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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-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.Dis'ser-tā'tĭon-al, a. p. 393Relating to dissertations; resembling a dissertation.Dis'ser-tā'tion-ist, n. p. 393A writer of dissertations.Dis'ser-tā'tor, n. p. 393One who writes a dissertation; one who debates. Boyle.Dis-sērt'ly, adv. p. 393Eloquently. [Obs.] Holland.Dis-sĕrve', v. t. p. 393To fail to serve; to do injury or mischief to; to injure; to hurt; to harm. Have neither served nor disserved the interests of any party. Bp. Taylor.Dis-sĕrv'ĭçe, n. p. 393Injury; harm; mischief. We shall rather perform good offices unto truth than any disservice unto their relators. Sir T. Browne.Dis-sĕrv'ĭçe-a-ble, a. p. 393Unserviceable; calculated to do no service, or to do disservice or harm; mischievous; harmful. Shaftesbury.Dis-sĕrv'ĭçe-a-ble-ness, n. p. 393The quality of being disserviceable. Norris.Dis-sërv'ice-a-bly, adv. p. 393So as to be injurious.Dis-sēte', a. p. 393Scattered. [Obs.] Holland.Dis-sĕt'tle, v. t. p. 393To unsettle. [Obs.] More.Dis-sĕt'tle-ment, n. p. 393Act of unsettling. Marvel.Dis-sĕv'er, v. t. p. 393To part in two; to divide asunder; to separate; to disunite; to sever; as, the reformation dissevered the Catholic church; it dissevered Protestants from Roman Catholics. Dissever your united…Dis-sĕv'er-ance, n. p. 393The act of dissevering; separation.Dis-sēv'er-ā'tion, n. p. 393The act of dissevering. [Obs.]Dis-shād'ōw, v. t. p. 393To free from shadow or obscurity. [Obs.] Fletcher.Dis-shēathe', v. i. p. 393To become unsheathed. [Obs.] Raleigh.Dis-ship', v. t. p. 393To dismiss from service on board ship. [Obs.] Hackluyt.Dis'si-dence, n. p. 393Disagreement; dissent; separation from the established religion. I. Taylor.Dis'si-dent, a. p. 393Not agreeing; dissenting.Dis'si-dent, n. p. 393(Eccl.) One who disagrees or dissents; one who separates from the established religion. The dissident, habituated and taught to think of his dissidence as a laudable and necessary opposition to…Dis-sĭl'i-ence, n. p. 393The act of leaping or starting asunder. Johnson.Dis-sil'i-ent, a. p. 393Starting asunder; bursting and opening with an elastic force: as, a dissilient pericarp. Martyn.