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Dis*quis"i*tive (?), a. Relating to disquisition; fond of discussion or investigation; examining; inquisitive.

Dis*quis`i*to"ri*al (?), a. Disquisitory.

Dis*quis"i*to*ry (?), a. Of or pertaining to disquisition; disquisitive. Ed. Rev.

Dis*range" (?), v. t. [Pref. dis- + range: cf. OF. desrengier, F. dérangier. See Derange, Disrank.] To disarrange. [Obs.] Wood.

Dis*rank" (?; see Dis-), v. t. [Cf. Derange.] 1. To degrade from rank. [Obs.]

2. To throw out of rank or into confusion. Decker.

Dis*rate" (?), v. t. To reduce to a lower rating or rank; to degrade. Marryat.

Dis*ray" (?), variant of Disarray. [Obs.] Holland.

Dis*re"al*ize (?), v. t. To divest of reality; to make uncertain. [Obs.] Udall.

Dis`re*gard" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disregarded; p. pr. & vb. n. Disregarding.] Not to regard; to pay no heed to; to omit to take notice of; to neglect to observe; to slight as unworthy of regard or notice; as, to disregard the admonitions of conscience.

Studious of good, man disregarded fame.

Blackmore.

Dis`re*gard", n. The act of disregarding, or the state of being disregarded; intentional neglect; omission of notice; want of attention; slight.

The disregard of experience.

Whewell.

Dis`re*gard"er (?), n. One who disregards.

Dis`re*gard"ful (?), a. Neglect; negligent; heedless; regardless.

Dis`re*gard"ful*ly, adv. Negligently; heedlessly.

Dis*rel"ish (?; see Dis-), n. 1. Want of relish; dislike (of the palate or of the mind); distaste; a slight degree of disgust; as, a disrelish for some kinds of food.

Men love to hear of their power, but have an extreme disrelish to be told of their duty.

Burke.

2. Absence of relishing or palatable quality; bad taste; nauseousness. Milton.

Dis*rel"ish, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disrelished (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Disrelishing.] 1. Not to relish; to regard as unpalatable or offensive; to feel a degree of disgust at. Pope.

2. To deprive of relish; to make nauseous or disgusting in a slight degree. Milton.

Dis`re*mem"ber (?), v. t. To fail to remember; to forget. [Obs. or Archaic]

Dis`re*pair" (?), n. A state of being in bad condition, and wanting repair.

The fortifications were ancient and in disrepair.

Sir W. Scott.