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An American Dictionary of the English Language
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Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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Dis/re-spēct'fŭl, a. p. 392Wanting in respect; manifesting disesteem or want of respect; uncivil; as, disrespectful behavior.Dĭs're-spĕct'fŭl-ly, adv. p. 392In a disrespectful manner; irreverently; uncivilly.Dĭs're-spect'ful-ness, n. p. 392Lack of respect.Dis're-spect'ive, a. p. 392Showing want of respect; disrespectful. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.Dis-rĕv'er-enced, a. p. 392Treated irreverently; dishonored. [Obs.] Sir T. More.Dis-rōbe', v. t. p. 392To divest of a robe; to divest of garments; to undress; figuratively, to strip of covering; to divest of that which clothes, dresses, or decorates; as, autumn disrobes the fields of verdure. These…Dis-rōb'er, n. p. 392One who strips of robes or clothing.Dis-rōot', v. t. p. 392To tear up the roots of, or by the roots; hence, to tear from a foundation; to loosen or undermine. A piece of ground disrooted from its situation by subterraneous inundations. Goldsmith.Dis-rout', v. i. p. 392To put to flight in different directions; to scatter in flight. Taylor, 1630.Dis-rū'li-ly, adv. p. 392In a disorderly manner. [Obs.] Chaucer.Dis-rū'ly, a. p. 392Unruly; disorderly. [Obs.] Chaucer.Dis-rŭpt', a. p. 392Rent off; torn asunder; severed by rending or breaking. [Rare.]Dis-rŭpt', v. t. p. 392To separate; to break asunder; to rend. [Rare.] Thomson.Dis-rŭp'tion, n. p. 392The act of rending asunder, or the state of being rent asunder; breach; rent; dilaceration; as, the disruption of rocks in an earthquake; disruption of the flesh.Dis-rŭpt′ive, a. p. 392Causing disruption; accompanied by disruption or violent separation; breaking through; bursting; as, the disruptive discharge of an electrical battery. Nichol.Dis-rŭpt'ure, n. p. 392Disruption. Jefferson.Dis-săt′is-făc′tion, n. p. 392The state of being dissatisfied, unsatisfied, or discontented; uneasiness proceeding from the want of gratification, or from disappointed wishes and expectations. The ambitious man is subject to…Dis-săt'is-făc'to-ri-ness, n. p. 392Inability to satisfy or give content; a failing to give content.Dis-sāt'is-fāc'to-ry, a. p. 392Causing dissatisfaction; unable to give content; giving discontent; displeasing. To have reduced the different qualifications in the different States to one uniform rule, would probably have been as…Dis-săt'is-fy, v. t. p. 392To render unsatisfied or discontented; to excite uneasiness in by frustrating wishes or expectations; to displease. “The dissatisfied factions of the autocracy.” Bancroft.Dis-sēat'ter, v. t. p. 392To scatter abroad; to disperse; to diffuse. [Obs.] Daniel.Dis-sēat', v. t. p. 392To remove from a seat. Shak.Dis-sēct′, v. t. p. 392To cut in pieces; to divide with a cutting instrument, by separating the joints; to cut in pieces, as an animal or vegetable, for the purpose of examining the structure and use of its several parts…Dis-sēct'ed, p. a. p. 392(Bot.) Cut deeply into many lobes or divisions; as, a dissected leaf.Dis-sēct'i-ble, a. p. 392Capable of being dissected, or separated by dissection. Paley.Dis-sĕc'tion, n. p. 392The act of dissecting, or of cutting in pieces an animal or vegetable, for the purpose of ascertaining the structure and uses of its parts; anatomy; as, dissection was held sacrilege till the time of…Dis-sĕct'or, n. p. 392One who dissects; an anatomist.Dis-sēize', v. t. p. 392(Law.) To deprive of actual seizin or possession; to dispossess wrongfully;—followed by of; as, to disseize a tenant of his freehold. [Written also disseise.] Which savage beasts strive as eagerly to…Dis-sēi-zee', n. p. 392(Law.) A person disseized, or put out of possession of an estate unlawfully.Dis-sēl'zin, n. p. 392(Law.) The act of disseiz-ing; an unlawful dispossessing of a person actually seized of the freehold; a deprivation of actual seizin. [Written also dissézin.] Blackstone.Dis-sēi’zor, n. p. 392(Law.) One who disseizes, or puts another out of possession or seizin of the freehold wrongfully. Blackstone.Dis-sēi'zor-ess, n. p. 392(Law.) A woman who disseizes.Dis-sēiz'ūre, n. p. 392The act of disseizing; disseizin. [Obs.] Speed.Dis-sĕm′blance, n. p. 392Want of resemblance; dissimilitude. [Rare.] Osborne.Dis-sēm'ble, v. t. p. 392To hide under a false semblance or seeming; to put an untrue appearance upon; to disguise; to mask; as, to dissemble the truth. “Did dissemble her sad thought’s unrest.” Spenser. 