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Show Ble The cuftom of difealceation, or putting off thei Trom a fondnefs to fome vices, which the doc fhoes at meals, is conceived to have been done, a they brough uneafy trine of futurity rendere by that means keeping their beds clean themfelves to doubt of religion 3 or, out of a vai affectation of feeing farther than other men, preRogers tended to difbelicve it DisseLl'EVER [from difbelicve. . f One who refufes belief ; one who denie any pofition to be true An humble foul is frighted into fentiments, be¢aufe a man of great name pronounces herefy upo the contrary fentiments an cafts the difbelieve Watts out of the church T ¥, Disee'NcH. v a. [disand bench. drive from a feat My words difbench'd you not Do, Sir3 yet oft When blows have made me ftay, I fled from words Shakefpeare v. a. [dis and branch. . To feparate, or brea off, as a branc from a tree " From her maternal fap, perforce muft wither Shakefp. King Lear Such as are newly planted, need not be difbranched till the fap begins to ftir, that fo th wound may be healed without the fcar Ewelyn's Kalendar T2 Dissu'p. @w - To take awa newly put forth o D1s5U RDEN a. [With gardeners. the branches or fprig that are ill placed. Diéz w. a. [disand burden. 1. To eafe of a burden ; to unload Th or ftreams, dif river, with ten branche burdens himfelf within the Perfian fea Peacham on Drawing Milton Difburder'd heav'n rejoic'd 2, To difencumber, difcharge, or clear " They removed either by cafualty and tempeft, o by intention and defign, either out of lucre of gold o for the difburdening of the countties furcharge with multitudes of inhabitants Hale's Origin of Mankind We fhall difburden the piece of thofe hard fha dowings, which are always ungraceful 3. To throw off a burden Dyryden's Dufrefnoy Better yet do I live, that though by my thought I be plunge Into mylife's bondage, I yet may difburden a paflion Lucia, difburden all thy cares on me And let me thare thy moft retir'd diftrefs Sidney Addifon's Cato o D1sv'RDEN, v, 2. To eafe the mind To DISBU'RSE. w. a. [debour/fer, French, To {pend or lay out money Money is not difburfed at once, but drawn into long length, by fendingover now twenty thoufand and next half year ten thoufand pounds.' Spenfer Nor would we deign him burial for hisimen Till he difburs'd ten thoufand dollars Shakefp As Alexander received great fums, he was n tefs generous and liberal in difburfing of them Arbuthnot on Coins DisBU RSEMENT. . /. [debourfement, Fr. 1. A& of difburfing or laying out Th queen's treafure, in fo great occafions o difburfements, is not always fo ready, nor fo plentiful, as it can fpare fo great a fum together Spenfer's Ireland. 2. Sum fpent Disgu'rsEr. ». [ [from difpurfe. On that difburfes [difecalceatus a4; DISCA'LCEATED Latin.] Stripped of fhoes Discarcea'rioN. #z [ [from difeal ceated. ‘Th - fhoes Vou, 1 a of pullin 7 [from dis an To diflolve 5 to melt. Hanmer candy. 7 @ Disca'nDY The heart Their withes, do difcandy, melt their fweet Shakefpeare On blofloming Ceefar 7o Disca'rRp. v. a. [dis and card. 1. To throw out of the hand fuch cards a are ufelefs Thefe men being certainly jewels to a wife man confidering what wonders they were able to perform, yet were difcarded by that unwoerthy prince Sidney as not worthy the holding Their captains, if they lift, difcard whom the pleafe, and fend away fuch as will perhaps willingl be rid of that dangerous and hard fervice off th idea of fubftance, would it not be hard-to charge u with difcarding fubftance out of the world ? Locke Juftice difeards party, friendfhip, kindred, and i always therefore reprefented as blind Addifon's Guardian They blame the favourites, and think it nothin extraordinary that the queen fhould be at an end o her patience, and refolve to difcard them wh life duc Swift do not conceive why a funk difcarded party neither expeé nor defire more than a quie fhould be charged with endeavouring to introSawift popery Disca'RNATE adj. [dis, and caro, flefh Stripped of flefh Jearnato, Ital. >Ti a curt mory broke better to own a judgment, though but wit fuppellex of coherent notions; than a melike a fepulchre, furnithed with a load o Glanville and difcarnate bones T Disca'sE. w. a ftrip ; to undrefs [dis and cafe. T T2 DISCE'RN. @. a. [difeerno, Latin. 