disgrade, v.
(dɪsˈgreɪd)
Also 5–6 dysgrade, dis-, dysgrate, 6 desgrade.
[ad. OF. desgrader, by-form of degrader, ad. late L. dēgradāre, Pr. degradar, desgradar: for frequent Romanic interchange of de-, des-, see de- I. 6.]
trans. To depose formally, as a punitive measure, from honourable rank, degree, or dignity; = degrade v. 2.
| c 1430 Lydg. Bochas viii. i. (1554) 177 b, Fortune list him to disgrade Among his knightes. 1569 Newton Cicero's Olde Age 28 b, Sore against my will was it, when I deposed and dysgraded L. Flaminius of his senatourship. 1611 Speed Hist. Gt. Brit. ix xvii. (1632) 869 He was first solemnly disgraded, his guilt spurs cut from his heeles by the Master-Cooke. 1880 Dixon Windsor III. vii. 67 Voted that the late duke be disgraded from his dignity as a knight. 1888 Circular to Senate by Coll. of Med. Durham Univ., Supposing the Durham University to possess already the power to disgrade its Graduates. |
b. To deprive of ecclesiastical status; = degrade v. 2 b.
| c 1380 Wyclif Wks. (1880) 246 Ony symple mon..schal be enprisoned, disgratid or brent. 1460 J. Capgrave Chron. 112 Formosus..was disgraded be Jon the Pope fro all the ordres of the Cherch onto lay astat. 1586 Exam. H. Barrowe, etc. in Harl. Misc. (Malh.) II. 28 Q. Are yow a Minister? A. No, I was one after your orders. Q. Who disgraded yow? A. I disgraded my self through Gods mercy by repentance. 1641 Prynne Antip. 98 They did not disgrade and deprive from holy Orders such Malefactors. |
Hence disˈgraded ppl. a., disˈgrading vbl. n.
| 1531–2 Act 23 Hen. VIII, c. 1 A certificat under his seale testifiynge the said disgradinge. 1546 Bale Eng. Votaries ii. L iv (T. s.v. Degrade), He once yet againe departed the realme with his disgraded abbots. 1602 Segar Hon. Mil. & Civ. ii. iv. 55 The King of Armes and other Heralds cast the warme water vpon the disgraded Knights face..saying Henceforth thou shalt be called by thy right name, Traitour. 1641 Termes de la Ley (1708) 257 By the Canon Law there are two kinds of Disgradings; the one summary, by word only, and the other solemn, by Devesting the party disgraded from..the Ensigns of his Order or Degree. |