation: as, the patriarchal dispensation 
(lasting from Adam to Moses) ; the Mosaic 
dispensation (from Moses to Christ) ; the Chris- 
tian dispensation. 
There is, perhaps, no part of divinity attended with so 
much intricacy, and wherein orthodox divines so much 
differ, as the stating the precise agreement and difference 
between the two dispensations of Moses and of Christ. 
Eilirartln, Works, I. 160. 
Personal religion is the same at all times; "the just" 
in every dispensation "shall live by faith." 
J. II. Nemnan, Parochial Sermons, i. 247. 
4f. Management; stewardship; an act or ac- 
tion as manager or steward. 
God . . . hath seen so much amiss in ny dispensations 
(and even in this affair) as calls me to be humble. 
Winlhrop, Hist. New England, II. 279. 
