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<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Eng. Law)</fld> <def>To deprive (a bencher) of his privileges.</def>

<i>Mozley & W.</i>

<h1>Disbend</h1> <Xpage=419>

<hw>Dis*bend</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To unbend.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Stirling.</i>

<h1>Disbind</h1> <Xpage=419>

<hw>Dis*bind"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[Cf. <er>Disband</er>.]</ety> <def>To unbind; to loosen.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Mede.</i>

<h1>Disblame</h1> <Xpage=419>

<hw>Dis*blame"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>desblamen</ets>, OF. <ets>desblasmer</ets>; pref. <ets>des-</ets> (L. <ets>dis-</ets>) + <ets>blasmer</ets>, F. <ets>bl\'83mer</ets>, to blame.]</ety> <def>To clear from blame.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Disbodied</h1> <Xpage=419>

<hw>Dis*bod"ied</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Disembodied.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<h1>Disboscation</h1> <Xpage=419>

<hw>Dis`bos*ca"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>dis-</ets> + F. <ets>bosquet</ets> grove.]</ety> <def>Converting forest land into cleared or arable land; removal of a forest.</def>

<i>Sir W. Scott.</i>

<h1>Disbowel</h1> <Xpage=419>

<hw>Dis*bow"el</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Bowel</er>, <tt>v. t.</tt>]</ety> <def>To disembowel.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Spenser.</i>

<h1>Disbranch</h1> <Xpage=419>

<hw>Dis*branch"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Branch</er>, <tt>v.</tt>]</ety> <def>To divest of a branch or branches; to tear off.</def>

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Disbud</h1> <Xpage=419>

<hw>Dis*bud"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Bud</er>, <tt>v.</tt>]</ety> <fld>(Hort.)</fld> <def>To deprive of buds or shoots, as for training, or economizing the vital strength of a tree.</def>

<h1>Disburden</h1> <Xpage=419>

<hw>Dis*bur"den</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Burden</er>, <tt>v. t.</tt>]</ety> <ety>[Cf. <er>Disburthen</er>.]</ety> <def>To rid of a burden; to free from a load borne or from something oppressive; to unload; to disencumber; to relieve.</def>

<blockquote>He did it to <b>disburden</b> a conscience. <i>Feltham.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>My mediations . . . will, I hope, be more calm, being thus <b>disburdened</b>. <i>Hammond.</i></blockquote>

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