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Show 1 D@ You this morn beheld his ardent eyes ‘8aw his arm lock'd in her tjfiewe'/'d hair. Smith ‘Dr'suinc. adj. [from ib.] Concave: cant term among artificers For the for of the wheels fome make the more difbing, as they call it, than others; that is more concave, by fetting off the fpokes and fellie more outwards Disuo'NEST. adj. [dis and hbonef?. Mortimer 1. Void of probity ; void of faith lefs; wicked; fraudulent faith It was not fubjeét to be im pofed upon by a deluded fancy, nor yet to be bribe by a glozing appetite, for an utile or jucundum t turn the balance to a falfe or difbonef? fentence South He lays it down as a principle, that right an wrong, honeft and difboneft, are defined only b Locke laws, and not by nature 2. Unchafte ; lewd To-morrow will we be married.=-I do defire i with all my heart; and I hope itis no difboneft defire, to defire to be a woman of the world Shakefpeare's As you like it 3. Difgraced; difhonoured Difboneft with lopp'd arms the youth appears Spoil'd of his nofe, and fhorten'd of his cars Dryden 4. Difgraceful; ignominious. Thefe tw fenfes are fcarcely Englifh, being borrowed from the Latin 1diom She faw her fons with purple death expire Her facred domes involv'd in rolling fire A dreadful feries of inteftine wars Pope Inglorious tiumphs, and difhonef? fcars Disuo'neEsTLY. adv. [from difboneft. 1. Without faith; without probity; faithlefsly; wickedly 1 proteft he had the chain of me Tho> moft difboneftly he doth deny it, Shakefpeare 2. Lewdly ; wantonly ; unchaftely A wife daughter fhall bring an inheritance t her hufband; but fhe that liveth difboreftly is he father's heavinefs Ecc. xxile 4 Disuo''NEsTY. 7.fo [from difboneft. frwme ready / [al'ui o 7, b b 1. Want of probity ; faithlefsnefs ; violation of truft Their fortune depends upon their credit, and ftain of open public difbonefty muft be to their difadvantage Savift 2. Unchaftity; incontinence ; lewdnefs Mors. Ford, the honeft woman, the modeft wife the virtuous creature, that hath the jealous fool t her hufband! T fufpeét without caufe, miftrefs, d 1?-Heaven be my witnefs you do, if you fufpeé me in any difbonefly Shakefpeare Di1suo'NOUR. 7. /. [dis and honour. 1. Reproach ; difgrace ; ignominy Let not my jealoufies be your difbonours But mine own fafeties Sbakg/;{fare‘x Macbeth He was pleafed to own Lazarus even in the di bonours of the grave, and vouchfafed him, in tha defpicable condition, the glorious title of his friend Boyle''s Serapbick Love Take him for yeur hufband and your lord >Tis no difbonour to confer your grac On one defcended from a royal race. Dryd. Fables 2. Reproach uttered; cenfure ; report o infamy So good, that no tongue could eve Pronounce difborour of her; by my lif She never knew harm doing. Shakefp. Henry VIII 7o Disao'vour. . a. [dis and honour. 1. To difgrace ; to bring fhame upon ; t blaft with infamy It is no vicious blot, murther, or foulnefs No unchafte aétion, or difbonour'd ftep _That hath depriv'd me of your grace and favour Sbakefpearc. This no more difbonours you at all Than to take in a town with gentle words Which elfe would put you to your fortune Shakefpears's Coriolanus A woman that honoureth her hufband, fhall b Jjudged wife of all: but fhe that difbonoureth hi in her pride, fhall be counted ungodly of all Eccl. xxvi. 26 ‘We are not fo much to ftrain ourfelves to mak thofe virtues appea in us whic really we hav which ma not, as to avoid thofe imperfe@ion Dryden's Dufrefnoy difbonour us Juftice then was neither blind to difcern, no lame to execute D DI 2. 'To violate chaftity 3. To treat with indignity He did difbonourable fin Thofe articles which did our ftate decreafe Dan 2. Being in a ftate of neglect or difefteem He that is honoured in poverty, how much mor in riches? and he that is difbonourable in riches Ecclus. x. 31 Disuno'NourER. 2. /. [from difponour. 1. One that treats another with indignity Preaching how meritorious with the god It would be, to enfnare an irreligiou Difhonourer of Dagon Well difborn the fpirit And mock him home to Windfor T Shakefpeare z f. [ dis and bumour. Peevifhnefs ; ill humour ; uneaf ftat of mind Speaking impatiently to fervants, or any thin that betrays inattention or difbumour, are alfo criSpettator minal DisiMPRO'VEMENT. z. f [dis and improvement.] Reduétion from a better t a worfe ftate; the contrary to melioration ; the contrary to improvement The final iffue of the matter would be, an utte Norris negle& and difimprovement of the earth I cannot fee how this kingdom is at any heigh of improvement, while four parts in five of th plantations, for