1. To defery5 to fees to difcaver amon the youth Locke truth and falfehood 2. To have judicial cognizance: not in ufe It difeerneth of forces, frauds, crimes various o ftellionate, and the inchoations towards crimes ca Bacon pital, not actually perpetrated Disce'RNER 7. /. [from difeern. *T'was faid they faw but one ; and no difcerne Durft wag his tongue in cenfure. Shak. Hen the fimple ones, I difcerne a young man void of under ftanding Prov, vid, 7 z. To judges to have knowledge of b comparifon ‘What doth better become wifdom than to dif Sidney cern what is worthy the loving Does any here know me ? This is not Lear Does Lear walk thus, fpeak thus ? Where are hi eyes Eitheryhis motion weakens, or his difcerning Shakefpeare Are lethargied You fhould be rul'd and le VILL 2. Judge ; one that has the power of diftinguifhing He was a great obferver and difcerner of men' and was very dexterous i naturés and humours Clarendon compliance, where he found it ufeful How unequal dijcerners of truth they are, an eafily expofed unto errour, will appear by their usnBrown's Vilgar Errours qualified intelleGuals Disce'rNieLE. adj. [from difeern.] Difcoverable ; perceptible; diftinguifhable ; apparent It is indeed a fin of fo grofs, fo formidable bulk, that there needs no help of opticks to rende it djfcernible, and therefore I need not farther expaGovernment of the Tongue tiate on it All this is eafily difcernible by the ordinary difSouth courfes of the underftanding Disce'RNIBLENESS. 7. /. [from difcernible.] Vifiblenefs Disce'RNIBLY. adv. [from difcernible. Perceptibly; apparently Confider what doctrines are infufed difcernibl among{t Chriftians, moft apt to obftruct or interHammand rupt the chriftian life Disce'rRN1NG. part. adj. [from difcern.] Judicious; knowing This hath been maintained not only by war enthufiafts, but by cooler and more difcernin Atrerbury heads Drisce'rNINGLY. adv. [from difeerning. Judicioufly; rationally; acutely Ovid has moft difcerningl Thefe two errour Garth avoided Fetch me the hat and rapier in my cell I will difecafe me, and myfelf prefent. Sbak. Temp And' behold amon it by degrees lofe the faculty of difterning betwee 1. Difcoverer; he that defcries " That fpaniel'd me at heels, to whom I gav Spenfer's State of Ireland Should we own that we have a very imperfec She that herfelf will fliver and difbranc And come to deadly ufe Brown's Vulgar Eriours 2. To difmifs or eject from fervice or employment Sir, I hop ¥, Disera'NcH L Disce'RNMENT 7. /. [from difcern. Judgment ; power of diftinguifhing A reader that wants difcermment loves and ad mires the chara¢ters and actions of men ina wron place Frecholder 70 DISCE'RP w. a. [difeerpo, Lat.] T to break tear in pieces feparation of its parts to defiroy b Di& 2d). [ from difeerp. Disce'rpTIBLE Frangible ; feparable ; liable to be deftroyed by the difunion of its parts Wha is mof denfe, and leaft porous, will b moft coherent and leatt difcerptible. Glanw. Scepfis Matter is moveable, this immoveable; matte difcerptible, this indifcerptible Mobore Discererist'LiTy. 7, /0 [from difeerpBy fome difcretion, -that difcerns your ftat tible.] Liablenefs to be deftroyed b | " Better than you yourfelf. Shakefpeare's King Lear difunion of parts 3. To diftinguith Disce'rprron z / [fro difeerp. Th To difcern {uch buds as are fit to produce blof-ac o pullin t pieces o deftroyin b i bu elve them difpl wil a fuc fro foms difuniting the parts Boyle leaves, is nodifficult matter 7o DISCHA'RGE. «. a. [décharger, Fr. 4. To make the difference between They follow virtue for reward to-day To-morrow vice, if fhe give better pay We are {o good, or bad, juft at a price For nothing elfe difceras the virtue or vice Ben Fonfon 1 Zo Disce'rRN. . 2 1. 'To make diftinétion Great part of the country was abandoned to th fpoils of the foldiers, who not troubling themfelve to difcern between a fubjet and a rebel, whili their liberty lafted, made indifferently profit o Hayavard both The cuftom of arguing on any fide, even againf our perfuafions, dims the underftanding, and make 1. T difburden t exonerate from any load or inconvenience How rich in humble poverty is he Who leads a quiet country life Difcharg'd of buiinefs, void of frife to fre Dryd:n 2. 'To unload ; to difembark I will convey them by fea, in floats, unto th place that thou fhalt appoint me, and will cauf them to be difcharged Kings 3. Tothrow off any thing colleted or accumulated ; to give vent to any thing to let fly. 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