Swift.
Me are not disqualified by their engagements in trade from being received in high society.
Southey.
2. To deprive of some power, right, or privilege, by positive restriction; to disable; to debar legally; as, a conviction of perjury disqualifies a man to be a witness.
Dis*quan"ti*ty (?), v. t. To diminish the quantity of; to lessen. [Obs.] Shak.
Dis*qui"et (?), a. Deprived of quiet; impatient; restless; uneasy. [R.] Shak.
Dis*qui"et, n. Want of quiet; want of tranquility in body or mind; uneasiness; restlessness; disturbance; anxiety. Swift.
Dis*qui"et, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disquieted; p. pr. & vb. n. Disquieting.] To render unquiet; to deprive of peace, rest, or tranquility; to make uneasy or restless; to disturb.
Why art thou cast down, O my soul, and why art thou disquieted within me?
Ps. xlii. 11.
As quiet as these disquieted times will permit.
Sir W. Scott.
Syn. -- To harass; disturb; vex; fret; excite; agitate.
Dis*qui"et*al (?), n. The act of disquieting; a state of disquiet. [Obs.]
[It] roars and strives 'gainst its disquietal.
Dr. H. More.
Dis*qui"et*er (?), n. One who, or that which, disquiets, or makes uneasy; a disturber.
Dis*qui"et*ful (?), a. Producing inquietude or uneasiness. [R.] Barrow.
Dis*qui"et*ive (?), a. Tending to disquiet. [R.]
Dis*qui"et*ly, adv. In a disquiet manner; uneasily; as, he rested disquietly that night. [R.] Wiseman.
Dis*qui"et*ment (?), n. State of being disquieted; uneasiness; harassment. [R.] Hopkins.
Dis*qui"et*ness, n. Disturbance of quiet in body or mind; restlessness; uneasiness. Hooker.
Dis*qui"et*ous (?), a. Causing uneasiness. [R.]
So distasteful and disquietous to a number of men.
Milton.
Dis*qui"et*tude (?), n. Want of peace or tranquility; uneasiness; disturbance; agitation; anxiety.
Fears and disquietude, and unavoidable anxieties of mind.
Abp. Sharp.
Dis`qui*si"tion (?), n. [L. disquisitio, fr. disquirere to inquire diligently, investigate; dis- + quaerere to seek. See Quest.] A formal or systematic inquiry into, or discussion of, any subject; a full examination or investigation of a matter, with the arguments and facts bearing upon it; elaborate essay; dissertation.
For accurate research or grave disquisition he was not well qualified.
Macaulay.
Dis`qui*si"tion*al (?), a. Pertaining to disquisition; of the nature of disquisition.
Dis`qui*si"tion*a*ry (?), a. Pertaining to disquisition; disquisitional.
Dis*quis"i*tive (?), a. Relating to disquisition; fond of discussion or investigation; examining; inquisitive.
Dis*quis`i*to"ri*al (?), a. Disquisitory.
Dis*quis"i*to*ry (?), a. Of or pertaining to disquisition; disquisitive. Ed. Rev.
Dis*range" (?), v. t. [Pref. dis- + range: cf. OF. desrengier, F. dérangier. See Derange, Disrank.] To disarrange. [Obs.] Wood.
Dis*rank" (?; see Dis-), v. t. [Cf. Derange.] 1. To degrade from rank. [Obs.]
2. To throw out of rank or into confusion. Decker.
Dis*rate" (?), v. t. To reduce to a lower rating or rank; to degrade. Marryat.
Dis*ray" (?), variant of Disarray. [Obs.] Holland.
Dis*re"al*ize (?), v. t. To divest of reality; to make uncertain. [Obs.] Udall.
Dis`re*gard" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disregarded; p. pr. & vb. n. Disregarding.] Not to regard; to pay no heed to; to omit to take notice of; to neglect to observe; to slight as unworthy of regard or notice; as, to disregard the admonitions of conscience.
Studious of good, man disregarded fame.
Blackmore.
Dis`re*gard", n. The act of disregarding, or the state of being disregarded; intentional neglect; omission of notice; want of attention; slight.
The disregard of experience.
Whewell.
Dis`re*gard"er (?), n. One who disregards.
Dis`re*gard"ful (?), a. Neglect; negligent; heedless; regardless.
Dis`re*gard"ful*ly, adv. Negligently; heedlessly.
Dis*rel"ish (?; see Dis-), n. 1. Want of relish; dislike (of the palate or of the mind); distaste; a slight degree of disgust; as, a disrelish for some kinds of food.
Men love to hear of their power, but have an extreme disrelish to be told of their duty.
Burke.
2. Absence of relishing or palatable quality; bad taste; nauseousness. Milton.
Dis*rel"ish, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disrelished (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Disrelishing.] 1. Not to relish; to regard as unpalatable or offensive; to feel a degree of disgust at. Pope.
2. To deprive of relish; to make nauseous or disgusting in a slight degree. Milton.
Dis`re*mem"ber (?), v. t. To fail to remember; to forget. [Obs. or Archaic]
Dis`re*pair" (?), n. A state of being in bad condition, and wanting repair.
The fortifications were ancient and in disrepair.
Sir W. Scott.
Dis*rep`u*ta*bil"i*ty (?), n. The state of being disreputable. [R.]
Dis*rep"u*ta*ble (?), a. Not reputable; of bad repute; not in esteem; dishonorable; disgracing the reputation; tending to bring into disesteem; as, it is disreputable to associate familiarly with the mean, the lewd, and the profane.
