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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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