disagreeable. One who dis Displeasing (dis-pléz'ing), a, Offensive to 1. mind or any of the senses; disgusting; Displeasingness (dis-plēz'ing-nes), n. Offensiveness; the quality of giving some gree of disgust. Displeasure (dis-ple'zhür), n. 1 The feelof one who is displeased; irritation or uneasiness of the mind, occasioned by any. thing that counteracts desire or command, or which opposes justice and a sense of propriety, as, a man incurs the displeasure of another by thwarting his views or schemes; a servant incurs the displeasure of his master by neglect or disobedience; we experience pleasure at any violation of right or de corum They even meet to complain, censure, and remonstrate when a governor gives displeasure. Brougham. 2 That which displeases; cause of irritation; offence Now shall I be more hameless than the Philistines, though I do them a displeasure. Judg. xv. 3. 3+ State of disgrace or disfavour. He went int> Polan 1, being in displeasure with the pope for overmuch familarity. Peacham. SYN Dissatisfaction, disapprobation, distaste, dislike anger, vexation, indignation, annoyance, offence. Displeasure (dis-ple'zhür), v.t. To displease Bacon. Displode (dis-plód'), ri To burst with a foud report; to explode; as, a meteor disploded with a tremendous sound. [Rare.] Displosion (dis-plo'zhọn), n. The act of disploding: a sudden bursting with a loud report, an explosion. [Rare.] The vast disponon dissipates the clouds. Young. Displosive (dis-plo'siv), a. Tending to displode or explode; explosive. [Rare] Displume (dis-plum), v. t. (Prefix dis, priv., and plume] To strip or deprive of plumes or feathers, to strip of badges of honour. Duplumed degraded, and metamorphosed, such unfeathered two-legged things, that we no longer know them.' Burke. Dispondee (di-spon'dē), n. (Gr. prefix di for dis, twice, and spondee.] In pros. a double spondee, consisting of four long syllables Dispone (dis-pon'), r.t. pret. & pp. disponed; ppr diepening. [L. dispono, to distribute, to dispose-dis, distrib., and pono, to place ] 1 To dispose of. Ar 1 of my movable thou dispone Chaucer 2 In Sents law, to make over or convey to another in a legal form. The hand nod. the whole estate Sir W. Scott. Disponee (dis-pón-ē′), n. In Scots law, one to whom anything is disponed or made over. Disponer (dis-pon'èr), n. In Scots law, a person who legally transfers property from himself to another. Disponge (di-spunj), r.t. [Prefix dis, distrib, and sponte] To discharge, as from a sponge, to distil or drop. [Rare.] versiya mistress of true melancholy, Tha je uputio as lautap flight disponge upon me. Shak. Disport (dis port'), n [0. Fr. desport, Fr. deport, properly diversion resorted to in order to divert the thoughts: It. disporto, 61 disport, solace; L.L. deporto, to divert one's self; the O. Fr. desport is from prefix dis, and L. porto, to carry (whence export, &c.). Sport is an abbrev. of disport.] Play; sport; pastime; diversion; amusement; merriment. 'Love's disport.' Milton. Disport (dis-port), v. i. To play; to wanton; to move lightly and without restraint; to move in gaiety; as, lambs disporting on the mead. Where light disports in ever-mingling dyes. Pope. Disport (dis-port), v.t. To divert or amuse; Disport (dis-port), v. t. [L. dis, asunder, and as, he disports himself. E. port, a harbour.] To remove from a port. [Rare.] Disportment (dis-port'ment), n. Act of disporting: play. DISPOSITIVE place in any condition; as, how will you dispose of your son? () To direct what to do or what course to pursue; as, they know not how to dispose of themselves. (g) To use or employ; as, they know not how to dispose of their time. (h) To put away; to get rid of; as, the stream supplies more water than can be disposed of. Disposet (dis-pōz'), n. 1. Disposal; power of disposing; management. All that is mine I leave at thy dispose. Shak. 2. Dispensation; act of government; management. But such is the dispose of the sole Disposer of empires. Speed. 3. Cast of behaviour; demeanour. He hath a person and a smooth dispose 4. Disposition; cast of mind; inclination. Disposable (dis-pōz'a-bl), a. [See DISPOSE.] Subject to disposal; not previously engaged or employed; free to be used or employed as occasion may require; as, the whole disposable force consisted of a regiment of light Disposed (dis-pōzd), p. and a. 1. Inclined; infantry and a troop of cavalry. minded. ner to dispose, regulate, or govern. Mountague. 4. Power or right of bestowing: the act of Disposingly (dis-pōz'ing-li), adv. In a manparting with; bestowal; alienation; regulation of the condition, fate, or application of anything; as, the disposal of money by will; the disposal of an estate by sale; the offices are at the disposal of the premier; the father has the disposal of his daughter in marriage. I am called off from publick dissertations by a domestick affair of great importance, which is no less than the disposal of my sister Jenny for life. Tatler. SYN. Disposition, dispensation, management, conduct, government, distribution. Dispose (dis-poz), v. t. pret. & pp. disposed; ppr. disposing. [Fr. disposer, to dispose, arrange- -prefix dis, and poser, to place (E. pose). See COMPOSE.] 1. To set; to place or distribute; to arrange: used with reference to order; as, the ships were disposed in the form of a crescent; the trees are disposed in the form of a quincunx.-2. To regulate; to adjust; to set in right order. Job xxxiv. 13. The knightly forms of combat to dispose. Dryden. 3. To apply to a particular purpose; to give; to place; to bestow. 'You have disposed much in works of public piety.' Sprat. 