Why should you think that conduct disreputable in priests which you probably consider as laudable in yourself?
Bp. Watson.
Syn. -- Dishonorable; discreditable; low; mean; disgraceful; shameful.
Dis*rep"u*ta*bly, adv. In a disreputable manner.
Dis*rep`u*ta"tion (?), n. Loss or want of reputation or good name; dishonor; disrepute; disesteem. "A disreputation of piety." Jer. Taylor.
Dis`re*pute" (?), n. Loss or want of reputation; ill character; disesteem; discredit.
At the beginning of the eighteenth century astrology fell into general disrepute.
Sir W. Scott.
Syn. -- Disesteem; discredit; dishonor; disgrace.
Dis`re*pute", v. t. To bring into disreputation; to hold in dishonor. [R.]
More inclined to love them than to disrepute them.
Jer. Taylor.
Dis`re*spect" (?), n. Want of respect or reverence; disesteem; incivility; discourtesy.
Impatience of bearing the least affront or disrespect.
Pope.
Dis`re*spect", v. t. To show disrespect to.
We have disrespected and slighted God.
Comber.
Dis`re*spect`a*bil"i*ty (?), n. Want of respectability. Thackeray.
Dis`re*spect"a*ble (?), a. Not respectable; disreputable. M. Arnold.
Dis`re*spect"er (?), n. One who disrespects.
Dis`re*spect"ful (?), a. Wanting in respect; manifesting disesteem or lack of respect; uncivil; as, disrespectful behavior. -- Dis`re*spect"ful*ly, adv. -- Dis`re*spect"ful*ness, n.
Dis`re*spect"ive (?), a. Showing want of respect; disrespectful. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.
Dis*rev"er*ence (?), v. t. To treat irreverently or with disrespect. [Obs.] Sir T. More.
Dis*robe" (?; see Dis-), v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Disrobed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Disrobing.] To divest of a robe; to undress; figuratively, to strip of covering; to divest of that which clothes or decorates; as, autumn disrobes the fields of verdure.
Two great peers were disrobed of their glory.
Sir H. Wotton.
Dis*rob"er (?), n. One who, or that which, disrobes.
Dis*roof" (?), v. t. To unroof. [R.] Carlyle.
Dis*root" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disrooted; p. pr. & vb. n. Disrooting.] To tear up the roots of, or by the roots; hence, to tear from a foundation; to uproot.
A piece of ground disrooted from its situation by subterraneous inundations.
Goldsmith.
Dis*rout" (?), v. i. [Cf. OF. desrouter, F. dérouter.] To put to rout. Taylor (1630).
Dis*rud"der (?), v. t. To deprive of the rudder, as a ship.
Dis*ru"li*ly (?), adv. In a disorderly manner. [Obs.] Rom. of R.
Dis*ru"ly (?), a. Unruly; disorderly. [Obs.]
Dis*rupt" (?), a. [L. disruptus, diruptus, p. p. of disrumpere, to break or burst asunder; dis- + rumpere to break, burst. See Rupture.] Rent off; torn asunder; severed; disrupted.
Dis*rupt", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disrupted; p. pr. & vb. n. Disrupting.] To break asunder; to rend. Thomson.
Dis*rup"tion (?), n. [L. disruptio, diruptio.] The act or rending asunder, or the state of being rent asunder or broken in pieces; breach; rent; dilaceration; rupture; as, the disruption of rocks in an earthquake; disruption of a state.
Dis*rupt"ive (?), a. Causing, or tending to cause, disruption; caused by disruption; breaking through; bursting; as, the disruptive discharge of an electrical battery. Nichol.
Dis*rup"ture (?), n. Disruption. [R.] Jefferson.
Dis*sat`is*fac"tion (?), n. The state of being dissatisfied, unsatisfied, or discontented; uneasiness proceeding from the want of gratification, or from disappointed wishes and expectations.
The ambitious man has little happiness, but is subject to much uneasiness and dissatisfaction.
Addison.
Syn. -- Discontent; discontentment; displeasure; disapprobation; distaste; dislike.
Dis*sat`is*fac"to*ry (?), a. Causing dissatisfaction; unable to give content; unsatisfactory; displeasing.
To have reduced the different qualifications in the different States to one uniform rule, would probably have been as dissatisfactory to some of the States, as difficult for the Convention.
A. Hamilton.
-- Dis*sat`is*fac"to*ri*ness (#), n.
Dis*sat"is*fy (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dissatisfied (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Dissatisfying.] To render unsatisfied or discontented; to excite uneasiness in by frustrating wishes or expectations; to displease by the want of something requisite; as, to be dissatisfied with one's fortune.
The dissatisfied factions of the autocracy.
Bancroft.
Dis*seat" (?), v. t. To unseat. [R.] Shak.
Dis*sect" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dissected; p. pr. & vb. n. Dissecting.] [L. dissectus, p. p. of dissecare; dis- + secare to cut. See Section.] 1. (Anat.) To divide into separate parts; to cut in pieces; to separate and expose the parts of, as an animal or a plant, for examination and to show their structure and relations; to anatomize.
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2. To analyze, for the purposes of science or criticism; to divide and examine minutely.
This paragraph . . . I have dissected for a sample.
Atterbury.
Dis*sect"ed (?), a. 1. Cut into several parts; divided into sections; as, a dissected map.
