disrank

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verb

To degrade from rank.

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Meanings

verbdisrank (third-person singular simple present disranks, present participle disranking, simple past and past participle disranked)

present singular third person disranks · participle present disranking · participle past disranked · past disranked

  1. obsoletetransitiveTo degrade from rank.
  2. obsoletetransitiveTo throw out of rank or into confusion.

    No girle, knovvſt thou not hovv to anſvver him? / VVhy then the field is loſt, and he rides home, / Like a great conquerour; not anſvver him? / Out of thy part already? foylde the Sceane? / Diſranckt the lynes? diſarm'd the action?

    1601 (first performance), Thomas Dekker, Satiro-mastix. Or The Untrussing of the Humorous Poet. […], London: […] [Edward Allde] for Edward White, […], published 1602, →OCLC, signature K2, recto

Origin

From dis- + rank. Compare derange.

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Rhymes & wordplay

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APA

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MLA

“disrank.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/disrank. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “disrank,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/disrank.

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