dlsrank 
Nor hath my life 
Once tutted of exorbitant affects, 
,Wilde longings, or the least of ilisranct shnpcs. 
Martian, The Fawne, I. 2. 
1 stood 
I'll.' volleys of their shot : I, I myself. 
Was ho that first dittrank'd their woods of pikes. 
Beau, and Fl., Laws of Candy, I. 2. 
disrate (dis-raf), v. t. ; pret. and pp. disrtitnl, 
ppr. disrating. [< dis- priv. 4- rateX] Naut., 
to reduce to a lower rating, as a petty officer, 
or ;i non-commissioned officer of marines. 
disrayt (dis-ra'), w. [MM. disray, var. of ilinii/, 
< OK. drxrei, etc., disorder: see deray, and cf. 
disarray.] 1. Disorder; disarray. 
Come in manner of a sodaine tempest upon our arniie 
. . . and put it In disray. 
tloUarul, tr. of Amtnianus, p. 368. 
2. Confusion ; commotion. 
Whan the knyghtes of the rounde tahlo It wisten the! 
gan make soche a dirray a-monge hem that noon a-bode 
other. Merlin (E. E. T. S.), ill. 407. 
disregard (dis-re-gard'), v. t. [< dis- priv. + 
regard.] To omit to regard or take notice of; 
overlook ; specifically, to treat as unworthy of 
regard or notice. 
Studious of good, man disregarded fame. Blackmore. 
Conscience at first warns ns against Bin ; but if we dis- 
regard it, it soon ceases to upbraid us. 
J. U. Xewman, Parochial Sermons, I. 61. 
Noble, poor and difficult, 
Ungainly, yet t*>o nn-at '" <'<"./"<'/. 
Browning, Ring and Book, I. 129. 
= Syn. Slight, etc. See neglect, v. t. 
disregard (dis-re-gard'), n. [< disregard, t>.] 
Failure to regard or notice; specifically, de- 
liberate neglect of something considered un- 
worthy of attention. 
Disregard of experience. Whevxll. 
disregarder (dis-re-gar'der), . One who dis- 
regards. 
He [the social non-conformist] feels rather compliment- 
ed than otherwise in being considered a disrer/arder of pub- 
lic opinion. //. Spencer, Universal Progress, p. 110. 
disregardful(dis-re-gard'ful), a. [< disregard 
+ -ful, 1.] Exhibiting disregard; negligent; 
neglectful. 
All social love, friendship, gratitude, . . . draws us out 
of ourselves, and makes us disregardful of our own con- 
venience and safety. 
Shaftesbury, Enquiry concerning Virtue. 
disregardfully (dis-re-gard'ful-i), adv. In a 
disregardful manner; negligently; neglectful- 
ly. Bailey, 1731. 
disregulart (dis-reg'u-lSr), a. [< dis- priv. + 
reyular.] Irregular. 
It remains now that we consider whether it be likely 
there should any men be, who, in all the rest, do enjoy a 
true philosophique liberty, and who (not having more 
i//'xi >'/"'"'' passions) despise honours, pleasures, riches. 
Evelyn, Liberty and Servitude. 
disrelish (dis-rel'ish), r. t. [< dis- priv. + rel- 
ish.'} 1. To dislike the taste of ; hence, to dis- 
like for any reason ; feel some antipathy to : 
as, to disrelish a particular kind of food ; to dis- 
relish affectation. 
Neither can the excellencies of heaven he discerned, hut 
by a spirit dinrelishing the sottish appetites of the world. 
Jer. Taylor, Works (ed. 1835), I. 87. 
It Is true, there Is a sort of morose, detracting, ill-bred 
people, who pretend utterly to disrelish these polite inno- 
vations. Sirift, Tale of a Tub, vii. 
2. To destroy the relish of or for ; make uu- 
relishing or distasteful. [Rare.] 
Savoury fruits, of taste to please 
True appetite and not disrelish thirst 
Of nectarous draughts between. 