2. (Bot.) Cut deeply into many lobes or divisions; as, a dissected leaf.
Dis*sect"i*ble (?), a. Capable of being dissected, or separated by dissection. Paley.
Dis*sect"ing, a. 1. Dividing or separating the parts of an animal or vegetable body; as, a dissecting aneurism, one which makes its way between or within the coats of an artery.
2. Of or pertaining to, or received during, a dissection; as, a dissecting wound.
3. Used for or in dissecting; as, a dissecting knife; a dissecting microscope.
Dis*sec"tion (?), n. [Cf. F. dissection.] 1. The act of dissecting an animal or plant; as, dissection of the human body was held sacrilege till the time of Francis I.
2. Fig.: The act of separating or dividing for the purpose of critical examination.
3. Anything dissected; especially, some part, or the whole, of an animal or plant dissected so as to exhibit the structure; an anatomical so prepared.
Dissection wound, a poisoned wound incurred during the dissection of a dead body.
Dis*sect"or (?), n. [Cf. F. dissecteur.] One who dissects; an anatomist.
Dis*seize" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disseized (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Disseizing.] [Pref. dis- + seize: cf. F. dessaisir.] (Law) To deprive of seizin or possession; to dispossess or oust wrongfully (one in freehold possession of land); -- followed by of; as, to disseize a tenant of his freehold. [Written also disseise.]
Which savage beasts strive as eagerly to keep and hold those golden mines, as the Arimaspians to disseize them thereof.
Holland.
Dis`sei*zee" (?), n. (Law) A person disseized, or put out of possession of an estate unlawfully; -- correlative to disseizor. [Written also disseisee.]
Dis*sei"zin (?), n. [OF. dessaisine.] (Law) The act of disseizing; an unlawful dispossessing and ouster of a person actually seized of the freehold. [Written also disseisin.] Blackstone.
Dis*sei"zor (?), n. (Law) One who wrongfully disseizes, or puts another out of possession of a freehold. [Written also disseisor.] Blackstone.
Dis*sei"zor*ess, n. (Law) A woman disseizes.
Dis*sei"zure (?; 135), n. Disseizin. Speed.
Dis*sem"blance (?), n. [Cf. F. dissemblance. See Dissemble.] Want of resemblance; dissimilitude. [R.] Osborne.
Dis*sem"blance, n. [Dissemble + -ance.] The act or art of dissembling; dissimulation. [Obs.]
Dis*sem"ble (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dissembled; p. pr. & vb. n. Dissembling (?).] [OF. dissembler to be dissimilar; pref. dis- (L. dis-) + F. sembler to seem, L. simulare to simulate; cf. L. dissimulare to dissemble. See Simulate, and cf. Dissimulate.] 1. To hide under a false semblance or seeming; to feign (something) not to be what it really is; to put an untrue appearance upon; to disguise; to mask.
Dissemble all your griefs and discontents.
Shak.
Perhaps it was right to dissemble your love,
But -- why did you kick me down stairs?
J. P. Kemble.
2. To put on the semblance of; to make pretense of; to simulate; to feign.
He soon dissembled a sleep.
Tatler.
Syn. -- To conceal; disguise; cloak; cover; equivocate. See Conceal.
Dis*sem"ble, v. i. To conceal the real fact, motives, intention, or sentiments, under some pretense; to assume a false appearance; to act the hypocrite.
He that hateth dissembleth with his lips.
Prov. xxvi. 24.
He [an enemy] dissembles when he assumes an air of friendship.
C. J. Smith.
Dis*sem"bler (?), n. One 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.
Priests, princes, women, no dissemblers here.
Pope.
Syn. -- Dissembler, Hypocrite. A person is called a dissembler with reference to his concealment of his real character, and a hypocrite with reference to his assumption of a false character. But hypocrite is the stronger word, being commonly used to characterize a person who is habitually insincere and false, especially one who makes professions of goodness when his aims are selfish and his life corrupt.
Dis*sem"bling (?), a. That dissembles; hypocritical; false. -- Dis*sem"bling*ly, adv.
Dis*sem"i*nate (?), v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Disseminated; p. pr. & vb. n. Disseminating.] [L. disseminatus, p. p. of disseminare to disseminate; dis- + seminare to sow, semen seed. See Seminary.] 1. To sow broadcast or as seed; to scatter for growth and propagation, like seed; to spread abroad; to diffuse; as, principles, ideas, opinions, and errors are disseminated when they are spread abroad for propagation.
2. To spread or extend by dispersion.
A nearly uniform and constant fire or heat disseminated throughout the body of the earth.
Woodward.
Syn. -- To spread; diffuse; propagate; circulate; disperse; scatter.
Dis*sem"i*na`ted (?), p. a. (Min.) Occurring in small portions scattered through some other substance.
Dis*sem`i*na"tion (?), n. [L. disseminatio: cf. F. dissémination.] The act of disseminating, or the state of being disseminated; diffusion for propagation and permanence; a scattering or spreading abroad, as of ideas, beliefs, etc.
The universal dissemination of those writings.
Wayland.
Dis*sem"i*na*tive (?), a. Tending to disseminate, or to become disseminated.
The effect of heresy is, like the plague, infectious and disseminative.
Jer. Taylor.
Dis*sem"i*na`tor (?), n. [L.] One who, or that which, disseminates, spreads, or propagates; as, disseminators of disease.
