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v. t. To unseat. [ R. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To analyze, for the purposes of science or criticism; to divide and examine minutely. [ 1913 Webster ]

This paragraph . . . I have dissected for a sample. Atterbury. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Cut into several parts; divided into sections; as, a dissected map. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Bot.) Cut deeply into many lobes or divisions; as, a dissected leaf. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Capable of being dissected, or separated by dissection. Paley. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Of or pertaining to, or received during, a dissection; as, a dissecting wound. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Used for or in dissecting; as, a dissecting knife; a dissecting microscope. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Fig.: The act of separating or dividing for the purpose of critical examination. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

Dissection wound, a poisoned wound incurred during the dissection of a dead body. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. dissecteur. ] One who dissects; an anatomist. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Which savage beasts strive as eagerly to keep and hold those golden mines, as the Arimaspians to disseize them thereof. Holland. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Law) A person disseized, or put out of possession of an estate unlawfully; -- correlative to disseizor. [ Written also disseisee. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Law) One who wrongfully disseizes, or puts another out of possession of a freehold. [ Written also disseisor. ] Blackstone. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Law) A woman disseizes. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Disseizin. Speed. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. dissemblance. See Dissemble. ] Want of resemblance; dissimilitude. [ R. ] Osborne. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Dissemble + -ance. ] The act or art of dissembling; dissimulation. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

Dissemble all your griefs and discontents. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Perhaps it was right to dissemble your love,
But -- why did you kick me down stairs? J. P. Kemble. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To put on the semblance of; to make pretense of; to simulate; to feign. [ 1913 Webster ]

He soon dissembled a sleep. Tatler.

Syn. -- To conceal; disguise; cloak; cover; equivocate. See Conceal. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To conceal the real fact, motives, intention, or sentiments, under some pretense; to assume a false appearance; to act the hypocrite. [ 1913 Webster ]

He that hateth dissembleth with his lips. Prov. xxvi. 24. [ 1913 Webster ]

He [ an enemy ] dissembles when he assumes an air of friendship. C. J. Smith. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who dissembles; one who conceals his opinions or dispositions under a false appearance; a hypocrite. [ 1913 Webster ]

It is the weakest sort of politicians that are the greatest dissemblers. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. That dissembles; hypocritical; false. -- Dis*sem"bling*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

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 spread around widely; 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To spread or extend by dispersion. [ 1913 Webster ]

A nearly uniform and constant fire or heat disseminated throughout the body of the earth. Woodward.

Syn. -- To spread; diffuse; propagate; circulate; disperse; scatter. [ 1913 Webster ]

p. a. (Min.) Occurring in small portions scattered through some other substance; scattered widely. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. serving to diffuse, disseminate, or disperse.
Syn. -- diffusing(prenominal), diffusive, dispersive, disseminative, scattering, spreading. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

The universal dissemination of those writings. Wayland. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Tending to disseminate, or to become disseminated. [ 1913 Webster ]

The effect of heresy is, like the plague, infectious and disseminative. Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. ] One who, or that which, disseminates, spreads, or propagates; as, disseminators of disease. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

Paul and Barnabas had no small dissension and disputation with them. Acts xv. 2. [ 1913 Webster ]

Debates, dissension, uproars are thy joy. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

A seditious person and raiser-up of dissension among the people. Robynson (More's Utopia). [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Disposed to discord; contentious; dissentious. [ R. ] Ascham. -- Dis*sen"sious*ly, adv. Chapman. [1913 Webster]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

The bill passed . . . without a dissenting voice. Hallam. [ 1913 Webster ]

Opinions in which multitudes of men dissent from us. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Eccl.) To differ from an established church in regard to doctrines, rites, or government. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To differ; to be of a contrary nature. Hooker. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The act of dissenting; difference of opinion; refusal to adopt something proposed; nonagreement, nonconcurrence, or disagreement. [ 1913 Webster ]

The dissent of no small number [ of peers ] is frequently recorded. Hallam. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Eccl.) Separation from an established church, especially that of England; nonconformity. [ 1913 Webster ]

It is the dissidence of dissent and the protestantism of the Protestant religion. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Contrariety of nature; diversity in quality. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The dissent of the metals. Bacon.

Syn. -- Disagreement; variance; difference; nonconcurrence; nonconformity. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. dissentaneus. ] Disagreeing; contrary; differing; -- opposed to consentaneous. [ R. ] Barrow. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Dissentaneous; inconsistent. [ Obs. ] Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Dissension. [ Obs. ] W. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One who dissents; one who differs in opinion, or declares his disagreement. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

Dissenters from the establishment of their several countries. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

Robert Brown is said to have the first formal dissenter. Shipley. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ “The word is commonly applied only to Protestants. The Roman Catholics are generally referred to as a distinct class.” Brande & C. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The spirit or principles of dissenters. Ed. Rev. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To throw into a state of dissent. [ R. ] Feltham. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. dissentiens, p. pr. of dissentire. See Dissent, v. i. ] Disagreeing; declaring dissent; dissenting. -- n. One who dissents. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. disagreeing, especially with a majority.
Syn. -- dissentient, dissident. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. Marked by dissensions; apt to breed discord; quarrelsome; contentious; factious. -- Dis*sen"tious*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

a. Disagreeing; inconsistent. [ Obs. ] Feltham. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. dissaepimentum, fr. dissaepire; dis- + saepire to hedge in, inclose. ] 1. A separating tissue; a partition; a septum. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Bot.) One of the partitions which divide a compound ovary into cells. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Zool.) One of the transverse, calcareous partitions between the radiating septa of a coral. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

We have disserted upon it a little longer than was necessary. Jeffrey. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Relating to dissertations; resembling a dissertation. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A writer of dissertations. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L.: cf. F. dissertateur. ] One who writers a dissertation; one who discourses. Boyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. See Disertly. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Disserved 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

Have neither served nor disserved the interests of any party. Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]