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<i>Boyle.</i>

<h1>Disproval</h1> <Xpage=430>

<hw>Dis*prov"al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Act of disproving; disproof.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

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<h1>Disprove</h1> <Xpage=431>

<hw>Dis*prove"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Disproved</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Disproving</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[Pref. <ets>dis-</ets> + <ets>prove</ets>: cf. OF. <ets>desprover</ets>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>To prove to be false or erroneous; to confute; to refute.</def>

<blockquote>That false supposition I advanced in order to <b>disprove</b> it. <i>Atterbury.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To disallow; to disapprove of.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Stirling.</i>

<h1>Disprover</h1> <Xpage=431>

<hw>Dis*prov"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who disproves or confutes.</def>

<h1>Disprovide</h1> <Xpage=431>

<hw>Dis`pro*vide"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>Not to provide; to fail to provide.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Boyle.</i>

<h1>Dispunct</h1> <Xpage=431>

<hw>Dis*punct"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Wanting in punctilious respect; discourteous.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>That were <b>dispunct</b> to the ladies. <i>B. Jonson.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Dispunct</h1> <Xpage=431>

<hw>Dis*punct"</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[See 1st <er>Dispunge</er>.]</ety> <def>To expunge.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Foxe.</i>

<h1>Dispunge</h1> <Xpage=431>

<hw>Dis*punge"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>dispungere</ets> to prick apart, <ets>i</ets>. <ets>e</ets>., check off the debts and credits of an account; <ets>dis-</ets> + <ets>pungere</ets> to prick.]</ety> <def>To expunge; to erase.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Dispunge</h1> <Xpage=431>

<hw>Dis*punge"</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>See <er>Disponge</er>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Dispunishable</h1> <Xpage=431>

<hw>Dis*pun"ish*a*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Without penal restraint; not punishable.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Swift.</i>