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<hw>Dis*bark"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>dis-</ets> + <ets>bark</ets> a small ship: cf. OF. <ets>desbarquer</ets>, F. <ets>d\'82barquer</ets>. Cf. <er>Debark</er>, <er>Disembark</er>.]</ety> <def>To disembark.</def>

<i>Pope.</i>

<h1>Disbark</h1> <Xpage=419>

<hw>Dis*bark"</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>dis-</ets> + <ets>bark</ets> rind.]</ety> <def>To strip of bark; to bark.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Boyle.</i>

<h1>Disbarment</h1> <Xpage=419>

<hw>Dis*bar"ment</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Act of disbarring.</def>

<h1>Disbase</h1> <Xpage=419>

<hw>Dis*base"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[Cf. <er>Debase</er>.]</ety> <def>To debase or degrade.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>Nor you nor your house were so much as spoken of before I <b>disbased</b> myself. <i>B. Jonson.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Disbecome</h1> <Xpage=419>

<hw>Dis`be*come"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To misbecome.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Massinger.</i>

<h1>Disbelief</h1> <Xpage=419>

<hw>Dis*be*lief"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The act of disbelieving;; a state of the mind in which one is fully persuaded that an opinion, assertion, or doctrine is not true; refusal of assent, credit, or credence; denial of belief.</def>

<blockquote>Our belief or <b>disbelief</b> of a thing does not alter the nature of the thing. <i>Tillotson.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>No sadder proof can be given by a man of his own littleness that <b>disbelief</b> in great men. <i>Carlyle.</i></blockquote>

<syn>Syn. -- Distrust; unbelief; incredulity; doubt; skepticism. -- <er>Disbelief</er>, <er>Unbelief</er>. <i>Unbelief</i> is a mere failure to admit; <i>disbelief</i> is a positive rejection. One may be an <i>unbeliever</i> in Christianity from ignorance or want of inquiry; a <i>unbeliever</i> has the proofs before him, and incurs the guilt of setting them aside. <i>Unbelief</i> is usually open to conviction; <i>disbelief</i> is already convinced as to the falsity of that which it rejects. Men often tell a story in such a manner that we regard everything they say with <i>unbelief</i>. Familiarity with the worst parts of human nature often leads us into a <i>disbelief</i> in many good qualities which really exist among men.</syn>

<h1>Disbelieve</h1> <Xpage=419>

<hw>Dis`be*lieve"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Disbelieved</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Disbelieving</er>.]</wordforms> <def>Not to believe; to refuse belief or credence to; to hold not to be true or actual.</def>

<blockquote>Assertions for which there is abundant positive evidence are often <b>disbelieved</b>, on account of what is called their improbability or impossibility. <i>J. S. Mill.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Disbeliever</h1> <Xpage=419>

<hw>Dis`be*liev"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who disbelieves, or refuses belief; an unbeliever. Specifically, one who does not believe the Christian religion.</def>

<i>I. Watts.</i>

<h1>Disbench</h1> <Xpage=419>

<hw>Dis*bench"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>To drive from a bench or seat.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Shak.</i>