Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Dissatisfactory

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...

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Dissatisfy

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 ex...

4647

Disseat

Dis‐seat″ (?), v. t. To unseat. Shak.

4648

Dissect

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 separat...

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Dissected

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.

4650

Dissectible

Dis‐sect″i‐ble (?), a. Capable of being dissected, or separated by dissection. Paley.

4651

Dissecting

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....

4652

Dissection

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.: Th...

4653

Dissector

Dis‐sect″or (?), n. [Cf. F. dissecteur.] One who dissects; an anatomist.

4654

Disseize

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 ...

4655

Disseizee

Dis′sei‐zee″ (?), n.(Law) A person disseized, or put out of possession of an estate unlawfully; — correlative to disseizor. [Written also disseisee.]

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Disseizin

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.] Bl...

4657

Disseizor

Dis‐sei″zor (?), n.(Law) One who wrongfully disseizes, or puts another out of possession of a freehold. [Written also disseisor.] Blackstone.

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Disseizoress

Dis‐sei″zor‐ess, n.(Law) A woman disseizes.

4659

Disseizure

Dis‐sei″zure (?; 135), n. Disseizin. Speed.

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Dissemblance

Dis‐sem″blance (?), n. [Cf. F. dissemblance. See Dissemble.] Want of resemblance; dissimilitude. Osborne.

4661

Dissemblance (2)

Dis‐sem″blance, n. [Dissemble + -ance.] The act or art of dissembling; dissimulation.

4662

Dissemble

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 simu...

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Dissemble (2)

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 dissemblet...

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Dissembler

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 g...

4665

Dissembling

Dis‐sem″bling (?), a. That dissembles; hypocritical; false. — Dis‐sem″bling‐ly, adv.

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Disseminate

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 see...

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Disseminated

Dis‐sem″i‐na′ted (?), p. a.(Min.) Occurring in small portions scattered through some other substance.

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Dissemination

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 scat...

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Disseminative

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.

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Disseminator

Dis‐sem″i‐na′tor (?), n. One who, or that which, disseminates, spreads, or propagates; as, disseminators of disease.

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Dissension

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 i...