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Noun edit

disordination (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) A state of disorder; derangement; confusion.
    • 1631, Francis [Bacon], “IX. Century.”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. [], 3rd edition, London: [] William Rawley; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee [], →OCLC:
      But this is wrought by emission , or suppression , or suffocation , of the native spirits ; and also by the disordination and discomposure of the tangible parts , and other passages of nature , and not by a conflict of heats

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for disordination”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)