thirty years paft, have been rea Savift difimprovesents 70 D1s1NCA'RCERATE. @. a. [dis and iz'To fet at liberty ; to fre carcerate. from prifon The arfenical bodies being now coagulated, an kindled into flaming atoms, require dry and war air, to open the earth for to difincarcerate the fam Harwey Disincrina'rioN. z. /. [from difincline. Want of affefion; flight; diflike; il will not heightened to averfion Difappointment gave him a difinclination to th fair fex, for whom he does not exprefs a!l the refpec Arbuthnot and Pope poflible To DisINCLY'NE. v.a. [dis and incline. To produce diflike to; to make difaffeGed; to alienat affeGion from They were careful to keep up the fears and apprehenfions in the people of dangers and defigns and to difincline them from any reverence or affection to the queen, whom they begun every da more implacably to hate, and confequently to difClarendon oblige DisiNGENU'ITY ous. 2. /. [from difingenu Meannefs of artifice ; unfairnefs They contra& a habit of ill-nature and difingenuity neceflary to their affairs, and the temper o thofe vpon whom they are to work Stilling fleet mifbecoming any rational creature, as not to yiel to plain reafon, and the convi¢tion of clear arguLocke ments adv. [ from difinge DisinGe'NvousLy nuous.] In.a difingenuous manner DisinGe'nvousNEss. #. /. [from Jifingenuous. Mea fubtilty ; unfairnefs low cratft I might prefs them with the unreafonablenefs the difingenuoufrefs of embracing a profeffion t which their own hearts have an inward reluétance of the Tongue Governmen DisiN#E RISON. 7 /. [dis and inberit. 1. The a& of cutting off from any hereditary fucceflion the att of difinherit ing If he ftood upon his own title of the houfe o Milton 2. A violator of chaftity 70 Disuo'rN. @. a. [dis and born. ftrip of horns venene bodies a judgment of reafon concerning the nature of acThere cannot be any thing fo difingenuons an Di1sHO'NOURABLE. adj. [from difbonour. 1. Shameful ; reproachful ; ignominious Disav'mouRr >Tis difinegnuous to accufe our ag Of idlenefs, who all our pow'rs engag In the fame ftudies, the fame courfe to hold Nor think our reafon for new arts too old. Denb It was a difingenuous way of proceeding, to oppof a judgment of charity concerning their church, t tions One glimpfe of glory to my iffue give Grac'd for the little time he has to live Difbonour'd by the king of men he ftands His rightful prize is ravifh'd from his hands Dryden's Iliad how much more in poverty Disince'NvovUs. adj. [dis and ingennous. Unfair ; meanly artful; vitioufly fubtle; fly; cunning; illiberal ; unbecoming a gentleman ; crafty Clarendon Lancafter, inherent in his perfon, he knew it wa a title condemned by parliament, and generall prejudged in the common opinion of the realm that it tended directly to the difinberifon of the lin Bacon's Henry V11 of York The chief minifter of the revenue was obliged t prevent, and even oppofe, fuch difinberifon. Ciaren 2. The ftate of being cut off from an hereditary right In refpeét of the effefts and evil confequencss the adultery of the woman is worfe, as bringin baftardy into a family, and difinberifons or great inTaylor juries to the lawful children Zo DisiNHE'RIT. @. a. [dis and inkerit. To cut off from an hereditary right ; t deprive of an inheritance Is it then juft with us to difinberi The unborn nephews for the father's fault? Dawies Unmuffle, ye faint ftars; and thou, fair moon Stoop thy pale vifage through an amber cloud And difinberit chaos that reigns her In double night of darknefs, and of fiander. Milt Pofterity ftands curs'd! fair patrimony That I muft leave ye, fons! O were I abl To wafte it all myfelf, and leave ye nonej _ So difinberited, how would ye blef Me, now your curfe Of hew fair a portio Ada Milton difinberited hi whole pofterity by one fingle prevarication ! South 7o DisinTE R, w. @. [from dis and znter. To unbury ; to take as out of the grave The philofopher, the faint, or the hero, the wife the good, or the great man, very often lie hid an concealed in a plebeian, which a proper educatie Addifon might have difinterred DistNTERESSED. . /. [dis, and interefz French. It is written Jifintereffed b thofe who derive it immediately fro intereft, and I think more properly. Without regard to private advantage not biaffed by particular views ; impar tial Not that tradition's parts are ufelels here When general, old, difinterefs'd, and clear. Drydert DisUNTERESSMENT. 7 /. [dis, and in Difregard to pritereflement, French. vate advantage; difintereft; difintereft ednefs ‘This word, like charges in th fame fentence, is merely Gallick He has managed fome of the charges of th 1%Zm kingdo |