Part 3254

<i>E. Hall.</i>

<h1>Disordination</h1> <Xpage=428>

<hw>Dis*or`di*na"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The state of being in disorder; derangement; confusion.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Bacon.</i>

<h1>Disorganization</h1> <Xpage=428>

<hw>Dis*or`gan*i*za"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>d\'82sorganisation</ets>. See <er>Disorganize</er>, <tt>v. t.</tt>]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>The act of disorganizing; destruction of system.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The state of being disorganized; <as>as, the <ex>disorganization</ex> of the body, or of government</as>.</def>

<blockquote>The magazine of a pawnbroker in such total <b>disorganization</b>, that the owner can never lay his hands upon any one article at the moment he has occasion for it. <i>Sir W. Scott.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Disorganize</h1> <Xpage=428>

<hw>Dis*or"gan*ize</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Disorganized</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Disorganizing</er> <tt>(?)</tt>.]</wordforms> <ety>[Pref. <ets>dis-</ets> + <ets>organize</ets>: cf. F. <ets>d\'82sorganiser</ets>.]</ety> <def>To destroy the organic structure or regular system of (a government, a society, a party, etc.); to break up (what is organized); to throw into utter disorder; to disarrange.</def>

<blockquote>Lyford . . . attempted to <b>disorganize</b> the church. <i>Eliot (1809).</i></blockquote>

<h1>Disorganizer</h1> <Xpage=428>

<hw>Dis*or"gan*i`zer</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who disorganizes or causes disorder and confusion.</def>

<h1>Disorient</h1> <Xpage=428>

<hw>Dis*o"ri*ent</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To turn away from the cast; to confuse as to which way is east; to cause to lose one's bearings.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Bp. Warburton.</i>

<h1>Disorientate</h1> <Xpage=428>

<hw>Dis*o"ri*en*tate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To turn away from the east, or (figuratively) from the right or the truth.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<h1>Disown</h1> <Xpage=428>

<hw>Dis*own"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Disowned</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Disowning</er>.]</wordforms>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>To refuse to own or acknowledge as belonging to one's self; to disavow or deny, as connected with one's self personally; <as>as, a parent can hardly <ex>disown</ex> his child; an author will sometimes <ex>disown</ex> his writings.</as></def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To refuse to acknowledge or allow; to deny.</def>

<blockquote>Then they, who brother's better claim <b>disown</b>, Expel their parents, and usurp the throne. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<syn>Syn. -- To disavow; disclaim; deny; abnegate; renounce; disallow.</syn>

<h1>Disownment</h1> <Xpage=428>

<hw>Dis*own"ment</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Act of disowning.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<h1>Disoxidate</h1> <Xpage=428>