disrate

Example Sentences

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Must be minded, or it’s rank mutiny, and a disrate.

From Menhardoc by Staniland, C.J.

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.

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)

It is obvious, too, that if giving a man a higher rating be a source of encouragement, to disrate him may readily be used as a means of punishment.

From The Lieutenant and Commander Being Autobigraphical Sketches of His Own Career, from Fragments of Voyages and Travels by Hall, Basil

As they're not sailors, I mean to disrate them to boys at five dollars a month.

From The Grain Ship by Robertson, Morgan