Definition of Dishevel

Di`shev´el   Pronunciation: dĭ`shĕv´'l or -ĕl
v. t.1.To suffer (the hair) to hang loosely or disorderly; to spread or throw (the hair) in disorder; - used chiefly in the passive participle.
[imp. & p. p. Disheveled or Dishevelled; p. pr. & vb. n. Disheveling or Dishevelling.]
With garments rent and hair disheveled,
Wringing her hands and making piteous moan.
- Spenser.
2.To spread loosely or disorderly.
Like the fair flower disheveled in the wind.
- Cowper.
v. i.1.To be spread in disorder or hang negligently, as the hair.


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