disarrange

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   to disturb the order or arrangement of; to throw into disorder

   A sudden gust disarranged the papers neatly stacked on the desk.

An 18th-century formation from dis- ('reversal') plus arrange; arrange is from Old French arengier ('to put in a row'), from a- (Latin ad-, 'to') plus rang, reng ('row, rank'), of Germanic origin.

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