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Glanvill.

3. To put out of place or service; to discharge; to displace. [Obs.] Bacon.

Syn. -- To disorder; derange; unsettle; disturb; disconcert; agitate; ruffle; fret; vex.

Dis`com*posed" (?), a. Disordered; disturbed; disquieted. -- Dis`com*pos"ed*ly (#), adv. -- Dis`com*pos"ed*ness, n.

Dis*com`po*si"tion (?), n. Inconsistency; discordance. [Obs.] Donne.

Dis`com*po"sure (?; 135), n. 1. The state of being discomposed; disturbance; disorder; agitation; perturbation.

No discomposure stirred her features.

Akenside.

2. Discordance; disagreement of parts. [Obs.] Boyle.

Dis*compt" (?), v. t. [See Discount.] To discount. See Discount. Hudibras.

Dis`con*cert" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disconcerted; p. pr. & vb. n. Disconcerting.] [Pref. dis- + concert: cf. OF. desconcerter, F. déconcerter.] 1. To break up the harmonious progress of; to throw into disorder or confusion; as, the emperor disconcerted the plans of his enemy.

2. To confuse the faculties of; to disturb the composure of; to discompose; to abash.

The embrace disconcerted the daughter-in-law somewhat, as the caresses of old gentlemen unshorn and perfumed with tobacco might well do.

Thackeray.

Syn. -- To discompose; derange; ruffle; confuse; disturb; defeat; frustrate.

Dis`con*cert" (?), n. Want of concert; disagreement. Sir W. Temple.

Dis`con*cer"tion (?), n. The act of disconcerting, or state of being disconcerted; discomposure; perturbation. [R.] State Trials (1794).

Dis`con*du"cive (?), a. Not conductive; impeding; disadvantageous. [R.]

Dis`con*form"a*ble (?), a. Not conformable.

Disconformable in religion from us.

Stow (1603).

Dis`con*form"i*ty (?), n. Want of conformity or correspondence; inconsistency; disagreement.

Those . . . in some disconformity to ourselves.

Milton.

Disagreement and disconformity betwixt the speech and the conception of the mind.

Hakewill.

Dis`con*gru"i*ty (?), n. Incongruity; disagreement; unsuitableness. Sir M. Hale.

Dis`con*nect" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disconnected; p. pr. & vb. n. Disconnecting.] To dissolve the union or connection of; to disunite; to sever; to separate; to disperse.