4. To set, place, or turn to a particular end or consequence. Endure and conquer; Jove will soon dispose To future good our past and present woes. Dryden. 5. To adapt; to form for any purpose. Then must thou thee dispose another way. Hubberd's Tale. 6. To set the mind of in a particular frame; to incline. Suspicions dispose kings to tyranny, husbands to jealousy, and wise men to irresolution and melancholy. Bacon. 7. To sell; to dispose of; as, he disposed all church preferments to the highest bidder. Swift. SYN. To set, arrange, order, distribute, adjust, regulate, adapt, fit, incline, bestow, give. Dispose (dis-pōz), v.i. 1. To regulate; to determine; to settle. Man proposes, God disposes. Old proverb. 2. To bargain; to make terms. You did suspect Shak. She had disposed with Cæsar. -To dispose of, to come to a determination concerning; to make a disposal of; specifically, (a) to part with; to alienate; to sell; as, the man has disposed of his house and removed. (b) To part with to another; to put into another's hand or power; to bestow; as, the father has disposed of his daughter to a man of great worth. (c) To give away or transfer by authority. A rural judge disposed of beauty's prize. Waller. (d) To direct the course of. Prov.xvi. 33. (e) To Disposition (dis-po-zi'shon), n. [L. dispositio, regular disposition, arrangement-dis, distrib., and pono, positum, to place.] 1. The act of disposing or state of being disposed. 2. Manner in which things or the parts of a complex body are placed or arranged; order; method; distribution; arrangement; as, the disposition of the infantry and cavalry of an army; the disposition of the trees in an orchard; the disposition of the several parts of an edifice or of figures in painting.-3. Natural fitness or tendency; as, the disposition of plants to grow upward. 'A great disposition to putrefaction.' Bacon. 4. Temper or natural constitution of the mind; as, an amiable or an irritable disposition. The villanous inconstancy of man's disposition. Shak.-5. Inclination; propensity; the temper or frame of mind, as directed to particular objects; as, a disposition to undertake a particular work; a disposition friendly to any design. The contemplation of the structure of other govern. ments as well as of that under which we live, and the comparison of the defects and disadvantages of our own with those of other systems, can hardly fail to produce a happy effect upon the dispositions of any people in tolerably happy circumstances. Brougham. 6. In Scots law, (a) disposal; alienation; distribution; a giving away or giving over to another; as, he has made disposition of his effects; he has satisfied his friends by the judicious disposition of his property. (b) A unilateral deed of alienation, by which a right to property, especially heritable, is conveyed.-7. One of the six essentials of architecture. It is the arrangement of the whole design by means of ichnography (plan), orthography (section and elevation), and scenography (perspective view); and differs from distribution, which signifies the particular arrangements of the internal parts of a building.- Disposition and settlement, in Scots law, the name usually given to a deed, by which a person provides for the general disposal of his property, heritable and movable, after his death.-SYN. Disposal, adjustment, regulation, arrangement, distribution, order, method, adaptation, inclination, tendency, propensity, temper, bestowment, alienation. Dispositional (dis-po-zi'shon-al), a. Per taining to disposition. 1. That imDispositive (dis-poz'it-iv), a. plies disposal; disposing or regulating. 'His dispositive wisdom and power.' Bates.--2. Pertaining to inclination or natural disposition. Dispositive holiness.' Jer. Taylor. - Dispositive clause, in Scots law, the clause of conveyance in any deed, by which pro DISPOSITIVELY perty, whether heritable or movable, is transferred, either absolutely or in security, inter vivos or mortis causa, that is, between the living or in contemplation of death. Dispositively (dis-poz'it-iv-li), adv. 1. In a dispositive manner; distributively. Sir T. Browne.-2. By natural or moral disposition. One act may make us do dispositively what Moses is recorded to have done literally, . . . break all the ten commandments at once. Boyle. Dispositor (dis-poz'it-ér), n. 1. A disposer. 2. In astrol. the planet which is lord of the sign where another planet is. Dispossess (dis-poz-zes), v.t. [Prefix dis, priv., and possess.] To put out of possession, by any means; to deprive of the actual occupancy of a thing, particularly of land or real estate; to dislodge; to disseize: usually followed by of, before the thing taken away; as, to dispossess a king of his crown. Ye shall dispossess the inhabitants of the land, and dwell therein. Num. xxxiii. 54. It will be found a work of no small difficulty to dispossess and throw out a vice from that heart, where long possession begins to plead prescription. Dispossessed (lis-poz-zest'), a. Having lost one's self-possession or [Rare.] South. self-command. Miss Susan, deeply agitated, and not knowing what to say or do, stood also, dispossessed, looking from the child to the woman, and from the woman to the child. Mrs. Oliphant. Dispossession (dis-poz-zeʻshon), n. 1. The act of putting out of possession; the state of being dispossessed. That heart (Mary Magdalene's) was freed from Satan by that powerful dispossession. Bp. Hall. 2. In law, same as Ouster (which see). Dispossessor (dis-poz-zes'èr), n. One who dispossesses. Dispost (dis-pōst'), v.t. [Prefix dis, priv., and post. To remove from a post; to displace. [Rare.] Disposure (dis-pō'zhür), n. [See DISPOSE.] 1. Disposal; the power of disposing; management; direction. 