Dis*hon"est (?), a. [Pref. dis- + honest: cf. F. d'eshonnete, OF. deshoneste.]
1. Dishonorable; shameful; indecent; unchaste; lewd. [Obs.]
Inglorious triumphs and dishonest scars.
Pope.
Speak no foul or dishonest words before them [the women].
Sir T. North.
2. Dishonored; disgraced; disfigured. [Obs.]
Dishonest with lopped arms the youth appears,
Spoiled of his nose and shortened of his ears.
Dryden.
3. Wanting in honesty; void of integrity; faithless; disposed to cheat or defraud; not trustworthy; as, a dishonest man.
4. Characterized by fraud; indicating a want of probity; knavish; fraudulent; unjust.
To get dishonest gain.
Ezek. xxii. 27.
The dishonest profits of men in office.
Bancroft.
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Dis*hon"est, v. t. [Cf. OF. deshonester.] To disgrace; to dishonor; as, to dishonest a maid. [Obs.]
I will no longer dishonest my house.
Chapman.
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