˜yÐÄvlog

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disroot

[ dis-root, -root ]

verb (used with object)

  1. to uproot; dislodge.


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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of disroot1

First recorded in 1605–15; dis- 1 + root 1
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Example Sentences

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Disroot, dis-rÅÅt′, v.t. to tear up by the roots.

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It was an old-fashioned garden, and had doubtless once been beautifully kept; for bright garden-flowers grew up amongst the weeds summer after summer, as if even neglect or cruel usage could not disroot them from the familiar place they loved.

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Continue to cut down, disroot, and repot, as advised last week, those which have been flowering through the winter.

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O earth, O sun, turn back Full on his deadly track Death, that would smite you black and mar your creatures, And with one hand disroot All tender flower and fruit,180 With one strike blind and mute the heaven's fair features, Pluck out the eyes of morn, and make Silence in the east and blackness whence the bright songs break.

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If it be granted me that I disroot Some evil weeds; or plant a seed, which time Shall nourish to a tree of pleasant shade, To wearied limbs a boon, and fair to view; I then shall know the Hand that struck me down Has been my guide into the paths of truth.

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