2. To bring harm upon; to injure. [R.] Thomson.

Dis*as"ter*ly, adv. Disastrously. [Obs.] Drayton.

Dis*as"trous (?), a. [Cf. F. désastreux. See Disaster.] 1. Full of unpropitious stellar influences; unpropitious; ill- boding. [Obs.]

The moon

In dim eclipse, disastrous twilight sheds.

Milton.

2. Attended with suffering or disaster; very unfortunate; calamitous; ill-fated; as, a disastrous day; a disastrous termination of an undertaking.

Wherein I spake of most disastrous chances.

Shak.

-- Dis*as"trous*ly, adv. -- Dis*as"trous*ness, n.

Dis`at*tire" (?), v. t. [Pref. dis- + attire: cf. OF. desatirier.] To unrobe; to undress. Spenser.

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