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(), n.[Pref. dis- + order: cf. F. dsordre.] 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 or 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. Disor"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. スポンサード リンク
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