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<hw>Dis*op"pi*late</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>dis-</ets> + <ets>oppilatus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>oppilare</ets> to shut up.]</ety> <def>To open.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Holland.</i>

<h1>Disorb</h1> <Xpage=428>

<hw>Dis*orb"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>dis-</ets> + <ets>orb</ets>.]</ety> <def>To throw out of the proper orbit; to unsphere.</def>

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Disord</h1> <Xpage=428>

<hw>Dis*ord"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Disorder.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Holland.</i>

<h1>Disordeined</h1> <Xpage=428>

<hw>Dis`or*deined"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Ordain</er>.]</ety> <def>Inordinate; irregular; vicious.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Disorder</h1> <Xpage=428>

<hw>Dis*or"der</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>dis-</ets> + <ets>order</ets>: cf. F. <ets>d\'82sordre</ets>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>Want of order or regular disposition; lack of arrangement; confusion; disarray; <as>as, the troops were thrown into <ex>disorder</ex>; the papers are in <ex>disorder</ex>.</as></def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Neglect of order or system; irregularity.</def>

<blockquote>From vulgar bounds with brave <b>disorder</b> part, And snatch a grace beyond the reach of art. <i>Pope.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Breach of public order; disturbance of the peace of society; tumult.</def>

<i>Shak.</i>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>Disturbance of the functions of the animal economy of the soul; sickness; derangement.</def> "<i>Disorder</i> in the body."

<i>Locke.</i>

<syn>Syn. -- Irregularity; disarrangement; confusion; tumult; bustle; disturbance; disease; illness; indisposition; sickness; ailment; malady; distemper. See <er>Disease</er>.</syn>

<h1>Disorder</h1> <Xpage=428>

<hw>Dis*or"der</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Disordered</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Disordering</er>.]</wordforms>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>To disturb the order of; to derange or disarrange; to throw into confusion; to confuse.</def>

<blockquote><b>Disordering</b> the whole frame or jurisprudence. <i>Burke.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>The burden . . . <b>disordered</b> the aids and auxiliary rafters into a common ruin. <i>Jer. Taylor.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To disturb or interrupt the regular and natural functions of (either body or mind); to produce sickness or indisposition in; to discompose; to derange; <as>as, to <ex>disorder</ex> the head or stomach</as>.</def>

<blockquote>A man whose judgment was so much <b>disordered</b> by party spirit. <i>Macaulay.</i></blockquote>

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