DISAPPOINT, verb transitive [dis and appoint; properly, to unfix or unsettle.] 1. To defeat of expectation, wish, hope, desire or intention; to frustrate; to balk; to hinder from the possession or enjoyment of that which was intended, desired, hoped or expected. We say, a man is disappointed of his hopes or expectations, or his hopes, desires, intentions or expectations are disappointed. A bad season disappoints the farmer of his crops; a defeat disappoints an enemy of his spoil The man promised me a visit, by he disappointed me. Without counsel purposes are disappointed. Proverbs 15:22. 2. To frustrate; to prevent an effect intended. The retiring foe shrinks from the wound, and disappoints the blow.
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