Dis*sen"sion (?), n. [L. dissensio: cf. F. dissension. See Dissent.] Disagreement 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; discord; quarrel.
Paul and Barnabas had no small dissension and disputation with them.
Acts xv. 2.
Debates, dissension, uproars are thy joy.
Dryden.
A seditious person and raiser-up of dissension among the people.
Robynson (More's Utopia).
Dis*sen"sious (?), a. Disposed to discord; contentious; dissentious. [R.] Ascham. -- Dis*sen"sious*ly, adv. Chapman.
Dis*sent" (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Dissented; p. pr. & vb. n. Dissenting.] [L. dissentire, dissentum; dis- + sentire to feel, think. See Sense.] 1. To differ in opinion; to be of unlike or contrary sentiment; to disagree; -- followed by from.
The bill passed . . . without a dissenting voice.
Hallam.
Opinions in which multitudes of men dissent from us.
Addison.
2. (Eccl.) To differ from an established church in regard to doctrines, rites, or government.
3. To differ; to be of a contrary nature. Hooker.
Dis*sent", n. 1. The act of dissenting; difference of opinion; refusal to adopt something proposed; nonagreement, nonconcurrence, or disagreement.
The dissent of no small number [of peers] is frequently recorded.
Hallam.
2. (Eccl.) Separation from an established church, especially that of England; nonconformity.
It is the dissidence of dissent and the protestantism of the Protestant religion.
Burke.
3. Contrariety of nature; diversity in quality. [Obs.]
The dissent of the metals.
Bacon.
Syn. -- Disagreement; variance; difference; nonconcurrence; nonconformity.
Dis`sen*ta"ne*ous (?), a. [L. dissentaneus.] Disagreeing; contrary; differing; -- opposed to consentaneous. [R.] Barrow.
Dis"sen*ta*ny (?), a. Dissentaneous; inconsistent. [Obs.] Milton.
Dis`sen*ta"tion (?), n. Dissension. [Obs.] W. Browne.
Dis*sent"er (?), n. 1. One 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 disputes the authority or tenets of the Church of England; a nonconformist.
Dissenters from the establishment of their several countries.
Burke.
Robert Brown is said to have the first formal dissenter.
Shipley.
"The word is commonly applied only to Protestants. The Roman Catholics are generally referred to as a distinct class." Brande & C.
Dis*sent"er*ism (?), n. The spirit or principles of dissenters. Ed. Rev.
Dis*sen"ti*ate (?), v. t. To throw into a state of dissent. [R.] Feltham.
Dis*sen"tient (?), a. [L. dissentiens, p. pr. of dissentire. See Dissent, v. i.] Disagreeing; declaring dissent; dissenting. -- n. One who dissents. Macaulay.
Dis*sen"tious (?), a. Marked by dissensions; apt to breed discord; quarrelsome; contentious; factious. -- Dis*sen"tious*ly, adv.
Dis*sent"ive (?), a. Disagreeing; inconsistent. [Obs.] Feltham.
Dis*sep"i*ment (?), n. [L. dissaepimentum, fr. dissaepire; dis- + saepire to hedge in, inclose.] 1. A separating tissue; a partition; a septum.
2. (Bot.) One of the partitions which divide a compound ovary into cells.
3. (Zoöl.) One of the transverse, calcareous partitions between the radiating septa of a coral.
Dis*sert" (?), v. i. [L. dissertus, p. p. of disserere; dis- + serere to join, connect: cf. F. disserter. See Series.] To discourse or dispute; to discuss. [R.]
We have disserted upon it a little longer than was necessary.
Jeffrey.
Dis"ser*tate (?), v. i. [L. dissertatus, p. p. of dissertare to discuss, intents, fr. disserere. See Dissert.] To deal in dissertation; to write dissertations; to discourse. [R.] J. Foster.
Dis`ser*ta"tion (?), n. [L. dissertatio: cf. F. dissertation.] A formal or elaborate argumentative discourse, oral or written; a disquisition; an essay; a discussion; as, Dissertations on the Prophecies.
Dis`ser*ta"tion*al (?), a. Relating to dissertations; resembling a dissertation.
Dis`ser*ta"tion*ist, n. A writer of dissertations.
Dis"ser*ta`tor (?), n. [L.: cf. F. dissertateur.] One who writers a dissertation; one who discourses. Boyle.
Dis*sert"ly (?), adv. See Disertly. [Obs.]
Dis*serve" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Di&?;&?;&?;&?;&?; (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Disserving.] [Pref. dis- + serve: cf. F. desservir.] To fail to serve; to do injury or mischief to; to damage; to hurt; to harm.
Have neither served nor disserved the interests of any party.
Jer. Taylor.
Dis*serv"ice (?), n. [Pref. dis- + service: cf. F. desservice.] Injury; mischief.
We shall rather perform good offices unto truth than any disservice unto their relators.
Sir T. Browne.
Dis*serv"ice*a*ble (?), a. Calculated to do disservice or harm; not serviceable; injurious; harmful; unserviceable. Shaftesbury. -- Dis*serv"ice*a*ble*ness, n. Norris. -- Dis*serv"ice*a*bly, adv.
Dis*set"tle (?), v. t. To unsettle. [Obs.]
Dis*set"tle*ment (?), n. The act of unsettling, or the state of being unsettled. Marvell.
