disorder

Definitions

1. 1.Neglect of order or system; irregularity. From vulgar bounds with brave disorder part, And snatch a grace beyond the reach of art. Pope.
2. 2.Breach of public order; disturbance of the peace of society; tumult. Shak.
3. 3.Disturbance of the functions of the animal economy of the soul; sickness; derangement. "Disorder in the body." Locke. See Disease.
4. 4.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.
5. 5.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.
6. 6.To depose from holy orders. [Obs.] Dryden.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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• What is neglect of order or system; irregularity. From vulgar bounds with brave disorder part, And snatch a grace beyond the reach of art. Pope called?
• What is breach of public order; disturbance of the peace of society; tumult. Shak called?
• What is disturbance of the functions of the animal economy of the soul; sickness; derangement. "Disorder in the body." Locke. See Disease called?
• What is to depose from holy orders. [Obs.] Dryden called?