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dis- definition

dis- (dis; in some words, diz)

  1. : also used as an intensifier [disannul]
    1. away, apart dismiss, disperse
    2. to deprive of, expel from disfrock, disbar
    3. to cause to be the opposite of disable
    4. to fail, cease, refuse to dissatisfy, disappear, disallow
    5. to do the opposite of disjoin, disintegrate
  2. not, the opposite of, un- dishonest, dissatisfied, displeasing
  3. opposite of, lack of disease, disunion

Etymology: < ME or OFr or L; OFr des- < L dis- < IE *dis- (< *dwis-, twice, in two < base *dwi-: see bi-) > OE te-, OHG zi-, Goth dis-

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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