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Served a little to disedge The sharpness of that pain about her heart.

Tennyson.

Dis*ed"i*fy (?), v. t. To fail of edifying; to injure. [R.]

Dis*eld"er (?), v. t. To deprive of an elder or elders, or of the office of an elder. [Obs.] Fuller.

Di*sel"e*nide (?; 104), n. [Pref. di- + selenide.] (Chem.) A selenide containing two atoms of selenium in each molecule.

Dis`em*bark" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disembarked (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Disembarking.] [Pref. dis- + embark: cf. F. désembarquer.] To remove from on board a vessel; to put on shore; to land; to debark; as, the general disembarked the troops.

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Go to the bay, and disembark my coffers.

Shak.

Dis`em*bark" (?), v. i. To go ashore out of a ship or boat; to leave a ship; to debark.

And, making fast their moorings, disembarked.

Cowper.

Dis*em`bar*ka"tion (?), n. The act of disembarking.

Dis`em*bark"ment (?), n. Disembarkation. [R.]

Dis`em*bar"rass (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disembarrassed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Disembarrassing.] [Pref. dis- + embarrass: cf. F. désembarasser.] To free from embarrassment, or perplexity; to clear; to extricate.

To disembarrass himself of his companion.

Sir W. Scott.

Dis`em*bar"rass*ment (?), n. Freedom or relief from impediment or perplexity.

Dis`em*bay" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disembayed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Disembaying.] [Pref. dis- + embay.] To clear from a bay. Sherburne.

Dis`em*bel"lish (?), v. t. [Pref. dis- + embellish: cf. F. désembellir.] To deprive of embellishment; to disadorn. Carlyle.

Dis`em*bit"ter (?), v. t. To free from

Dis`em*bod"ied (?), a. Divested of a body; ceased to be corporal; incorporeal.

The disembodied spirits of the dead.

Bryant.

Dis`em*bod"i*ment (?), n. The act of disembodying, or the state of being disembodied.

Dis`em*bod"y (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disembodied (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Disembodying.] 1. To divest of the body or corporeal existence.

Devils embodied and disembodied.

Sir W. Scott.

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