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<h1>Discommission</h1> <Xpage=421>

<hw>Dis`com*mis"sion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To deprive of a commission or trust.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Laud.</i>

<h1>Discommodate</h1> <Xpage=421>

<hw>Dis*com"mo*date</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>dis-</ets> + <ets>commodatus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>commodare</ets> to make fit or suitable, fr. <ets>commodus</ets> fit, commodious. See <er>Commodious</er>, and cf. <er>Discommode</er>.]</ety> <def>To discommode.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Howell.</i>

<h1>Discommode</h1> <Xpage=421>

<hw>Dis`com*mode"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Discommoded</er>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Discommoding</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[See <er>Discommodate</er>.]</ety> <def>To put inconvenience; to incommode; to trouble.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<syn>Syn. -- To incommode; annoy; inconvenience.</syn>

<h1>Discommodious</h1> <Xpage=421>

<hw>Dis`com*mo"di*ous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Inconvenient; troublesome; incommodious.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Spenser.</i>

-- <wordforms><wf>Dis`com*mo"di*ous*ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt> -- <wf>Dis`com*mo"di*ous*ness</wf>, <tt>n.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Discommodity</h1> <Xpage=421>

<hw>Dis`com*mod"i*ty</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Disadvantage; inconvenience.</def>

<i>Bacon.</i>

<h1>Discommon</h1> <Xpage=421>

<hw>Dis*com"mon</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To deprive of the right of common.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Bp. Hall.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To deprive of privileges.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>T. Warton.</i>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>To deprive of commonable quality, as lands, by inclosing or appropriating.</def>

<i>Burrill.</i>

<h1>Discommunity</h1> <Xpage=421>

<hw>Dis`com*mu"ni*ty</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A lack of common possessions, properties, or relationship.</def>

<blockquote>Community of embryonic structure reveals community of descent; but dissimilarity of embryonic development does not prove <b>discommunity</b> of descent. <i>Darwin.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Discompany</h1> <Xpage=421>

<hw>Dis*com"pa*ny</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To free from company; to dissociate.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

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