Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Dictionary: DIS-O-BE'DI-ENCE – DIS-OR'DER-LY
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DIS-O-BE'DI-ENCE, n. [dis and obedience.]
- Neglect or refusal to obey; violation of a command or prohibition; the omission of that which is commanded to be done, or the doing of that which is forbid; breach of duty prescribed by authority. By one man's disobedience, many were made sinners. – Rom. v.
- Non-compliance. This disobedience of the moon. – Blackmore.
DIS-O-BE'DI-ENT, a.
- Neglecting or refusing to obey; omitting to do what is commanded, or doing what is prohibited; refractory; not observant of duty or rules prescribed by authority; as, children disobedient to parents; citizens disobedient to the laws. I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision. – Acts xxvi.
- Not yielding to exciting force or power. Medicines used unnecessarily contribute to shorten life, by sooner rendering peculiar parts of the system disobedient to stimuli. – Darwin.
DIS-O-BE'DI-ENT-LY, adv.
In a disobedient manner.
DIS-O-BEY', v.t. [dis and obey.]
To neglect or refuse to obey; to omit or refuse to do what is commanded, or to do what is forbid; to transgress or violate an order or injunction. Refractory children disobey their parents; men disobey their Maker and the laws; and we all disobey the precepts of the Gospel. [The word is applicable both to the command and to the person commanding.]
DIS-O-BEY'ED, pp.
Not obeyed; neglected; transgressed.
DIS-O-BEY'ING, ppr.
Omitting or refusing to obey; violating; transgressing, as authority or law.
DIS-OB-LI-GA'TION, n. [dis and obligation.]
The act of disobliging; an offense; cause of disgust. Clarendon.
Releasing obligation. – K. Charles.
DIS-O-BLIGE', v.t. [dis and oblige.]
- To do an act which contravenes the will or desires of another; to offend by an act of unkindness or incivility; to injure in a slight degree; a term by which offense is tenderly expressed. My plan has given offense to some gentlemen, whom it would not be very safe to disoblige. – Addison.
- To release from obligation. [Not used.] – Bp. Hall.
DIS-O-BLIG'ED, pp.
Offended; slightly injured.
DIS-O-BLIGE'MENT, n.
The act of disobliging. – Milton.
DIS-O-BLIG'ER, n.
One who disobliges.
DIS-O-BLIG'ING, ppr.
- Offending; contravening the wishes of; injuring slightly.
- adj. Not obliging; not disposed to gratify the wishes of another; not disposed to please; unkind; offensive; unpleasing; unaccommodating; as, a disobliging coachman.
DIS-O-BLIG'ING-LY, adv.
In a disobliging manner; offensively.
Offensiveness; disposition to displease, or want of readiness to please.
DIS-O-PIN'ION, n.
Difference of opinion. [A bad word, and not used.] – Bp. Reynolds.
DIS-ORB'ED, a. [dis and orb.]
Thrown out of the proper orbit; as, a star disorbed. – Shak.
DIS-OR'DER, n. [dis and order; Fr. desordre; Sp. desorden; It. disordine.]
- Want of order or regular disposition; irregularity; immethodical distribution; confusion; a word of general application; as, the troops were thrown into disorder; the papers are in disorder.
- Tumult; disturbance of the peace of society; as, the city is sometimes troubled with the disorders of its citizens.
- Neglect of rule; irregularity. From vulgar bounds with brave disorder part, / And snatch a grace beyond the reach of art. – Pope.
- Breach of laws; violation of standing rules, or institutions.
- Irregularity, disturbance or interruption of the functions of the animal economy; disease; distemper; sickness. [See Disease.] Disorder however is more frequently used to express a slight disease.
- Discomposure of the mind; turbulence of passions.
- Irregularity in the functions of the brain; derangement of the intellect or reason.
DIS-OR'DER, v.t.
- To break order; to derange; to disturb any regular disposition or arrangement of things; to put out of method; to throw into confusion; to confuse; applicable to every thing susceptible of order.
- To disturb or interrupt the natural functions of the animal economy; to produce sickness or indisposition; as, to disorder the head or stomach.
- To discompose or disturb the mind; to ruffle.
- To disturb the regular operations of reason; to derange; as, the man's reason is disordered.
- To depose from holy orders. [Unusual.] – Dryden.
DIS-OR'DER-ED, a.
Disorderly; irregular; vicious; loose; unrestrained in behavior. – Shak.
DIS-OR'DER-ED, pp.
Put out of order; deranged; disturbed; discomposed; confused; sick; indisposed.
A state of disorder or irregularity; confusion.
DIS-OR'DER-ING, ppr.
Putting out of order; disturbing the arrangement of; discomposing.
State of being disorderly.
DIS-OR'DER-LY, a.
- Confused; immethodical; irregular; being without proper order or disposition; as, the books and papers are in a disorderly state.
- Tumultuous; irregular; as, the disorderly motions of the spirits.
- Lawless; contrary to law; violating or disposed to violate law and good order; as, disorderly people; disorderly assemblies.
- Inclined to break loose from restraint; unruly; as, disorderly cattle.