† disˈordain, v. Obs.
Forms: 3 desordeine, 3–5 -deyne, 4–5 disordeyne, 5 -hordeyne.
[a. OF. desorden-er to disorder, degrade (11th c.), mod.F. désordonner = Sp. desordenar, It. disordinare, a Romanic formation from dis- 4 + L. ordināre to order, ordain. Cf. deordinate.]
1. trans. To deprive of or degrade from orders.
| 1297 R. Glouc. (1724) 473 Ȝuf eni clerc..were itake, & vor felon iproued..That me solde him uerst desordeini. c 1300 Beket 378 That he scholde the preost take, And desordeyni him of his ordre. |
2. To disorder, derange.
| 1398 Trevisa Barth. De P.R. vii. li. (1495) 265 Diaria comyth..of humours whyche renne..fro the hede to the guttes, and disordeynyth them. |