Milton, P. L., v. 305. 
disrelish (dis-rel'ish), w. [< disrelish, r.] 1. 
Dislike of the taste of something ; hence, dis- 
like in general ; some degree of disgust or an- 
tipathy. 
Men love to hear of their power, but have an extreme 
disrelish to be told of their duty. 
Burke, Appeal to Old Whigs. 
2. Absence of relish ; distastefulness. [Rare.] 
With liatefulest disrelish writhed their jaws, 
With s.mt and rimlers HUM. Milton, P. I,., x. .VW. 
disrelishablet (dis-rel'ish-a-bl), a. [< dis- priv. 
+ rclishablf.} Distasteful'.' Bp. Racket. 
disrelishing (dis-rd'ish-ing), p. a. [Ppr. of dis- 
I'l'li.ih, v.} Offensive to the taste ; disgusting. 
When onre it becomes indifferent, it begins to be dix- 
r.-lixhiii;!. Lamb, Imperfect Sympathies. 
disremember (dis-re-mem'ber), r. t. [< f//x- 
priv. + remember.'} Not to remember; to for- 
get. [Vulgar.] 
Somebody told me, I'm sure ; I .//x*v;m-mVr \vlm. 
H". .)/. Baker, New Timothy, p. 294. 
1683 
disrepair (dis-re-par'), n. [< dix- priv. + re- 
iiair'.] The state of being out of repair or in 
bad condition; the condition of needing re- 
pair. 
All spoke the master's absent care, 
All spoke neglect and disrepair. 
Scott, Rokeby, II. 17. 
Beyond an occasional chance word or two, . . . the 
friendship had outwardly fallen into disrepair. 
J. Hawthorne, Dust, p. 202. 
disreputability (dis-rep'u-ta-bil'i-ti), n. [< 
disreputable : see -bility.} The state of being 
disreputable. Imp. Diet. [Rare.] 
disreputable (dis-rep'u-ta-bl), a. [< dis- priv. 
+ reputable. Bee disrepute.'] 1. Not reputable; 
having a bad reputation : as, a disreputable per- 
son. 2. Bringing into ill repute; discredita- 
ble; dishonorable: as, a disreputable act. 
I have declared that there was nothing disreputable, in 
the public opinion here, in sending children to schools 
supported at the public charge. Everett, Orations, 1. 314. 
disreputably (dis-rep'u-ta-bli), adv. In a dis- 
reputable manner. 
Propositions are made not only ineffectually, but some- 
what disreputably, when the minds of men are not prop- 
erly disposed for their reception. 
Burke, 
Conciliation with America. 
disreputation! (dis-rep-u-ta'shon), n. [< dis- 
priv. -I- refutation. See disrepute.'] Privation 
of reputation or good name ; disrepute ; dises- 
teem; dishonor; disgrace; discredit. 
I will tell you what was the course in the happy days of 
Queen Elizalwth, whom it is no disreputation to follow. 
Baton. 
Jesus refused to be relieved, . . . rather than he would 
do an act, which . . . miglitbe expounded n disreputation 
to God's providence. Jer. Taylor, Works (ed. 1835), 1. 100. 
What disreputation Is it to Horace, that Juvenal excels 
in the tragical satire, as Horace does in the comical? 
Dryden, Orig. and Prog, of Satire. 
disrepute (dis-re-puf), n. [< dis- priv. + re- 
pute.} Loss or want of reputation ; disesteem ; 
discredit; dishonor. 
The hr 1 irf in astrology was almost universal in the mid- 
dle of the seventeenth century ; . . . in the beginning of 
the eighteenth the art fell Into general disrepute. 
Scott, Guy Mannerlng, Iv. 
The colony was fast falling into disrepute. 
Bancroft, Hist U. S., I. 117. 
= Syn. Ill repute, low esteem, disrespect. 
disreputet (dis-re-puf), v. t. [< disrepute, n.] 
