Webster's Dictionary 1828

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DISSEVER

DISSEVER, verb transitive [dis and sever. In this word, dis, as in dispart, can have no effect, unless to augment the signification, as dis and sever both denote separation.] To...

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DISSEVERANCE

DISSEVERANCE, noun The act of dissevering; separation.

2946

DISSEVERED

DISSEVERED, participle passive Disparted; disjoined; separated.

2947

DISSEVERING

DISSEVERING, participle present tense Dividing asunder; separating; tearing or cutting asunder.DISSEVERING, noun The act of separating; separation.

2948

DISSIDENCE

DISSIDENCE, noun [infra.] Discord.

2949

DISSIDENT

DISSIDENT, adjective [Latin, to disagree; to sit.] Not agreeing.DISSIDENT, noun A dissenter; one who separates from the established religion; a word applied to the members of th...

2950

DISSILIENCE

DISSILIENCE, noun [Latin, to leap.] The act of leaping or starting asunder.

2951

DISSILIENT

DISSILIENT, adjective Starting asunder; bursting and opening with an elastic force, as the dry pod or capsule of a plant; as a dissilient pericarp.

2952

DISSILITION

DISSILITION, noun The act of bursting open; the act of starting or springing different ways.

2953

DISSIMILAR

DISSIMILAR, adjective [dis and similar.] Unlike, either in nature, properties or external form; not similar; not having the resemblance of; heterogeneous. Newton denominates dis...

2954

DISSIMILARITY

DISSIMILARITY, noun Unlikeness; want of resemblance; dissimilitude; as the dissimilarity of human faces and forms.

2955

DISSIMILE

DISSIMILE, noun Dissimily. Comparison or illustration by contraries. [Little used.]

2956

DISSIMILITUDE

DISSIMILITUDE, noun [Latin] Unlikeness; want of resemblance; as a dissimilitude of form or character.

2957

DISSIMULATION

DISSIMULATION, noun [Latin, to make like; like.] The act of dissembling; a hiding under a false appearance; a feigning; false pretension; hypocrisy. dissimulation may be simply ...

2958

DISSIMULE

DISSIMULE, verb transitive To dissemble. [Not in use.]

2959

DISSIPABLE

DISSIPABLE, adjective [See Dissipate.] Liable to be dissipated; that may be scattered or dispersed.The heat of those plants is very dissipable

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DISSIPATE

DISSIPATE, verb transitive [Latin, to throw.]1. To scatter; to disperse; to drive asunder. Wind dissipates fog; the heat of the sun dissipates vapor; mirth dissipates care and a...

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DISSIPATED

DISSIPATED, participle passive1. Scattered; dispersed; wasted; consumed; squandered.2.adjective Loose; irregular; given to extravagance in the expenditure of property; devoted t...

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DISSIPATING

DISSIPATING, participle present tense Scattering; dispersing; wasting; consuming; squandering; vanishing.

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DISSIPATION

DISSIPATION, noun1. The act of scattering; dispersion; the state of being dispersed; as the dissipation of vapor or heat.2. In physics, the insensible loss or waste of the minut...

2964

DISSOCIABLE

DISSOCIABLE, adjective [See Dissociate.]1. Not well associated, united or assorted.They came in two and two, though matched in the most dissociable manner.2. Incongruous; not re...

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DISSOCIAL

DISSOCIAL, adjective [dis and social.] Unfriendly to society; contracted; selfish; as a dissocial passion.

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DISSOCIATE

DISSOCIATE, verb transitive [Latin, to unite, a companion.] To separate; to disunite; to part; as, to dissociate the particles of a concrete substance.

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DISSOCIATED

DISSOCIATED, participle passive Separated; disunited.

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DISSOCIATING

DISSOCIATING, participle present tense Separating; disuniting.

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DISSOCIATION

DISSOCIATION, noun The act of disuniting; a state of separation; disunion.It will add to the dissociation distraction and confusion of these confederate republics.

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DISSOLUBILITY

DISSOLUBILITY, noun Capacity of being dissolved by heat or moisture, and converted into a fluid.