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disrank

disrank verb: to degrade from rank.

Verb

disrank (third-person singular simple present disranks, present participle disranking, simple past and past participle disranked)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To degrade from rank.
  2. (obsolete, transitive) To throw out of rank or into confusion.
    • No girle, knovvſt thou not hovv to anſvver him? / VVhy then the field is loſt, and he rides home, / Like a great conquerour; not anſvver him? / Out of thy part already? foylde the Sceane? / Diſranckt the lynes? diſarm'd the action?1601 (first performance), Thomas Dekker, Satiro-mastix. Or The Untrussing of the Humorous Poet. […], London: […] [Edward Allde] for Edward White, […], published 1602, →OCLC, signature K2, recto

Forms of disrank

third-person singular presentdisranks
present participledisranking
past participledisranked
pastdisranked

Origin of disrank

From dis- + rank. Compare derange.

Questions about disrank

What does disrank mean?
Disrank means to degrade from rank.
What part of speech is disrank?
Disrank is a verb.
What is the past tense of disrank?
The past tense of disrank is disranked.

Words near disrank in the dictionary

  1. Disraelitish
  2. disrange
  3. disranged
  4. disranges
  5. disranging
  6. disrank
  7. disranked
  8. disranking
  9. disranks
  10. disrate
  11. disrated

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