The measures they shall walk by shall be disinterest and even.
Jer. Taylor.
Dis*in"ter*est, n. 1. What is contrary to interest or advantage; disadvantage. [Obs.] Glanvill.
2. Indifference to profit; want of regard to private advantage; disinterestedness. [Obs.] Johnson.
Dis*in"ter*est, v. t. To divest of interest or interested motives. [Obs.] Feltham.
Dis*in"ter*est*ed, a. [Cf. Disinteressed.] Not influenced by regard to personal interest or advantage; free from selfish motive; having no relation of interest or feeling; not biased or prejudiced; as, a disinterested decision or judge.
The happiness of disinterested sacrifices.
Channing.
Syn. -- Unbiased; impartial; uninterested; indifferent.
Dis*in"ter*est*ed*ly, adv. In a disinterested manner; without bias or prejudice.
Dis*in"ter*est*ed*ness, n. The state or quality of being disinterested; impartiality.
That perfect disinterestedness and self- devotion of which man seems to be incapable, but which is sometimes found in woman.
Macaulay.
Dis*in"ter*est*ing, a. Uninteresting. [Obs.] "Disinteresting passages." Bp. Warburton.
Dis`in*ter"ment (?), n. The act of disinterring, or taking out of the earth; exhumation.
Dis`in*thrall" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disinthralled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Disinthralling.] [Pref. dis- + inthrall. Cf. Disenthrall.] To free from thralldom; to disenthrall. [Written also disinthral.]
Dis`in*thrall"ment (?), n. A releasing from thralldom or slavery; disenthrallment. [Written also disinthralment.]
Dis*in"tri*cate (?), v. t. To disentangle. [R.] "To disintricate the question." Sir W. Hamilton.
Dis`in*ure" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disinured (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Disinuring.] [Pref. dis- + inure.] To render unaccustomed or unfamiliar.
We are hindered and disinured . . . towards the true knowledge.
Milton.
Dis`in*ves"ti*ture (?; 135), n. The act of depriving of investiture. [Obs.] Ogilvie.
Dis`in*vig"or*ate (?), v. t. To enervate; to weaken. [R.] Sydney Smith.
Dis`in*volve" (?), v. t. To uncover; to unfold or unroll; to disentangle. [R.] Dr. H. More.
Dis*jec"tion (?), n. [L. disjicere, disjectum, to throw asunder, disperse; dis- + jacere to throw.] Destruction; dispersion. Bp. Horsley.
Dis*join" (ds*join"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disjoined (-joind"); p. pr. & vb. n. Disjoining.] [OF. desjoindre, F. disjoindre, déjoindre, fr. L. disjungere; dis- + jungere to join. See Join, and cf. Disjoint, Disjunct.] To part; to disunite; to separate; to sunder.
That marriage, therefore, God himself disjoins.
Milton.
Never let us lay down our arms against France, till we have utterly disjoined her from the Spanish monarchy.
Addison.
Windmill Street consisted of disjoined houses.
Pennant.
Syn. -- To disunite; separate; detach; sever; dissever; sunder; disconnect.
Dis*join", v. i. To become separated; to part.
Dis*joint" (?), a. [OF. desjoint, p. p. of desjoindre. See Disjoin.] Disjointed; unconnected; -- opposed to conjoint. Milton.
Dis*joint", n. [From OF. desjoint, p. p. of desjoindre. See Disjoint, v. t.] Difficult situation; dilemma; strait. [Obs.] "I stand in such disjoint." Chaucer.
Dis*joint", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disjointed; p. pr. & vb. n. Disjointing.] 1. To separate the joints of; to separate, as parts united by joints; to put out of joint; to force out of its socket; to dislocate; as, to disjoint limbs; to disjoint bones; to disjoint a fowl in carving.
Yet what could swords or poisons, racks or flame,
But mangle and disjoint the brittle frame?
Prior.
2. To separate at junctures or joints; to break where parts are united; to break in pieces; as, disjointed columns; to disjoint an edifice.
Some half-ruined wall
Disjointed and about to fall.
Longfellow.
3. To break the natural order and relations of; to make incoherent; as, a disjointed speech.
Dis*joint", v. i. To fall in pieces. Shak.
Dis*joint"ed, a. Separated at the joints; disconnected; incoherent. -- Dis*joint"ed*ly, adv. -- Dis*joint"ed*ness, n.
Dis*joint"ly, adv. In a disjointed state. Sandys.
Dis*ju`di*ca"tion (?), n. Judgment; discrimination. See Dijudication. [Obs.] Boyle.
Dis*junct" (ds*jkt"), a. [L. disjunctus, p. p. of disjungere to disjoin. See Disjoin, and cf. Disjoint.] 1. Disjoined; separated. [R.]
2. (Zoöl.) Having the head, thorax, and abdomen separated by a deep constriction.
Disjunct tetrachords (Mus.), tetrachords so disposed to each other that the gravest note of the upper is one note higher than the acutest note of the other.
Dis*junc"tion (?), n. [L. disjunctio.] 1. The act of disjoining; disunion; separation; a parting; as, the disjunction of soul and body.