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Etymology

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From dis- +‎ range. Compare Old French desrengier, French déranger. See derange, disrank.

Verb

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disrange (third-person singular simple present disranges, present participle disranging, simple past and past participle disranged)

  1. (obsolete) To disarrange.
    • 1769, Robert Wood, An Essay on the Original Genius and Writings of Homer:
      how cautious we should be not to disturb that delicate connexion and thread of circumstances , which are seldom disranged , even by the smallest alteration

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disrange”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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