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2. To analyze, for the purposes of science or criticism; to divide and examine minutely.
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This paragraph . . . I have dissected for a sample. Atterbury.
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Dissected (?), a. 1. Cut into several parts; divided into sections; as, a dissected map.
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2. (Bot.) Cut deeply into many lobes or divisions; as, a dissected leaf.
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Dissectible (?), a. Capable of being dissected, or separated by dissection. Paley.
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Dissecting, 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.
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2. Of or pertaining to, or received during, a dissection; as, a dissecting wound.
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3. Used for or in dissecting; as, a dissecting knife; a dissecting microscope.
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Dissection (?), 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.
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2. Fig.: The act of separating or dividing for the purpose of critical examination.
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3. Anything dissected; especially, some part, or the whole, of an animal or plant dissected so as to exhibit the structure; an anatomical so prepared.
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Coloq. Dissection wound , a poisoned wound incurred during the dissection of a dead body.
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Dissector (?), n. [Cf. F. dissecteur.] One who dissects; an anatomist.
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Disseize (?), 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 oust wrongfully (one in freehold possession of land); -- followed by of; as, to disseize a tenant of his freehold. [Written also disseise.]
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Which savage beasts strive as eagerly to keep and hold those golden mines, as the Arimaspians to disseize them thereof. Holland.
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Disseizee (?), 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 (?), n. [OF. dessaisine.] (Law) The act of disseizing; an unlawful dispossessing and ouster of a person actually seized of the freehold. [Written also disseisin.] Blackstone.
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Disseizor (?), n. (Law) One who wrongfully disseizes, or puts another out of possession of a freehold. [Written also disseisor.] Blackstone.
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Disseizoress, n. (Law) A woman disseizes.
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Disseizure (?; 135), n. Disseizin. Speed.
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Dissemblance (?), n. [Cf. F. dissemblance. See .] Want of resemblance; dissimilitude. [R.] Osborne.
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Dissemblance, n. [Dissemble + -ance.] The act or art of dissembling; dissimulation. [Obs.]
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Dissemble (?), 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 simulate; cf. L. dissimulare to dissemble. See , and cf. .] 1. To hide under a false semblance or seeming; to feign (something) not to be what it really is; to put an untrue appearance upon; to disguise; to mask.
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Dissemble all your griefs and discontents. Shak.
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Perhaps it was right to dissemble your love,
But -- why did you kick me down stairs? J. P. Kemble.
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2. To put on the semblance of; to make pretense of; to simulate; to feign.
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He soon dissembled a sleep. Tatler.

Syn. -- To conceal; disguise; cloak; cover; equivocate. See .
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Dissemble, v. i. To conceal the real fact, motives, intention, or sentiments, under some pretense; to assume a false appearance; to act the hypocrite.
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He that hateth dissembleth with his lips. Prov. xxvi. 24.
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He [an enemy] dissembles when he assumes an air of friendship. C. J. Smith.
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Dissembler (?), n. One who dissembles; one who conceals his opinions or dispositions under a false appearance; a hypocrite.
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It is the weakest sort of politicians that are the greatest dissemblers. Bacon.
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Priests, princes, women, no dissemblers here. Pope.

Syn. -- , . A person is called a dissembler with reference to his concealment of his real character, and a hypocrite with reference to his assumption of a false character. But hypocrite is the stronger word, being commonly used to characterize a person who is habitually insincere and false, especially one who makes professions of goodness when his aims are selfish and his life corrupt.
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Dissembling (?), a. That dissembles; hypocritical; false. -- Dissemblingly, adv.
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Disseminate (?), 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 seed. See .] 1. to spread around widely; to sow broadcast or as seed; to scatter for growth and propagation, like seed; to spread abroad; to diffuse; as, principles, ideas, opinions, and errors are disseminated when they are spread abroad for propagation.
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2. To spread or extend by dispersion.
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A nearly uniform and constant fire or heat disseminated throughout the body of the earth. Woodward.

