Category:Disinterest

Dis*in"ter*est, p. a.

Defn: Disinterested. [Obs.] The measures they shall walk by shall be disinterest and even. Jer. Taylor.

disinterest Dis*in"ter*est, n.

1. What is contrary to interest or advantage; disadvantage. [Obs.] Glanvill.

2. Indifference to profit; want of regard to private advantage; disinterestedness. [Obs.] Johnson.

disinterest Dis*in"ter*est, v. t.

Defn: To divest of interest or interested motives. [Obs.] Feltham.