'Give up my estate to his disposure.' Massinger.-2. State; posture; disposition. 'In a kind of warlike disposure.' Wotton.-3. Distribution; allotment; as, the disposure of employments. Swift. Dispraise (dis-prāz'), n. [Prefix dis, priv., and praise.] 1. Blame; censure. The long-neck'd geese of the world that are ever hissing dispraise, Because their natures are little. 2. Reproach; dishonour. Tennyson. The general has seen Moors with as bad faces; no dispraise to Bertran's. Dryden. SYN. Blame, censure, dishonour, reproach. Dispraise (dis-práz ́), v.t. pret. & pp. dispraised; ppr. dispraising. To blame; to censure; to mention with disapprobation, or some degree of censure. I dispraised him before the wicked. Shak Dispraiser (dis-práz'ér), n. One who blames or dispraises. Dispraisingly (dis-práz'ing-li), adv. By way of dispraise; with blame or some degree of reproach. Dispread (dis-pred'), v. t. [Prefix dis, distrib., and spread. See SPREAD.] To spread in different ways; to extend or flow in different directions; to expand to the full width. [Rare.] Scantly they durst their feeble eyes dispread Dispread (dis-pred'), v. i. To expand or be extended; to spread widely. 'Heat dispreading through the sky' Thomson. [Rare.] Dispreader (dis-pred'èr), n. A publisher; a divulger. Dispreise, v.t. To dispraise; to undervalue. Chaucer. Disprejudice (dis-pre'jū-dis), v.t. [Prefix dis, priv., and prejudice.] To free from prejudice. Mountague. Disprepare (dis-pré-pár), v. t. To render unprepared. Hobbes. Disprince (dis-prins'), v.t. To deprive of the rank and dignity of a prince; to divest of the character or appearance of a prince. For I was drenched with ooze, and torn with briers. And, all one rag, disprinced from head to heel. Tennyson. Disprison (dis-pri'zon), r.t. [Prefix dis, priv., and prison.] To let loose from prison; to set at liberty. Disprivilege (dis-pri'vi-lej), r.t. [Prefix dis, priv., and privilege.] To deprive of a privilege. 62 Disprize (dis-prīz'), v. t. To undervalue; to depreciate. [Rare.] Disprofess (dis-pro-fes), v.i. [Prefix dis, priv., and profess.] To renounce the profession of. Spenser. His arms which he had vowed to disprofesse, She gathered up. Disprofit (dis-pro'fit), n. [Prefix dis, neg., and profit.] Loss; detriment; damage. Foxe. [Rare.] Disprofitable (dis-pro'fit-a-bl), a. Unprofitable. Hall. Disproof (dis-prof'), n. [Prefix dis, neg., and proof] Confutation; refutation; a proving to be false or erroneous; as, to offer evidence in disproof of a fact, argument, principle, or allegation. Bent as he was Disproportion (dis-pro-pôr'shon), n. [Prefix dis, priv., and proportion.] 1. Want of proportion of one thing to another, or between the parts of a thing; want of symmetry; as, the disproportion of a man's arms to his body; the disproportion of the length of an edifice to its height. Disproportion, some say, is the cause of the keenest misery in the world; for instance, the disproportion between the powers, capacities, and aspirations of man and his circumstances-especially as regards his physical wants. Helps. 2. Want of proper quantity, according to rules prescribed; as, the disproportion of the ingredients in a compound.-3. Want of suitableness or adequacy; disparity; inequality; unsuitableness; as, the disproportion of strength or means to an object. Disproportion (dis-pro-pōr'shon), v.t. To make unsuitable in form, size, length, or quantity; to violate symmetry in to mismatch; to join unfitly; to be out of harmony with. To shape my legs of an unequal size, Disproportionable (dis-pro-pōr'shon-a-bl), a. Disproportional; not in proportion; unsuitable in form, size, or quantity, to something else; disproportionate; inadequate. Doubts and fears are the sharpest passions; through these false optics all that you see is like the evening shadows, disproportionable to the truth, and strangely longer than the true substance. Sir F. Suckling. Disproportionableness (dis-pro-pōr'shona-bl-nes), n. Want of proportion or symmetry; unsuitableness to something else. Disproportionably (dis-pro-por shon-a-bli), adv. With want of proportion or symmetry; unsuitably to something else. Disproportional (dis-pro-por shon-al), a. Not having due proportion to something else; not having proportion or symmetry of parts; unsuitable in form or quantity; unequal; inadequate; as, a disproportional limb constitutes deformity in the body; the studies of youth should not be disproportional to their capacities. Disproportionality (dis-pro-põr'shon-al"iti), n. The state of being disproportional. Disproportionally (dis-pro-pôr shon-al-li), adv. Unsuitably with respect to form, quantity, or value; inadequately; unequally. Disproportionalness (dis-pro-pōr'shon-alnes), n. Want of proportion; disproportionateness. [Rare.] Disproportionate (dis-pro-pôr'shon-it), a. Not proportioned; unsymmetrical; unsuitable to something else, in bulk, form, or value; inadequate. None of our members are disproportionate to the rest, either in excess or defect. Ray. Locke. It is plain that men have agreed to a dispropor. tionate and unequal possession of the earth. Disproportionately (dis-pro-pôr'shon-atli), adv. In a disproportionate degree; unsuitably; inadequately. Disproportionateness (dis-pro-pōr'shonat-nes), n. Unsuitableness in form, bulk, or value; inadequacy. Dispropriate (dis-pro'pri-at), v.t. [L. dis, priv, and proprio, propriatum, to appropriate, from proprius, one's own; whence also appropriate, propriety, property, &c.] To destroy the appropriation of; to withdraw from an appropriate use; to disappropriate. [Rare.] DISPUTATIVE Capable of Act of disprov Disprovable (dis-pröv'a-bl), a. being disproved or refuted. Disproval (dis-provʼal), n. ing; disproof. Disprove (dis-pröv'), v. t. pret. & pp. disproved; ppr. disproving. [Prefix dis, neg, and prove.] 