‖n. [ G., from bund (akin to E. bond) confederacy + rath council, prob. akin to E. read. ] Lit., a federal council, esp. of the German Empire. In the German Empire the legislative functions are vested in the Bundesrath and the Reichstag. The federal council of Switzerland is also so called. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

☞ The Bundesrath of the German empire is presided over by a chancellor, and is composed of sixty-two members, who represent the different states of the empire, being appointed for each session by their respective governments. [ 1913 Webster ]

By this united congress, the highest tribunal of Switzerland, -- the Bundesrath -- is chosen, and the head of this is a president. J. P. Peters (Trans. Müller's Pol. Hist.). [ 1913 Webster ]

n. an annual herb (Saussurea costus) of the eastern Himalayas (Kashmir) having purple florets and a fragrant root that yields a volatile oil used in perfumery and for preserving furs.
Syn. -- Saussurea costus, Saussurea lappa. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. A road that crosses another; an obscure road intersecting or avoiding the main road. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The alphabet; -- called also Christcross-row. [ 1913 Webster ]

And from the crossrow plucks the letter G. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A row that crosses others. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Whist) The play in bridge or whist where partners trump each a different suit, and lead to each other for that purpose; -- called also seesaw. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ Pref. dis- + range: cf. OF. desrengier, F. dérangier. See Derange, Disrank. ] To disarrange. [ Obs. ] Wood. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ Cf. Derange. ] 1. To degrade from rank. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To throw out of rank or into confusion. Decker. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To reduce to a lower rating or rank; to degrade. Marryat. [ 1913 Webster ]

Disarray; -- an obsolete variant. [ Obs. ] Holland. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To divest of reality; to make uncertain. [ Obs. ] Udall. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of disregarding, or the state of being disregarded; intentional neglect; omission of notice; want of attention; slight. [ 1913 Webster ]

The disregard of experience. Whewell. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. disregarded; p. pr. & vb. n. disregarding. ] Not to regard; to pay no heed to; to omit to take notice of; to neglect to observe; to slight as unworthy of regard or notice; as, to disregard the admonitions of conscience. [ 1913 Webster ]

Studious of good, man disregarded fame. Blackmore. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who disregards. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Neglect; negligent; heedless; regardless. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Negligently; heedlessly. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. Want of relish; dislike (of the palate or of the mind); distaste; a slight degree of disgust; as, a disrelish for some kinds of food. [ 1913 Webster ]

Men love to hear of their power, but have an extreme disrelish to be told of their duty. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Absence of relishing or palatable quality; bad taste; nauseousness. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Disrelished p. pr. & vb. n. Disrelishing. ] 1. Not to relish; to regard as unpalatable or offensive; to feel a degree of disgust at. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To deprive of relish; to make nauseous or disgusting in a slight degree. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To fail to remember; to forget. [ Obs. or Archaic ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A state of being in bad condition, and needing repair. [ 1913 Webster ]

The fortifications were ancient and in disrepair. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state of being disreputable. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Not reputable; of bad repute; not in esteem; dishonorable; disgracing the reputation; tending to bring into disesteem; as, it is disreputable to associate familiarly with the mean, the lewd, and the profane. [ 1913 Webster ]

Why should you think that conduct disreputable in priests which you probably consider as laudable in yourself? Bp. Watson.

Syn. -- Dishonorable; discreditable; low; mean; disgraceful; shameful. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a disreputable manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Loss or want of reputation or good name; dishonor; disrepute; disesteem. “A disreputation of piety.” Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Loss or want of reputation; ill character; disesteem; discredit. [ 1913 Webster ]

At the beginning of the eighteenth century astrology fell into general disrepute. Sir W. Scott.

Syn. -- Disesteem; discredit; dishonor; disgrace. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To bring into disreputation; to hold in dishonor. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

More inclined to love them than to disrepute them. Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Want of respect or reverence; disesteem; incivility; discourtesy. [ 1913 Webster ]

Impatience of bearing the least affront or disrespect. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To show disrespect to. [ 1913 Webster ]

We have disrespected and slighted God. Comber. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Lack of respectability. Thackeray. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Not respectable; disreputable. M. Arnold. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who disrespects. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Wanting in respect; manifesting disesteem or lack of respect; uncivil; as, disrespectful behavior. -- Dis`re*spect"ful*ly, adv. -- Dis`re*spect"ful*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Showing lack of respect; disrespectful. [ Obs. ] Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To treat irreverently or with disrespect. [ Obs. ] Sir T. More. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. & i. [ imp. & p. p. Disrobed p. pr. & vb. n. Disrobing. ] To divest of a robe; to undress; figuratively, to strip of covering; to divest of that which clothes or decorates; as, autumn disrobes the fields of verdure. [ 1913 Webster ]

Two great peers were disrobed of their glory. Sir H. Wotton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who, or that which, disrobes. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To unroof. [ R. ] Carlyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Disrooted; p. pr. & vb. n. Disrooting. ] To tear up the roots of, or by the roots; hence, to tear from a foundation; to uproot. [ 1913 Webster ]

A piece of ground disrooted from its situation by subterraneous inundations. Goldsmith. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ Cf. OF. desrouter, F. dérouter. ] To put to rout. Taylor (1630). [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To deprive of the rudder, as a ship. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a disorderly manner. [ Obs. ] Rom. of R. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Unruly; disorderly. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. disruptus, diruptus, p. p. of disrumpere, to break or burst asunder; dis- + rumpere to break, burst. See Rupture. ] Rent off; torn asunder; severed; disrupted. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Disrupted; p. pr. & vb. n. Disrupting. ] 1. To break asunder; to rend. Thomson. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. to destroy the continuity of, usually temporarily; as, electrical power was disrupted by the hurricane. [ PJC ]

3. To interfere with or halt, especially by causing a lack of order; as, the shouting of the demonstrators disrupted the meeting. [ PJC ]

adj. Not continuous in time or space. Opposite of continuous.
Syn. -- disconnected, discontinuous, noncontinuous. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ L. disruptio, diruptio. ] The act or rending asunder, or the state of being rent asunder or broken in pieces; breach; rent; dilaceration; rupture; as, the disruption of rocks in an earthquake; disruption of a state. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Causing, or tending to cause, disruption; caused by disruption; breaking through; bursting; as, the disruptive discharge of an electrical battery. Nichol. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Disruption. [ R. ] Jefferson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. Israëlites, Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_;, &unr_;, Israel, Heb. Yisrāēl, i. e., champion of God; sārāh to fight + ēl God. ] A descendant of Israel, or Jacob; a Hebrew; a Jew.

{ } a. Of or pertaining to Israel, or to the Israelites; Jewish; Hebrew. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To raise or excite unreasonable. “Misraised fury.” Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]