2. The state of being disorganized; as, the disorganization of the body, or of government.
The magazine of a pawnbroker in such total disorganization, that the owner can never lay his hands
upon any one article at the moment he has occasion for it.
Sir W. Scott. Disorganize
(Dis*or"gan*ize) v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disorganized ; p. pr. & vb. n. Disorganizing ] [Pref.
dis- + organize: cf. F. désorganiser.] To destroy the organic structure or regular system of (a government,
a society, a party, etc.); to break up (what is organized); to throw into utter disorder; to disarrange.
Lyford . . . attempted to disorganize the church.
Eliot Disorganizer
(Dis*or"gan*i`zer) n. One who disorganizes or causes disorder and confusion.
Disorient
(Dis*o"ri*ent) v. t. To turn away from the east; to confuse as to which way is east; to cause to
lose one's bearings. [R.] Bp. Warburton.
Disorientate
(Dis*o"ri*en*tate) v. t. To turn away from the east, or (figuratively) from the right or the
truth. [R.]
Disown
(Dis*own") v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disowned ; p. pr. & vb. n. Disowning.]
1. To refuse to own or acknowledge as belonging to one's self; to disavow or deny, as connected with
one's self personally; as, a parent can hardly disown his child; an author will sometimes disown his writings.
2. To refuse to acknowledge or allow; to deny.
Then they, who brother's better claim disown,
Expel their parents, and usurp the throne.
Dryden. Syn. — To disavow; disclaim; deny; abnegate; renounce; disallow.
Disownment
(Dis*own"ment) n. Act of disowning. [R.]
Disoxidate
(Dis*ox"i*date) v. t. (Chem.) To deoxidate; to deoxidize. [R.]
Disoxidation
(Dis*ox`i*da"tion) n. (Chem.) Deoxidation. [R.]
Disoxygenate
(Dis*ox"y*gen*ate) v. t. (Chem.) To deprive of oxygen; to deoxidize. [R.]
Disoxygenation
(Dis*ox`y*gen*a"tion) n. (Chem.) Deoxidation. [R.]
Dispace
(Dis*pace") v. i. [Pref. dis- asunder, different ways, to and fro + pace.] To roam. [Obs.]
In this fair plot dispacing to and fro.
Spenser. Dispair
(Dis*pair") v. t. To separate [R.]
I have . . . dispaired two doves.
Beau. & Fl. Dispand
(Dis*pand") v. t. [L. dispandere to spread out; pref. dis- + pandere, pansum, to spread out.]
To spread out; to expand. [Obs.] Bailey.
Dispansion
(Dis*pan"sion) n. [See Dispand.] Act of dispanding, or state of being dispanded. [Obs.]
Disparadised
(Dis*par"a*dised), a. Removed from paradise. [R.] Cockeram.
