2. (Law) To sever from appropriation or possession a spiritual corporation.

Appropriations of the several parsonages . . . would heave been, by the rules of the common law, disappropriated.

Blackstone.

Dis`ap*pro`pri*a"tion (?), n. The act of disappropriating.

Dis`ap*prov"al (?), n. Disapprobation; dislike; censure; adverse judgment.

Dis`ap*prove (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disapproved (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Disapproving.] [Pref. dis- + approve: cf. F. déapprouver. Cf. Disapprobation.] 1. To pass unfavorable judgment upon; to condemn by an act of the judgment; to regard as wrong, unsuitable, or inexpedient; to censure; as, to disapprove the conduct of others.

2. To refuse official approbation to; to disallow; to decline to sanction; as, the sentence of the court- martial was disapproved by the commander in chief.

This verb is often followed by of; as, to disapprove of an opinion, of such conduct. See Approve.

Dis`ap*prov"er (?), n. One who disapproves.

Dis`ap*prov"ing*ly, adv. In a disapproving manner.

Dis"ard (?), n. See Dizzard. [Obs.] Burton.

Dis*arm" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disarming (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Disarming.] [OE. desarmen, F. désarmer; pref. dés- (L. dis-) + armer to arm. See Arm.] 1. To deprive of arms; to take away the weapons of; to deprive of the means of attack or defense; to render defenseless.

Security disarms the best-appointed army.

Fuller.

The proud was half disarmed of pride.

Tennyson.

2. To deprive of the means or the disposition to harm; to render harmless or innocuous; as, to disarm a man's wrath.

Dis*arm"a*ment (?), n. [Cf. F. désarmement.] The act of disarming.

Dis*ar"ma*ture (?; 135), n. [Pref. dis- + armature.] The act of divesting of armature. [R.]

Dis*armed" (?), a. 1. Deprived of arms.

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