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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-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.Dis'si-li'tion, n. p. 393The act of bursting open; the act of starting or springing apart. [Rare.] Boyle.Dis-sĭm'i-lar, a. p. 393Unlike, either in nature, properties, or external form; not similar; heterogeneous; as, the tempers of men are as dissimilar as their features.Dis-sĭm'i-lăr'i-ty, n. p. 393Want of resemblance; unlikeness; dissimilitude; as, the dissimilarity of human faces and forms.Dis-sim'i-lar-ly, adv. p. 393In a dissimilar manner. “With verdant shrubs dissimilarly gay.” C. Smart.Dis-sim'i-le, n. p. 393(Rhet.) Comparison or illustration by contraries.Dis'si-mi'li-tūde, n. p. 393Want of resemblance; unlikeness; dissimilarity. “The dissimilitude between the Divinity and images.” Stillingfleet. 2. (Rhet.) A comparison by contrast; a dissimile.Dis-sim'ū-lāte, v. i. p. 393To dissemble; to feign; to pretend.Dis-sim'ū-lā'tion, n. p. 393The act of dissembling; a hiding under a false appearance; a feigning; false pretension; hypocrisy. The master of all sanctity distinguishes dissimulation in all the specious similitudes it weareth.…Dis-sim'ŭle, v. t. p. 393To dissemble. [Obs.] Foxe.Dis-sim’ū-ler, n. p. 393One who dissimulates; a dissembler. [Obs.] Holinshed.Dis'si-pa-ble, a. p. 393Liable to be dissipated; capable of being scattered or dispersed. [Rare.] The heat of those plants is very dissipable. Bacon.Dis'si-pāte, v. t. p. 393To cause to go apart and disappear; to scatter; to disperse; to drive asunder; — used appropriately of the dispersion of things that can never again be collected or restored. “Dissipated those foggy…Dis'si-pāte, v. i. p. 393To separate into parts and disappear; to waste away; to scatter; to disperse; to vanish; as, a fog or cloud gradually dissipates before the rays or heat of the sun; the heat of a body dissipates; the…Dis'si-pā'tion, n. p. 393The act of dissipating or dispersing; a state of dispersion or separation. “The famous dissipation of mankind.” Hale. My case being delayed from day to day till the dissipation of those who should…Dis'site, a. p. 393Scattered; separate. [Obs.] “Lands far dissite and remote asunder.” Holland.Dis-slán'der, v. t. p. 393To slander. [Obs.] Chaucer.Dis-slán'der, n. p. 393Slander. [Obs.] Hall.Dis-slăn'der-oŭs, a. p. 393Slanderous. [Obs.] Fabyan.Dis-sō'cia-bil'i-ty, n. p. 393Want of sociability; unsociableness. Warburton.