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<hw>Dis*compt"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Discount</er>.]</ety> <def>To discount. See <er>Discount</er>.</def>

<i>Hudibras.</i>

<h1>Disconcert</h1> <Xpage=421>

<hw>Dis`con*cert"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Disconcerted</er>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Disconcerting</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[Pref. <ets>dis-</ets> + <ets>concert</ets>: cf. OF. <ets>desconcerter</ets>, F. <ets>d\'82concerter</ets>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>To break up the harmonious progress of; to throw into disorder or confusion; <as>as, the emperor <ex>disconcerted</ex> the plans of his enemy</as>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To confuse the faculties of; to disturb the composure of; to discompose; to abash.</def>

<blockquote>The embrace <b>disconcerted</b> the daughter-in-law somewhat, as the caresses of old gentlemen unshorn and perfumed with tobacco might well do. <i>Thackeray.</i></blockquote>

<syn>Syn. -- To discompose; derange; ruffle; confuse; disturb; defeat; frustrate.</syn>

<h1>Disconcert</h1> <Xpage=421>

<hw>Dis`con*cert"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Want of concert; disagreement.</def>

<i>Sir W. Temple.</i>

<h1>Disconcertion</h1> <Xpage=421>

<hw>Dis`con*cer"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The act of disconcerting, or state of being disconcerted; discomposure; perturbation.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>State Trials (1794).</i>

<h1>Disconducive</h1> <Xpage=421>

<hw>Dis`con*du"cive</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Not conductive; impeding; disadvantageous.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<h1>Disconformable</h1> <Xpage=421>

<hw>Dis`con*form"a*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Not conformable.</def>

<blockquote><b>Disconformable</b> in religion from us. <i>Stow (1603).</i></blockquote>

<h1>Disconformity</h1> <Xpage=421>

<hw>Dis`con*form"i*ty</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Want of conformity or correspondence; inconsistency; disagreement.</def>

<blockquote>Those . . . in some <b>disconformity</b> to ourselves. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Disagreement and <b>disconformity</b> betwixt the speech and the conception of the mind. <i>Hakewill.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Discongruity</h1> <Xpage=421>

<hw>Dis`con*gru"i*ty</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Incongruity; disagreement; unsuitableness.</def>

<i>Sir M. Hale.</i>

<h1>Disconnect</h1> <Xpage=421>

<hw>Dis`con*nect"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Disconnected</er>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Disconnecting</er>.]</wordforms> <def>To dissolve the union or connection of; to disunite; to sever; to separate; to disperse.</def>