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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
disarrange
verb
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ However, I did slightly disarrange the lower part of that tablecloth in order to ascertain the core temperature.
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Disarrange

Disarrange \Dis`ar*range"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disarranged; p. pr. & vb. n. Disarranging.] [Pref. dis- + arrange: cf. F. d['e]sarranger.] To unsettle or disturb the order or due arrangement of; to throw out of order.

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disarrange

vb. To undo the arrangement of; to disorder; to derange.

WordNet
disarrange
  1. v. destroy the arrangement or order of; "My son disarranged the papers on my desk" [ant: arrange]

  2. disturb the arrangement of; "disarrange the papers"

Usage examples of "disarrange".

Guppy, who has an inquiring mind in matters of evidence and who has been suffering severely from the lassitude of the long vacation, takes that interest in the case that he enters on a regular crossexamination of the witness, which is found so interesting by the ladies that Mrs. Snagsby politely invites him to step upstairs and drink a cup of tea, if he will excuse the disarranged state of the tea-table, consequent on their previous exertions.

It was quite dark inside, and, as the telltales had indicated, the internal screens were disarranged.

He forced the ambassador's hand perpendicular to the floor and shook it vigorously, disarranging the ambassador's carefully wrapped robe.

But that would mean splitting up the supply depots and disarranging the work schedules of the more valuable technicians.

The woman lay on her back, fully clothed, her sodden garments being disarranged only in the region of the throat.

There was some disorder evident, in the way of rugs and furniture being disarranged, and even in that first glance I noted that the great trunk was gone.

It was her duty to do the study, and she disarranged some of the papers on his desk, I believe.

I should then have said disarranged, n'est-ce pasV 'Disturbed is the word you had in mind.

Her veil had become somewhat disarranged, and in such a way that one could see her lips and mouth.

I recalled how quietly she had lain in the box, that her veil had been disarranged when first the guardsmen, and Marcus and myself, had looked upon her.

Perhaps they had come to witness what revelations might be betrayed by a subtly disarranged veil, or to see if one might not, if sufficiently alert, and if one were so fortunate, catch a glimpse, perhaps no more than a flash, of an ankle.

Removing the sheath and tossing it back onto the disarranged quilts, he clutched the weapon by the middle of its blade and held it up before him.

On the edge of the disarranged bed sat the young lord, half-dressed in a rumpled nightshirt and riding kilt, his head hanging and his elbows propped on wool-skirted knees.

After lying there panting for a moment in her disarranged nightgown, she lunged to the bed-table and rummaged for a weapon.

Conan punctuated his words with a saber swipe at the baron's head, stiff-necked and slow to bend, so that the old man's long gray hairs were disarranged by the passing stroke.