Chapter 457

Dis*sem"ble , v. i. To conceal the real fact, motives, <?/tention, 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.

Dissembler <Xpage=432>

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.

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Dis*sem"bling (?) , a. That dissembles; hypocritical; false. -- Dis*sem"bling*ly , adv.

Disseminate <Xpage=432>

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.

Disseminated <Xpage=432>

Dis*sem"i*na`ted (?) , p. a. (Min.) Occurring in small portions scattered through some other substance.

Dissemination <Xpage=432>

Dis*sem`i*na"tion (?) , n. [L. disseminatio : cf. F. diss\'82mination .] 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.

Disseminative <Xpage=432>

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.

Disseminator <Xpage=432>

Dis*sem"i*na`tor (?) , n. [L.] One who, or that which, disseminates, spreads, or propagates; as, disseminators of disease .

Dissension <Xpage=432>

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).

Dissensious <Xpage=432>

Dis*sen"sious (?) , a. Disposed to discord; contentious; dissentious. [R.] Ascham . -- Dis*sen"sious*ly , adv.

Chapman.

Dissent <Xpage=432>

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.

Dissent <Xpage=432>

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.

Dissentaneous <Xpage=432>

Dis`sen*ta"ne*ous (?) , a. [L. dissentaneus .] Disagreeing; contrary; differing; -- opposed to consentaneous . [R.]

Barrow.

Dissentany <Xpage=432>

Dis"sen*ta*ny (?) , a. Dissentaneous; inconsistent. [Obs.]

Milton.

Dissentation <Xpage=432>

Dis`sen*ta"tion (?) , n. Dissension. [Obs.]

W. Browne.

Dissenter <Xpage=432>

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.

&hand; "The word is commonly applied only to Protestants. The Roman Catholics are generally referred to as a distinct class."

Brande & C.

Dissenterism <Xpage=432>

Dis*sent"er*ism (?) , n. The spirit or principles of dissenters.

Ed. Rev.

Dissentiate <Xpage=432>

Dis*sen"ti*ate (?) , v. t. To throw into a state of dissent. [R.]

Feltham.

Dissentient <Xpage=432>

Dis*sen"tient (?) , a. [L. dissentiens , p. pr. of dissentire . See Dissent , v. i. ] Disagreeing; declaring dissent; dissenting. -- n. One who dissents.

Macaulay.

Dissentious <Xpage=432>

Dis*sen"tious (?) , a. Marked by dissensions; apt to breed discord; quarrelsome; contentious; factious. -- Dis*sen"tious*ly , adv.

Dissentive <Xpage=432>

Dis*sent"ive (?) , a. Disagreeing; inconsistent. [Obs.]

Feltham.

Dissepiment <Xpage=432>

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. (Zo\'94l.) One of the transverse, calcareous partitions between the radiating septa of a coral.

Dissert <Xpage=432>

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.

Dissertate <Xpage=432>

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.

Dissertation <Xpage=432>

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 .

Dissertational <Xpage=432>

Dis`ser*ta"tion*al (?) , a. Relating to dissertations; resembling a dissertation.

Dissertationist <Xpage=432>

Dis`ser*ta"tion*ist , n. A writer of dissertations.

Dissertator <Xpage=432>

Dis"ser*ta`tor (?) , n. [L.: cf. F. dissertateur .] One who writers a dissertation; one who discourses.

Boyle.

Dissertly <Xpage=432>

Dis*sert"ly (?) , adv. See Disertly . [Obs.]

Disserve <Xpage=432>

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.

Disservice <Xpage=432>

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.

Disserviceable <Xpage=432>

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.

Dissettle <Xpage=432>

Dis*set"tle (?) , v. t. To unsettle. [Obs.]

Dissettlement <Xpage=432>

Dis*set"tle*ment (?) , n. The act of unsettling, or the state of being unsettled.

Marvell.

Dissever <Xpage=432>

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.

Dissever <Xpage=432>

Dis*sev"er , v. i. To part; to separate.

Chaucer.

