† dis-elementv.
Obsolete.
transitive. To put (anything) out of its element; to remove from its proper sphere of activity.
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the world > space > place > removal or displacement > remove or displace [verb (transitive)]
stira1000
unsheathec1374
removea1398
shifta1400
disroom1489
supplant1534
unplacec1550
displace1552
unperch1578
dislodge1579
unsiege1594
disnest1596
unroost1598
unset1602
unseat1611
dis-element1612
dishabita1616
dislocate1623
disroota1625
disseata1625
rede1638
discardinate1648
disturb1664
disblock1665
start1676
uproot1695
disrest1696
disconcert1744
disannul1794
deplace1839
delocalize1855
disembed1885
disniche1889
1612 W. Parkes Curtaine-drawer 48 It cannot indure to lye naked no more then the fish dis-elemented on the shore.
1654 R. Whitlock Ζωοτομία 449 How doth this fifth Element [i.e. detraction] dis-element all the other foure?
1727 P. Longueville Hermit 185 A vast Number of which, had, by the obstropulous Wind been dis-elemented.
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