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== King James Dictionary <ref name="term_59319" /> ==
 
<p> [[Disappoint]] dis and appoint properly, to unfix or unsettle. </p> 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. <p> Without counsel purposes are disappointed. &nbsp;Proverbs 15 . </p> 2. To frustrate to prevent an effect intended. <p> The retiring foe shrinks from the wound, and disappoints the blow. </p>
Disappoint <ref name="term_2860" />
       
== Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_111126" /> ==
<p> '''(1):''' ''' (''' v. t.) To defeat of expectation or hope; to hinder from the attainment of that which was expected, hoped, or desired; to balk; as, a man is disappointed of his hopes or expectations, or his hopes, desires, intentions, expectations, or plans are disappointed; a bad season disappoints the farmer of his crops; a defeat disappoints an enemy of his spoil. </p> <p> '''(2):''' ''' (''' v. t.) To frustrate; to fail; to hinder of result. </p>
       
== International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_2860" /> ==
<p> ''''' dis ''''' - ''''' a ''''' - ''''' point ''''' ´: "To disappoint" may be used transitively or intransitively. In the former case it naturally has a more forceful meaning. Therefore the Revised Version (British and American) changes the translation of the King James Version wherever "disappoint" is used with an object: &nbsp;Job 5:12 , "frustrateth"; &nbsp;Psalm 17:13 , "confront him," the Revised Version, margin "forestall"; [[Judith]] 16:6, "brought them to nought"; but the Revised Version (British and American) retains "disappoint" where the person wh disappoints is not expressed. Compare &nbsp;Proverbs 15:22 . </p>
<p> ''''' dis ''''' - ''''' a ''''' - ''''' point ''''' ´: "To disappoint" may be used transitively or intransitively. In the former case it naturally has a more forceful meaning. Therefore the Revised Version (British and American) changes the translation of the King James Version wherever "disappoint" is used with an object: &nbsp;Job 5:12 , "frustrateth"; &nbsp;Psalm 17:13 , "confront him," the Revised Version, margin "forestall"; [[Judith]] 16:6, "brought them to nought"; but the Revised Version (British and American) retains "disappoint" where the person wh disappoints is not expressed. Compare &nbsp;Proverbs 15:22 . </p>
       
 
==References ==
== References ==
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<ref name="term_59319"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/king-james-dictionary/disappoint Disappoint from King James Dictionary]</ref>
       
<ref name="term_111126"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/webster-s-dictionary/disappoint Disappoint from Webster's Dictionary]</ref>
       
<ref name="term_2860"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/international-standard-bible-encyclopedia/disappoint Disappoint from International Standard Bible Encyclopedia]</ref>
<ref name="term_2860"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/international-standard-bible-encyclopedia/disappoint Disappoint from International Standard Bible Encyclopedia]</ref>
       
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Revision as of 13:37, 16 October 2021

Disappoint [1]

dis - a - point ´: "To disappoint" may be used transitively or intransitively. In the former case it naturally has a more forceful meaning. Therefore the Revised Version (British and American) changes the translation of the King James Version wherever "disappoint" is used with an object:  Job 5:12 , "frustrateth";  Psalm 17:13 , "confront him," the Revised Version, margin "forestall"; Judith 16:6, "brought them to nought"; but the Revised Version (British and American) retains "disappoint" where the person wh disappoints is not expressed. Compare  Proverbs 15:22 .

References

  1. ↑ Disappoint from International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
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