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Show DK DI DI Wufick craveth your acquaintance ¢ many ar of fuch difproportioned {pirits, that they avoid he Peacham company We on earth, withundifcording voice May rightly anfiver that melodious noife As once we did, till difproportion'd fi Mi/to_n. Jarr'd againft nature's chime If Bod did not forbid all indifferent cereronies then our conformity with the church of Rome i fome fuch is not hitherto as yet difproved, although papifts were unto us as heathens were unt Hooker Ifrael Dispu'TATIVE. adj. [from dijpute.] Dif Some things are good, yet in fo mean a degre 9o DISPU'TE. «w. #. [difputo, Latin.] T contend by argument; to altercate ; t ofed to debate; argumentative Perhaps this practice might not fo eafily. be pezverted, as to raife a cavilling, di/putatrve, and iceptical temper in the minds of youth Watts's Inprovement of the Mind 3. To difapprove; to difallow of goodnefs, that men are only not difproved, no D1sPROPORTIONABLE. adj. [from 4i/Hooker them fo Go o difallowe a q o r f i l a i f proportion.] U e. difpro [fro / o'vE Disp t r g r i t l tity ; not duly reg s confut o e difpro tha On 1 fomething elfe Doubt and fear th ar paffions fharpef " through thefe falfe opticks all that you fee is lik the evening thadows, difproportionable to the truth and ftrangely longer than the true fubftance Suckling Had the obliquity been greater, the earth had no Jbeen able to endure the difproportionable difference Brown. of feafon . We are apt to fet too great a value on tempora bleflings, and have too low and difproportionabl Smalridge eftcem of fpiritual There is no wine of fo ftrong a body as to bea fuch a difproportionable quantity of water as fixt Broome parts DisPrROPO'RTIONABLENESS, 7 /. [fro . difproportionable. ] Unfuitablenef t . {omething elfe DisPrROPO'RTIONABLY proportion. trically [from 4i/ adv {fymme Unfuitably ; no We have no reafon to think much to facrifice t God our deareft interefts in this world, if we confider, Now difproportionably great the reward of ou Tillotfor ufferings fhall be in another DisProPO'RTIONAL, adj. [from difproportion.] Difproportienable; unfymme"trical ; unfuitable in quantity or form t fomething elfe DisPROPO'RTIONALLY. adw. [from 4j/,proportional.] Unfuitably with refpect t . quantity or value DisprOPO'RTIONATE. adj. [from di/proportion.] Unfymmetrical ; unfuitabl to fomething elfe either in bulk form _or value. are crooked or diftorted or difproportionate to the reft, cither in excefs or deRay fect - Ttisplain that men have agreed to a difproportionate and unequal pofieflion of the earth Locke Disproro'RTIONATELY. adv. [from 4 proportionare. Unfuitably ; unfymmetrically DisprorPo'RTIONATENESS. 7. /. [fro difproportionate.] Unfuitablenefs in bulk form, or value 7o D1sPRO'VE. . a. [dis and prove. 1. To confut an aflertion ; to conviét o errour or falfehood This expofition they plainly difprove, and fhe by manifeft reafon that of Davi the words o David could not poffibly be meant Hooker ‘This Weftmoreland maintains _And Warwick thall difprove it Shakefpeare The traitor's odious nam A firft return, and then difprove thy claim Dryden's Fables It is eafier to affirm than todifprove falfe fuppofiio I advance Holder in order t difprove ity and by that means to prove the trut of my doétrine. Atterbury "We fee the fame affertions produced again, with out notice of what hath been faid to difprove them "2. To convid a pradtice of errour Swift They behold thofe things difproved, difannulled and rejeéted, which ufe had made in a manner natural Hooker If attempts of the pen have often proved unfit thofe of the fword are more fo, and fighting is if th a cenfurer The atheift can pretend no- obligation of con difapprover The fingle example that our annals have yielde of two extremes, within fo fhort time, by moft of the fame commenders and difprovers, would reWotton quire no flight memorial Dispu'N1SHABLE. adj. [dis and punifbable.] Without penal reftraint Sawift's Laft Will Now L am fent, and am not to difput My prince's orders, but to execute, Dryd. Ind. Enip Shak. Hen. V1 3. To difcufs; tothink en: afenfe noti [from difpute. ufe Difpute it like a man = Swifr guer 2. /. [from difpute; difpua ar a reafoner to the unfcholaftick ftatefman that the world owe their peace defence Locke and liberties Our difputants put me in mind of the fkuttl fith, that, when he is unable to extricate himfelf blackens all the water about him till he become Spectator invifible Di'spuTaNT. adj. Difputing ; engage Notin ufe in controverfy Thou there waft foun Among the graveft rabbies, difputan Dispura'rion. # f [ from difputatio Latin. 