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Spenser.

2. To alight from a horse; to descend or get off, as a rider from his beast; as, the troops dismounted.

Dis*mount", v. t. 1. To throw or bring down from an elevation, place of honor and authority, or the like.

Dismounted from his authority.

Barrow.

2. To throw or remove from a horse; to unhorse; as, the soldier dismounted his adversary.

3. (Mech.) To take down, or apart, as a machine.

4. To throw or remove from the carriage, or from that on which a thing is mounted; to break the carriage or wheels of, and render useless; to deprive of equipments or mountings; -- said esp. of artillery.

Dis*nat"u*ral*ize (?), v. t. To make alien; to deprive of the privileges of birth. Locke.

Dis*na"tured (?; 135), a. [Pref. dis- + nature: cf. OF. desnaturé, F. dénaturé.] Deprived or destitute of natural feelings; unnatural. [Obs.] Shak.

Dis`o*be"di*ence (?), n. Neglect or refusal to obey; violation of a command or prohibition.

He is undutiful to him other actions, and lives in open disobedience.

Tillotson.

Dis`o*be"di*en*cy (?), n. Disobedience.

Dis`o*be"di*ent (?), a. [Pref. dis- + obedient. See Disobey, Obedient.] 1. Neglecting or refusing to obey; omitting to do what is commanded, or doing what is prohibited; refractory; not observant of duty or rules prescribed by authority; -- applied to persons and acts.

This disobedient spirit in the colonies.

Burke.

Disobedient unto the word of the Lord.

1 Kings xiii. 26.

2. Not yielding.

Medicines used unnecessarily contribute to shorten life, by sooner rendering peculiar parts of the system disobedient to stimuli.

E. Darwin.

Dis`o*be"di*ent*ly, adv. In a disobedient manner.

Dis`o*bei"sance (?), n. [F. désobéissance.] Disobedience. [Obs.] E. Hall.

Dis`o*bei"sant (?), a. [F. désobéissant.] Disobedient. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Dis`o*bey" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disobeyed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Disobeying.] [F. désobéir; pref. dés- (L. dis-) + obéir. See Obey, and cf. Disobedient.] Not to obey; to neglect or refuse to obey (a superior or his commands, the laws, etc.); to transgress the commands of (one in authority); to violate, as an order; as, refractory children disobey their parents; men disobey their Maker and the laws.

Not to disobey her lord's behest.

Tennyson.