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<h1>Disarm</h1> <Xpage=418>

<hw>Dis*arm"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Disarming</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Disarming</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[OE. <ets>desarmen</ets>, F. <ets>d\'82sarmer</ets>; pref. <ets>d\'82s-</ets> (L. <ets>dis-</ets>) + <ets>armer</ets> to arm. See <er>Arm</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>To deprive of arms; to take away the weapons of; to deprive of the means of attack or defense; to render defenseless.</def>

<blockquote>Security <b>disarms</b> the best-appointed army. <i>Fuller.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>The proud was half <b>disarmed</b> of pride. <i>Tennyson.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To deprive of the means or the disposition to harm; to render harmless or innocuous; <as>as, to <ex>disarm</ex> a man's wrath</as>.</def>

<h1>Disarmament</h1> <Xpage=418>

<hw>Dis*arm"a*ment</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>d\'82sarmement</ets>.]</ety> <def>The act of disarming.</def>

<h1>Disarmature</h1> <Xpage=418>

<hw>Dis*ar"ma*ture</hw> <tt>(?; 135)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>dis-</ets> + <ets>armature</ets>.]</ety> <def>The act of divesting of armature.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<h1>Disarmed</h1> <Xpage=418>

<hw>Dis*armed"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>Deprived of arms.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Her.)</fld> <def>Deprived of claws, and teeth or beaks.</def>

<i>Cussans.</i>

<h1>Disarmer</h1> <Xpage=418>

<hw>Dis*arm"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who disarms.</def>

<h1>Disarrange</h1> <Xpage=418>

<hw>Dis`ar*range"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Disarranged</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Disarranging</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[Pref. <ets>dis-</ets> + <ets>arrange</ets>: cf. F. <ets>d\'82sarranger</ets>.]</ety> <def>To unsettle or disturb the order or due arrangement of; to throw out of order.</def>

<h1>Disarrangement</h1> <Xpage=418>

<hw>Dis`ar*range"ment</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The act of disarranging, or the state of being disarranged; confusion; disorder.</def>

<i>Cowper.</i>

<h1>Disarray</h1> <Xpage=418>

<hw>Dis`ar*ray"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Disarrayed</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Disarraying</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[Pref. <ets>dis-</ets> + <ets>array</ets>, v.: cf. OF. <ets>desarroyer</ets>, <ets>desarreier</ets>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>To throw into disorder; to break the array of.</def>

<blockquote>Who with fiery steeds Oft <b>disarrayed</b> the foes in battle ranged. <i>Fenton.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To take off the dress of; to unrobe.</def>

<blockquote>So, as she bade, the witch they <b>disarrayed</b>. <i>Spenser.</i></blockquote>