2. To put on the…Dis-sēm'ble, v. i. p. 392To conceal the real fact, motives, intention, or sentiments, under some pretense; to assume a false appearance; to act the hypocrite. And have also stolen, and dissembled also. Josh. vii. 11.Dis-sēm'bler, n. p. 392One who dissembles; one who conceals his opinions or dispositions under a false appearance; a hypocrite. It is the weakest sort of politicians that are the greatest dissemblers. Bacon.…Dis-sĕm'bling-ly, adv. p. 392With dissimulation; hypocritically; falsely. J. Webster.Dis-sĕm’-i-nāte, v. t. p. 392To sow, as seed; to scatter for growth and propagation, like seed; to spread abroad; to diffuse; to disperse; as, principles, opinions, and errors are disseminated when they are spread and…Dis-sĕm′i-nā′ted, p. a. p. 392(Min.) Occurring in small portions scattered about or through some other substance.Dis-sĕm’i-nā’tĭon, n. p. 392The act of disseminating, or the state of being disseminated; diffusion for propagation and permanence; dispersion; diffusion; scattering. “The universal dissemination of those writings.” Wayland.Dis-sēm'i-na-tive, a. p. 392Tending to scatter, or to become scattered, abroad, or disseminated. The effect of heresy is, like the plague, infectious and disseminative. Bp. Taylor.Dis-sĕm′i-nā′tor p. 392m. [It. disseminatore.] One who disseminates; one who spreads and propagates.Dis-sēn'sion, n. p. 392Disagreement in opinion, usually of a violent character, producing warm debates or angry words; contention in words; partisan and contentious divisions; breach of friendship and union; strife…Dis-sĕn'sioŭs, a. p. 392Disposed to discord; quarrelsome; contentious; factious. [Rare.] Shak.Dis-sĕn'siōus-ly, adv. p. 392In a dissensious or quarrelsome manner. Chapman.Dis-sēnt', v. i. p. 392To differ in opinion; to be of unlike or contrary sentiment; to disagree;—followed by from. The bill passed . . . without a dissenting voice. Hallam. 2. (Eccl.) To differ from the established church…Dis-sēnt', n. p. 392The act of dissenting; difference of opinion; disagreement. The dissent of no small number [of peers] is frequently recorded. Hallam. 2. (Eccl.) Separation from an established church, especially that…Dis'sen-tā'ne-oüs, a. p. 393Disagreeing; contrary. [Rare.] Barrow.Dis'sen-ta-ry, a. p. 393Dissentaneous; inconsistent. [Obs.] Milton.Dis'sen-tā'tion, n. p. 393Dissension. [Obs.] Browne.Dis-sēnt'er, n. p. 393One who dissents; one who differs in opinion, or declares his disagreement. 2. (Eccl.) One who separates from the service and worship of an established church; especially, one who separates from, or…Dis-sĕnt'er-ism, n. p. 393The spirit or principles of dissent or of dissenters. Ed. Review.Dis-sĕn'tient, a. p. 393Disagreeing; declaring dissent; dissenting.Dis-sĕn′tient, n. p. 393One who disagrees, or declares his dissent.Dis-sĕn’tiŏus, a. p. 393Marked by dissensions; disposed to disagreement or discord. Daniel.Dis-sĕp′i-ment, n. p. 393A separating tissue; a partition; a septum. 2. (Bot.) A partition formed in an ovary by the united sides of cohering carpels, and separating the inside into cells. Dissépiment. Lindley.Dis-sĕrt', v. i. p. 393To discourse or dispute. [Rare.] We have disserted upon it a little longer than was necessary. Jeffrey.Dis'ser-tāte, v. i. p. 393To deal in dissertation; to write dissertations; to discourse. [Rare.] — J. Foster.Dis'ser-tā'tion, n. p. 393A formal or elaborate discourse, oral or written; a disquisition; an essay; as, Newton's Dissertations on the Prophecies.