v. t.
By commending something in him that is good, and discommending the same fault in others. Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]
A compliance will discommend me to Mr. Coventry. Pepys. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Deserving, disapprobation or blame. --
n. Blame; censure; reproach. [ R. ] Ayliffe. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. One who discommends; a dispraiser. Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. To deprive of a commission or trust. [ R. ] Laud. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. [ L. dis- + commodatus, p. p. of commodare to make fit or suitable, fr. commodus fit, commodious. See Commodious, and cf. Discommode. ] To discommode. [ Obs. ] Howell. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
a. Inconvenient; troublesome; incommodious. [ R. ] Spenser.
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n. Disadvantage; inconvenience. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
n. A lack of common possessions, properties, or relationship. [ 1913 Webster ]
Community of embryonic structure reveals community of descent; but dissimilarity of embryonic development does not prove discommunity of descent. Darwin. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ L. scomma a taunt, jeer, scoff, Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_; to mock, scoff at. ]