Dis*sev"er (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dissevered (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Dissevering.] [OE. dessevrer; pref. des- (L. dis-) + sevrer to sever, F. sevrer to wean, L. separate to separate. In this word the prefix is intensive. See Dis-, and Sever.] To part in two; to sever thoroughly; to sunder; to disunite; to separate; to disperse.
The storm so dissevered the company . . . that most of therm never met again.
Sir P. Sidney.
States disserved, discordant, belligerent.
D. Webster.
Dis*sev"er, v. i. To part; to separate. Chaucer.
Dis*sev"er*ance (?), n. [OF. dessevrance.] The act of disserving; separation.
Dis*sev`er*a"tion (?), n. The act of disserving; disseverance. [Obs.]
Dis*sev"er*ment (?), n. [Cf. OF. dessevrement.] Disseverance. Sir W. Scott.
Dis*shad"ow (?), v. t. To free from shadow or shade. [Obs.] G. Fletcher.
Dis*sheathe" (?), v. i. To become unsheathed. [Obs.] Sir W. Raleigh.
Dis*ship" (?), v. t. To dismiss from service on board ship. [Obs.] Hakluyt.
Dis*shiv"er (?), v. t. & i. To shiver or break in pieces. [Obs.]
Dis"si*dence (?), n. [L. dissidentia: cf. F. dissidence. See Dissident, a.] Disagreement; dissent; separation from the established religion. I. Taylor.
It is the dissidence of dissent.
Burke.
Dis"si*dent (?), a. [L. dissidens, -entis, p. pr. of dissidere to sit apart, to disagree; dis- + sedere to sit: cf. F. dissident. See Sit.] No agreeing; dissenting; discordant; different.
Our life and manners be dissident from theirs.
Robynson (More's Utopia).
Dis"si*dent, n. (Eccl.) One who disagrees or dissents; one who separates from the established religion.
The dissident, habituated and taught to think of his dissidenc&?; as a laudable and necessary opposition to ecclesiastical usurpation.
I. Taylor.
Dis"si*dent*ly, adv. In a dissident manner.
{ Dis*sil"i*ence (?; 106), Dis*sil"i*en*cy (?), } n. The act of leaping or starting asunder. Johnson.
Dis*sil"i*ent (?), a. [L. dissiliens, -entis, p. pr. of dissilire to leap asunder: dis- + salire to leap.] Starting asunder; bursting and opening with an elastic force; dehiscing explosively; as, a dissilient pericarp.
Dis`si*li"tion (?), n. The act of bursting or springing apart. [R.] Boyle.
Dis*sim"i*lar (?), a. [Pref. dis- + similar: cf. F. dissimilaire.] Not similar; unlike; heterogeneous; as, the tempers of men are as dissimilar as their features.
This part very dissimilar to any other.
Boyle.
Dis*sim`i*lar"i*ty (?), n. Want of resemblance; unlikeness; dissimilitude; variety; as, the dissimilarity of human faces and forms. Sir W. Jones.
Dis*sim"i*lar*ly (?), adv. In a dissimilar manner; in a varied style.
With verdant shrubs dissimilarly gay.
C. Smart.
Dis*sim"i*late (?), v. t. To render dissimilar.
Dis*sim`i*la"tion (?), n. The act of making dissimilar. H. Sweet.
Dis*sim"i*le (?), n. [L. dissimile, neut. of dissimilis unlike.] (Rhet.) Comparison or illustration by contraries.
Dis`si*mil"i*tude (?), n. [L. dissimilitudo, fr. dissimilis: cf. F. dissimilitude.] 1. Want of resemblance; unlikeness; dissimilarity.
Dissimilitude between the Divinity and images.
Stillingfleet.
2. (Rhet.) A comparison by contrast; a dissimile.
Dis*sim"u*late (?), a. [L. dissimulatus, p. p. of dissimulare. See Dissemble.] Feigning; simulating; pretending. [Obs.] Henryson.
Dis*sim"u*late (?), v. i. To dissemble; to feign; to pretend.
Dis*sim`u*la"tion (?), n. [L. dissimulatio: cf. F. dissimulation.] The act of dissembling; a hiding under a false appearance; concealment by feigning; false pretension; hypocrisy.
Let love be without dissimulation.
Rom. xii. 9.
Dissimulation . . . when a man lets fall signs and arguments that he is not that he is.
Bacon.
Simulation is a pretense of what is not, and dissimulation a concealment of what is.
Tatler.
Dis*sim"u*la`tor (?), n. [L.] One who dissimulates; a dissembler.
Dis*sim"ule (?), v. t. & i. [F. dissimuler. See Dissimulate.] To dissemble. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Dis*sim"u*ler (?), n. A dissembler. [Obs.]
Dis*sim"u*lour (?), n. [OF. dissimuleur.] A dissembler. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Dis"si*pa*ble (?), a. [L. dissipabilis.] Capable of being scattered or dissipated. [R.]
The heat of those plants is very dissipable.
Bacon.
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Dis"si*pate (ds"s*pt), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dissipated; p. pr. & vb. n. Dissipating.] [L. dissipatus, p. p. of dissipare; dis- + an obsolete verb sipare, supare. to throw.] 1. To scatter completely; to disperse and cause to disappear; -- used esp. of the dispersion of things that can never again be collected or restored.
Dissipated those foggy mists of error.
Selden.
I soon dissipated his fears.
Cook.
The extreme tendency of civilization is to dissipate all intellectual energy.
Hazlitt.
