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Dis*qui"et (?), a. Deprived of quiet; impatient; restless; uneasy. [R.] Shak.

Dis*qui"et, n. Want of quiet; want of tranquility in body or mind; uneasiness; restlessness; disturbance; anxiety. Swift.

Dis*qui"et, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disquieted; p. pr. & vb. n. Disquieting.] To render unquiet; to deprive of peace, rest, or tranquility; to make uneasy or restless; to disturb.

Why art thou cast down, O my soul, and why art thou disquieted within me?

Ps. xlii. 11.

As quiet as these disquieted times will permit.

Sir W. Scott.

Syn. -- To harass; disturb; vex; fret; excite; agitate.

Dis*qui"et*al (?), n. The act of disquieting; a state of disquiet. [Obs.]

roars and strives 'gainst its disquietal.

Dr. H. More.

Dis*qui"et*er (?), n. One who, or that which, disquiets, or makes uneasy; a disturber.

Dis*qui"et*ful (?), a. Producing inquietude or uneasiness. [R.] Barrow.

Dis*qui"et*ive (?), a. Tending to disquiet. [R.]

Dis*qui"et*ly, adv. In a disquiet manner; uneasily; as, he rested disquietly that night. [R.] Wiseman.

Dis*qui"et*ment (?), n. State of being disquieted; uneasiness; harassment. [R.] Hopkins.

Dis*qui"et*ness, n. Disturbance of quiet in body or mind; restlessness; uneasiness. Hooker.

Dis*qui"et*ous (?), a. Causing uneasiness. [R.]

So distasteful and disquietous to a number of men.

Milton.

Dis*qui"et*tude (?), n. Want of peace or tranquility; uneasiness; disturbance; agitation; anxiety.

Fears and disquietude, and unavoidable anxieties of mind.

Abp. Sharp.

Dis`qui*si"tion (?), n. [L. disquisitio, fr. disquirere to inquire diligently, investigate; dis- + quaerere to seek. See Quest.] A formal or systematic inquiry into, or discussion of, any subject; a full examination or investigation of a matter, with the arguments and facts bearing upon it; elaborate essay; dissertation.

For accurate research or grave disquisition he was not well qualified.

Macaulay.

Dis`qui*si"tion*al (?), a. Pertaining to disquisition; of the nature of disquisition.

Dis`qui*si"tion*a*ry (?), a. Pertaining to disquisition; disquisitional.

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