D I S 
DISAFFEC'TEDNESS,/. The quality of being dif- 
affe&ed. 
DISAFFEC'TION, /. Diflike; ill-will.—In making 
laws, princes mutt have regard to the public difpofitions, 
to the affedtions and difajfcElions, of the people; and mud 
not introduce a law with ‘public fcandal and difpleafure. 
Taylor. —Want of zeal for tire government; want of ar¬ 
dour for the reigning, prince.—In this age, every thing 
difliked by thofe who think with the majority, is called 
difaffe El ion. Swift. —Diforder; bad eonftitution : in a phy- 
fical fenfe.—T he difeafe took its original merely from 
the difajfcElion of the part, and not from the peccancy of 
the humours. Wifeman. 
To DISAFFIR'M, v. a. To contradict.—Neither doth 
Glanvil or Bradton difafffrm the antiquity of the reports 
of the law. Davies. 
DISAFFIR'MANCE, f. Confutation; negation.— 
That kind of reafoning which reduceth the oppofite con- 
clution to fo me thing that is apparently abfurd, is a de- 
monftration in difaffirmance of any thing that is affirmed. 
Hale. 
To DISAFFO'REST, v. a. To throw open to com¬ 
mon purpofes ; to reduce from the privileges of a foreft 
to the date of common ground.—The commiffioners of 
the treafury moved the king to difajforejl fome forefts of 
his, explaining themfelves of Inch forefts as lay out of 
the way, not near any of the king’s houfes. Bacon. 
How happy’s he, who hath due place aflign’d 
To his beads; and difafforejled his mind! Donne. 
To DISAGREE', v. n. To differ; not to be the fame. 
.—The mind clearly and infallibly perceives all diftinct 
ideas to difagree ; that is, the one not to be the other. 
Locke. —To differ; not to be of the fame opinion; 
Why both the bands in worlhip difagree. 
And fome adore the flow’r, and fome the tree. Dryden. 
To be in a date of oppofition : followed by from or with, 
before the oppofite.—It containeth many improprieties, 
dfagreeing alinod in all things from the true and proper 
defeription. Brown. —Strange it is, that they rejedt the 
plained- fenfe of feripture, becaufe it feems to difagree 
with what they call reafon. Atterbury. 
DISAGREE'ABLE, adj. Contrary; unfuitable.— 
Some demon, an enemy to the Greeks, had forced her 
to a conduct difagrecable to her fincerity. Broome. —Un- 
pleafing; offenfive.—To make the fenfe of efteem or dif- 
grace fink the deeper, and be of the more weight, either 
agreeable or difagrceable things fliould condantly accom¬ 
pany thefe different dates. Locke. 
DISAGREE'ABLENESS,y. Unfuitablenefs; contra¬ 
riety. Unpleafantnefs ; offenfivenefs.—A father will hug 
and embrace his beloved fon, for all the dirt and foul- 
nefs of his clothes; the dearnefs of the perfon eadly 
apologizing for the difagreeablenefs of the habit. South. 
DISAGREE'MENT, /. Difference ; diflimilitude ; 
diverlity; not identity ; not likenefs.—Thefe carry fuch 
plain and evident notes and characters, either of difagree. 
ment or affinity with one'another, that the feveral kinds 
of them are eafily didinguifhed. Woodward. —Difference 
of opinion ; contrariety of fentiments.—They feerned one 
to crofs another, as touching their feveral opinions about 
the neceffity of facrament, whereas in truth their difagree - 
ment is not great. Hooker. 
To DISALLO'W, v. a. To deny authority to any : 
When, faid die, 
Were thofe fird councils difallow'd by me ? Dryden. 
To confider as unlawful; not to permit.—Their ufual 
kind of difputing fheweth, that they do not difallozo only 
thefe Romidi ceremonies which are unprofitable, but 
count all unprofitable which are Romifh.—To cenfure 
by fome poderior adt.—It was known that the mod emi¬ 
nent of thofe who profeffed his own principles, publicly 
DIS 8.5D 
dfa/lowed his proceedings. Swift. —To cenfure ; not fo 
judify.—There is a fecret inward foreboding fear, that 
fome evil or other will follow the doing of that which a 
man’s own confidence difallows him in. South. 
