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† disˈsettle, v. Obs. [dis- 6.] trans. To undo the settled condition of; to unsettle, disturb.
1635R. Bolton Comf. Affl. Consc. (1640) 206 Did the sacred sence of those Divine Oracles dissettle thy noble faculties. 1659in Burton's Diary (1828) IV. 442 These populous places..are..much dissettled by that unruly sect of people called Quakers. 1692Relat. Earthq. Lima (1748) 332 The Country being broken all to pieces and dissettled. Hence disˈsettled ppl. a.; disˈsettledness.
1664H. More Myst. Iniq. ii. ii. ii. 465 Whose minde [is]..distracted by the..unavoidable dissettledness in incredible..opinions. 1674Hickman Quinquart. Hist. (ed. 2) 92 There is usually something of disorder cleaving to the best things that are done in dissettled times. |