v. & n.
v.tr. fill with consternation or anxiety; discourage or depress; reduce to despair.
n. 1 consternation or anxiety. 2 depression or despair.
[ ME f. OF desmaiier (unrecorded) ult. f. a Gmc root = deprive of power (as DIS-, MAY) ]
v. & n.
v.tr. fill with consternation or anxiety; discourage or depress; reduce to despair.
n. 1 consternation or anxiety. 2 depression or despair.
[ ME f. OF desmaiier (unrecorded) ult. f. a Gmc root = deprive of power (as DIS-, MAY) ]
Concise Oxford English dictionary. Краткий оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2012