disrate
Americanverb (used with object)
verb
Etymology
Origin of disrate
Example Sentences
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But I hope you'll take care of the rest of my crew, and not disrate them after I am dead, in favour of new followers.
From The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle by Smollett, T. (Tobias)
I disrate you on account of your unfitness for the post, and you will now return to your former rating, as I have restored your name to the list of the crew.
From The White Squall A Story of the Sargasso Sea by Schonberg, J.
“I appreciate your feeling, my lad,” he answered; “but even if he does return I won’t disrate you, and I will see how we can best manage to get you an outfit.”
From Won from the Waves by Greene, John B.
In your cablegram received to-day, you take occasion to remind us that no manager or owner has authority to disrate a ship's officer.
From Cappy Ricks Or, the Subjugation of Matt Peasley by Kyne, Peter B. (Peter Bernard)
As they're not sailors, I mean to disrate them to boys at five dollars a month.
From The Grain Ship by Robertson, Morgan
I then turned to the clerk to see the entry properly made; but on looking again at the disrated seaman, I observed, to my astonishment, that he was in tears!
From The Lieutenant and Commander Being Autobigraphical Sketches of His Own Career, from Fragments of Voyages and Travels by Hall, Basil
It will never do to let the carpenter be disrated or dismissed the ship for conduct of which he is innocent.
From Salt Water The Sea Life and Adventures of Neil D'Arcy the Midshipman by Lacey, C. J. de
For cause, he disrated his chief officers: and so asserted in that desolate place, as fearlessly as he would have asserted it in an English harbor, that aboard his ship his will was law.
From Henry Hudson A Brief Statement of His Aims and His Achievements by Janvier, Thomas A. (Thomas Allibone)
The office was accepted with alacrity; but in a few minutes he too ran us into a worse difficulty than his predecessor ever did, and was at once disrated amidst the derision of his comrades.
From A Popular Account of Dr. Livingstone's Expedition to the Zambesi and its tributaries And of the Discovery of Lakes Shirwa and Nyassa, 1858-1864 by Livingstone, David
After a terrific lecture, he reminded Bracker that he had been disrated for a former offence of a like nature.
From Nevermore by Bolderwood, Rolf
It was worse than tyranny, I thought, this arbitrary conduct in disrating me unjustly!
From On Board the Esmeralda Martin Leigh's Log - A Sea Story by Overend, William Heysham
The disrating had been largely due to the second officer, who did not hesitate to ask the fellow in what capacity he saw him now.
From Denis Dent A Novel by Hornung, Ernest W.
I don't mean he'd think of disrating you, Cap'n Sears.
From Fair Harbor by Lincoln, Joseph Crosby
We believe you to be a clever first mate, otherwise Captain Kendall would not have dug you up out of the forecastle; and believing this, naturally we dislike the thought of disrating you.
From Cappy Ricks Or, the Subjugation of Matt Peasley by Kyne, Peter B. (Peter Bernard)
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