Part 349

Sir P. Sidney.

2. To reject as unworthy of one's self, or as not deserving one's notice; to look with scorn upon; to scorn, as base acts, character, etc.

When the Philistine . . . saw David, he disdained him; for he was but a youth.

1 Sam. xvii. 42.

'T is great, 't is manly to disdain disguise.

Young.

Syn. -- To contemn; despise; scorn. See Contemn.

Dis*dain", v. i. To be filled with scorn; to feel contemptuous anger; to be haughty.

And when the chief priests and scribes saw the marvels that he did . . . they disdained.

Genevan Testament (Matt. xxi. 15).

Dis*dained" (?), a. Disdainful. [Obs.]

Revenge the jeering and disdained contempt Of this proud king.

Shak.

Dis*dain"ful (?), a. Full of disdain; expressing disdain; scornful; contemptuous; haughty.

From these Turning disdainful to an equal good.

Akenside.

-- Dis*dain"ful*ly, adv. -- Dis*dain"ful*ness, n.

Dis*dain"ish*ly, adv. Disdainfully. [Obs.] Vives.

Dis*dain"ous (?), a. [OF. desdeignos, desdaigneux, F. dédaigneux.] Disdainful. [Obs.] Rom. of R.

Dis*dain"ous*ly, adv. Disdainfully. [Obs.] Bale.

Dis*de"i*fy (?), v. t. To divest or deprive of deity or of a deific rank or condition. Feltham.

Dis*deign" (?), v. t. To disdain. [Obs.]

Guyon much disdeigned so loathly sight.

Spenser.

Dis*di"a*clast (?), n. [Gr. di`s- twice + diakla^n to break in twain; dia` through + kla^n to break.] (Physiol.) One of the dark particles forming the doubly refracting disks of muscle fibers.

Dis*di`a*pa"son (?), n. [Pref. dis- (Gr. &?;) + diapason.] (Anc. Mus.) An interval of two octaves, or a fifteenth; -- called also bisdiapason.

Dis*ease" (?), n. [OE. disese, OF. desaise; des- (L. dis-) + aise ease. See Ease.] 1. Lack of ease; uneasiness; trouble; vexation; disquiet. [Obs.]

So all that night they passed in great disease.