disorb

English

Etymology

From dis- +‎ orb.

Verb

disorb (third-person singular simple present disorbs, present participle disorbing, simple past and past participle disorbed)

1. (obsolete, transitive) To eject from orbit, to unsphere, or dispose of an orb.
   • c. 1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Troylus and Cressida”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene ii]:

     Who marvels then, when Helenus beholds
     A Grecian and his sword, if he do set
     The very wings of reason to his heels
     And fly like chidden Mercury from Jove,
     Or like a star disorb'd?

References

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

Anagrams

• birdos, borids, broids