1. To cut off from an inheritance or from hereditary succession; to prevent, as an heir, from coming into
possession of any property or right, which, by law or custom, would devolve on him in the course of
descent.
Of how fair a portion Adam disinherited his whole posterity!
South. 2. To deprive of heritage; to dispossess.
And disinherit Chaos, that reigns here.
Milton. Disinheritance
(Dis`in*her"it*ance) n. The act of disinheriting, or the condition of being; disinherited; disherison.
Disinhume
(Dis`in*hume") v. t. To disinter. [R.]
Disinsure
(Dis`in*sure") v. t. To render insecure; to put in danger. [Obs.] Fanshawe.
Disintegrable
(Dis*in"te*gra*ble) a. Capable of being disintegrated, or reduced to fragments or powder.
Argillo-calcite is readily disintegrable by exposure.
Kirwan. Disintegrate
(Dis*in"te*grate) v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disintegrated; p. pr. & vb. n. Disintegrating.] [L.
dis- + integratus, p. p. of integrare to renew, repair, fr. integer entire, whole. See Integer.] To separate
into integrant parts; to reduce to fragments or to powder; to break up, or cause to fall to pieces, as a rock,
by blows of a hammer, frost, rain, and other mechanical or atmospheric influences.
Marlites are not disintegrated by exposure to the atmosphere, at least in six years.
Kirwan. Disintegrate
(Dis*in"te*grate), v. i. To decompose into integrant parts; as, chalk rapidly disintegrates.
Disintegration
(Dis*in`te*gra"tion) n. (a) The process by which anything is disintegrated; the condition
of anything which is disintegrated. Specifically (b) (Geol.) The wearing away or falling to pieces of
rocks or strata, produced by atmospheric action, frost, ice, etc.
Society had need of further disintegration before it could begin to reconstruct itself locally.
Motley. Disintegrator
(Dis*in"te*gra`tor) n. (Mech.) A machine for grinding or pulverizing by percussion.
Disinter
(Dis`in*ter") v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disinterred ; p. pr. & vb. n. Disinterring.]
1. To take out of the grave or tomb; to unbury; to exhume; to dig up.
2. To bring out, as from a grave or hiding place; to bring from obscurity into view. Addison.
Disinteress
(Dis*in"ter*ess) v. t. [F. désintéresser to deprive of interest in; pref. dés- (L. dis-) + intéresser
to interest, fr. L. interesse to import, concern. See Interest, and cf. Disinterest.] To deprive or rid of
interest in, or regard for; to disengage. [Obs.]
Disinteressment
(Dis*in"ter*ess*ment) n. [Cf. F. désintéressement.] Disinterestedness; impartiality; fairness.
[Obs.] Prior.
Disinterest
(Dis*in"ter*est) p. a. Disinterested. [Obs.]
The measures they shall walk by shall be disinterest and even.
Jer. Taylor. Disinterest
(Dis*in"ter*est), n.
1. What is contrary to interest or advantage; disadvantage. [Obs.] Glanvill.