7 b DISALLOW', v.n. To refufie pern lflion ; not to 
grant ; not to make or fuppofe lawful.—God doth in 
converts, being.married, allow continuance with infidels, 
and yet difallozo that the faithful, when they are free, 
fhould enter into bonds of wedlock witli fuch. Hooker. 
DIS ALLOW'ABLE, adj. Not allowable ; not to be 
Buffered. 
DISALLOW'ANCE, f. Prohibition.—God accepts 
of a thing fuitable for him to receive, and for us to 
give, where he does not declare his refufal and dJfallow- 
ance of it.' South. 
To DISALLY', v.a. To form with mis-alliance: 
Nor both fo loofely dfally'd 
Their nuptials. Milton. 
To DISAN'CHOR, v. a. To drive a fhip from its 
anchor. 
DISAN'DRA,yi in botany, a genus of the clafs hep- 
tandria, order monogynia, natural order of pediculares, 
Juff. The generic characters are—-Calyx : perianthium 
one-leafed, from five to eight-parted; divifions draitifh, 
permanent. Corolla: one-petalled, w heel-fh aped ; tube 
very fhort; border five-parted ; divilions ovate. Stamina: 
filaments from five to eight, briftle-form, from erect be¬ 
coming patulous, fhorter than the corolla ; antherae fa- 
gittate. Piftillum: germ ovate; flyle filiform, length 
of the ffamens; ftignta fimple. Pericarpium: eaplule 
ovate, length of the calyx, two-celled. Seeds: feveral, 
ovate. The flower varies very much, as to number.—■ 
EJfential Chara&er. Calyx feven-leaved; corolla feven- 
parted, flat; capfule two-celled. 
Species, i. Difandra proftrata, or trailing difandra: 
leaves reniform, crenate ; peduncles in pairs. Stems from 
a foot to two feet in height, proflrate, round, pubefeent. 
The foliage greatly refembles that of ground-ivy, and the 
branches trail on the ground fomewhat in the fame man¬ 
ner to the length of feveral feet. It varies extremely in 
the number of ftamens, and in the divifions of the calyx 
and corolla ; feven is thought to be the molt prevalent 
number of ftamens, and five the mod natural. Native 
of Madeira, and introduced about 1771 ; it flowers moft 
part of the fummer. 
2. Difandra Africana, or African difandra : leaves orbi- 
culate, entire, crenate ; peduncles folitary. It is doubt¬ 
ful whether this be a diftindt fpecies. The parts of the 
flower are very inconftant in their number : feven is the 
moft frequent; five the moft natural, but moft feldom 
feen, efpecially in the cultivated plant. Native of Africa. 
Propagation and Culture. It grows readily from cuttings. 
In the winter it muft be kept in the greenhoufe, in the 
fummer it will bear the open air. It fhould be planted 
in rich earth, and plentifully watered in dry weather. 
It appears beft in a pot placed on a pedeftal, or in fome 
elevated fituation, where its branches may hang care- 
lefsly down. 
To DISA'NIMATE, v. a. To deprive of life. To 
aifeourage ; to dejedt; to deprefs.—The prefence of a 
king engenders love amongft his fubjedts and his loyal 
friends, as it difanimates his enemies. Shakefpcare. 
DISANIMA'TION, J. Privation of life.—They can¬ 
not in reafon retain that apprehenfion after death, as 
being affections which depend on life, and depart upon 
dif animation. Brown. 
To DISANNU'L, v. a. [This word is formed, con- 
trarily to analogy, by thofe who, not knowing the mean¬ 
ing of the word annul, intended to form a negative fenfe 
by the needlefs ufie of the negative particle. It ought 
therefore to be rejedted, as ungrammatical and barba¬ 
rous.] To annul; to deprive of authority; to vacate; 
to make null 5 to make void ; to nullify.—The Jews or¬ 
dinances 
