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Webster 1913 Edition
Disinterest
Dis-in′ter-est
,p.
Adj.
Disinterested.
[Obs.]
The measures they shall walk by shall be
disinterest
and even. Jer. Taylor.
Dis-in′ter-est
,Noun.
1.
What is contrary to interest or advantage; disadvantage.
[Obs.]
Glanvill.
2.
Indifference to profit; want of regard to private advantage; disinterestedness.
[Obs.]
Johnson.
Dis-in′ter-est
,Verb.
T.
To divest of interest or interested motives.
[Obs.]
Feltham.
Webster 1828 Edition
Disinterest
DISINTEREST
,Noun.
1.
What is contrary to the interest or advantage; disadvantage; injury. [Little used or not at all.]2.
Indifference to profit; want of regard to private advantage.DISINTEREST
,Verb.
T.