disarrange

English

Etymology

From dis- +‎ arrange.

Verb

disarrange (third-person singular simple present disarranges, present participle disarranging, simple past and past participle disarranged)

1. To undo the arrangement of; to disorder; to derange.
   • 1847 December, Ellis Bell [pseudonym; Emily Brontë], Wuthering Heights: […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: Thomas Cautley Newby, […], →OCLC:

     Stay, dear, you will disarrange your curls—let me untie your hat.

   • 1907, E.M. Forster, The Longest Journey, Part I, VI [Uniform ed., p. 69]:

     In his short life Ricky had known two sudden deaths, and that is enough to disarrange any placid outlook on the world.

Derived terms

• disarrangement

Translations

undo the arrangement of

• Bulgarian: разбърквам (bg) (razbǎrkvam), разбутвам (bg) (razbutvam)
• Greek: ανακατεύω (el) (anakatévo)
• Ido: desaranjar (io)
• Maori: tarihahohaho, whakatōhenehene