Defn: To separate (a pair). [R.]
I have . . . dispaired two doves. Beau. & Fl.
DISPAND Dis*pand", v. t. Etym: [L. dispandere to spread out; pref. dis- + pandere, pansum, to spread out.]
Defn: To spread out; to expand. [Obs.] Bailey.
DISPANSION
Dis*pan"sion, n. Etym: [See Dispand.]
Defn: Act of dispanding, or state of being dispanded. [Obs.]
DISPARADISED
Dis*par"a*dised, a.
Defn: Removed from paradise. [R.] Cockeram.
DISPARAGE
Dis*par"age (; 48), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disparaged; p. pr. & vb. n.
Disparaging.] Etym: [OF. desparagier, F. déparager, to marry
unequally; pref. des- (L. dis-) + F. parage extraction, lineage, from
L. par equal, peer. See Peer.]
1. To match unequally; to degrade or dishonor by an unequal marriage.
[Obs.]
Alas! that any of my nation Should ever so foul disparaged be.
Chaucer.
2. To dishonor by a comparison with what is inferior; to lower in rank or estimation by actions or words; to speak slightingly of; to depreciate; to undervalue. Those forbidding appearances which sometimes disparage the actions of men sincerely pious. Bp. Atterbury. Thou durst not thus disparage glorious arms. Milton.