To bring into discredit or disgrace. 
Grant that I may so walk that I neither disrepute the 
honour of the Christian institution, nor stain the white- 
nesses of that innocence which thou didst invest my soul 
ithal. Jer. Taylor, Works (ed. 1835), I. 102. 
disrespect (dis-re-spekf), r. t. [< dig- priv. + 
respect, r.} To' have or show no respect for ; 
hold in disesteem. [Now chiefly colloq.] 
Ah, fool ! that doat'st on vain, on present toys, 
And disrespect'gt those true, those future joys. 
Quartet, Emblems, ill. 14. 
I must tell you that those who could find in their Hearts 
to love you for many other Things do disrespect you for 
this [swearing]. Homll, Letters, I. v. 11. 
In the ship . . . hewasmnch<iirep:<edand unworthi- 
ly used by the master, one Feme, and some of the passen- 
gers. Winthrap, Hist. New England, I. 276. 
disrespect (dis-re-spekf), n. [< dis- priv. + re- 
spect, n.} Want of respect or reverence ; mani- 
festation of disesteem ; incivility. 
What is more usual to warriors than impatience of bear- 
Ing the least affront or disrespect f Pope. 
Such fancies do we then affect, 
In luxury of disrespect 
To our own prodigal excess 
Of too familiar happiness. 
Wordsworth, To Lycoris. 
= Syn. Discourtesy, impoliteness, slight, neglect. 
disrespectability(dis-re-spek-ta-biri-ti), n. [< 
disrespe ctable : see -bility.} 1. The character 
of being disrespectable. [Rare.] 
Her taste for disrespectaoilitif grew more and more re- 
markable. Thaclceray, Vanity Fair, Ixlv. 
2. One who or that which is disreputable. [Hu- 
morous.] 
The demi-monde are a class to which we have no counter- 
part in America ; they are respectable disrenpeclabilities, 
lead the fashions, and give the tone to the society in the 
outside, superficial world. S. Bowles, in Merriam, I. 370. 
disrespectable (dis-re-spek'ta-bl), a. [< dis- 
priv. -f- respectable.} Not respectable ; not wor- 
thy of any, or of much, consideration or esteem. 
[Rare.] 
It requires a man to be some disrespeetable, ridiculous 
Boswell before he can write a tolerable life. 
Carlyle, Diamond Necklace, i. 
disrespecter (dis-re-spek'ter), n. One who dis- 
respects; a contemner. [Rare.] 
I shall . . . take it for granted that there have been, 
und are, but too many witty disrettpectere of the Scripture. 
Boyle, Works, II. 29ft. 
disrupt 
disrespectful (<liw-re-spekf ful), a. [< disrespect 
+ -ful, 1; or < ilix- priv. + respectful.} Showing 
disrespect; wanting in respect; manifesting 
disesteem or want of respect; irreverent; un- 
civil: as, a disrespectful thought or opinion; 
disrespectful behavior. 
Slovenly In dress, and disrespectful In manner, he was 
the last man to be feared as a rival In a drawing-room. 
(jWw*w, Fleetwood. 
-Svn. Discourteous, Impolite, rude, nngentlemanly, Im- 
pudent, pert. 
disrespectfully (dis-re-spekf ful-i), adv. In a 
disrespectful manner ; irreverently; uncivilly. 
To speak disrespectfully, or to prophesy against the tem- 
ple, waa considered by the Jews as blasphemy, and of 
course a capital offence. Bp. Porteous, Lectures, xxl. 
disrespectfulness (dis-re-spekt'ful-nes), n. 
Manifestation of disrespect ; want of respect in 
manner or speech. 
disrespectivet (dis-re-spek'tiv), a. K disrespect 
+ -ice; or<(/i-priv.'+ respective.'] Disrespect- 
ful. 
mercies. 