1. To prove to be false or erroneous; to confute; to refute; as, to disprove an assertion, a statement, an argument, a proposition. That false supposition I advanced in order to disprove it. Bp. Atterbury 2. To convict of the practice of error Hooker.-3. To disallow or disapprove. Some things are good; yet in so mean a degree of goodness, that men are only not disproved, nor disallowed of God for them. Hooker Disprover (dis-pröv'ér), n. One that disproves or confutes. Dispunct+ (dis-pungkt), v.t. [L dispungo. dispunctum. See DISPUNGE.] To point or mark off; to separate. Foxe. Wanting in Dispunct (dis-pungkt'), a. punctilious respect; discourteous; impolite. That were dispunct to the ladies.' B. Jonson. Dispunge (dis-punj'), v.t. [L. dispunya, to examine, to check an account-dis, and pungo, to pierce, to penetrate. See ExPUNGE.] To expunge; to erase. Thou then that has dispung'd my score, Dispunge (di-spunj), v. t. Same as Disponge (which see). Dispunishable (dis-pun'ish-a-bl), a. [Prefix dis, neg., and punishable.] Without penal restraint; not punishable. Swift. Dispurpose (dis-pèr'pos), v.t. [Prefix dis, prív., and purpose.] To dissuade; to turn from a purpose. Dispurset (dis-pèrs'), v.t. To disburse. Shak. Daily siege, through dispurveyance long Dispurveyedt (dis-per-vad'), p. and a. 1. Emptied or stripped.-2. Unprovided for Paston Letters. Disputable (dis-pút'a-bl), a. [See DISPUTE.] 1. That may be disputed; liable to be called in question, controverted, or contested; controvertible; of doubtful certainty; as, disputable opinions, statements, propositions, arguments, points, cases, questions, 'He is &c. 2. Disputatious; contentious. too disputable for my company' Shak. Disputableness (dis-put'a-bl-nes), n. State of being disputable. Disputacity (dis-put-as'i-ti), n. Proneness to dispute. [Rare or obsolete.] Lest they should dull the wits and hinder the exercise of reasoning (and) abate the disputacity of the Bp. Ward nation. One who disDisputant (dis'put-ant), n. putes; one who argues in opposition to another; a controvertist; a reasoner in opposition. A singularly eager, acute, and pertinacious disputant. Macaulay. Disputant (dis'put-ant), a. Disputing; engaged in controversy. Milton There thou wast found Among the gravest Rabbis, disputant On points and questions fitting Moses' chair. Disputation (dis-put-a'shon), n. [L. dispu tatio. See DISPUTE.] 1. The act of disputing; a reasoning or argumentation in opposition to something, or on opposite sides; controversy in words; verbal contest respecting the truth of some fact, opinion, proposition, or argument. 2. An exercise in colleges, in which parties reason in opposition to each other on some question proposed. Disputatious (dis-put-a'shus), a. Inclined to dispute; apt to cavil or controvert; characterized by disputes; as, a disputatious person or temper. DISPUTE Dispute (fis put'), e i pret & pp. disputed; puting [L. disputo, to cast or reckon p to compute, hence, to weigh, examine, vestigate, discuss -dis, asunder, apart, aal pufo, to clean, prune, clear up, adjust, rekon] 1 To contend in argument; to reason of argue in opposition, to debate; alterate, to wrangle; as, the disciples of Christ disputed among themselves who -buld be the greatest Therefore dupisted he in the synagogue with the 2 To strive or contend in opposition to a mpetitor, as, we disputed for the prize. Dispute (dis put), et 1. To make the subject of a disputation; to argue; to dis The rest I reserve until it be disputed how the Milton. trate is to do herein. What was it that ye duputed among yourselves by the way' Mark ix. 33. 2 To attempt to disprove by arguments or statements, to attempt to prove to be false, unfounded, or erroneous; to attempt to overthrow by reasoning, to controvert; as, to dspute an assertion, opinion, claim, and the like We might discuss the Northern sin Dispute the claims, arrange the chances; Emperor, Ottoman, which shall win? Tennyson. 3 To contend or strive for. So dispute the prize Dryden-4. To call in question the propriety of; to oppose by reasoning. I am went, and am not to dispute My prince's orders, but to execute. Dryden. 5 To strive to maintain; to contest; as, to pute every inch of ground. To dispute the possession of the ground with the Spaniaris Prescott. 6. To encounter; to meet Dispute it (calamity) like a man.' Shak-Argue, Dispute, Debate See under ARGUE SYN. To controvert, contest, doubt, question, argue, debate. Dispute (dis-pút ́), n. 1 Strife or contest in words or by arguments; an attempt to prove and maintain one's own opinions or claims by arguments or statements, in opposition to the opinions, arguments, or claims of another, controversy in words. Could we forbear dispute and practise love, We should agree as angels do above. Waller. 2 Quarrel; contention; strife; contest. Nor is it aught but just; That he, who in debate of truth hath won, Should win in arms, in both disputes alike victor. Milton. -Beyond or without dispute, indisputably; incontrovertibly In prose and verse was owned without dispute The nigh all the realms of nonsense absolute, Dryden. Disputer (dis-pût'èr), n. One who disputes or who is given to disputes; a controvertist. Where is the disputer of this world? 