DISENCUMBRANCE
Dis`en*cum"brance, n.
Defn: Freedom or deliverance from encumbrance, or anything burdensome or troublesome. Spectator.
DISENDOW
Dis`en*dow", v. t.
Defn: To deprive of an endowment, as a church. Gladstone.
DISENDOWMENT
Dis`en*dow"ment, n.
Defn: The act of depriving of an endowment or endowments.
[The] disendowment of the Irish Church. G. B. Smith.
DISENFRANCHISE
Dis`en*fran"chise, v. t.
Defn: To disfranchise; to deprive of the rights of a citizen.
— Dis`en*fran"chise*ment, n.
DISENGAGE
Dis`en*gage" (, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disengaged; p. pr. & vb. n.
Disengaging.] Etym: [Pref. dis- + engage: cf. F. désengager.]
Defn: To release from that with which anything is engaged, engrossed, involved, or entangled; to extricate; to detach; to set free; to liberate; to clear; as, to disengage one from a party, from broils and controversies, from an oath, promise, or occupation; to disengage the affections a favorite pursuit, the mind from study. To disengage him and the kingdom, great sums were to be borrowed. Milton. Caloric and light must be disengaged during the process. Transl. of Lavoisier.