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(finances for us to refume, was to check our Lord liiin- 
felf, which hath difannulled them. Hooker. 
Wilt thou my judgments dfannul? Defame 
My equal rule, to clear thyfclf of blame. Sandys. 
DISANNULMENT,/. The a£t of making void. 
To DISAPPEAR, v. n. [dfparoitre , Fr.] To be loft 
to view ; to vanifh out of light;, to fly; to go away.— 
The pi&ures drawn in our minds are laid in fading co¬ 
lours, and, if not fometimes refrefhed, vanifh and dif- 
appear. Locke.' 
Critics I faw that others .names deface, 
And fix their own with labour in their place ; 
Their own, like others, fo.on their place rcfign’d. 
Or difappear'd, and left the firft behind. Pope. 
To DISAPPO'INT, v. a. To defeat of expeftation ; to 
balk ; to hinder from fomething expected.—We are not 
only tortured by the reproaches which are offered 11s, 
but are difappoinled by the filence of men when it is un¬ 
expected, and humbled even by their praifes. Addifon .—. 
It has of before the thing loft by difappointment.—The 
Janizaries, difappointed by the baflas o/ the fpoil, received 
of the bounty of Solyman a great largefs. Knolles. 
DISAPPOIN'TMENT, f. Defeat of hopes; mifear- 
riage of expectations.—It is impoffible for us to know 
what are calamities, and what are blelfings. How many 
accidents have paffed for misfortunes, which have turned 
to the welfare and profperity of the perfons in whofe lot 
they have fallen! How many difappointments have, in their 
confequetices, faved a man from ruin! SpeElator. 
DISAPPOIN'TMENT (Iflands of), two iflands in the 
South Pacific Ocean, difeovered by commodore Byron in 
1765, who gave them that name from the fliores afford¬ 
ing him no anchorage for his (hips. Lat. 14. 5. to 10. S. 
Ion. 141. 5. to 12. W. Greenwich. 
DISAPPROBA'TION, f. Cenfure ; condemnation; 
expretlion of diflike.—He was obliged to publifh his let¬ 
ters, to (hew his aifapprobation of the publifhing of others. 
Pope. 
To DISAPPRO'VE, v. a. [ defapprouver , Fr.] To dif¬ 
like ; to cenfure : 
Without good breeding truth is difapprov'd; 
That only makes fuperior fenfe belov’d. Pope. 
To rejeCt as dilliked; not to confirm by concurrence.— 
A projeCt for a treaty of barrier with the States was 
tranfmjtted hither from Holland, and was difapproved of 
by our courts. Swift. 
"DI'SARD,/. [bifi, birijc;, Saxon, a fool, Skinner-, 
dfeur, Fr. Junius .] A prattler; a boafting talker. 
To DISA'RM, v. a. \_difarmcr, Fr.] To fpoil or dived 
of arms; to deprive of arms.—An order was' made by 
both houfes for difarming all the papids in England. Cla¬ 
rendon.— It has of before the-arms taken away.—They 
would be immediately dfarnud of their great magazine of 
artillery. Locke. 
To DISARR A'Y, v.a. To undrefs any one; to dived 
of clothes.—So, as fhe bad, the witch they difarray'd. 
Spenfcr. 
DISARR A'Y, f. Diforder ; confufion; lofs of the re¬ 
gular order of battle.—He returned towards the river, 
to prevent fuch danger as the difarray, occafioned by the 
narrownefs of the bridge, might cad upon them. Hayward. 
—-Undrefs. 
DISASSIDU'ITY,y. Abfence of care or attention.— 
The Cecilians kept him back ; as very well knowing 
that, upon every little abfence or difa/fiduity , he fhould 
be fubjeCt to take cold at his back. Wotton. 