1 Cor. i. 20. Disputison, n. [Fr] Dispute. Chaucer. Disqualification (dis-kwo'li-fl-ká"shon), n. (See DISQUALIFY] 1 The act of disqualify. ing the state of being disqualified; disability; hence, the act of depriving of legal power or capacity; legal disability or incapacity; as, the disqualification of the burgh was brought about by corrupt practices; a conviction for crime is the cause of his disqualification -2. Want of qualification. [In this sense the word is compounded of the prefix dis, neg., and qualification.] I most will retain the consciousness of those disquestions which you have been pleased to overSir J. Shore. 3 That which disqualifies or incapacitates; aa, conviction of a crime is a disqualification for office, sickness is a disqualification for labour. It a recorded as a sufficient disqualification of a wife, that speaking of her husband, she said, 'God forgive tum." Spectator. Disqualify (dis-kwo'li-fi), vt pret. & pp. dsqualified; ppr disqualifying [Prefix das neg, and qualify 1. To make unfit; tdeprive of natural power, or the qualities or properties necessary for any purpose: used generally with for; as, indisposition disqualifica the body for labour and the mind Jur study Men are tot dusqualified by their engagements in trade from being received in high society. Southey. 2. To deprive of legal capacity, power, or right; to disable; as, a conviction of perjury dijualiñes a man for being a witness. Disquiet (dis-kwi'et), a. (Prefix dis, neg., and quiet.] Unquiet; restless; uneasy. [Rare.] I pray you, husband, be not so disquiet. Shak, Disquiet (dis-kwi'et), n. Want of quiet; uneasiness; restlessness; want of tranquillity in body or mind; disturbance; anxiety. Long disquiet merged in rest.' Tennyson. Disquiet (dis-kwi'et), v.t. To disturb; to deprive of peace, rest, or tranquillity; to make uneasy or restless; to harass the body; to fret or vex the mind. That he may... disquiet the inhabitants of Babylon. Jer. 1. 34. Why hast thou disquieted me? 1 Sam. xxviii. 15. Why art thou cast down, O my soul, and why art thou disquieted within me? Ps. xliii. 5. Disquietalt (dis-kwi'et-al), n. Want of quiet; disquietude; unrest. Dr. H. More. Disquieter (dis-kwi'et-er), n. One who disquiets; he or that which makes uneasy. Disquietful (dis-kwi'et-ful), a. Producing inquietude. Disquieting (dis-kwi'et-ing), a. Tending to disturb the mind; disturbing; as, disquieting apprehensions; disquieting rumours. Disquietive (dis-kwi'et-iv), a. Tending to disquiet. Disquietly (dis-kwi'et-li), adv. 1. Without quiet or rest; in an uneasy state; uneasily; anxiously; as, he rested disquietly that night. [Rare.] 2. In a disquieting manner; in a manner so as to destroy quiet or tranquillity. All ruinous disorders follow us disquietly to our graves.' Shak. [Rare.] Disquietment (dis-kwi'et-ment), n. Act of disquieting or state of being disquieted. Disquietments of conscience. Hopkins. Disquietness (dis-kwi'et-nes), n. Uneasiness; restlessness; disturbance of peace in body or mind. Disquietous (dis-kwi'et-us), a. Causing uneasiness. Distasteful and disquietous to a number of men.' Milton. Disquietude (dis-kwi'et-úd), n. Want of peace or tranquillity; uneasiness; disturbance; agitation; anxiety. By delaying it (to keep God's commandments) we necessarily prepare fears and disquietude. Sharp. Disquisition (dis-kwi-zi'shon), n. [L. disquisitio, inquiry, investigation, from dis quiro, disquisitum, to investigate-dis, distrib., and quæro, quæsitum, to ask. ] A formal or systematic inquiry into any subject, by arguments, or discussion of the facts and circumstances that may elucidate truth; an argumentative inquiry; a formal discussion or treatise on any matter; exposition; dissertation; essay; as, a disquisition on government or morals; a disquisition on the influence of mind on matter. His (our Saviour's) lessons did not consist of disquisitions. Paley. For accurate research or grave disquisition he was not well qualified. Macaulay. Disquisitional, Disquisitionary (dis-kwizi'shon-al, dis-kwi-zi'shon-a-ri), a. Relating to disquisition. Disquisitive (dis-kwi'zit-iv), a. Relating to disquisition; examining; fond of discussion or investigation; inquisitive. Disquisitory, Disquisitorial (dis-kwi'zito-ri, dis-kwi'zi-to"ri-al), a. Pertaining to disquisition; partaking of the nature of a disquisition; critical. Edin. Rev. Disrank+ (dis-rank'), v.t. [Prefix dis, priv., and rank.] 1. To degrade from rank.-2. To throw out of rank or into confusion. Out of thy part already; foil'd the scene; Disrank'd the lines; disarm'd the action. Decker. Disrate (dis-råt'), v.t. [Prefix dis, priv., and rate.] Naut. to degrade in rank or station; to disrank. Disray (dis-ra'), n. Disarray; disorder. Come in manner of a sodaine tempest upon our armie... and put it in disray. Holland. Disregard (dis-re-gard'), n. [Prefix dis, priv., and regard.] Neglect; omission of notice; want of attention; slight; as, to pass one with disregard. Disregard of experience.' Whewell. Disregard (dis-re-gärd'), v.t. To omit to take notice of; to neglect to observe; to slight as unworthy of regard or notice; as, to disregard the wants of the poor or the admonitions of conscience. Studious of good, man disregarded fame. DISRESPECTFUL Disregarder (dis-ré-gård'ér), n. One who neglects. Disregardful (dis-re-gärd'fyl), a. Neglect- Disregulart (dis-re'gu-lér), a. [Prefix dis, Men love to hear of their power, but have an ex. treme disrelish to be told of their duty. Burke. Disrelish (dis-rel'ish), v. t. 1. To dislike the taste of; as, to disrelish a particular kind of food.-2. To make nauseous or disgusting; to infect with a bad taste. [Rare.] Savoury fruits, of taste to please Milton. 