Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Dishevel

Dishevel (di*shev"'l or -el) , transitive verb

[Old French descheveler, French décheveler, Late Latin discapillare; dis- + Latin capillus the hair of the head. See Capillary.]

1.
To suffer (the hair) to hang loosely or disorderly; to spread or throw (the hair) in disorder; -- used chiefly in the passive participle.
With garments rent and hair disheveled, Wringing her hands and making piteous moan. — Spenser
2.
To spread loosely or disorderly.
Like the fair flower disheveled in the wind. — Cowper

Dishevel , intransitive verb

To be spread in disorder or hang negligently, as the hair. [Rare] — Sir T. Herbert