Part 3161

<i>Addison.</i>

<h1>Disappendency</h1> <Xpage=418>

<hw>Dis`ap*pend"en*cy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A detachment or separation from a former connection.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<h1>Disappendent</h1> <Xpage=418>

<hw>Dis`ap*pend"ent</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Freed from a former connection or dependence; disconnected.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<h1>Disappoint</h1> <Xpage=418>

<hw>Dis`ap*point"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Disapointed</er>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Disappointing</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[OF. <ets>desapointier</ets>, F. <ets>d\'82sappointer</ets>; pref. <ets>des-</ets> (L. <ets>dis-</ets>) + <ets>apointier</ets>, F. <ets>appointier</ets>, to appoint. See <er>Appoint</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>To defeat of expectation or hope; to hinder from the attainment of that which was excepted, hoped, or desired; to balk; <as>as, a man is <ex>disappointed</ex> of his hopes or expectations, or his hopes, desires, intentions, expectations, or plans are <ex>disappointed</ex>; a bad season <ex>disappoints</ex> the farmer of his crops; a defeat <ex>disappoints</ex> an enemy of his spoil.</as></def>

<blockquote>I was <b>disappointed</b>, but very agreeably. <i>Macaulay.</i></blockquote>

<note>&hand; <i>Disappointed of</i> a thing not obtained; <i>disappointed in</i> a thing obtained.</note>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To frustrate; to fail; to hinder of result.</def>

<blockquote>His retiring foe Shrinks from the wound, and <b>disappoints</b> the blow. <i>Addison.</i></blockquote>

<syn>Syn. -- To tantalize; fail; frustrate; balk; baffle; delude; foil; defeat. See <er>Tantalize</er>.</syn>

<h1>Disappointed</h1> <Xpage=418>

<hw>Dis`ap*point"ed</hw>, <tt>a.</tt>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>Defeated of expectation or hope; balked; <as>as, a <ex>disappointed</ex> person or hope</as>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Unprepared; unequipped.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>Cut off even in the blossoms of my sin, Unhouseled, <b>disappointed</b>, unaneled. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Disappointment</h1> <Xpage=418>

<hw>Dis`ap*point"ment</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>d\'82sappointement</ets>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>The act of disappointing, or the state of being disappointed; defeat or failure of expectation or hope; miscarriage of design or plan; frustration.</def>

<blockquote>If we hope for things of which we have not thoroughly considered the value, our <b>disappointment</b> will be greater our pleasure in the fruition of them. <i>Addison.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>In <b>disappointment</b> thou canst bless. <i>Keble.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>That which disappoints.</def>

<syn>Syn. -- Miscarriage; frustration; balk.</syn>

<h1>Disappreciate</h1> <Xpage=418>

<hw>Dis`ap*pre"ci*ate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Appreciate</er>.]</ety> <def>To undervalue; not to esteem.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>Dis`ap*pre`ci*a"tion</wf> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Disapprobation</h1> <Xpage=418>