Disseverance <Xpage=432>

Dis*sev"er*ance (?) , n. [OF. dessevrance .] The act of disserving; separation.

Disseveration <Xpage=432>

Dis*sev`er*a"tion (?) , n. The act of disserving; disseverance. [Obs.]

Disseverment <Xpage=432>

Dis*sev"er*ment (?) , n. [Cf. OF. dessevrement .] Disseverance.

Sir W. Scott.

Disshadow <Xpage=432>

Dis*shad"ow (?) , v. t. To free from shadow or shade. [Obs.]

G. Fletcher.

Dissheathe <Xpage=432>

Dis*sheathe" (?) , v. i. To become unsheathed. [Obs.]

Sir W. Raleigh.

Disship <Xpage=432>

Dis*ship" (?) , v. t. To dismiss from service on board ship. [Obs.]

Hakluyt.

Disshiver <Xpage=432>

Dis*shiv"er (?) , v. t. & i. To shiver or break in pieces. [Obs.]

Dissidence <Xpage=432>

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.

Dissident <Xpage=432>

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).

Dissident <Xpage=432>

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.

Dissidently <Xpage=432>

Dis"si*dent*ly , adv. In a dissident manner.

Dissilience; 106, Dissiliency <Xpage=432>

Dis*sil"i*ence (?; 106) , Dis*sil"i*en*cy (?) , n. The act of leaping or starting asunder.

Johnson.

Dissilient <Xpage=432>

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 .

Dissilition <Xpage=432>

Dis`si*li"tion (?) , n. The act of bursting or springing apart. [R.]

Boyle.

Dissimilar <Xpage=432>

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.

Dissimilarity <Xpage=432>

Dis*sim`i*lar"i*ty (?) , n. Want of resemblance; unlikeness; dissimilitude; variety; as, the dissimilarity of human faces and forms .

Sir W. Jones.

Dissimilarly <Xpage=432>

Dis*sim"i*lar*ly (?) , adv. In a dissimilar manner; in a varied style.

With verdant shrubs dissimilarly gay. C. Smart.

Dissimilate <Xpage=432>

Dis*sim"i*late (?) , v. t. To render dissimilar.

Dissimilation <Xpage=432>

Dis*sim`i*la"tion (?) , n. The act of making dissimilar.

H. Sweet.

Dissimile <Xpage=432>

Dis*sim"i*le (?) , n. [L. dissimile , neut. <?/<?/ dissimilis unlike.] (Rhet.) Comparison or illustration by contraries.

Dissimilitude <Xpage=432>

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.

Dissimulate <Xpage=432>

Dis*sim"u*late (?) , a. [L. dissimulatus , p. p. of dissimulare . See Dissemble .] Feigning; simulating; pretending. [Obs.]

Henryson.

Dissimulate <Xpage=432>

Dis*sim"u*late (?) , v. i. To dissemble; to feign; to pretend.

Dissimulation <Xpage=432>

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.

Dissimulator <Xpage=432>

Dis*sim"u*la`tor (?) , n. [L.] One who dissimulates; a dissembler.

Dissimule <Xpage=432>

Dis*sim"ule (?) , v. t. & i. [F. dissimuler . See Dissimulate .] To dissemble. [Obs.]

Chaucer.

Dissimuler <Xpage=432>

Dis*sim"u*ler (?) , n. A dissembler. [Obs.]

Dissimulour <Xpage=432>

Dis*sim"u*lour (?) , n. [OF. dissimuleur .] A dissembler. [Obs.]

Chaucer.

Dissipable <Xpage=432>

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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Dissipate <Xpage=433>

Dis"si*pate (?) , 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.

Dissipate <Xpage=433>

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.

Dissipated <Xpage=433>

Dis"si*pa`ted (?) , 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.

Dissipation <Xpage=433>

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 .

Dissipative <Xpage=433>

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 .

Dissipativity <Xpage=433>

Dis`si*pa*tiv"i*ty (?) , n. The rate at which palpable energy is dissipated away into other forms of energy.

Dissite <Xpage=433>