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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-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…Dis-sōlv'a-ble-ness, n. p. 393Quality of being dissolvable; solubility.Dis-sŏlve′, v. t. p. 393To separate into component parts; to disorganize; to break up. 2. To break the continuity of; to disconnect; to sunder; to loosen. Down fell the duke, his joints dissolved. Fairfax. For one people to…Dis-sŏlve', v. i. p. 394To waste away; to be dissipated; to be decomposed or broken up. 2. To become fluid; to be melted; to be liquefied. A figure Trenched in ice, which with an hour's heat Dissolves to water, and doth…Dis-sŏlv'ent, a. p. 394Having power to melt or dissolve; as, the dissolvent juices of the stomach. Ray.Dis-sŏlv'ent, n. p. 394That which has the power of dissolving or melting other substances, especially by mixture with them; a menstruum; a solvent. “Melted in the crucible with proper dissolvents.” A. Smith. The secret…Dis-sŏlv'er, n. p. 394One who, or that which, has power to dissolve or dissipate. “Thou kind dissolver of encroaching care.” Otway.Dis'so-nance, n. p. 394A mingling of discordant sounds; an inharmonious combination of sounds; discord. Filled the air with barbarous dissonance. Milton. 2. Want of agreement; incongruity; inconsistency. Milton.Dis'so-nan-cy, n. p. 394Discord; dissonance. Bp. Taylor.Dis'so-nant, a. p. 394Without concord; discordant; harsh; jarring; unharmonious. Dire were the strain, and dissonant to sing. Thomson. 2. Disagreeing; incongruous; discrepant. “Any thing dissonant to truth.” South. What…Dis-spĭr'it, v. t. p. 394See DISPIRIT.Dis-suāde', v. t. p. 394To attempt to divert from a measure by persuasion; to advise or exhort against; to dehort. I dissuaded him from his interest. Shak. Here shame dissuades him, there his fear prevails. Addison. 2. To…Dis-suād'er, n. p. 394One who dissuades; a dehorter.Dis-suā′sion, n. p. 394The act of dissuading; exhortation against a thing; dehortation. “In spite of all the dissuasions of his friends.” Boyle. 2. A motive or consideration tending to dissuade; a dissuasive.Dis-suā'sive, a. p. 394Tending to dissuade or divert from a measure or purpose; dehortatory; as, dissuasive advice.Dis-suā’sive, n. p. 394An argument, or counsel, employed to deter one from a measure; that which tends to divert the mind from any purpose or pursuit; dehortation. “An excellent dissuasive from ill company.” Prynne.Dis-suā'sive-ly, adv. p. 394In a dissuasive manner.Dis-suā'so-ry, n. p. 394The same as DISSUASION. [Rare.] This virtuous and reasonable person, however, has ill luck in all his dissuasories. Jeffrey.Dis-sŭn'der, v. t. p. 394To separate; to rend; to sunder. Chapman.Dis-sweet'en, v. t. p. 394To deprive of sweetness. [Obs.] Bp. Richardson.Dis'syl-lāb'ic, a. p. 394Consisting of two syllables only; as, a dissyllabic foot in poetry.Dis'syl-lāb'i-fy, v. t. p. 394To form into two syllables. Ogilvie.Dis-syl'la-bīze, v. t. p. 394To form into two syllables; to dissyllabify.Dis-syl'la-ble or Dis'syl-la-ble, n. p. 394A word consisting of two syllables only; as, pa-per.Dis-sym'pa-thy, n. p. 394Lack of sympathy; want of interest; indifference. [Rare.]Dis'taff, n. p. 394The staff for holding the bunch of flax, tow, or wool, from which the thread is drawn in spinning by hand. I will the distaff hold; come thou and spin. Fairfax. 2. The holder of a distaff; hence, a…Dis'taff-thīs'tle, n. p. 394(Bot.) A plant of certain species of the genera Atractylis and Carthamus.Dis-tāin′, v. t. p. 394To tinge with a different color from the natural or proper one; to stain; to discolor; to blot; to sully; to defile; to tarnish; — used chiefly in poetry. She distained her honorable blood. Spenser.…Dis'tal, a. p. 394(Compar. Anat.) Remote from the place of attachment or insertion; as, the distal extremity of a bone. Barclay.Dis'tal-ly, adv. p. 394Toward the extremity; remotely.Dis'tance, n. p. 394An interval or space between two objects; the length of the shortest line which intervenes between two things that are separate. Every particle attracts every other with a force . . . inversely…