Disarrange
[dɪsə'reɪn(d)ʒ]
Definition
(verb.) disturb the arrangement of; 'disarrange the papers'.
(verb.) destroy the arrangement or order of; 'My son disarranged the papers on my desk'.
Checked by Leon--From WordNet
Definition
(v. t.) To unsettle or disturb the order or due arrangement of; to throw out of order.
Checker: McDonald
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. Disorder, unsettle, derange, disturb, put out of order, throw into disorder, throw into confusion.
Editor: Ozzie
Synonyms and Antonyms
[See ABRIDGMENT]
Typist: Remington
Definition
v.t. to undo the arrangement of: to disorder: to derange.—n. Disarrange′ment.
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Examples
- THUS sad and disarranged were the thoughts of my poor sister, when she became assured of the infidelity of Raymond. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Wouldn't we have found the place disarranged, and missed the things which he had taken? Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- He knelt before ten cardinals in scarlet, an assembly august enough to overawe truth itself, while he amended the creation he had disarranged. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- And Tom flounced over, untucking and disarranging everything, in a manner frightful to behold. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
Typist: Stephanie