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

<hw>Dis`ar*ray"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>d\'82sarroi</ets>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>Want of array or regular order; disorder; confusion.</def>

<blockquote>Disrank the troops, set all in <b>disarray</b>. <i>Daniel.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Confused attire; undress.</def>

<i>Spenser.</i>

<h1>Disarrayment</h1> <Xpage=418>

<hw>Dis`ar*ray"ment</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Disorder.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Feltham.</i>

<h1>Disarticulate</h1> <Xpage=418>

<hw>Dis`ar*tic"u*late</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To sunder; to separate, as joints.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>Dis`ar*tic`u*la"tion</wf> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Disarticulator</h1> <Xpage=418>

<hw>Dis`ar*tic"u*la`tor</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who disarticulates and prepares skeletons.</def>

<h1>Disassent</h1> <Xpage=418>

<hw>Dis`as*sent"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To dissent.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Disassent</h1> <Xpage=418>

<hw>Dis`as*sent"</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Dissent.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>E. Hall.</i>

<h1>Disassenter</h1> <Xpage=418>

<hw>Dis`as*sent"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who disassents; a dissenter.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>State Trials (1634).</i>

<h1>Disassiduity</h1> <Xpage=418>

<hw>Dis*as`si*du"i*ty</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Want of as siduity or care.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Sir H. Wotton.</i>

<h1>Disassimilate</h1> <Xpage=418>

<hw>Dis`as*sim"i*late</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <fld>(Physiol.)</fld> <def>To subject to disassimilation.</def>

<h1>Disassimilation</h1> <Xpage=418>

<hw>Dis`as*sim`i*la"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Physics)</fld> <def>The decomposition of complex substances, within the organism, into simpler ones suitable only for excretion, with evolution of energy, -- a normal nutritional process the reverse of assimilation; downward metabolism.</def>

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