Part 405

Sir H. Wotton.

Dis*rob"er (?), n. One who, or that which, disrobes.

Dis*roof" (?), v. t. To unroof. [R.] Carlyle.

Dis*root" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disrooted; p. pr. & vb. n. Disrooting.] To tear up the roots of, or by the roots; hence, to tear from a foundation; to uproot.

A piece of ground disrooted from its situation by subterraneous inundations.

Goldsmith.

Dis*rout" (?), v. i. [Cf. OF. desrouter, F. dérouter.] To put to rout. Taylor (1630).

Dis*rud"der (?), v. t. To deprive of the rudder, as a ship.

Dis*ru"li*ly (?), adv. In a disorderly manner. [Obs.] Rom. of R.

Dis*ru"ly (?), a. Unruly; disorderly. [Obs.]

Dis*rupt" (?), a. [L. disruptus, diruptus, p. p. of disrumpere, to break or burst asunder; dis- + rumpere to break, burst. See Rupture.] Rent off; torn asunder; severed; disrupted.

Dis*rupt", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disrupted; p. pr. & vb. n. Disrupting.] To break asunder; to rend. Thomson.

Dis*rup"tion (?), n. [L. disruptio, diruptio.] The act or rending asunder, or the state of being rent asunder or broken in pieces; breach; rent; dilaceration; rupture; as, the disruption of rocks in an earthquake; disruption of a state.

Dis*rupt"ive (?), a. Causing, or tending to cause, disruption; caused by disruption; breaking through; bursting; as, the disruptive discharge of an electrical battery. Nichol.

Dis*rup"ture (?), n. Disruption. [R.] Jefferson.

Dis*sat`is*fac"tion (?), n. The state of being dissatisfied, unsatisfied, or discontented; uneasiness proceeding from the want of gratification, or from disappointed wishes and expectations.

The ambitious man has little happiness, but is subject to much uneasiness and dissatisfaction.

Addison.

Syn. -- Discontent; discontentment; displeasure; disapprobation; distaste; dislike.

Dis*sat`is*fac"to*ry (?), a. Causing dissatisfaction; unable to give content; unsatisfactory; displeasing.

To have reduced the different qualifications in the different States to one uniform rule, would probably have been as dissatisfactory to some of the States, as difficult for the Convention.

A. Hamilton.

-- Dis*sat`is*fac"to*ri*ness (#), n.

Dis*sat"is*fy (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dissatisfied (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Dissatisfying.] To render unsatisfied or discontented; to excite uneasiness in by frustrating wishes or expectations; to displease by the want of something requisite; as, to be dissatisfied with one's fortune.

The dissatisfied factions of the autocracy.

Bancroft.

Dis*seat" (?), v. t. To unseat. [R.] Shak.

Dis*sect" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dissected; p. pr. & vb. n. Dissecting.] [L. dissectus, p. p. of dissecare; dis- + secare to cut. See Section.] 1. (Anat.) To divide into separate parts; to cut in pieces; to separate and expose the parts of, as an animal or a plant, for examination and to show their structure and relations; to anatomize.