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disroot, v.|dɪsˈruːt|
[f. dis- 6 + root v.]
trans. To pull up by the roots; to uproot, unroot.
1800Trans. Soc. Encourag. Arts XVIII. 368 Pine-suckers..having disrooted and plunged them into old dust of bark. 1849Florist 279 Repot the bottoms that have been dis⁓rooted. 1876Swinburne Erechtheus (ed. 2) 178 And with one hand disroot All tender flower and fruit.
b. transf. To dislodge (anything) from the place where it is fixed.
1612Two Noble K. v. vi, When neither curb would crack..nor differing plunges Dis-root his rider whence he grew. 1774Goldsm. Nat. Hist. (1862) I. xii. 63 The sliding down of a higher piece of ground, disrooted from its situation. 1865Carlyle Fredk. Gt. VIII. xviii. xii. 33 Daun..could not have disrooted Friedrich this season.
Hence disˈrooting vbl. n.; disˈrooter, one who disroots.
1826Scott Jrnl. 10 Oct., A kind of disrooting that recalls a thousand painful ideas of former happier journeys. 1883Encycl. Dict., Disrooter. |