3. To dislike; to feel some disgust at; as, to disrelish vulgar jests. All private enjoyments are lost or disrelished. Pope. Disremember (dis-re-mem'ber), v. t. [L. dis, priv., and E. remember.] To forget; to choose to forget. [American and Irish.] I'll thank you, when we meet again, not to disre member the old saying, but let every man skin his own skunks. David Crockett. Disrepair (dis-re-par), n. [Prefix dis, priv., and repair] A state of being not in repair or good condition; state of wanting reparation. The fortifications were ancient and in disrepair. Sir W. Scott. Disreputability (dis-re 'put-a-bil'i-ti), n. The state of being disreputable. Disreputable (dis-re'put-a-bl), a. [Prefix dis, neg., and reputable.] Not reputable; not in esteem; not honourable; dishonourable; disgracing reputation; discreditable; low; mean; as, disreputable company; it is disreputable to associate familiarly with the mean, the lewd, and the profane. The House of Commons is a more aristocratic body than the House of Lords. The fact is, a great peer would be a greater man now in the House of Commons than in the House of Lords. Nobody wants a second chamber, except a few disreputable individuals. Disraeli. SYN. Dishonourable, discreditable, low, mean, disgraceful, shameful, scandalous. Disreputably (dis-re'put-a-bli), adv. In a disreputable manner. Disreputation (dis-re'pût-a"shon), n. [Prefix dis, priv., and reputation.] Loss or want of reputation or good name; disrepute; disesteem; dishonour; disgrace; discredit. I will tell you what was the course in the happy days of Queen Elizabeth, whom it is no disreputation to follow. Bacon. Disrepute (dis re-pût'), n. [Prefix dis, priv., and repute.] Loss or want of reputation; disesteem; discredit; dishonour. At the beginning of the 18th century astrology fell into general disrepute. Sir W. Scott. SYN. Disesteem, discredit, dishonour, disgrace. Disreputet (dis-rē-pût), v.t. To bring into disreputation. More inclined to love them than to disrepute them.' Jer. Taylor. Disrespect (dis-re-spekt'), n. [Prefix dis, priv., and respect.] 1. Want of respect or reverence; disesteem. Such fancies do we then affect, To our own prodigal excess Wordsworth. What is more usual to warriors than impatience of bearing the least affront or disrespect! Pope. Disrespect (dis-re-spekt), v.t. 1. To have no respect or esteem for; to show disrespect to. We have disrespected and slighted God. Comber. Disrespecter (dis-rē-spekt ́ér), n. One who disrespects; one who wishes to cast disrespect on. Witty disrespecters of the Scripture.' Boyle. Disrespectful (dis-re-spekt'ful), a. Wanting in respect; manifesting disesteem or want of respect; irreverent; uncivil; as, a disrespectful thought or opinion; disrespectful behaviour. 'Slovenly in dress, and disrespectful in manner.' Godwin. DISRESPECTFULLY Disrespectfully (dis-re-spekt'ful-li), adv. In a disrespectful manner; irreverently; uncivilly. Disrespectfulness (dis-rē-spekt'ful-nes), n. Want of respect. Disrespective (dis-re-spekt'iv), a. Disrespectful. 'A disrespective forgetfulness of thy mercies.' Bp. Hall. Disreverence (dis-re've-rens), v.t. [Prefix dis, priv., and reverence.] To deprive of reverence; to treat irreverently; to dishonour. Sir T. More. Disrobe (dis-rōb'), v. t. pret. & pp. disrobed; ppr. disrobing. [Prefix dis, priv., and robe.] To divest of a robe; to divest of garments; to undress; to strip of covering; to divest of any enveloping appendage; to uncover; as, autumn disrobes the fields of verdure. These two peers were disrobed of their glory. Votton. Disrober (dis-rōb'ér), n. One that strips of robes or clothing. Disroot (dis-röt'), v. t. [Prefix dis, priv., and root.] 1. To tear up the roots of, or by the roots. Disrupt (dis-rupt'), a. [L. disruptus, pp. of disrumpo (dirumpo), to break or burst asunder-dis, asunder, and rumpo, to burst.] Rent from; torn asunder; severed by rending or breaking. [Rare or obsolete.] Disrupt (dis-rupt'), v.t. To separate; to break asunder. Disruption (dis-rup'shon), n. [L. disruptio, from disrumpo. See DISRUPT.] 1. The act of rending asunder; the act of bursting and separating; breach; rent; dilaceration; break-up; as, the disruption of rocks in an earthquake; the disruption of a stratum of earth. Sought To make disruption in the table round. Tennyson. 2. Eccles. the term applied to the rupture which took place in the Established Church of Scotland in 1843, when 474 ministers and professors demitted their charges. Those of them who had been sent up as commissioners to the General Assembly to meet on May 18th, 1843, refused to take part in constituting it, protesting that the spiritual independence of the church had been violated by the civil power, and retiring from the appointed place of meeting to another hall, constituted themselves into the General Assembly of the Free Protesting Church of Scotland. The controversy preceding the rupture had lasted for ten years, having originated in the passing of the Veto Act, and has been called 'the ten years' conflict." Disruptive (dis-rupt'iv), a. 1. Causing, or tending to cause, disruption; rending; bursting or breaking through; accompanied by disruption; as, disruptive forces.-2. Produced by or following on disruption; as, disruptive effects. Disrupture (dis-rupt'ūr), v.t. [Prefix dis, priv., and rupture.] To rupture; to rend; to sever by tearing, breaking, or bursting. [Rare.] Disrupture (dis-rup'tür), n. Disruption; a rending asunder. Dissatisfaction (dis-sa'tis-fak "shon), n. [Prefix dis, priv., and satisfaction.] The state of being dissatisfied; discontent; uneasiness proceeding from the want of gratification, or from disappointed wishes and expectations. The ambitious man is subject to uneasiness and dissatisfaction. Addison. SYN. Discontent, discontentment, mortification, disappointment, displeasure, disapprobation, distaste, dislike. Dissatisfactoriness (dis-sa'tis-fak" to-rines), n. Inability to satisfy or give content; a failing to give content. Dissatisfactory (dis-sa'tis - fak"to-ri), a. Causing dissatisfaction; giving discontent; mortifying; displeasing. To have reduced the different qualifications in the different states, to one uniform rule, would probably have been as dissatisfactory to some of the states, as difficult for the convention. Hamilton. Dissatisfied (dis-sa'tis-fid), p. and a. Discon tented; not satisfied; not pleased; offended. 