Webster's Dictionary 1913

4672

Dissensious

Dis‐sen″sious (?), a. Disposed to discord; contentious; dissentious. Ascham. — Dis‐sen″sious‐ly, adv.Chapman.

4673

Dissent

Dis‐sent″ (?), 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 ...

4674

Dissent (2)

Dis‐sent″, n. 1. The act of dissenting; difference of opinion; refusal to adopt something proposed; nonagreement, nonconcurrence, or disagreement.The dissent of no small number ...

4675

Dissentaneous

Dis′sen‐ta″ne‐ous (?), a. [L. dissentaneus.] Disagreeing; contrary; differing; — opposed to consentaneous. Barrow.

4676

Dissentany

Dis″sen‐ta‐ny (?), a. Dissentaneous; inconsistent. Milton.

4677

Dissentation

Dis′sen‐ta″tion (?), n. Dissension. W. Browne.

4678

Dissenter

Dis‐sent″er (?), n. 1. One who dissents; one who differs in opinion, or declares his disagreement.2. (Eccl.) One who separates from the service and worship of an established chu...

4679

Dissenterism

Dis‐sent″er‐ism (?), n. The spirit or principles of dissenters. Ed. Rev.

4680

Dissentiate

Dis‐sen″ti‐ate (?), v. t. To throw into a state of dissent. Feltham.

4681

Dissentient

Dis‐sen″tient (?), a. [L. dissentiens, p. pr. of dissentire. See Dissent, v. i.] Disagreeing; declaring dissent; dissenting. — n. One who dissents. Macaulay.

4682

Dissentious

Dis‐sen″tious (?), a. Marked by dissensions; apt to breed discord; quarrelsome; contentious; factious. — Dis‐sen″tious‐ly, adv.

4683

Dissentive

Dis‐sent″ive (?), a. Disagreeing; inconsistent. Feltham.

4684

Dissepiment

Dis‐sep″i‐ment (?), n. [L. dissaepimentum, fr. dissaepire; dis- + saepire to hedge in, inclose.] 1. A separating tissue; a partition; a septum.2. (Bot.) One of the partitions wh...

4685

Dissert

Dis‐sert″ (?), v. i. [L. dissertus, p. p. of disserere; dis- + serere to join, connect: cf. F. disserter. See Series.] To discourse or dispute; to discuss.We have disserted upon...

4686

Dissertate

Dis″ser‐tate (?), v. i. [L. dissertatus, p. p. of dissertare to discuss, intents, fr. disserere. See Dissert.] To deal in dissertation; to write dissertations; to discourse. J. ...

4687

Dissertation

Dis′ser‐ta″tion (?), n. [L. dissertatio: cf. F. dissertation.] A formal or elaborate argumentative discourse, oral or written; a disquisition; an essay; a discussion; as, Disser...

4688

Dissertational

Dis′ser‐ta″tion‐al (?), a. Relating to dissertations; resembling a dissertation.

4689

Dissertationist

Dis′ser‐ta″tion‐ist, n. A writer of dissertations.

4690

Dissertator

Dis″ser‐ta′tor (?), n. [L.: cf. F. dissertateur.] One who writers a dissertation; one who discourses. Boyle.

4691

Dissertly

Dis‐sert″ly (?), adv. See Disertly.

4692

Disserve

Dis‐serve″ (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Di����� (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Disserving.] [Pref. dis- + serve: cf. F. desservir.] To fail to serve; to do injury or mischief to; to damage; to ...

4693

Disservice

Dis‐serv″ice (?), n. [Pref. dis- + service: cf. F. desservice.] Injury; mischief.We shall rather perform good offices unto truth than any disservice unto their relators. Sir T. ...

4694

Disserviceable

Dis‐serv″ice‐a‐ble (?), a. Calculated to do disservice or harm; not serviceable; injurious; harmful; unserviceable. Shaftesbury. — Dis‐serv″ice‐a‐ble‐ness, n.Norris. — Dis‐serv″...

4695

Dissettle

Dis‐set″tle (?), v. t. To unsettle.

4696

Dissettlement

Dis‐set″tle‐ment (?), n. The act of unsettling, or the state of being unsettled. Marvell.

4697

Dissever

Dis‐sev″er (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Dissevered (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Dissevering.] [OE. dessevrer; pref. des- (L. dis-) + sevrer to sever, F. sevrer to wean, L. separate to separat...

4698

Dissever (2)

Dis‐sev″er, v. i. To part; to separate. Chaucer.