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Withdraw yourselves from every brother that walketh disorderly.

2 Thess. iii. 6.

Savages fighting disorderly with stones.

Sir W. Raleigh.

Dis*or"di*nance (?), n. Disarrangement; disturbance. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Dis*or"di*nate (?), a. Inordinate; disorderly. [Obs.] "With disordinate gestures." Prynne.

Dis*or"di*nate*ly, adv. Inordinately. [Obs.] E. Hall.

Dis*or`di*na"tion (?), n. The state of being in disorder; derangement; confusion. [Obs.] Bacon.

Dis*or`gan*i*za"tion (?), n. [Cf. F. désorganisation. See Disorganize, v. t.] 1. The act of disorganizing; destruction of system.

2. The state of being disorganized; as, the disorganization of the body, or of government.

The magazine of a pawnbroker in such total disorganization, that the owner can never lay his hands upon any one article at the moment he has occasion for it.

Sir W. Scott.

Dis*or"gan*ize (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disorganized (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Disorganizing (?).] [Pref. dis- + organize: cf. F. désorganiser.] To destroy the organic structure or regular system of (a government, a society, a party, etc.); to break up (what is organized); to throw into utter disorder; to disarrange.

Lyford . . . attempted to disorganize the church.

Eliot (1809).

Dis*or"gan*i`zer (?), n. One who disorganizes or causes disorder and confusion.

Dis*o"ri*ent (?), v. t. To turn away from the east; to confuse as to which way is east; to cause to lose one's bearings. [R.] Bp. Warburton.

Dis*o"ri*en*tate (?), v. t. To turn away from the east, or (figuratively) from the right or the truth. [R.]

Dis*own" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disowned (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Disowning.] 1. To refuse to own or acknowledge as belonging to one's self; to disavow or deny, as connected with one's self personally; as, a parent can hardly disown his child; an author will sometimes disown his writings.

2. To refuse to acknowledge or allow; to deny.

Then they, who brother's better claim disown, Expel their parents, and usurp the throne.

Dryden.

Syn. -- To disavow; disclaim; deny; abnegate; renounce; disallow.

Dis*own"ment (?), n. Act of disowning. [R.]

Dis*ox"i*date (?), v. t. (Chem.) To deoxidate; to deoxidize. [R.]

Dis*ox`i*da"tion (?), n. (Chem.) Deoxidation. [R.]

Dis*ox"y*gen*ate (?), v. t. (Chem.) To deprive of oxygen; to deoxidize. [R.]

Dis*ox`y*gen*a"tion (?), n. (Chem.) Deoxidation. [R.]