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<hw>Dis*ox"i*date</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>To deoxidate; to deoxidize.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<h1>Disoxidation</h1> <Xpage=428>

<hw>Dis*ox`i*da"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>Deoxidation.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<h1>Disoxygenate</h1> <Xpage=428>

<hw>Dis*ox"y*gen*ate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>To deprive of oxygen; to deoxidize.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<h1>Disoxygenation</h1> <Xpage=428>

<hw>Dis*ox`y*gen*a"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>Deoxidation.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<h1>Dispace</h1> <Xpage=428>

<hw>Dis*pace"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>dis-</ets> asunder, different ways, to and fro + <ets>pace</ets>.]</ety> <def>To roam.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>In this fair plot <b>dispacing</b> to and fro. <i>Spenser.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Dispair</h1> <Xpage=428>

<hw>Dis*pair"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To separate (a pair).</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<blockquote>I have . . . <b>dispaired</b> two doves. <i>Beau. & Fl.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Dispand</h1> <Xpage=428>

<hw>Dis*pand"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>dispandere</ets> to spread out; pref. <ets>dis-</ets> + <ets>pandere</ets>, <ets>pansum</ets>, to spread out.]</ety> <def>To spread out; to expand.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Bailey.</i>

<h1>Dispansion</h1> <Xpage=428>

<hw>Dis*pan"sion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Dispand</er>.]</ety> <def>Act of dispanding, or state of being dispanded.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Disparadised</h1> <Xpage=428>

<hw>Dis*par"a*dised</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Removed from paradise.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Cockeram.</i>

<h1>Disparage</h1> <Xpage=428>

<hw>Dis*par"age</hw> <tt>(?; 48)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Disparaged</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Disparaging</er> <tt>(?)</tt>.]</wordforms> <ety>[OF. <ets>desparagier</ets>, F. <ets>d\'82parager</ets>, to marry unequally; pref. <ets>des-</ets> (L. <ets>dis-</ets>) + F. <ets>parage</ets> extraction, lineage, from L. <ets>par</ets> equal, peer. See <er>Peer</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>To match unequally; to degrade or dishonor by an unequal marriage.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>Alas! that any of my nation Should ever so foul <b>disparaged</b> be. <i>Chaucer.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To dishonor by a comparison with what is inferior; to lower in rank or estimation by actions or words; to speak slightingly of; to depreciate; to undervalue.</def>

<blockquote>Those forbidding appearances which sometimes <b>disparage</b> the actions of men sincerely pious. <i>Bp. Atterbury.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Thou durst not thus <b>disparage</b> glorious arms. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

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