disroot
English
Etymology
dis- + root
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dɪsˈɹuːt/
Verb
disroot (third-person singular simple present disroots, present participle disrooting, simple past and past participle disrooted)
- (transitive) To tear up the roots of, or by the roots; to tear from a foundation; to uproot.
- 1774, Oliver Goldsmith, History of the Earth and Animated Nature
- A piece of ground disrooted from its situation by subterraneous inundations.
- 1774, Oliver Goldsmith, History of the Earth and Animated Nature
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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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 disroot in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)
Translations
uproot — see uproot
Anagrams
- Doritos, toroids