Disseize Dis新eize" transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Disseized ; present participle & verbal noun Disseizing .] [ Prefix dis- + seize : confer French 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 .]

Which savage beasts strive as eagerly to keep and hold those golden mines, as the Arimaspians to disseize them thereof.

Holland.

Disseizee Dis`sei暘ee" noun (Law) A person disseized, or put out of possession of an estate unlawfully; -- correlative to disseizor . [ Written also disseisee .]

Disseizin Dis新ei"zin noun [ Old French dessaisine .] (Law) The act of disseizing; an unlawful dispossessing and ouster of a person actually seized of the freehold. [ Written also disseisin .] Blackstone.

Disseizor Dis新ei"zor noun (Law) One who wrongfully disseizes, or puts another out of possession of a freehold. [ Written also disseisor .] Blackstone.

Disseizoress Dis新ei"zor搪ss noun (Law) A woman disseizes.

Disseizure Dis新ei"zure noun Disseizin. Speed.

Dissemblance Dis新em"blance noun [ Confer French dissemblance . See Dissemble .] Want of resemblance; dissimilitude. [ R.] Osborne.

Dissemblance Dis新em"blance noun [ Dissemble + -ance .] The act or art of dissembling; dissimulation. [ Obsolete]

Dissemble Dis新em"ble transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Dissembled ; present participle & verbal noun Dissembling .] [ Old French dissembler to be dissimilar; prefix dis- (L. dis- ) + French sembler to seem, Latin simulare to simulate; confer Latin dissimulare to dissemble. See Simulate , and confer Dissimulate .] 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.

Dissemble all your griefs and discontents.

Shak.

Perhaps it was right to dissemble your love,
But -- why did you kick me down stairs?

J. P. Kemble.

2. To put on the semblance of; to make pretense of; to simulate; to feign.

He soon dissembled a sleep.

Tatler.

Syn. -- To conceal; disguise; cloak; cover; equivocate. See Conceal .

Dissemble Dis新em"ble intransitive verb To conceal the real fact, motives, intention, or sentiments, under some pretense; to assume a false appearance; to act the hypocrite.

He that hateth dissembleth with his lips.

Prov. xxvi. 24.

He [ an enemy] dissembles when he assumes an air of friendship.

C. J. Smith.

Dissembler Dis新em"bler noun One who dissembles; one who conceals his opinions or dispositions under a false appearance; a hypocrite.

It is the weakest sort of politicians that are the greatest dissemblers .

Bacon.

Priests, princes, women, no dissemblers here.

Pope.

Syn. -- Dissembler , Hypocrite . 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.

Dissembling Dis新em"bling adjective That dissembles; hypocritical; false. -- Dis*sem"bling*ly , adverb

Disseminate Dis新em"i搖ate transitive verb & i. [ imperfect & past participle Disseminated ; present participle & verbal noun Disseminating .] [ Latin disseminatus , past participle of disseminare to disseminate; dis- + seminare to sow, semen seed. See Seminary .] 1. 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.

2. To spread or extend by dispersion.

A nearly uniform and constant fire or heat disseminated throughout the body of the earth.

Woodward.

Syn. -- To spread; diffuse; propagate; circulate; disperse; scatter.

Disseminated Dis新em"i搖a`ted p. adjective (Min.) Occurring in small portions scattered through some other substance.

Dissemination Dis新em`i搖a"tion noun [ Latin disseminatio : confer French diss幦ination .] 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.

The universal dissemination of those writings.

Wayland.

Disseminative Dis新em"i搖a暗ive adjective Tending to disseminate, or to become disseminated.

The effect of heresy is, like the plague, infectious and disseminative .

Jer. Taylor.

Disseminator Dis新em"i搖a`tor noun [ Latin ] One who, or that which, disseminates, spreads, or propagates; as, disseminators of disease.

Dissension Dis新en"sion noun [ Latin dissensio : confer French dissension . See Dissent .] 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.

Paul and Barnabas had no small dissension and disputation with them.

Acts xv. 2.

Debates, dissension , uproars are thy joy.

Dryden.

A seditious person and raiser-up of dissension among the people.

Robynson (More's Utopia).

Dissensious Dis新en"sious adjective Disposed to discord; contentious; dissentious. [ R.] Ascham. -- Dis*sen"sious*ly , adverb Chapman.

Dissent Dis新ent" intransitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Dissented ; present participle & verbal noun Dissenting .] [ Latin dissentire , dissentum ; dis- + sentire to feel, think. See Sense .] 1. To differ in opinion; to be of unlike or contrary sentiment; to disagree; -- followed by from .

The bill passed . . . without a dissenting voice.

Hallam.

Opinions in which multitudes of men dissent from us.

Addison.

2. (Eccl.) To differ from an established church in regard to doctrines, rites, or government.

3. To differ; to be of a contrary nature. Hooker.

Dissent Dis新ent" noun 1. The act of dissenting; difference of opinion; refusal to adopt something proposed; nonagreement, nonconcurrence, or disagreement.

The dissent of no small number [ of peers] is frequently recorded.

Hallam.

2. (Eccl.) Separation from an established church, especially that of England; nonconformity.

It is the dissidence of dissent and the protestantism of the Protestant religion.

Burke.