/;/-. 'llnii, Soliloquies, Ixll. 
disrespondencyt, [< dig- priv. + respon- 
dencyT] Lackofrespondency. Sir Aston Cokain. 
disreverencet (dis-rev'e-rens), v. t. [< dis- 
priv. + reference.] To deprive of reverence; 
treat irreverently ; dishonor. 
And also we should of our dutle to God rather forbeare 
the profyte that ourselfe might attayne by a masse, than 
to see his maiestye disreuerenced, by the bold presunipcioii 
of such an odyous minister as he hath forboden t" come 
about him. Sir T. More, Works, p. 227. 
disrobe (dis-rob'), *. ; pret. and pp. disrobed, 
ppr. disrobing. [< OF. desrober, dcsrotiber, F. d- 
rober, < des- priv. + robe, a robe : see dis- and 
robe, and cf. rob.} I. trans. 1 . To divest of a 
robe or garments ; undress. Hence 2. To di- 
vest of any enveloping appendage; denude; un- 
cover : as, autumn disrobes the fields of verdure. 
I am still myself, 
. . . though disrob'd of sovereignty, and ravish 'd 
Of ceremonious duty that attends it. 
Fletcher (and another). False One, v. 4. 
II. intrans. To divest one's self of a robe or 
of one's garments. 
Pallas disrobes; her radiant veil unty'd . . . 
Flows on the pavement of the Court of Jove. 
Pope, Iliad, v. 
disrober (dis-ro'ber), n. One who strips of 
clothing or covering. 
disroot (dis-rSf ), t'. t. [< dis- priv. + root 2 .} 
1. To tear up the roots of; tear up by the 
roots. 
Whate'er I was 
Disrooted, what I am is grafted here. 
Tennyson, Princess, ii. 
Hence 2. To tear from a foundation ; loosen 
or undermine. 
A piece of ground disrooted from its situation by sub- 
terraneous inundations. Goldsmith. 
disroutt (dis-rouf), r. t. [< OF. desrouter, dts- 
roter, disruter, desroupter, F. derouter, break 
up, scatter, rout, < ML. as if 'disruptare, < L. 
diftrupttis, pp. otdisrumpere, break or burst asun- 
der: see disrupt.} To rout; throw into confu- 
sion. 
The Black Prince . . . not only disrouted their mighty 
armies, killing many and defeating all, but brought the 
King, Dauphin, and all the Prince Peers of the land, pris- 
oners. Eng. Stratagem (Arber's Eng, Gamer, I. 608). 
diSTUlilyt (dis-r8'li-li), adv. 
< *disrewly, disruly, + -ly%.] 
[ME. disrewlilye; 
In a disruly man- 
It ... maketh hym love yvelle companye 
And lede his lyf disreidilye. 
Rom. of the Rose, 1. 4900. 
disrulyt (dis-rS'H), . [Early mod. E. disnilie; < 
ME. "disretcly (in adv. disrewlilye : see disrulily), 
< dis- priv. + *reicly, ruly : see dis- and ruly, and 
cf . unruly. Cf . OF. desrieule, disorder, < des- priv. 
+ rieule, rule.] Unruly. 
IHsrulie, [L.] irregularis. 
Levins, Manlp. Vocab., col. 99, 1. 47. 
disrupt (dis-rupf ), r. t. [< L. disruptus, com- 
monly diruptus, pp. of disrumpere, commonly 
dir ampere, break or burst asunder, < dis-, di-, 
apart, asunder, + rumpere, break : see rupture. 
Cf. disrout.] To break or burst asunder; sepa- 
rate forcibly. 
A convention, elected by the people of that SUte to 
consider this very question of disrupting the Federal 
Union, was in session at the capital of Virginia when Fort 
siimter fell. Lincoln, in Raymond, p. 142. 
The charges necessary to disrupt the piers and roof from 
their connection with the bed-rock. 
Pop. Sci. Mo., XXVIII. 441. 
disrupt (dis-rupf), a. [< L. dhruptta, diruptus. 
pp. : see the verb.] Torn from or asunder : 
