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When both rocks and all things shall disband.

Herbert.

Human society would in a short space disband.

Tillotson.

Dis*band"ment (?), n. The act of disbanding.

Dis*bar" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disbarred (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Disbarring.] (Law) To expel from the bar, or the legal profession; to deprive (an attorney, barrister, or counselor) of his status and privileges as such. Abbott.

Dis*bark" (?), v. t. [Pref. dis- + bark a small ship: cf. OF. desbarquer, F. débarquer. Cf. Debark, Disembark.] To disembark. Pope.

Dis*bark", v. t. [Pref. dis- + bark rind.] To strip of bark; to bark. [R.] Boyle.

Dis*bar"ment (?), n. Act of disbarring.

Dis*base" (?), v. t. [Cf. Debase.] To debase or degrade. [Obs.]

Nor you nor your house were so much as spoken of before I disbased myself.

B. Jonson.

Dis`be*come" (?), v. t. To misbecome. [Obs.] Massinger.

Dis*be*lief" (?), n. The act of disbelieving;; a state of the mind in which one is fully persuaded that an opinion, assertion, or doctrine is not true; refusal of assent, credit, or credence; denial of belief.

Our belief or disbelief of a thing does not alter the nature of the thing.

Tillotson.

No sadder proof can be given by a man of his own littleness that disbelief in great men.

Carlyle.

Syn. -- Distrust; unbelief; incredulity; doubt; skepticism. -- Disbelief, Unbelief. Unbelief is a mere failure to admit; disbelief is a positive rejection. One may be an unbeliever in Christianity from ignorance or want of inquiry; a unbeliever has the proofs before him, and incurs the guilt of setting them aside. Unbelief is usually open to conviction; disbelief is already convinced as to the falsity of that which it rejects. Men often tell a story in such a manner that we regard everything they say with unbelief. Familiarity with the worst parts of human nature often leads us into a disbelief in many good qualities which really exist among men.

Dis`be*lieve" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disbelieved (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Disbelieving.] Not to believe; to refuse belief or credence to; to hold not to be true or actual.

Assertions for which there is abundant positive evidence are often disbelieved, on account of what is called their improbability or impossibility.

J. S. Mill.

Dis`be*liev"er (?), n. One who disbelieves, or refuses belief; an unbeliever. Specifically, one who does not believe the Christian religion. I. Watts.

Dis*bench" (?), v. t. 1. To drive from a bench or seat. [R.] Shak.

2. (Eng. Law) To deprive (a bencher) of his privileges. Mozley & W.

Dis*bend (?), v. t. To unbend. [Obs.] Stirling.

Dis*bind" (?), v. t. [Cf. Disband.] To unbind; to loosen. [Obs.] Mede.