Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter D - Page 71

Dispeople (v. t.) To deprive of inhabitants; to depopulate.

Dispeopler (n.) One who, or that which, dispeoples; a depopulator.

Disperge (v. t.) To sprinkle.

Disspermous (a.) Containing only two seeds; two-seeded.

Disperple (v. t.) To scatter; to sprinkle.

Dispersal (n.) The act or result of dispersing or scattering; dispersion.

Dispersed (imp. & p. p.) of Disperse

Dispersing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Disperse

Disperse (v. t.) To scatter abroad; to drive to different parts; to distribute; to diffuse; to spread; as, the Jews are dispersed among all nations.

Disperse (v. t.) To scatter, so as to cause to vanish; to dissipate; as, to disperse vapors.

Disperse (v. i.) To separate; to go or move into different parts; to vanish; as, the company dispersed at ten o'clock; the clouds disperse.

Disperse (v. i.) To distribute wealth; to share one's abundance with others.

Dispersed (a.) Scattered.

Disperseness (n.) Dispersedness.

Disperser (n.) One that disperses.

Dispersion (n.) The act or process of scattering or dispersing, or the state of being scattered or separated; as, the Jews in their dispersion retained their rites and ceremonies; a great dispersion of the human family took place at the building of Babel.

Dispersion (n.) The separation of light into its different colored rays, arising from their different refrangibilities.

Dispersive (a.) Tending to disperse.

Disperson'ate (v. t.) To deprive of personality or individuality.

Dispirited (imp. & p. p.) of Dispirit

Dispiriting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Dispirit

Dispirit (v. t.) To deprive of cheerful spirits; to depress the spirits of; to dishearten; to discourage.

Dispirit (v. t.) To distill or infuse the spirit of.

Dispirited (a.) Depressed in spirits; disheartened; daunted.

Dispiritment (n.) Depression of spirits; discouragement.

Dispiteous (a.) Full of despite; cruel; spiteful; pitiless.

Displaced (imp. & p. p.) of Displace

Displacing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Displace

Displace (v. t.) To change the place of; to remove from the usual or proper place; to put out of place; to place in another situation; as, the books in the library are all displaced.

Displace (v. t.) To crowd out; to take the place of.

Displace (v. t.) To remove from a state, office, dignity, or employment; to discharge; to depose; as, to displace an officer of the revenue.

Displace (v. t.) To dislodge; to drive away; to banish.

Displaceable (a.) Capable of being displaced.

Displacement (n.) The act of displacing, or the state of being displaced; a putting out of place.

Displacement (n.) The quantity of anything, as water, displaced by a floating body, as by a ship, the weight of the displaced liquid being equal to that of the displacing body.

Displacement (n.) The process of extracting soluble substances from organic material and the like, whereby a quantity of saturated solvent is displaced, or removed, for another quantity of the solvent.

Displacency (n.) Want of complacency or gratification; envious displeasure; dislike.

Displacer (n.) One that displaces.

Displacer (n.) The funnel part of the apparatus for solution by displacement.

Di/planted (imp. & p. p.) of Displant

Displanting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Displant

Displant (v. t.) To remove (what is planted or fixed); to unsettle and take away; to displace; to root out; as, to displant inhabitants.

Displant (v. t.) To strip of what is planted or settled; as, to displant a country of inhabitants.

Displantation (n.) The act of displanting; removal; displacement.

Displat (v. t.) To untwist; to uncurl; to unplat.

Displayed (imp. & p. p.) of Display

Displaying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Display

Display (v. t.) To unfold; to spread wide; to expand; to stretch out; to spread.

Display (v. t.) To extend the front of (a column), bringing it into line.

Display (v. t.) To spread before the view; to show; to exhibit to the sight, or to the mind; to make manifest.

Display (v. t.) To make an exhibition of; to set in view conspicuously or ostentatiously; to exhibit for the sake of publicity; to parade.

Display (v. t.) To make conspicuous by large or prominent type.

Display (v. t.) To discover; to descry.

Display (v. i.) To make a display; to act as one making a show or demonstration.

Display (n.) An opening or unfolding; exhibition; manifestation.

Display (n.) Ostentatious show; exhibition for effect; parade.

Displayed (a.) Unfolded; expanded; exhibited conspicuously or ostentatiously.

Displayed (a.) With wings expanded; -- said of a bird of pray, esp. an eagle.

Displayed (a.) Set with lines of prominent type interspersed, to catch the eye.

Displayer (n.) One who, or that which, displays.

Disple (v. t.) To discipline; to correct.

Displeasance (n.) Displeasure; discontent; annoyance.

Displeasant (a.) Unpleasing; offensive; unpleasant.

Displeased (imp. & p. p.) of Displease

Displeasing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Displease

Displease (v. t.) To make not pleased; to excite a feeling of disapprobation or dislike in; to be disagreeable to; to offend; to vex; -- often followed by with or at. It usually expresses less than to anger, vex, irritate, or provoke.

Displease (v. t.) To fail to satisfy; to miss of.

Displease (v. i.) To give displeasure or offense.

Displeasedly (adv.) With displeasure.

Displeasedness (n.) Displeasure.

Displeaser (n.) One who displeases.

Displeasing (a.) Causing displeasure or dissatisfaction; offensive; disagreeable.

Displeasure (n.) The feeling of one who is displeased; irritation or uneasiness of the mind, occasioned by anything that counteracts desire or command, or which opposes justice or a sense of propriety; disapprobation; dislike; dissatisfaction; disfavor; indignation.

Displeasure (n.) That which displeases; cause of irritation or annoyance; offense; injury.

Displeasure (n.) State of disgrace or disfavor; disfavor.

Displeasure (v. t.) To displease.

Displenish (v. t.) To deprive or strip, as a house of furniture, or a barn of stock.

Displicence (n.) Alt. of Displicency

Displicency (n.) Dislike; dissatisfaction; discontent.

Disploded (imp. & p. p.) of Displode

Disploding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Displode

Displode (v. t.) To discharge; to explode.

Displode (v. i.) To burst with a loud report; to explode.

Displosion (n.) Explosion.

Displosive (a.) Explosive.

Displumed (imp. & p. p.) of Displume

Displuming (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Displume

Displume (v. t.) To strip of, or as of, a plume, or plumes; to deprive of decoration; to dishonor; to degrade.

Dispoline (n.) One of several isomeric organic bases of the quinoline series of alkaloids.

Dispond (n.) See Despond.

Dispondee (n.) A double spondee; a foot consisting of four long syllables.

Dispone (v. t.) To dispose.

Dispone (v. t.) To dispose of.

Dispone (v. t.) To make over, or convey, legally.

Disponee (n.) The person to whom any property is legally conveyed.

Disponer (n.) One who legally transfers property from himself to another.

Disponge (v. t.) To sprinkle, as with water from a sponge.

Dispope (v. t.) To refuse to consider as pope; to depose from the popedom.

Disporous (a.) Having two spores.

Disport (v. i.) Play; sport; pastime; diversion; playfulness.

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