† dispointv.1
Obsolete.
1. transitive. To dismiss (from an appointment), discard; to deprive of. [ < Old French despointer de.]
ΘΚΠ
society > authority > office > removal from office or authority > remove from office or authority [verb (transitive)]
outOE
deposec1300
remuec1325
to put out1344
to set downc1369
deprivec1374
outputa1382
removea1382
to throw outa1382
to put downc1384
privea1387
to set adowna1387
to put out of ——?a1400
amovec1425
disappoint1434
unmakec1475
dismiss1477
dispoint1483
voidc1503
to set or put beside (or besides) the cushion1546
relieve1549
cass1550
displace1553
unauthorize1554
to wring out1560
seclude1572
eject1576
dispost1577
decass1579
overboard1585
cast1587
sequester1587
to put to grass1589
cashier1592
discompose1599
abdicate1610
unseat1611
dismount1612
disoffice1627
to take off1642
unchair1645
destitute1653
lift1659
resign1674
quietus1688
superannuate1692
derange1796
shelve1812
shelf1819
Stellenbosch1900
defenestrate1917
axe1922
retire1961
the mind > possession > loss > taking away > take away [verb (transitive)] > dispossess
disseisec1320
disincreasec1374
disheritc1400
disappoint1434
unpossessc1449
forbanishc1450
dispoint1483
disemparec1500
usurp1512
defeat?1545
depose1558
devest1563
dispossess1565
disappropriate1610
disadvest1611
expropriate1611
dispropriate1613
dispropertya1616
disinvest1619
divest1648
unrobe1650
defarm1693
1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende 171 b/1 Flaccus seyng hymself dyspoynted and mocked torned hymself.
1489 W. Caxton tr. C. de Pisan Bk. Fayttes of Armes iii. v. sig. Lix Thoo that faille hym [sc. theyre lorde] in thys behalffe..ought to be dyspoynted of the landes that they soo holde.
2. To disappoint, balk. Const. of.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > expectation > disappointment > disappoint, frustrate [verb (transitive)]
swikeOE
beguile1483
deludea1513
disappointa1513
dispointa1513
forsake1526
betray1594
mock1600
frustrate1663
evade1692
elude1694
balk1735
to let down1795
slip1890
a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) I. ciii. f. xlv Cramyrus was thus dispoynted of the ayde of Conobalde.
1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 521/1 I dispoynt, or hynder him of his purpose, or I breake a poyntement with a person.
1534 T. More Treat. Passion in Wks. 1313/1 Who so for goddes sake is contente to lacke an howse, shall not be dyspoynted when they shoulde nede it.
1535 Bible (Coverdale) Psalms xvi[i]. 13 Vp Lorde, dispoynte him & cast him downe.
1567 A. Golding tr. Ovid Metamorphosis (new ed.) xi. f. 136 But Phebus streyght preuenting ye same thing, Dispoynts the Serpent of his bit, and turnes him into stone.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online March 2021).
dispointv.2
rare.
To deprive of the point.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > shape > bluntness > make blunt [verb (transitive)] > remove point of
dispoint1608
1608 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. (new ed.) ii. iv. 138 His hooks dis-pointed dis-appoint his haste.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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