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DISORDERING
Noun
disordering (plural disorderings)
The removal of order
Source: Wiktionary
DISORDER
Dis*or"der, n. Etym: [Pref. dis- + order: cf. F. désordre.]
1. Want of order or regular disposition; lack of arrangement; confusion; disarray; as, the troops were thrown into disorder; the papers are in disorder.
2. Neglect of order or system; irregularity. From vulgar bounds with brave disorder part, And snatch a grace beyond the reach of art. Pope.
3. Breach of public order; disturbance of the peace of society; tumult. Shak.
4. Disturbance of the functions of the animal economy of the soul; sickness; derangement. "Disorder in the body." Locke.
Syn.
– Irregularity; disarrangement; confusion; tumult; bustle; disturbance; disease; illness; indisposition; sickness; ailment; malady; distemper. See Disease.
Dis*or"der, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disordered; p. pr. & vb. n. Disordering.]
1. To disturb the order of; to derange or disarrange; to throw into confusion; to confuse. Disordering the whole frame or jurisprudence. Burke. The burden . . . disordered the aids and auxiliary rafters into a common ruin. Jer. Taylor.
2. To disturb or interrupt the regular and natural functions of (either body or mind); to produce sickness or indisposition in; to discompose; to derange; as, to disorder the head or stomach. A man whose judgment was so much disordered by party spirit. Macaulay.
3. To depose from holy orders. [Obs.] Dryden.
Syn.
– To disarrange; derange; confuse; discompose.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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