Part 3327

<i>T. L. K. Oliphant.</i>

<h1>Distrust</h1> <Xpage=436>

<hw>Dis*trust"</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Doubt of sufficiency, reality, or sincerity; want of confidence, faith, or reliance; <as>as, <ex>distrust</ex> of one's power, authority, will, purposes, schemes, etc.</as></def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Suspicion of evil designs.</def>

<blockquote>Alienation and <b>distrust</b> . . . are the growth of false principles. <i>D. Webster.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>State of being suspected; loss of trust.</def>

<i>Milton.</i>

<h1>Distruster</h1> <Xpage=436>

<hw>Dis*trust"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who distrusts.</def>

<h1>Distrustful</h1> <Xpage=436>

<hw>Dis*trust"ful</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Not confident; diffident; wanting confidence or thrust; modest; <as>as, <ex>distrustful</ex> of ourselves, of one's powers</as>.</def>

<blockquote><b>Distrustful</b> sense with modest caution speaks. <i>Pope.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Apt to distrust; suspicious; mistrustful.</def>

<i>Boyle.</i>

-- <wordforms><wf>Dis*trust"ful*ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt> -- <wf>Dis*trust"ful*ness</wf>, <tt>n.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Distrusting</h1> <Xpage=436>

<hw>Dis*trust"ing</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>That distrusts; suspicious; lacking confidence in.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>Dis*trust"ing*ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Distrustless</h1> <Xpage=436>

<hw>Dis*trust"less</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Free from distrust.</def>

<i>Shenstone.</i>

<h1>Distune</h1> <Xpage=436>

<hw>Dis*tune"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To put out of tune.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Disturb</h1> <Xpage=436>

<hw>Dis*turb"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Disturbed</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Disturbing</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[OE. <ets>desturben</ets>, <ets>destourben</ets>, OF. <ets>destorber</ets>, <ets>desturber</ets>, <ets>destourber</ets>, fr. L. <ets>disturbare</ets>, <ets>disturbatum</ets>; <ets>dis-</ets> + <ets>turbare</ets> to disturb, trouble, <ets>turba</ets> disorder, tumult, crowd. See <er>Turbid</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>To throw into disorder or confusion; to derange; to interrupt the settled state of; to excite from a state of rest.</def>

<blockquote>Preparing to <b>disturb</b> With all-cofounding war the realms above. <i>Cowper.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>The bellow's noise <b>disturbed</b> his quiet rest. <i>Spenser.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>The utmost which the discontented colonies could do, was to <b>disturb</b> authority. <i>Burke.</i></blockquote>