Disputer to Dissemble
Disputer
(Dis*put"er) n. One who disputes, or who is given to disputes; a controvertist.
Where is the disputer of this world?
1 Cor. i. 20. Disputison
(Dis*pu"ti*son) n. [See Disputation.] Dispute; discussion. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Disqualification
(Dis*qual`i*fi*ca"tion) n.
1. The act of disqualifying, or state of being disqualified; want of qualification; incompetency; disability; as,
the disqualification of men for holding certain offices.
2. That which disqualifies; that which incapacitates or makes unfit; as, conviction of crime is a disqualification
of a person for office; sickness is a disqualification for labor.
I must still retain the consciousness of those disqualifications which you have been pleased to overlook.
Sir J. Shore. Disqualify
(Dis*qual"i*fy) v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disqualified ; p. pr. & vb. n. Disqualifying.]
1. To deprive of the qualities or properties necessary for any purpose; to render unfit; to incapacitate; —
with for or from before the purpose, state, or act.
My common illness disqualifies me for all conversation; I mean my deafness.
Swift.
Me are not disqualified by their engagements in trade from being received in high society.
Southey. 2. To deprive of some power, right, or privilege, by positive restriction; to disable; to debar legally; as, a
conviction of perjury disqualifies a man to be a witness.
Disquantity
(Dis*quan"ti*ty) v. t. To diminish the quantity of; to lessen. [Obs.] Shak.
Disquiet
(Dis*qui"et) a. Deprived of quiet; impatient; restless; uneasy. [R.] Shak.
Disquiet
(Dis*qui"et), n. Want of quiet; want of tranquility in body or mind; uneasiness; restlessness; disturbance; anxiety.
Swift.
Disquiet
(Dis*qui"et), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disquieted; p. pr. & vb. n. Disquieting.] To render unquiet; to
deprive of peace, rest, or tranquility; to make uneasy or restless; to disturb.
Why art thou cast down, O my soul, and why art thou disquieted within me?
Ps. xlii. 11.
As quiet as these disquieted times will permit.
Sir W. Scott. Syn. — To harass; disturb; vex; fret; excite; agitate.
Disquietal
(Dis*qui"et*al) n. The act of disquieting; a state of disquiet. [Obs.]
[It] roars and strives 'gainst its disquietal.
Dr. H. More. Disquieter
(Dis*qui"et*er) n. One who, or that which, disquiets, or makes uneasy; a disturber.
Disquietful
(Dis*qui"et*ful) a. Producing inquietude or uneasiness. [R.] Barrow.
Disquietive
(Dis*qui"et*ive) a. Tending to disquiet. [R.]
Disquietly
(Dis*qui"et*ly), adv. In a disquiet manner; uneasily; as, he rested disquietly that night. [R.]
Wiseman.
