<hw><hw>Dis"pli*cence</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Dis"pli*cen*cy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>displicentia</ets>. See <er>Displacency</er>.]</ety> <def>Dislike; dissatisfaction; discontent.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>
<i>W. Montagu.</i>
<h1>Displode</h1> <Xpage=430>
<hw>Dis*plode"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Disploded</er>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Disploding</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[L. <ets>displodere</ets>, <ets>displosum</ets>; <ets>dis-</ets> + <ets>plodere</ets>, <ets>plaudere</ets>, to clap, strike, beat.]</ety> <def>To discharge; to explode.</def>
<blockquote>In posture to <b>displode</b> their second tire Of thunder. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>
<h1>Displode</h1> <Xpage=430>
<hw>Dis*plode"</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To burst with a loud report; to explode.</def> "<i>Disploding</i> engines."
<i>Young.</i>
<h1>Displosion</h1> <Xpage=430>
<hw>Dis*plo"sion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Explosion.</def>
<blockquote>The vast <b>displosion</b> dissipates the clouds. <i>Young.</i></blockquote>
<h1>Displosive</h1> <Xpage=430>
<hw>Dis*plo"sive</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Explosive.</def>
<h1>Displume</h1> <Xpage=430>
<hw>Dis*plume"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Displumed</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Displuming</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[Pref. <ets>dis-</ets> + <ets>plume</ets>: cf. OF. <ets>desplumer</ets>, F. <ets>d\'82plumer</ets>.]</ety> <def>To strip of, or as of, a plume, or plumes; to deprive of decoration; to dishonor; to degrade.</def>
<blockquote><b>Displumed</b>, degraded, and metamorphosed. <i>Burke.</i></blockquote>
<h1>Dispoline</h1> <Xpage=430>
<hw>Dis"po*line</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>One of several isomeric organic bases of the quinoline series of alkaloids.</def>
<h1>Dispond</h1> <Xpage=430>
<hw>Dis*pond"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <er>Despond</er>.</def>
<h1>Dispondee</h1> <Xpage=430>
<hw>Di*spon"dee</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>dispondeus</ets>, Gr. <?/; <?/ = <?/ twice + <?/ spondee.]</ety> <fld>(Gr. <?/ Lat. Pros.)</fld> <def>A double spondee; a foot consisting of four long syllables.</def>
<h1>Dispone</h1> <Xpage=430>
<hw>Dis*pone"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>disponere</ets>. See <er>Disposition</er>.]</ety>
<p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Her.)</fld> <def>To dispose.</def>
<p><b>2.</b> <def>To dispose of.</def>
<i>Chaucer.</i>
<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Scots Law)</fld> <def>To make over, or convey, legally.</def>
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