'The dissatisfied factions of the autocracy.' Bancroft. 64 Dissatisfy (dis-sa'tis-fi), v. t. pret. & pp. dissatisfied; ppr. dissatisfying. [Prefix dis, priv., and satisfy.] To render discontented; to displease; to excite uneasiness in by frustrating wishes or expectations. When a new government is established, by whatever means, the people are commonly dissatisfied. Hume. Dissaventure, n. [It. dissaventura, misfortune, mishap. See DISADVENTURE.] Misfortune; mishap; mischance. amate. Never knight ... more luckless dissaventures did Spenser. To scatter Disscatter (dis-skat'tėr), v.t. abroad; to disperse. The broken remnants of disscattered pow'r.' Daniel. Disseat (dis-set'), v. t. [Prefix dis, priv., and seat.] To remove from a seat. This push Shak Will cheer me ever or disseat me now. Dissect (dis-sekt'), v.t. [L. disseco, dissectum, to cut asunder, to cut up-dis, asunder, and seco, to cut.] 1. To cut in pieces; to divide, as an animal body, with a cutting instrument, by separating the joints; as, to dissect a fowl. Hence appropriately-2. To cut in pieces, as an animal or vegetable, for the purpose of examining the structure and use of its several parts, or to observe morbid affections of its tissues; to anatomize. Following life in creatures we dissect, Pope. 3. To divide into its constituent parts for the purpose of examination; to analyze for the purpose of criticism; to describe with minute accuracy. To dissect . . . fabled knights ... or to describe races and games. Milton. Dissected (dis-sekt'ed), p. and a. 1. Cut in pieces; separated by parting the joints; divided into its constituent parts; opened and examined. Or must every architect invent a little piece of the new style, and all put it together at last like a dissected map? Ruskin. 2. In bot. a term sometimes applied synonymously with incised and laciniated to leaves which are cut, as it were, into numerous irregular portions. Dissectible (dis-sekt'i-bl), a. That may be dissected. Dissecting (dis-sekt'ing), a. Used in dissecting; as, a dissecting knife. Dissection (dis-sek'shon), n. 1. The act of dissecting, or of cutting in pieces an animal or vegetable for the purpose of examining the structure and uses of its parts; anatomy. 2. The act of separating into constituent parts for the purpose of critical examination. Such strict enquiries into nature, so true and so perfect a dissection of human kind, is the work of extraordinary diligence. Granville. Dissector (dis-sekt'èr), n. One who dissects; an anatomist. Disseise, Disseize (dis-sez), v. t. pret. & pp. disseized; ppr. disseizing. [Prefix dis, neg., and seize; Fr. dessaisir, to dispossess.] In law, to dispossess wrongfully; to deprive of actual seizin or possession: followed by of; as, to disseize a tenant of his freehold. A man may suppose himself disseized, when he is Blackstone. not so. And pilfring what I once did give, Disseize thee of thy right. G. Herbert. Disseizee (dis-séz-ē'), n. In law, a person put out of possession of an estate unlawfully. Disseizin (dis-sez'in), n. In law, the act of disseizing; an unlawful dispossessing of a person of his lands, tenements, or incorporeal hereditaments; a deprivation of actual seizin. Disseizor (dis-sēz-or'), n. In law, one who puts another out of possession wrongfully; he that dispossesses another. Disseizoress (dis-sez'or-es), n. In law, a woman who puts another out of possession. Dissemblable (dis-sem'bla-bl), a. Not re sembling; unlike. Puttenham. Dissemblance (dis-sem'blans), n. [Prefix dis, priv., and semblance.] Want of resemblance. Nor can there be a greater dissemblance between one wise man and another. Osborne. The act Dissemblance (dis-sem'blans), n. of, or faculty for, dissembling. I wanted these old instruments of state, Dissemblance and suspect. Old play. Dissemble (dis-sem'bl), v. t. pret. & pp. dissembled; ppr. dissembling. [O. Fr. dissembler (Fr. dissimuler), from L. dissimulo, to feign that a thing is not that which it is dis, priv., and simulo, to make one thing like another, to feign that a thing is that DISSENSIOUS which it is not, from similis, like. See ASSEMBLE.] 1. To hide under a false appearance; to conceal; to disguise; to pretend that not to be which really is; as, I cannot dissemble my real sentiments. Perhaps it was right to dissemble your love, But-why did you kick me downstairs? F. P. Kemble. 2. To pretend that to be which is not; to put on the semblance of; to simulate. Your son Lucentio Doth love my daughter, and she loveth him, Or both dissemble deeply their affections. Shak. 3. To appear like; to imitate. The gold dissembled well her yellow hair. Dryden. 4. To make unrecognizable; to disguise. I'll put it (a gown) on, and I will dissemble myself Shak SYN. To disguise, conceal, cloak, cover. Dissemble (dis-sem'bl), v.i. 1. To be hypocritical; to assume a false appearance; to conceal the real fact, motives, intention, or sentiments under some pretence. in't. Ye dissembled in your hearts when ye sent me unto the Lord your God, saying, Pray for us. Jer. xlii. 20. 