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▪ I. † diˈspunct, a. Obs. rare. [f. dis- 4 + L. punct-us pointed.] The reverse of punctilious; impolite, discourteous.
1599B. Jonson Cynthia's Rev. v. ii, Aso. I'faith, master, let's go..Let's be retrograde. Amo. Stay. That were dispunct to the ladies. ▪ II. dispunct, v. rare.|dɪˈspʌŋkt| [f. L. dispunct- ppl. stem f. dispungĕre to prick or mark here and there, in med.L. to erase (Du Cange), f. dis- 1 + pungĕre to mark, prick.] trans. To mark with points or pricks of the pen; hence: a. To mark for erasure or omission; b. To mark for distinction, to distinguish.
1563–87Foxe A. & M. (1684) I. 798/1, I desire the Reder then so to take me, as though I did not deal here withal, nor speak of the matter, but utterly to haue pretermitted, and dispuncted the same. 1842De Quincey Philos. Herodotus Wks. IX. 207 All beyond Carthage, as Mauritania, etc...being dispuncted by no great states or colonies. |