1. The fkill of controverfy ; argumentation Confider what the learning of difputation is, an how they are employed for the advantage of themfelves or others, whofe bufinefs is only the vai Locke oftentation of founds 2, Controverfy ; argumental conteft Well do I find, by the wife knitting together o your anfwer, that any difpuration 1 can ufe is a muc too weak as I unworthy Sidney Till fome admirable or unufual accident happens, as it hath in fome, to work the beginning o a better alteration in the mind, difpurasion abou the knowledge of God commonly prevaileth little Hosker DispuTa'Tious. adj. [from djfpute.] Inclined to difpute; cavilling A man muft be of a very difputatious temper that enters into ftate controyerfies with any of th fair fex tention The queftion being about a fa&, it is hegging it to bring as a proof an hypothefis whichis the ver thing in dijpute Locke The earth is now placed fo conveniently, tha plants thrive and flourifh in it, an Addifon animals live this is matter of fact, and beyond all difpuze Bentley Disru'rELESs. adj. [from difpute.] Undifputed ; uncontrovertible Dié Dispu'rer, 7 [ [from difpute.] A controvertift; one given to argument an oppofition Both were vehement difputer then idolatry conclufion Thef On points and queftions fitting Mofes' chalr. Ailt Shakefp. Mack Disru're. #. /. [from the verb. Conteft; controverfy ; argumental con South Until any point is determined to be a law, it re fhall do { But I muft alfo feel it as a man 2. Lawful to be contefted controvertift ‘[at!‘ 2. To queftion ; to reafon about If they are not in themfelves difputable, why ar a. Saxo is his own him for which fomething may be alleged o oppofite fides tans, Latin. fays the kingdo drinks the quart, and fwears he'll difpute that wit 1. Liable to conteft ; controvertible; tha Di'spuTanT Hooker longer, but to obey On Many a pound of my own proper ftore Becaufe I'would not tax the needy commons mains difputable by every fubject Things were difputed before they came to be determined : men afterwards were not to difpute an " Dryden's Indian Empero ten difburfe they fo much difputed 70 Dispu'TE. v. a So dijpute the prize As if you fought before Cydaria's eyes 7o Dispu'RSE. v, a. [dis and purfe.] T pay ; to difburfe. It isnot certain tha the following paffage fhould not be writ adj mence about a very little point of conveniency Asterbury action thirty-one, in pofleflion, and not in reverfion or remainder, and not difpunifbable of wafte Dispu'rtaBLE fcience, why he fhould difpute againtt religion T illotfon Did not Paul and Barnabas difpute with vehe 1. To contend for, whether by words o No leafes of any part of the faid lands fhall eve be made, other than leafes for years not exceedin Have I difpurfed to the garrifons And never afk'd for reftitution Decay of Picty worfe expedient than difputing following paflage be not ill printed fo Notwithftanding thefe learned difputants, it wa None of our member Tha blames tha 2. On debate; to argue ; to controvert have bee againt the heaStilling fleet have generally obtained, an acknowledge felves, till with labou even by difputers them they had ftified their con vi€tions Rogers DisQuaLiFica TION. z /. [from difgualip. 'That which difqualifies; tha which makes unfit It is recorded as a fufficient difgualification of wife, that, fpeakin God forgive him of he hufband the faid Speciator 7o D1sQua'LIFY. @. a. [dis and gualify. 1. To make unfit; to difable by fome natural or legal impediment Suc perfon as fhal confe benefice on un worthy and difgualified perfons, after a notice o corre€tion given, fhall for that turn be deprived o the power of prefenting unto fuch benefices Ayliffe's Parergon 2. It has commonly for before the objectiv noun I know no employment for which plety difgua lifies Savift My common illnefs utterly difgualifies me for al converfation; I mean my deafnefs 44 Savift 2. T |