Webster's Dictionary 1913

4726

Dissimulour

Dis‐sim″u‐lour (?), n. [OF. dissimuleur.] A dissembler. Chaucer.

4727

Dissipable

Dis″si‐pa‐ble (?), a. [L. dissipabilis.] Capable of being scattered or dissipated.The heat of those plants is very dissipable. Bacon.

4728

Dissipate

Dis″si‐pate (dĭs″sĭ‐pāt), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Dissipated; p. pr. & vb. n.Dissipating.] [L. dissipatus, p. p. of dissipare; dis- + an obsolete verb sipare, supare. to throw.] 1. T...

4729

Dissipate (2)

Dis″si‐pate, v. i. 1. To separate into parts and disappear; to waste away; to scatter; to disperse; to vanish; as, a fog or cloud gradually dissipates before the rays or heat of...

4730

Dissipated

Dis″si‐pa′ted (dĭs″sĭ‐pā′tĕd), a. 1. Squandered; scattered. “Dissipated wealth.” Johnson.2. Wasteful of health, money, etc., in the pursuit of pleasure; dissolute; intemperate.A...

4731

Dissipation

Dis′si‐pa″tion (?), n. [L. dissipatio: cf. F. dissipation.] 1. The act of dissipating or dispersing; a state of dispersion or separation; dispersion; waste.Without loss or dissi...

4732

Dissipative

Dis″si‐pa‐tive (?), a. Tending to dissipate.Dissipative system(Mech.), an assumed system of matter and motions in which forces of friction and resistances of other kinds are int...

4733

Dissipativity

Dis′si‐pa‐tiv″i‐ty (?), n. The rate at which palpable energy is dissipated away into other forms of energy.

4734

Dissite

Dis″site (?), a. [L. dissitus.] Lying apart.Lands far dissite and remote asunder. Holland.

4735

Disslander

Dis‐slan″der (?), v. t. [Pref. dis- (intens.) + slander.] To slander. Legend of Dido.

4736

Disslander (2)

Dis‐slan″der, n. Slander. E. Hall.

4737

Disslanderous

Dis‐slan″der‐ous (?), a. Slanderous.

4738

Dissociability

Dis‐so′cia‐bil″i‐ty (?), n. Want of sociability; unsociableness. Bp. Warburton.

4739

Dissociable

Dis‐so″cia‐ble (?), a. [L. dissociabilis, fr. dissociare: cf. F. dissociable. See Dissociate.] 1. Not well associated or assorted; incongruous.They came in two and two, though m...

4740

Dissocial

Dis‐so″cial (?), a. [Pref. dis- + social: cf. L. dissocialis. See Dissociate, v. t.] Unfriendly to society; contracted; selfish; as, dissocial feelings.

4741

Dissocialize

Dis‐so″cial‐ize (?), v. t. To render unsocial.

4742

Dissociate

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 c...

4743

Dissociation

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 dissociatio...

4744

Dissociative

Dis‐so″ci‐a‐tive (?), a. Tending or leading to dissociation.

4745

Dissolubility

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.

4746

Dissoluble

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; con...

4747

Dissolubleness

Dis″so‐lu‐ble‐ness, n. The quality of being dissoluble; dissolubility. Boyle.

4748

Dissolute

Dis″so‐lute (?), a. [L. dissolutus, p. p. of dissolvere: cf. F. dissolu. See Dissolve.] 1. With nerves unstrung; weak. Spenser.2. Loosed from restraint; esp., loose in morals an...

4749

Dissolutely

Dis″so‐lute‐ly (?), adv. In a dissolute manner.

4750

Dissoluteness

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 di...

4751

Dissolution

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...

4752

Dissolvability

Dis‐solv′a‐bil″i‐ty (?), n. Capacity of being dissolved; solubility. Richardson.