2. To destroy by wasteful extravagance or lavish use; to squander.
The vast wealth . . . was in three years dissipated.
Bp. Burnet.
Syn. -- To disperse; scatter; dispel; spend; squander; waste; consume; lavish.
Dis"si*pate, v. i. 1. To 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.
2. To be extravagant, wasteful, or dissolute in the pursuit of pleasure; to engage in dissipation.
Dis"si*pa`ted (ds"s*p`td), a. 1. Squandered; scattered. "Dissipated wealth." Johnson.
2. Wasteful of health, money, etc., in the pursuit of pleasure; dissolute; intemperate.
A life irregular and dissipated.
Johnson.
Dis`si*pa"tion (?), n. [L. dissipatio: cf. F. dissipation.] 1. The act of dissipating or dispersing; a state of dispersion or separation; dispersion; waste.
Without loss or dissipation of the matter.
Bacon.
The famous dissipation of mankind.
Sir M. Hale.
2. A dissolute course of life, in which health, money, etc., are squandered in pursuit of pleasure; profuseness in vicious indulgence, as late hours, riotous living, etc.; dissoluteness.
To reclaim the spendthrift from his dissipation and extravagance.
P. Henry.
3. A trifle which wastes time or distracts attention.
Prevented from finishing them [the letters] a thousand avocations and dissipations.
Swift.
Dissipation of energy. Same as Degradation of energy, under Degradation.
Dis"si*pa*tive (?), a. Tending to dissipate.
Dissipative system (Mech.), an assumed system of matter and motions in which forces of friction and resistances of other kinds are introduced without regard to the heat or other molecular actions which they generate; -- opposed to conservative system.
Dis`si*pa*tiv"i*ty (?), n. The rate at which palpable energy is dissipated away into other forms of energy.
Dis"site (?), a. [L. dissitus.] Lying apart. [Obs.]
Lands far dissite and remote asunder.
Holland.
Dis*slan"der (?), v. t. [Pref. dis- (intens.) + slander.] To slander. [Obs.] Legend of Dido.
Dis*slan"der, n. Slander. [Obs.] E. Hall.
Dis*slan"der*ous (?), a. Slanderous. [Obs.]
Dis*so`cia*bil"i*ty (?), n. Want of sociability; unsociableness. Bp. Warburton.
Dis*so"cia*ble (?), a. [L. dissociabilis, fr. dissociare: cf. F. dissociable. See Dissociate.] 1. Not well associated or assorted; incongruous.
They came in two and two, though matched in the most dissociable manner.
Spectator.
2. Having a tendency to dissolve social connections; unsuitable to society; unsociable.
Dis*so"cial (?), a. [Pref. dis- + social: cf. L. dissocialis. See Dissociate, v. t.] Unfriendly to society; contracted; selfish; as, dissocial feelings.
Dis*so"cial*ize (?), v. t. To render unsocial.
Dis*so"ci*ate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dissociated; p. pr. & vb. n. Dissociating.] [L. dissociatus, p. p. of dissociare to dissociate; dis- + sociare to unite, associate, socius companion. See Social.] To separate from fellowship or union; to disunite; to disjoin; as, to dissociate the particles of a concrete substance.
Before Wyclif's death in 1384, John of Gaunt had openly dissociated himself from the reformer.
A. W. Ward.
Dis*so`ci*a"tion (?; 106), n. [L. dissociatio: cf. F. dissociation.] 1. The act of dissociating or disuniting; a state of separation; disunion.
It will add infinitely dissociation, distraction, and confusion of these confederate republics.
Burke.
2. (Chem.) The process by which a compound body breaks up into simpler constituents; -- said particularly of the action of heat on gaseous or volatile substances; as, the dissociation of the sulphur molecules; the dissociation of ammonium chloride into hydrochloric acid and ammonia.
Dis*so"ci*a*tive (?), a. Tending or leading to dissociation.
Dis`so*lu*bil"i*ty (?), n. The quality of being dissoluble; capacity of being dissoluble; capacity of being dissolved by heat or moisture, and converted into a fluid.
Dis"so*lu*ble (?), a. [L. dissolubilis: cf. F. dissoluble. See Dissolve, and cf. Dissolvable.] 1. Capable 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. The quality of being dissoluble; dissolubility. Boyle.
Dis"so*lute (?), a. [L. dissolutus, p. p. of dissolvere: cf. F. dissolu. See Dissolve.] 1. With nerves unstrung; weak. [Obs.] Spenser.
2. Loosed from restraint; esp., loose in morals and conduct; recklessly abandoned to sensual pleasures; profligate; wanton; lewd; debauched. "A wild and dissolute soldier." Motley.
Syn. -- Uncurbed; unbridled; disorderly; unrestrained; reckless; wild; wanton; vicious; lax; licentious; lewd; rakish; debauched; profligate.
Dis"so*lute*ly (?), adv. In a dissolute manner.
Dis"so*lute*ness, n. State or quality of being dissolute; looseness of morals and manners; addictedness to sinful pleasures; debauchery; dissipation.
Chivalry had the vices of dissoluteness.
Bancroft.
Dis`so*lu"tion (?), n. [OE. dissolucioun dissoluteness, F. dissolution, fr. L. dissolutio, fr. dissolvere. See Dissolve.] 1. The act of dissolving, sundering, or separating into component parts; separation.
Dissolutions of ancient amities.
Shak.
