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- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
dishevel \dishev"el\ di^she^v"'l or -e^l, v. t. imp.
p. p. disheveledor dishevelled; p. pr. vb. n.
disheveling or dishevelling. of. descheveler, f.
d'echeveler, ll. discapillare; dis- + l. capillus the hair
of the head. see capillary.
1. to suffer the hair to hang loosely or disorderly; to
spread or throw the hair in disorder; -- used chiefly in
the passive participle.
1913 webster
with garments rent and hair disheveled,
wringing her hands and making piteous moan.
--spenser.
1913 webster
2. to spread loosely or disorderly.
1913 webster
like the fair flower disheveled in the wind.
--cowper.
1913 webster
see also:
disheveled dishevelled disheveling dishevelling capillary
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