disrank

English

Etymology

From dis- +‎ rank. Compare derange.

Verb

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

(transitive, obsolete) To degrade from rank.
(transitive, obsolete) To throw out of rank or into confusion.
- 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:
  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?

References

disrank in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

Anagrams

Kinards, Skradin, narkids

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