Syn. -- To spread; diffuse; propagate; circulate; disperse; scatter.
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disseminated (?), p. a. (Min.) Occurring in small portions scattered through some other substance; scattered widely.
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disseminating adj. serving to diffuse, disseminate, or disperse.
Syn. -- diffusing(prenominal), diffusive, dispersive, disseminative, scattering, spreading.
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dissemination (?), n. [L. disseminatio: cf. F. dissémination.] The act of disseminating, or the state of being disseminated; diffusion for propagation and permanence; a scattering or spreading abroad, as of ideas, beliefs, etc.
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The universal dissemination of those writings. Wayland.
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disseminative (?), a. Tending to disseminate, or to become disseminated.
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The effect of heresy is, like the plague, infectious and disseminative. Jer. Taylor.
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Disseminator (?), n. [L.] One who, or that which, disseminates, spreads, or propagates; as, disseminators of disease.
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Dissension (?), n. [L. dissensio: cf. F. dissension. See .] Disagreement in opinion, usually of a violent character, producing warm debates or angry words; contention in words; partisan and contentious divisions; breach of friendship and union; strife; discord; quarrel.
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Paul and Barnabas had no small dissension and disputation with them. Acts xv. 2.
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Debates, dissension, uproars are thy joy. Dryden.
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A seditious person and raiser-up of dissension among the people. Robynson (More's Utopia).
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Dissensious (?), a. Disposed to discord; contentious; dissentious. [R.] Ascham. -- Dissensiously, adv. Chapman.
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Dissent (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Dissented; p. pr. & vb. n. Dissenting.] [L. dissentire, dissentum; dis- + sentire to feel, think. See .] 1. To differ in opinion; to be of unlike or contrary sentiment; to disagree; -- followed by from.
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The bill passed . . . without a dissenting voice. Hallam.
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Opinions in which multitudes of men dissent from us. Addison.
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2. (Eccl.) To differ from an established church in regard to doctrines, rites, or government.
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3. To differ; to be of a contrary nature. Hooker.
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Dissent, n. 1. The act of dissenting; difference of opinion; refusal to adopt something proposed; nonagreement, nonconcurrence, or disagreement.
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The dissent of no small number [of peers] is frequently recorded. Hallam.
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2. (Eccl.) Separation from an established church, especially that of England; nonconformity.
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It is the dissidence of dissent and the protestantism of the Protestant religion. Burke.
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3. Contrariety of nature; diversity in quality. [Obs.]
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The dissent of the metals. Bacon.

Syn. -- Disagreement; variance; difference; nonconcurrence; nonconformity.
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Dissentaneous (?), a. [L. dissentaneus.] Disagreeing; contrary; differing; -- opposed to consentaneous. [R.] Barrow.
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Dissentany (?), a. Dissentaneous; inconsistent. [Obs.] Milton.
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Dissentation (?), n. Dissension. [Obs.] W. Browne.
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Dissenter (?), n. 1. One who dissents; one who differs in opinion, or declares his disagreement.
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2. (Eccl.) One who separates from the service and worship of an established church; especially, one who disputes the authority or tenets of the Church of England; a nonconformist.
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Dissenters from the establishment of their several countries. Burke.
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Robert Brown is said to have the first formal dissenter. Shipley.
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☞ “The word is commonly applied only to Protestants. The Roman Catholics are generally referred to as a distinct class.” Brande & C.
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Dissenterism (?), n. The spirit or principles of dissenters. Ed. Rev.
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Dissentiate (?), v. t. To throw into a state of dissent. [R.] Feltham.
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Dissentient (?), a. [L. dissentiens, p. pr. of dissentire. See , v. i.] Disagreeing; declaring dissent; dissenting. -- n. One who dissents. Macaulay.
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dissenting adj. disagreeing, especially with a majority.
Syn. -- dissentient, dissident.
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Dissentious (?), a. Marked by dissensions; apt to breed discord; quarrelsome; contentious; factious. -- Dissentiously, adv.
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Dissentive (?), a. Disagreeing; inconsistent. [Obs.] Feltham.
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Dissepiment (?), n. [L. dissaepimentum, fr. dissaepire; dis- + saepire to hedge in, inclose.] 1. A separating tissue; a partition; a septum.
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2. (Bot.) One of the partitions which divide a compound ovary into cells.
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3. (Zoöl.) One of the transverse, calcareous partitions between the radiating septa of a coral.
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Dissert (?), v. i. [L. dissertus, p. p. of disserere; dis- + serere to join, connect: cf. F. disserter. See .] To discourse or dispute; to discuss. [R.]
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We have disserted upon it a little longer than was necessary. Jeffrey.
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Dissertate (?), v. i. [L. dissertatus, p. p. of dissertare to discuss, intents, fr. disserere. See .] To deal in dissertation; to write dissertations; to discourse. [R.] J. Foster.
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Dissertation (?), n. [L. dissertatio: cf. F. dissertation.] A formal or elaborate argumentative discourse, oral or written; a disquisition; an essay; a discussion; as, Dissertations on the Prophecies.
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Dissertational (?), a. Relating to dissertations; resembling a dissertation.
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Dissertationist, n. A writer of dissertations.
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Dissertator (?), n. [L.: cf. F. dissertateur.] One who writers a dissertation; one who discourses. Boyle.
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Dissertly (?), adv. See . [Obs.]
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Disserve (?), 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 hurt; to harm.
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Have neither served nor disserved the interests of any party. Jer. Taylor.
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Disservice (?), n. [Pref. dis- + service: cf. F. desservice.] Injury; mischief.
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We shall rather perform good offices unto truth than any disservice unto their relators. Sir T. Browne.
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Disserviceable (?), a. Calculated to do disservice or harm; not serviceable; injurious; harmful; unserviceable. Shaftesbury. -- Disserviceableness, n. Norris. -- Disserviceably, adv.
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Dissettle (?), v. t. To unsettle. [Obs.]
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Dissettlement (?), n. The act of unsettling, or the state of being unsettled. Marvell.
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Dissever (?), 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 separate. In this word the prefix is intensive. See , and .] To part in two; to sever thoroughly; to sunder; to disunite; to separate; to disperse.
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The storm so dissevered the company . . . that most of therm never met again. Sir P. Sidney.
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States disserved, discordant, belligerent. D. Webster.
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Dissever, v. i. To part; to separate. Chaucer.
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Disseverance (?), n. [OF. dessevrance.] The act of disserving; separation.
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Disseveration (?), n. The act of disserving; disseverance. [Obs.]
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Disseverment (?), n. [Cf. OF. dessevrement.] Disseverance. Sir W. Scott.
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Disshadow (?), v. t. To free from shadow or shade. [Obs.] G. Fletcher.
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Dissheathe (?), v. i. To become unsheathed. [Obs.] Sir W. Raleigh.
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Disship (?), v. t. To dismiss from service on board ship. [Obs.] Hakluyt.
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Disshiver (?), v. t. & i. To shiver or break in pieces. [Obs.]
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Dissidence (?), n. [L. dissidentia: cf. F. dissidence. See , a.] Disagreement; dissent; separation from the established religion. I. Taylor.
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It is the dissidence of dissent. Burke.
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Dissident (?), a. [L. dissidens, -entis, p. pr. of dissidere to sit apart, to disagree; dis- + sedere to sit: cf. F. dissident. See .] No agreeing; dissenting; discordant; different.
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Our life and manners be dissident from theirs. Robynson (More's Utopia).
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Dissident, n. (Eccl.) One who disagrees or dissents; one who separates from the established religion.
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The dissident, habituated and taught to think of his dissidenc� as a laudable and necessary opposition to ecclesiastical usurpation. I. Taylor.
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Dissidently, adv. In a dissident manner.