2. Change from a solid to a fluid state; solution by heat or moisture; liquefaction; melting.
3. Change of form by chemical agency; decomposition; resolution.
The dissolution of the compound.
South.
4. The dispersion of an assembly by terminating its sessions; the breaking up of a partnership.
Dissolution is the civil death of Parliament.
Blackstone.
5. The extinction of life in the human body; separation of the soul from the body; death.
We expected
Immediate dissolution.
Milton.
6. The state of being dissolved, or of undergoing liquefaction.
A man of continual dissolution and thaw.
Shak.
7. The new product formed by dissolving a body; a solution. Bacon.
8. Destruction of anything by the separation of its parts; ruin.
To make a present dissolution of the world.
Hooker.
9. Corruption of morals; dissipation; dissoluteness. [Obs. or R.] Atterbury.
Dis*solv`a*bil"i*ty (?), n. Capacity of being dissolved; solubility. Richardson.
Dis*solv"a*ble (?), a. [From Dissolve, cf. Dissoluble.] Capable of being dissolved, or separated into component parts; capable of being liquefied; soluble. -- Dis*solv"a*ble*ness, n.
Though everything which is compacted be in its own nature dissolvable.
Cudworth.
Such things as are not dissolvable by the moisture of the tongue.
Sir I. Newton.
Dis*solv"a*tive (?), n. Having the power to dissolve anything; solvent. [Obs.] Frampton.
Dis*solve" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dissolved (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Dissolving.] [L. dissolvere, dissolutum; dis- + solvere to loose, free. See Solve, and cf. Dissolute.] 1. To separate into competent parts; to disorganize; to break up; hence, to bring to an end by separating the parts, sundering a relation, etc.; to terminate; to destroy; to deprive of force; as, to dissolve a partnership; to dissolve Parliament.
Lest his ungoverned rage dissolve the life.
Shak.
2. To break the continuity of; to disconnect; to disunite; to sunder; to loosen; to undo; to separate.
Nothing can dissolve us.
Shak.
Down fell the duke, his joints dissolved asunder.
Fairfax.
For one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another.
The Declaration of Independence.
3. To convert into a liquid by means of heat, moisture, etc.,; to melt; to liquefy; to soften.
As if the world were all dissolved to tears.
Shak.
4. To solve; to clear up; to resolve. "Dissolved the mystery." Tennyson.
Make interpretations and dissolve doubts.
Dan. v. 16.
5. To relax by pleasure; to make powerless.
Angels dissolved in hallelujahs lie.
Dryden.
6. (Law) To annul; to rescind; to discharge or release; as, to dissolve an injunction.
Syn. -- See Adjourn.
Dis*solve", v. i. 1. To 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 lose his form.
Shak.
3. To fade away; to fall to nothing; to lose power.
The charm dissolves apace.
Shak.
Dis*solv"ent (?), a. [L. dissolvens, -entis, p. pr. of dissolvere.] Having power to dissolve power to dissolve a solid body; as, the dissolvent juices of the stomach. Ray.
Dis*solv"ent, n. 1. That which has the power of dissolving or melting other substances, esp. by mixture with them; a menstruum; a solvent.
Melted in the crucible dissolvents.
A. Smith.
The secret treaty of December acted as an immediate dissolvent to the truce.
Mothley.
2. (Med.) A remedy supposed capable of dissolving concretions in the body, such as calculi, tubercles, etc.
Dis*solv"er (?), n. One who, or that which, has power to dissolve or dissipate.
Thou kind dissolver of encroaching care.
Otway.
Dis*solv"ing, a. Melting; breaking up; vanishing. -- Dis*solv"ing*ly, adv.
Dissolving view, a picture which grows dim and is gradually replaced by another on the same field; -- an effect produced by magic lanterns.
Dis"so*nance (?), n. [L. dissonantia: cf. F. dissonance.] 1. A mingling of discordant sounds; an inharmonious combination of sounds; discord.
Filled the air with barbarous dissonance.
Milton.
2. Want of agreement; incongruity. Milton.
Dis"so*nan*cy (?), n. Discord; dissonance.
Dis"so*nant (?), a. [L. dissonans, -antis, p. pr. of dissonare to disagree in sound, be discordant; dis- + sonare to sound: cf. F. dissonant. See Sonant.] 1. Sounding harshly; discordant; unharmonious.
With clamor of voices dissonant and loud.
Longfellow.
2. Disagreeing; incongruous; discrepant, -- with from or to. "Anything dissonant to truth." South.
What can be dissonant from reason and nature than that a man, naturally inclined to clemency, should show himself unkind and inhuman?
Hakewill.
Dis*spir"it (?), v. t. See Dispirit.
Dis*suade" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dissuaded; p. pr. & vb. n. Dissuading.] [L. dissuadere, dissuasum; dis- + suadere to advise, persuade: cf. F. dissuader. See Suasion.] 1. To advise or exhort against; to try to persuade (one from a course). [Obsolescent]
Mr. Burchell, on the contrary, dissuaded her with great ardor: and I stood neuter.
Goldsmith.
War, therefore, open or concealed, alike
My voice dissuades.
Milton.
2. To divert by persuasion; to turn from a purpose by reasons or motives; -- with from; as, I could not dissuade him from his purpose.
I have tried what is possible to dissuade him.
Mad. D' Arblay.
Dis*suad"er (?), n. One who dissuades; a dehorter.
