Webster's Dictionary 1828

2917

DISSEMBLER

DISSEMBLER, noun One who dissembles; a hypocrite; one who conceals his opinions or dispositions under a false appearance.

2918

DISSEMBLING

DISSEMBLING, participle present tense Hiding under a false appearance; acting the hypocrite.

2919

DISSEMBLINGLY

DISSEMBLINGLY, adverb With dissimulation; hypocritically; falsely.

2920

DISSEMINATE

DISSEMINATE, verb transitive [Latin, to sow; seed.]1. Literally, to sow; to scatter seed; but seldom or never used in its literal sense. But hence,2. To scatter for growth and p...

2921

DISSEMINATED

DISSEMINATED, participle passive1. Scattered, as seed propagated; spread.2. In mineralogy, occurring in portions less than a hazel nut; being scattered.

2922

DISSEMINATING

DISSEMINATING, participle present tense Scattering and propagating; spreading.

2923

DISSEMINATION

DISSEMINATION, noun The act of scattering and propagating, like seed; the act of spreading for growth and permanence. We trust the world is to be reformed by the dissemination o...

2924

DISSEMINATOR

DISSEMINATOR, noun One who disseminates; one who spreads and propagates.

2925

DISSENSION

DISSENSION, noun [Latin, to think.] Disagreement in opinion, usually a disagreement which is violent, producing warm debates or angry words; contention in words; strife; discord...

2926

DISSENSIOUS

DISSENSIOUS, adjective Disposed to discord; quarrelsome; contentious; factious. [Little used.]

2927

DISSENT

DISSENT, verb intransitive [Latin, to think.]1. To disagree in opinion; to differ; to think in a different or contrary manner; with from. There are many opinions in which men di...

2928

DISSENTANEOUS

DISSENTANEOUS, adjective Disagreeable; contrary.

2929

DISSENTANY

DISSENTANY, adjective Dissentaneous; inconsistent. [Not used.]

2930

DISSENTER

DISSENTER, noun1. One who dissents; one who differs in opinion, or one who declares his disagreement.2. One who separates from the service and worship of any established church....

2931

DISSENTIENT

DISSENTIENT, adjective Disagreeing; declaring dissent.DISSENTIENT, noun One who disagrees and declares his dissent.

2932

DISSENTING

DISSENTING, participle present tense Disagreeing in opinion; separating from the communion of an established church. It is used as an adjective; as a dissenting minister or cong...

2933

DISSENTIOUS

DISSENTIOUS, adjective Disposed to disagreement or discord.

2934

DISSEPIMENT

DISSEPIMENT, noun [Latin, to separate; to inclose or guard.] In botany, a partition in dry seed-vessels, as in capsules and pods, which separates the fruit into cells.

2935

DISSERT

DISSERT, verb intransitive [Latin] To discourse or dispute. [Little in use.]

2936

DISSERTATION

DISSERTATION, noun [Latin, to discourse; to sow, that is, to throw.]1. A discourse, or rather a formal discourse, intended to illustrate a subject.2. A written essay, treatise o...

2937

DISSERTATOR

DISSERTATOR, noun One who writes a dissertation; one who debates.

2938

DISSERVE

DISSERVE, verb transitive disserv. [dis and serve.] To injure; to hurt; to harm; to do injury or mischief to.He took the first opportunity to disserve him.Too much zeal often di...

2939

DISSERVED

DISSERVED, participle passive Injured.

2940

DISSERVICE

DISSERVICE, noun Injury; harm; mischief; as, violent remedies often do a disservice

2941

DISSERVICEABLE

DISSERVICEABLE, adjective Injurious; hurtful.

2942

DISSERVICEABLENESS

DISSERVICEABLENESS, noun The quality of being injurious; tendency to harm.

2943

DISSETTLE

DISSETTLE, verb transitive To unsettle. [Not used.]