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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-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.Dis-sō´cia-ble, a. p. 393Not well associated or assorted; incongruous. They came in two and two, though matched in the most dissociable manner. Spectator. 2. Having a power or tendency to dissolve social connections…Dis-sō′cial, a. p. 393Unfriendly to society; contracted; selfish; as, a dissocial passion.Dis-sō'cial-ize, v. t. p. 393To render unsocial; to separate. Clarke.Dis-sō'ci-āte, v. t. p. 393To separate; to disunite; to part; as, to dissociate the particles of a concrete substance. Boyle.Dis-sō'ci-ā'tion, n. p. 393The act of dissociating or disuniting; a state of separation; disunion. It will add infinitely to the dissociation, distraction, and confusion of these considerate republics. Burke.Dis'so-lu-bil'i-ty, n. p. 393Capacity of being dissolved by heat or moisture, and converted into a fluid.Dis'so-lu-ble, a. p. 393Capable of being dissolved; having its parts separable by heat or moisture; convertible into a fluid. Woodward. 2. Capable of being disunited.Dis'so-lu-ble-ness, n. p. 393Quality of being dissoluble; dissolubility. Boyle.Dis'so-lūte, a. p. 393Relaxed; enfeebled. [Obs.] Spenser. 2. Unrestrained in morals; abandoned to vicious pleasures; wanton; lewd; debauched. “A wild and dissolute soldier.” Motley. Abstain from wanton and dissolute…Dis'so-lū'ted, a. p. 393Loosened; unconfined. [Obs.] “Dissoluted hair.” C. Smart.Dis'so-lūte-ly, adv. p. 393In a loose or dissolute manner; without moral restraint.Dis'so-lūte-ness, n. p. 393State or quality of being dissolute; looseness of manners and morals; devotion to criminal pleasures; debauchery; dissipation. Chivalry had the vices of dissoluteness. Bancroft.Dis'so-lū'tion, n. p. 393The act of dissolving, sundering, or separating into component parts. “Dissolution of ancient amities.” Shak. 2. Change from a solid to a fluid state; solution by heat or moisture; liquefaction. 3.…Dis-sŏlv'a-bĭl'i-ty, n. p. 393Capacity of being dissolved; solubility. Richardson.Dis-sŏlv'a-ble, a. p. 393Capable of being dissolved or separated into component parts. Though every thing which is compacted be in its own nature dissolvable. Cudworth. 2. Capable of being liquefied; soluble. Such things as…