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<h1>Disintegrate</h1> <Xpage=426>

<hw>Dis*in"te*grate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Disintegrated</er>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Disintegrating</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[L. <ets>dis-</ets> + <ets>integratus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>integrare</ets> to renew, repair, fr. <ets>integer</ets> entire, whole. See <er>Integer</er>.]</ety> <def>To separate into integrant parts; to reduce to fragments or to powder; to break up, or cause to fall to pieces, as a rock, by blows of a hammer, frost, rain, and other mechanical or atmospheric influences.</def>

<blockquote>Marlites are not <b>disintegrated</b> by exposure to the atmosphere, at least in six years. <i>Kirwan.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Disintegrate</h1> <Xpage=426>

<hw>Dis*in"te*grate</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To decompose into integrant parts; <as>as, chalk rapidly <ex>disintegrates</ex></as>.</def>

<h1>Disintegration</h1> <Xpage=426>

<hw>Dis*in`te*gra"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>The process by which anything is disintegrated; the condition of anything which is disintegrated</def>. Specifically <sd>(b)</sd> <fld>(Geol.)</fld> <def>The wearing away or falling to pieces of rocks or strata, produced by atmospheric action, frost, ice, etc.</def>

<blockquote>Society had need of further <b>disintegration</b> before it could begin to reconstruct itself locally. <i>Motley.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Disintegrator</h1> <Xpage=426>

<hw>Dis*in"te*gra`tor</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Mech.)</fld> <def>A machine for grinding or pulverizing by percussion.</def>

<h1>Disinter</h1> <Xpage=426>

<hw>Dis`in*ter"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Disinterred</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Disinterring</er>.]</wordforms>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>To take out of the grave or tomb; to unbury; to exhume; to dig up.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To bring out, as from a grave or hiding place; to bring from obscurity into view.</def>

<i>Addison.</i>

<h1>Disinteress</h1> <Xpage=426>

<hw>Dis*in"ter*ess</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>d\'82sint\'82resser</ets> to deprive of interest in; pref. <ets>d\'82s-</ets> (L. <ets>dis-</ets>) + <ets>int\'82resser</ets> to interest, fr. L. <ets>interesse</ets> to import, concern. See <er>Interest</er>, and cf. <er>Disinterest</er>.]</ety> <def>To deprive or rid of interest in, or regard for; to disengage.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Disinteressment</h1> <Xpage=426>

<hw>Dis*in"ter*ess*ment</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>d\'82sint\'82ressement</ets>.]</ety> <def>Disinterestedness; impartiality; fairness.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Prior.</i>

<h1>Disinterest</h1> <Xpage=426>

<hw>Dis*in"ter*est</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>p. a.</tt> <def>Disinterested.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>The measures they shall walk by shall be <b>disinterest</b> and even. <i>Jer. Taylor.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Disinterest</h1> <Xpage=426>

<hw>Dis*in"ter*est</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>What is contrary to interest or advantage; disadvantage.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Glanvill.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Indifference to profit; want of regard to private advantage; disinterestedness.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Johnson.</i>