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<blockquote>Jove got such heroes as my sire, whose soul No fear could <b>daunt</b>, nor earth nor hell control. <i>Pope.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Now the last ruin the whole host <b>appalls</b>; Now Greece has trembled in her wooden walls. <i>Pope.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Dismay</h1> <Xpage=427>

<hw>Dis*may"</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To take dismay or fright; to be filled with dismay.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Dismay</h1> <Xpage=427>

<hw>Dis*may"</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. OF. <ets>esmai</ets>, F. <ets>\'82moi</ets>. See <er>Dismay</er>, <tt>v. t.</tt>]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>Loss of courage and firmness through fear; overwhelming and disabling terror; a sinking of the spirits; consternation.</def>

<blockquote>I . . . can not think of such a battle without <b>dismay</b>. <i>Macaulay.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Thou with a tiger spring dost leap upon thy prey, And tear his helpless breast, o'erwhelmed with wild <b>dismay</b>. <i>Mrs. Barbauld.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Condition fitted to dismay; ruin.</def>

<i>Spenser.</i>

<syn>Syn. -- Dejection; discouragement; depression; fear; fright; terror; apprehension; alarm; affright.</syn>

<h1>Dismayedness</h1> <Xpage=427>

<hw>Dis*may"ed*ness</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A state of being dismayed; dejection of courage; dispiritedness.</def>

<h1>Dismayful</h1> <Xpage=427>

<hw>Dis*may"ful</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Terrifying.</def>

<i>Spenser.</i>

<h1>Disme</h1> <Xpage=427>

<hw>Disme</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OF. See <er>Dime</er>.]</ety> <def>A tenth; a tenth part; a tithe.</def>

<i>Ayliffe.</i>

<h1>Dismember</h1> <Xpage=427>

<hw>Dis*mem"ber</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Dismembered</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Dismembering</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[OF. <ets>desmembrer</ets>, F. <ets>d\'82membrer</ets>; pref. <ets>des-</ets> (L. <ets>dis</ets>) + OF. & F. <ets>membre</ets> limb. See <er>Member</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>To tear limb from limb; to dilacerate; to disjoin member from member; to tear or cut in pieces; to break up.</def>

<blockquote>Fowls obscene <b>dismembered</b> his remains. <i>Pope.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>A society lacerated and <b>dismembered</b>. <i>Gladstone.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>By whose hands the blow should be struck which would <b>dismember</b> that once mighty empire. <i>Buckle.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To deprive of membership.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>