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Webster 1913 Edition
Dishevel
Di-shev′el
(dĭ-shĕv′’l or -ĕl)
, Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Disheveled
or Dishevelled
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Disheveling
or Dishevelling
.] [OF.
descheveler
, F. décheveler
, LL. discapillare
; dis-
+ L. capillus
the hair of the head. See Capillary
.] 1.
To suffer (the hair) to hang loosely or disorderly; to spread or throw (the hair) in disorder; – used chiefly in the passive participle.
With garments rent and hair
Wringing her hands and making piteous moan.
disheveled
,Wringing her hands and making piteous moan.
Spenser.
2.
To spread loosely or disorderly.
Like the fair flower
disheveled
in the wind. Cowper.
Di-shev′el
,Verb.
I.
To be spread in disorder or hang negligently, as the hair.
[R.]
Sir T. Herbert.
Webster 1828 Edition
Dishevel
DISHEVEL
,Verb.
T.
DISHEVEL
,Verb.
I.
Definition 2024
dishevel
dishevel
English
Verb
dishevel (third-person singular simple present dishevels, present participle disheveling or dishevelling, simple past and past participle disheveled or dishevelled)
- (transitive) To throw into disorder; upheave.
- (transitive) To disarrange or loosen (hair, clothing, etc.).
- Spenser
- With garments rent and hair dishevelled, / Wringing her hands and making piteous moan.
- Cowper
- Like the fair flower dishevelled in the wind.
- Spenser
Translations
throw into disorder
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disarrange or loosen
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