3. Contrariety of nature; diversity in quality. [ Obsolete]

The dissent of the metals.

Bacon.

Syn. -- Disagreement; variance; difference; nonconcurrence; nonconformity.

Dissentaneous Dis`sen暗a"ne搗us adjective [ Latin dissentaneus .] Disagreeing; contrary; differing; -- opposed to consentaneous . [ R.] Barrow.

Dissentany Dis"sen暗a搖y adjective Dissentaneous; inconsistent. [ Obsolete] Milton.

Dissentation Dis`sen暗a"tion noun Dissension. [ Obsolete] W. Browne.

Dissenter Dis新ent"er noun 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 church; especially, one who disputes the authority or tenets of the Church of England; a nonconformist.

Dissenters from the establishment of their several countries.

Burke.

Robert Brown is said to have the first formal dissenter .

Shipley.

» "The word is commonly applied only to Protestants. The Roman Catholics are generally referred to as a distinct class." Brande & C.

Dissenterism Dis新ent"er搏sm noun The spirit or principles of dissenters. Ed. Rev.

Dissentiate Dis新en"ti戢te transitive verb To throw into a state of dissent. [ R.] Feltham.

Dissentient Dis新en"tient adjective [ Latin dissentiens , present participle of dissentire . See Dissent , intransitive verb ] Disagreeing; declaring dissent; dissenting. -- noun One who dissents. Macaulay.

Dissentious Dis新en"tious adjective Marked by dissensions; apt to breed discord; quarrelsome; contentious; factious. -- Dis*sen"tious*ly , adverb

Dissentive Dis新ent"ive adjective Disagreeing; inconsistent. [ Obsolete] Feltham.

Dissepiment Dis新ep"i搶ent noun [ Latin dissaepimentum , from dissaepire ; dis- + saepire to hedge in, inclose.] 1. A separating tissue; a partition; a septum.

2. (Botany) One of the partitions which divide a compound ovary into cells.

3. (Zoology) One of the transverse, calcareous partitions between the radiating septa of a coral.

Dissert Dis新ert" intransitive verb [ Latin dissertus , past participle of disserere ; dis- + serere to join, connect: confer French disserter . See Series .] To discourse or dispute; to discuss. [ R.]

We have disserted upon it a little longer than was necessary.

Jeffrey.

Dissertate Dis"ser暗ate intransitive verb [ Latin dissertatus , past participle of dissertare to discuss, intents, from disserere . See Dissert .] To deal in dissertation; to write dissertations; to discourse. [ R.] J. Foster.

Dissertation Dis`ser暗a"tion noun [ Latin dissertatio : confer French dissertation .] A formal or elaborate argumentative discourse, oral or written; a disquisition; an essay; a discussion; as, Dissertations on the Prophecies.

Dissertational Dis`ser暗a"tion戢l adjective Relating to dissertations; resembling a dissertation.

Dissertationist Dis`ser暗a"tion搏st noun A writer of dissertations.

Dissertator Dis"ser暗a`tor noun [ Latin : confer French dissertateur .] One who writers a dissertation; one who discourses. Boyle.

Dissertly Dis新ert"ly adverb See Disertly . [ Obsolete]

Disserve Dis新erve" transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Di............... ; present participle & verbal noun Disserving .] [ Prefix dis- + serve : confer French desservir .] To fail to serve; to do injury or mischief to; to damage; to hurt; to harm.

Have neither served nor disserved the interests of any party.

Jer. Taylor.

Disservice Dis新erv"ice noun [ Prefix dis- + service : confer French desservice .] Injury; mischief.

We shall rather perform good offices unto truth than any disservice unto their relators.

Sir T. Browne.

Disserviceable Dis新erv"ice戢搓le adjective Calculated to do disservice or harm; not serviceable; injurious; harmful; unserviceable. Shaftesbury. -- Dis*serv"ice*a*ble*ness , noun Norris. -- Dis*serv"ice*a*bly , adverb

Dissettle Dis新et"tle transitive verb To unsettle. [ Obsolete]

Dissettlement Dis新et"tle搶ent noun The act of unsettling, or the state of being unsettled. Marvell.

Dissever Dis新ev"er transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Dissevered ; present participle & verbal noun Dissevering .] [ Middle English dessevrer ; prefix des- (L. dis- ) + sevrer to sever, French sevrer to wean, Latin separate to separate. In this word the prefix is intensive. See Dis- , and Sever .] To part in two; to sever thoroughly; to sunder; to disunite; to separate; to disperse.

The storm so dissevered the company . . . that most of therm never met again.

Sir P. Sidney.

States disserved , discordant, belligerent.

D. Webster.

Dissever Dis新ev"er intransitive verb To part; to separate. Chaucer.

Disseverance Dis新ev"er戢nce noun [ Old French dessevrance .] The act of disserving; separation.

Disseveration Dis新ev`er戢"tion noun The act of disserving; disseverance. [ Obsolete]

Disseverment Dis新ev"er搶ent noun [ Confer Old French dessevrement .] Disseverance. Sir W. Scott.

Disshadow Dis新had"ow transitive verb To free from shadow or shade. [ Obsolete] G. Fletcher.

Dissheathe Dis新heathe" intransitive verb To become unsheathed. [ Obsolete] Sir W. Raleigh.

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