DISAS'TER,/. [difajlre, Fr. ] The blad or droke of 
an unfavourable planet: 
Stars (hone with trains of fire, dews of blood fall; 
Dfajlers veil’d the fun; and the moid dar, 
Upon whofe influence Neptune’s empire dands, 
Was lick almod to doomfday with eclipfe. Shakefpeare. 
DIS 
Misfortune; grief; mifliap; mifery; calamity: 
This day black omens threat the brighted fair 
That e’er deferv’d a watchful fpirit’s care, 
Some dire difajler, or by force or flight; 
But what, or where, the fates have wrapt in night. Pope. 
To DISAS'TER, v.a. To blad by the droke of an 
unfavourable dar.—Ah, chade bed of mine, faid (he, 
which never heretofore couldd acctife me of one defiled 
thought, how cand thou now receive that dijlajlercd 
changeling ? Sidney. —To afflict; to mifehief.—Thefe are 
the holes where eyes fiiould be, which pitifully difajler 
the cheeks. Shakefpeare. 
In his own fields, the fwain 
Difajler'd dands. Thomfon. 
DISASTROUS, adj. Unlucky; not fortunate.—That 
feemeth a mod dfajlrovs day to the Scots, not only in 
regard of this overthrow, but for that upon the fame day 
they were defeated by the Englifli at Floodenfield, 
Hayward. —Gloomy ; threatening misfortune : 
The moon, 
In dim eclipfe, difajlrous twilight (beds 
On half the nations. Milton. 
Unhappy; calamitous; miferable; druck with affliction: 
Then Juno, pitying her difajlrous fate, 
Sends Iris down, her pangs to mitigate. Denham. 
DISASTROUSLY, adv. In a difmal manner. 
DISAS'TROUSNESS, f. Unluckinefs; unfortunate- 
nefs. 
To DISAVOU'CH, v.a. To retract profeflion; to 
difown: 
Thereupon they flatly difavouch 
To'yield him more obedience or fupport. Daniel. 
To DISAVOW', v. a. To difown; to deny knowledge 
of; to deny concurrence in any thing, or with any per- 
fon.—We are reminded by the ceremony of taking an 
oath, that it is a part of that obedience which we learn 
from the gofpel, exprefsly to dfav 9 w all evafions and 
mental refervations whatfoever. Addifon. 
DISAVOW'AL, J. Denial.—An earned difavowal of 
fear often proceeds from fear. Clarijfa. 
DIS AVOW'MENT,y. Denial.—As touching the Tri- 
dentine hidory, his holinefs will not prefs you to any dif 
avozument thereof. Wotton. 
To DISAU'THORISE, v.a. To deprive of credit or 
authority.—The obtrufion of fuch particular indances as 
thefe, are infufficient to difauthorfe a note grounded upon 
the final intention of nature. Wotton. 
To DISBA'ND, v. a. To difmifs from military fer- 
vice ; to break up an army ; to difmifs foldiers from their 
colours: 
Pythagoras bids us in our dation dand, 
Till God, our general, (hall us dijband. Denham. 
To difmifs from fervice.—Some imagine that a quantity 
of water, fufficient to make fuch a deluge, was created 
upon that occafion; and, when the bufinefs was done, 
all dijbandcd again, and annihilated. Woodward. 
To DISBA'ND, v. n. To retire from military fervice; 
to feparate; to break up.—Were it not for fome fmall 
remainders of piety and virtue, which are yet left Mat¬ 
tered among mankind, human fociety would in a fhort 
fpace dijband and run into confufion, and the earth would 
grow wild and become a fored. Tillotfon .•—To be didblved; 
While rocks dand, 
And rivers dir, thou cand not (brink or quail ; 
Yea, when both rocks and all things fltall dijband. 
Then thou fbalt be my rock and tower. Herbert. 
To DISBAR'K, v. a. \_debarquer, Fr.] To land from a 
fliip ; to put on (bore : 
The fbip we moor on thefe obfeure abodes ; 
Di/bark the fheep, an offering to the gods. Pope. 
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