{ Dissilience (?; 106), Dissiliency (?), } n. The act of leaping or starting asunder. Johnson.
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Dissilient (?), a. [L. dissiliens, -entis, p. pr. of dissilire to leap asunder: dis- + salire to leap.] Starting asunder; bursting and opening with an elastic force; dehiscing explosively; as, a dissilient pericarp.
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Dissilition (?), n. The act of bursting or springing apart. [R.] Boyle.
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Dissimilar (?), a. [Pref. dis- + similar: cf. F. dissimilaire.] Not similar; unlike; heterogeneous; as, the tempers of men are as dissimilar as their features.
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This part very dissimilar to any other. Boyle.
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Dissimilarity (?), n. Want of resemblance; unlikeness; dissimilitude; variety; as, the dissimilarity of human faces and forms. Sir W. Jones.
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Dissimilarly (?), adv. In a dissimilar manner; in a varied style.
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With verdant shrubs dissimilarly gay. C. Smart.
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Dissimilate (?), v. t. To render dissimilar.
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Dissimilation (?), n. The act of making dissimilar. H. Sweet.
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Dissimile (?), n. [L. dissimile, neut. of dissimilis unlike.] (Rhet.) Comparison or illustration by contraries.
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Dissimilitude (?), n. [L. dissimilitudo, fr. dissimilis: cf. F. dissimilitude.] 1. Want of resemblance; unlikeness; dissimilarity.
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Dissimilitude between the Divinity and images. Stillingfleet.
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2. (Rhet.) A comparison by contrast; a dissimile.
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Dissimulate (?), a. [L. dissimulatus, p. p. of dissimulare. See .] Feigning; simulating; pretending. [Obs.] Henryson.
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dissimulate (?), v. i. To dissemble; to feign; to pretend.
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dissimulating adj. concealing under a false appearance with the intent to deceive.
Syn. -- dissembling, dissimulative.
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dissimulation (?), n. [L. dissimulatio: cf. F. dissimulation.] The act of dissembling; a hiding under a false appearance; concealment by feigning; false pretension; hypocrisy.
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Let love be without dissimulation. Rom. xii. 9.
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Dissimulation . . . when a man lets fall signs and arguments that he is not that he is. Bacon.
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Simulation is a pretense of what is not, and dissimulation a concealment of what is. Tatler.
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Dissimulator (?), n. [L.] One who dissimulates; a dissembler.
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Dissimule (?), v. t. & i. [F. dissimuler. See .] To dissemble. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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Dissimuler (?), n. A dissembler. [Obs.]
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Dissimulour (?), n. [OF. dissimuleur.] A dissembler. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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Dissipable (?), a. [L. dissipabilis.] Capable of being scattered or dissipated. [R.]
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The heat of those plants is very dissipable. Bacon.
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