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Chapter 458
Dis"site (?) , a. [L. dissitus .] Lying apart. [Obs.]
Lands far dissite and remote asunder. Holland.
Disslander <Xpage=433>
Dis*slan"der (?) , v. t. [Pref. dis- (intens.) + slander .] To slander. [Obs.]
Legend of Dido.
Disslander <Xpage=433>
Dis*slan"der , n. Slander. [Obs.]
E. Hall.
Disslanderous <Xpage=433>
Dis*slan"der*ous (?) , a. Slanderous. [Obs.]
Dissociability <Xpage=433>
Dis*so`cia*bil"i*ty (?) , n. Want of sociability; unsociableness.
Bp. Warburton.
Dissociable <Xpage=433>
Dis*so"cia*ble (?) , a. [L. dissociabilis , fr. issociare : cf. F. dissociable . See Dissociate .]
1. Not <?/ell 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.
Dissocial <Xpage=433>
Dis*so"cial (?) , a. [Pref. dis- + social : cf. L. dissocialis . See Dissociate , v. t. ] Unfriendly to society; contracted; selfish; as, dissocial feelings .
Dissocialize <Xpage=433>
Dis*so"cial*ize (?) , v. t. To render unsocial.
Dissociate <Xpage=433>
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.
Dissociation <Xpage=433>
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.
Dissociative <Xpage=433>
Dis*so"ci*a*tive (?) , a. Tending or leading to dissociation.
Dissolubility <Xpage=433>
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.
Dissoluble <Xpage=433>
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.
Dissolubleness <Xpage=433>
Dis"so*lu*ble*ness , n. The quality of being dissoluble; dissolubility.
Boyle.
Dissolute <Xpage=433>
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; <?/akish; debauched; profligate.
Dissolutely <Xpage=433>
Dis"so*lute*ly (?) , adv. In a dissolute manner.
Dissoluteness <Xpage=433>
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.
Dissolution <Xpage=433>
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.
Dissolvability <Xpage=433>
Dis*solv`a*bil"i*ty (?) , n. Capacity of being dissolved; solubility.
Richardson.
Dissolvable <Xpage=433>
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.
Dissolvative <Xpage=433>
Dis*solv"a*tive (?) , n. Having the power to dissolve anything; solvent. [Obs.]
Frampton.
Dissolve <Xpage=433>
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 .
Dissolve <Xpage=433>
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.
Dissolvent <Xpage=433>
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.
Dissolvent <Xpage=433>
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.
Dissolver <Xpage=433>
Dis*solv"er (?) , n. One who, or that which, has power to dissolve or dissipate.
Thou kind dissolver of encroaching care. Otway.
Dissolving <Xpage=433>
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.
Dissonance <Xpage=433>
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.
Dissonancy <Xpage=433>
Dis"so*nan*cy (?) , n. Discord; dissonance.
Dissonant <Xpage=433>
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; discrep<?/<?/<?/<?/, -- 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.
Disspirit <Xpage=433>
Dis*spir"it (?) , v. t. See Dispirit .
Dissuade <Xpage=433>
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.
Dissuader <Xpage=433>
Dis*suad"er (?) , n. One who dissuades; a dehorter.
Dissuasion <Xpage=433>
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.
Dissuasive <Xpage=433>
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.
Dissuasory <Xpage=433>
Dis*sua"so*ry (?) , n. A dissuasive. [R.]
This virtuous and reasonable person, however, has ill luck in all his dissuasories . Jeffrey.
Dissunder <Xpage=433>
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.
Dissweeten <Xpage=433>
Dis*sweet"en (?) , v. t. To deprive of sweetness. [R.]
Bp. Richardson.
Dissyllabic <Xpage=433>
Dis`syl*lab"ic (?) , a. [Cf. F. dissyllabique . See Dissylable .] Consisting of two syllab<?/<?/ only; as, a dissyllabic foot in poetry .
B. Jons<?/<?/<?/
Dissyllabification <Xpage=433>
Dis`syl*lab`i*fi*ca"tion (?) , n. A formi<?/<?/ into two syllables.
Dissyllabify <Xpage=433>
Dis`syl*lab"i*fy (?) , v. t. [ Dissyllable + -fly .] To form into two syllables.
Ogilvie.
Dissyllabize <Xpage=433>
Dis*syl"la*bize (?) , v. t. To form into two syllables; to dyssyllabify.
Dissyllable <Xpage=433>
Dis*syl"la*ble (?; 277) , n. [F. dissyllabe , L. disyllabus , adj., of two syllables, fr. Gr. <?/; <?/ = <?/ twice + <?/ syllable. See Syllable .] A word of two syllables; as, pa-per .
Dissymmetrical <Xpage=433>
Dis`sym*met"ric*al (?) , a. Not having symmetry; asymmetrical; unsymmetrical.
Dissymmetry <Xpage=433>
Dis*sym"me*try (?) , n. [Pref. dis- + symmetry .] Absence or defect of symmetry; asymmetry.
Dissympathy <Xpage=433>
Dis*sym"pa*thy (?) , n. Lack of sympathy; want of interest; indifference. [R.]
Distad <Xpage=433>
Dis"tad (?) , adv. [ Dist al + L. ad toward.] (Anat.) Toward a distal part; on the distal side of; distally.
Distaff <Xpage=433>
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.
&hand; The plural is regular, but Distaves occurs in Beaumont & Fletcher.
Descent by distaff , descent on the mother's side. -- Distaff Day , ∨ 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.
Distain <Xpage=433>
Dis*tain" (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Distained (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Distaining .] [OE. desteinen , OF. desteindre to take away the color, F. d\'82teindre ; 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.
Distal <Xpage=433>
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 .
Distally <Xpage=433>
Dis"tal*ly , adv. (Anat.) Toward a distal part.
Distance <Xpage=433>
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.
&hand; 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 heaths, best two in three, and 150 yards in races of two-mile heats. At that distance from the winning post in 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 cunning 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.
&hand; 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. Atterbury.
10. A withholding of intimacy; alienation; coldness; disagreement; variance; restraint; reserve.
Setting them [factions] at distance , or at least distrust amongst themselves. Bacon.