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   Disorder , n. [Pref. dis- + order: cf. F. désordre.]
   Want of order or regular disposition; lack of arrangement; confusion; disarray; as, the troops were thrown into disorder; the papers are in disorder.
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   Neglect of order or system; irregularity.
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   From vulgar bounds with brave disorder part,
   And snatch a grace beyond the reach of art.
   Pope.
   
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   Breach of public order; disturbance of the peace of society; tumult.
   Shak.
   
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   Disturbance of the functions of the animal economy or of the soul; sickness; derangement. “Disorder in the body.”  
   Locke.
   Syn. -- Irregularity; disarrangement; confusion; tumult; bustle; disturbance; disease; illness; indisposition; sickness; ailment; malady; distemper. See Disease.
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   Disorder, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disordered ; p. pr. & vb. n. Disordering.]
   To disturb the order of; to derange or disarrange; to throw into confusion; to confuse.
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   Disordering the whole frame or jurisprudence.
   Burke.
   
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   The burden . . . disordered the aids and auxiliary rafters into a common ruin.
   Jer. Taylor.
   
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   To disturb or interrupt the regular and natural functions of (either body or mind); to produce sickness or indisposition in; to discompose; to derange; as, to disorder the head or stomach.
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   A man whose judgment was so much disordered by party spirit.
   Macaulay.
   
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   To depose from holy orders. [Obs.]
   Dryden.
   Syn. -- To disarrange; derange; confuse; discompose.
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