Part 3215

<h1>Disencrese</h1> <Xpage=424>

<hw>Dis`en*crese"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>dis-</ets> + OE. <ets>encrese</ets>, E. <ets>increase</ets>.]</ety> <def>To decrease.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Disencrese</h1> <Xpage=424>

<hw>Dis`en*crese"</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Decrease.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Disencumber</h1> <Xpage=424>

<hw>Dis`en*cum"ber</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Disencumbered</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Disencumbering</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[Pref. <ets>dis-</ets> + <ets>encumber</ets>: cf. F. <ets>d\'82sencombrer</ets>.]</ety> <def>To free from encumbrance, or from anything which clogs, impedes, or obstructs; to disburden.</def>

<i>Owen.</i>

<blockquote>I have <b>disencumbered</b> myself from rhyme. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Disencumbrance</h1> <Xpage=424>

<hw>Dis`en*cum"brance</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Freedom or deliverance from encumbrance, or anything burdensome or troublesome.</def>

<i>Spectator.</i>

<h1>Disendow</h1> <Xpage=424>

<hw>Dis`en*dow"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To deprive of an endowment, as a church.</def>

<i>Gladstone.</i>

<h1>Disendowment</h1> <Xpage=424>

<hw>Dis`en*dow"ment</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The act of depriving of an endowment or endowments.</def>

<blockquote> <b>disendowment</b> of the Irish Church. <i>G. B. Smith.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Disenfranchise</h1> <Xpage=424>

<hw>Dis`en*fran"chise</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To disfranchise; to deprive of the rights of a citizen.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>Dis`en*fran"chise*ment</wf> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Disengage</h1> <Xpage=424>

<hw>Dis`en*gage"</hw> <tt>(<?/)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Disengaged</er> <tt>(#)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Disengaging</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[Pref. <ets>dis-</ets> + <ets>engage</ets>: cf. F. <ets>d\'82sengager</ets>.]</ety> <def>To release from that with which anything is engaged, engrossed, involved, or entangled; to extricate; to detach; to set free; to liberate; to clear; <as>as, to <ex>disengage</ex> one from a party, from broils and controversies, from an oath, promise, or occupation; to <ex>disengage</ex> the affections a favorite pursuit, the mind from study.</as></def>

<blockquote>To <b>disengage</b> him and the kingdom, great sums were to be borrowed. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Caloric and light must be <b>disengaged</b> during the process. <i>Transl. of Lavoisier.</i></blockquote>

<syn>Syn. -- To liberate; free; loose; extricate; clear; disentangle; detach; withdraw; wean.</syn>

<h1>Disengage</h1> <Xpage=424>

<hw>Dis`en*gage"</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To release one's self; to become detached; to free one's self.</def>

<blockquote>From a friends's grave how soon we <b>disengage</b>! <i>Young.</i></blockquote>