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disrank en · VERB

Etymology

From dis- + rank. Compare derange.

Meanings

1. (obsolete, transitive) To degrade from rank.
2. (obsolete, transitive) To throw out of rank or into confusion.
   • No girle, knovvſt thou not hovv to anſvver him? / VVhy then the field is loſt, and he rides home, / Like a great conquerour; not anſvver him? / Out of thy part already? foylde the Sceane? / Diſranckt the lynes? diſarm'd the action? 1601 (first performance), Thomas Dekker, Satiro-mastix. Or The Untrussing of the Humorous Poet. […], London: […] [Edward Allde] for Edward White, […], published 1602, →OCLC, signature K2, recto:

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