Dis*sua"sion (?), n. [L. dissuasio: cf. F. dissuasion. See Dissuade.] 1. The 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*sua"sive (?), a. Tending to dissuade or divert from a measure or purpose; dehortatory; as, dissuasive advice. -- n. A dissuasive argument or counsel; dissuasion; dehortation. Prynne. -- Dis*sua"sive*ly, adv.
Dis*sua"so*ry (?), n. A dissuasive. [R.]
This virtuous and reasonable person, however, has ill luck in all his dissuasories.
Jeffrey.
Dis*sun"der (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dissundered (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Dissundering.] [Pref. dis- (intens) + sunder.] To separate; to sunder; to destroy. [R.] Chapman.
Dis*sweet"en (?), v. t. To deprive of sweetness. [R.] Bp. Richardson.
Dis`syl*lab"ic (ds`sl*lb"k), a. [Cf. F. dissyllabique. See Dissylable.] Consisting of two syllables only; as, a dissyllabic foot in poetry. B. Jonson.
Dis`syl*lab`i*fi*ca"tion (?), n. A forming into two syllables.
Dis`syl*lab"i*fy (?), v. t. [Dissyllable + -fly.] To form into two syllables. Ogilvie.
Dis*syl"la*bize (?), v. t. To form into two syllables; to dissyllabify.
Dis*syl"la*ble (?; 277), n. [F. dissyllabe, L. disyllabus, adj., of two syllables, fr. Gr. &?;; di- = di`s- twice + &?; syllable. See Syllable.] A word of two syllables; as, pa- per.
Dis`sym*met"ric*al (?), a. Not having symmetry; asymmetrical; unsymmetrical.
Dis*sym"me*try (?), n. [Pref. dis- + symmetry.] Absence or defect of symmetry; asymmetry.
Dis*sym"pa*thy (?), n. Lack of sympathy; want of interest; indifference. [R.]
Dis"tad (?), adv. [Distal + L. ad toward.] (Anat.) Toward a distal part; on the distal side of; distally.
Dis"taff (?), n.; pl. Distaffs (#), rarely Distaves (#). [OE. distaf, dysestafe, AS. distaef; cf. LG. diesse the bunch of flax on a distaff, and E. dizen. See Staff.] 1. The staff for holding a 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. Used as a symbol of the holder of a distaff; hence, a woman; women, collectively.
His crown usurped, a distaff on the throne.
Dryden.
Some say the crozier, some say the distaff was too busy.
Howell.
The plural is regular, but Distaves occurs in Beaumont & Fletcher.
Descent by distaff, descent on the mother's side. -- Distaff Day, or Distaff's Day, the morrow of the Epiphany, that is, January 7, because working at the distaff was then resumed, after the Christmas festival; -- called also Rock Day, a distaff being called a rock. Shipley.
Dis*tain" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Distained (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Distaining.] [OE. desteinen, OF. desteindre to take away the color, F. déteindre; pref. des- (L. dis-) + F. teindre to tinge, dye, L. tingere. See Tinge, and cf. Stain.] To tinge with a different color from the natural or proper one; to stain; to discolor; to sully; to tarnish; to defile; -- used chiefly in poetry. "Distained with dirt and blood." Spenser.
[She] hath . . . distained her honorable blood.
Spenser.
The worthiness of praise distains his worth.
Shak.
Dis"tal (?), a. [From Distant.] (Physiol.) (a) Remote from the point of attachment or origin; as, the distal end of a bone or muscle; -- opposed to proximal. (b) Pertaining to that which is distal; as, the distal tuberosities of a bone.
Dis"tal*ly, adv. (Anat.) Toward a distal part.
Dis"tance (?), n. [F. distance, L. distantia.] 1. The space between two objects; the length of a line, especially the shortest line joining two points or things that are separate; measure of separation in place.
Every particle attracts every other with a force . . . inversely proportioned to the square of the distance.
Sir I. Newton.
2. Remoteness of place; a remote place.
Easily managed from a distance.
W. Irving.
'T is distance lends enchantment to the view.
T. Campbell.
[He] waits at distance till he hears from Cato.
Addison.
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3. (Racing) A space marked out in the last part of a race course.
The horse that ran the whole field out of distance.
L'Estrange.
In trotting matches under the rules of the American Association, the distance varies with the conditions of the race, being 80 yards in races of mile heats, best two in three, and 150 yards in races of two-mile heats. At that distance from the winning post is placed the distance post. If any horse has not reached this distance post before the first horse in that heat has reached the winning post, such horse is distanced, and disqualified for running again during that race.
4. (Mil.) Relative space, between troops in ranks, measured from front to rear; -- contrasted with interval, which is measured from right to left. "Distance between companies in close column is twelve yards." Farrow.
5. Space between two antagonists in fencing. Shak.
6. (Painting) The part of a picture which contains the representation of those objects which are the farthest away, esp. in a landscape.
In a picture, the Middle distance is the central portion between the foreground and the distance or the extreme distance. In a perspective drawing, the Point of distance is the point where the visual rays meet.
7. Ideal disjunction; discrepancy; contrariety. Locke.
8. Length or interval of time; period, past or future, between two eras or events.
Ten years' distance between one and the other.
Prior.
The writings of Euclid at the distance of two thousand years.
Playfair.
9. The remoteness or reserve which respect requires; hence, respect; ceremoniousness.
I hope your modesty
Will know what distance to the crown is due.
Dryden.
'T is by respect and distance that authority is upheld.