disorb

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verb

To eject from orbit, to unsphere, or dispose of an orb.

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Meanings

verbdisorb (third-person singular simple present disorbs, present participle disorbing, simple past and past participle disorbed)

present singular third person disorbs · participle present disorbing · participle past disorbed · past disorbed

  1. obsoletetransitiveTo eject from orbit, to unsphere, or dispose of an orb.

    Who marvels then, when Helenus beholds A Grecian and his sword, if he do set The very wings of reason to his heels And fly like chidden Mercury from Jove, Or like a star disorb'd?

    c. 1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Troylus and Cressida”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene ii]

Origin

From dis- + orb.

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Chicago

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