disrank

English

Etymology

From dis- +‎ rank. Compare derange.

Verb

disrank (third-person singular simple present disranks, present participle disranking, simple past and past participle disranked)

1. (transitive, obsolete) To degrade from rank.
2. (transitive, obsolete) To throw out of rank or into confusion.
   • 1601 (first performance), Thomas Dekker, Satiro-mastix. Or The Untrussing of the Humorous Poet. […], London: […] [Edward Allde] for Edward White, […], published 1602, →OCLC, signature K2, recto:

     No girle, knovvſt thou not hovv to anſvver him? / VVhy then the field is loſt, and he rides home, / Like a great conquerour; not anſvver him? / Out of thy part already? foylde the Sceane? / Diſranckt the lynes? diſarm'd the action?

References

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

Anagrams

• Kinards, Skradin, narkids