Emily Dickinson Lexicon

disavow (-s), v. [Fr. désavouer.] (webplay: man, one's).

Deny; disown; refuse; decline.

disband, v. [Fr. desbander.]

Dissolve; dismiss; broken up.

disburse, v. [OFr desbourser.]

Give out; distribute; deal; dispense.

disc (-s, disk), n. [L. < Gk. δίσκος, quoit, disk, dish.] (webplay: face, stone, sun).

1. Field; realm; domain; surface; arena; sphere; bowl; basin; [metaphor] blanket; covering; [fig.] flake; hexahedron; six-point star.
2. Face; countenance; visage; [fig.] headstone; tomb monument; grave marker.
3. Oval; ellipse; globe; orb; world; circular appearance of the sun; round breadth of a heavenly body.
4. Circuit; orbit; circular course; compass curve; [fig.] wheel; vehicle; path traveled by an object in a higher realm in Ptolemaic and early-Christian astronomy.
5. Cycle; circumference; life span; [fig.] infinity; eternity; measurelessness; eternal round.
6. Circle; ring shape; hoop-like form; seemingly flat round surface; [fig.] dome; firmament; vault of heaven.
7. Shield; buckler; metal screen; circular combat instrument with insignia; [fig.] protection; security; indemnity; defense; explanation; alibi; vindication; refutation; excuse; justification.

discard (-ed), v. [OFr descarter.] (webplay: away, old, see, service).

1. Reject; refuse; thrust away.
2. Throw out; scrap; dispose.

discern (-ed, -s), v. [Fr. discerner < L. discern-ere, separate, determine.] (webplay: between, heart, man, see, sharp-sighted, things, time).

1. Discover; detect; know.
2. See; glimpse; spy; (see Matthew 16:3).
3. Distinguish; differentiate; discriminate; (see Genesis 38:25).

discernible, verbal adj. [see discern, v.] (webplay: between, see).

Detectable; noticeable; understandable.

discerning, verbal adj. [see discern, v.] (webplay: eye, man, truth, what).

Glimpsing; perceiving; distinguishable.

disciple, n. [OE discipul < L. discipul-us, learner, pupil.] (webplay: called).

Follower; supporter; partisan; adherent to the doctrines of another; especially of Jesus Christ; (see Matthew 5:1).

discipline, n. [Fr. < L. disciplīna, instruction of disciples, tuition; see disciple, n.] (webplay: another).

1. Teach; train; education.
2. Punishment; correction.
3. Regulation; subjection to laws, rules, order, precepts.
4. Control; subordination.