▪ I. † deˈordinate, a. Obs.
[ad. med.L. deordināt-us, f. de- I. 6 + ordinātus ordered. A doublet of disordinate.]
Perverted from the natural order; inordinate.
| 1623 T. Ailesbury Serm. (1624) 13 The Idolatry consisted..in the deordinate intent of the Sacrificers. 1720 Welton Suffer. Son of God II. xxiv. 641 The Principles of a Deordinate and Excessive Self-Love. |
▪ II. † deˈordinate, v. Obs.
[f. med.L. verbal type *deordināre: see prec. and -ate3 5.]
trans. To pervert from the natural order.
| 1688 Norris Theory Love ii. ii. 107 A sensual pleasure deordinated from the end..for which it was designed. |