2. To give a false appearance; to represent or mirror falsely. What wicked and dissembling glass of mine Made me compare with Hermia's sphery eyne, Shak Dissembler (dis-sem'blėr), n. One who dissembles; a hypocrite; one who conceals his opinions or dispositions under a false appearance; one who pretends that not to be which is; one who feigns what he does not feel or think. 'Dissembler of his woes Beau. & Fl. 'A deep dissembler, not of his affections only, but of religion.' MiltonDissembler, Hypocrite. Dissembler, one that conceals what he is; hypocrite, one that tries to make himself appear that which he is not, especially to make himself appear better than he is. Dissembling (dis-sem'bl-ing), n. 1. The act of concealing under a false appearance; dissimulation. 2. The assumption of a false character; hypocrisy. Shak Good now, play one scene Of excellent dissembling. Dissemblingly (dis-sembling-li), adv. With dissimulation; hypocritically; falsely. Disseminate (dis-se'min-at), v t. pret. & pp. disseminated; ppr. disseminating. [L dissemino, to scatter seed-dis, distrib., and semino, to sow, from semen, seed.] 1. To scatter or sow, as seed. [Rare.]-2. To scatter morally for growth and propagation; to spread; to spread abroad. Nor can we certainly learn that any one philosopher of note embraced our religion, till it had been for many years preached, and disseminated, and taken deep root. Bp. Atterbury. 3. To spread by diffusion or dispersion. A uniform heat disseminated through the body of the earth. Woodward. The Jews are disseminated through all the tradAddison. ing parts of the world. SYN. To spread, diffuse, propagate, publish, promulgate, circulate, disperse. Dissemination (dis-se'min-a"shon), n. The act of scattering and propagating, like seed; the act of spreading for growth and permanence. The dissemination of speculative notions about liberty and the rights of man.' Bp. Horsley. The Gospel is of universal dissemination. Fer. Taylor. TendDisseminative (dis-seʼmin-at-iv), a. ing to disseminate; tending to become disseminated or spread. native. Heresy is, like the plague, infectious and dissemi Fer. Taylor Disseminator (dis-se'min-at-ér), n. One who disseminates; one who spreads and propagates. Dissension (dis-sen'shon), n. [L. dissensio, difference of opinion, from dissentio, dissensum. See DISSENT.] Disagreement in opinion, usually a disagreement which is violent, producing warm debates or angry words; contention in words; strife; discord; quarrel; breach of friendship and union. Debates, dissensions, uproars are thy joys. Dryden. Paul and Barnabas had no small dissension and disputation with them. Acts xv. 2 SYN. Contention, discord, dispute, disagreement, strife, quarrel. Dissensious, Dissentious (dis-sen'shus), a Disposed to discord; quarrelsome; contentious; factious. [Rare.] In religion they have a dissensious head; in the commonwealth a fictious head Ascham. DISSENSIOUSLY Dissensiously + (dis-sen'shus-li), adv. In a ste navons or quarrelsome manner. ChapDissent (dis sent"), vi. [L dissentio, to think otherwise, to dissent- dis, asunder, and mentio, to perceive] 1. To disagree in pin on, to differ; to think in a different or cotrary manner with from; as, they disseat from each other. The 'll passed.. without a dissenting voice. Eles to differ from an established church in regard to doctrines, rites, or government 3 To differ, to be of a contrary I very one ought to embrace the religion which atran, and to saun, as hurtful, whatever dissente fraait, but that most which dotn farthest dissent. Hooker. Dissent (dis-sent), n. 1. Difference of opimon disagreement Sispense i dissent are voluntary actions. Locke. 2 Declaration of disagreement in opinion; as they entered their dissent on the jourtals of the house. 3. Eccles. separation from an established church, especially that of 4+ Contrariety of nature; opTite quality. The dissent of the metals." Bacon England ing declaring dissent; voting differently. Without one dissentient voice.' Knox. Dissentient (dis-sen'shi-ent), n. One who disagrees and declares his dissent. Dissenting (dis-sent'ing), p. and a. agreeing in opinion; separating from an established church, having the character of dissent belonging to or connected with a Dis [L. dis body of dissenters, as, a dissenting minister or congregation, a dissenting chapel. Dissentious. See DISSENSIOUS. Dissepiment (dis-se'pi-ment), n. sepiñentum, a partition dis, asunder, and so, to hedge in, inclose, from sepes, a belge] 1 In bot a partition formed in an vary by the united sides of cohering carpels, and separating the inside into It's Spurious disse pints are divisions in ovaries not formed by the sides of the carpels --2. In zool. a name given to the imper fect horizontal plates which aa, Dissepiments. Connect the vertical septa in corals, and divide the loculi inclosed between the septa into a series of cells communicating with each other. Dissert lis-sért), r. i. [L dissero, dissertum, to set asunder or apart, hence, to examine, arque, discuss dis, asunder, and sero, to sow to plant) To discourse or dispute. A venerable sage, whom once I heard disserting net of region. Harris. Dissertate (dis'sèrt-āt), v.i. To deal in dissertation, to write dissertations; to discourse J Foster. Dissertation (dis-sért-ä'shon), n. [L. disserfatus, a disquisition, from disserto, a freq of desero See DISSERT] 1. A discourse, usually a formal discourse, intended to lustrate a subject--2 A written essay, treat.se, or disquisition; as, Newton's disaerfatuins on the prophecies 'Plutarch, in his dissertation upon the poets' Broome. Dissertational (dis-sert-a'shon-al), a. lating to dissertations, disquisitional. Dissertationist (dis-ser-ta'shon-ist), n. One who writes dissertations; a dissertator. Dissertator (dis'sér-tat-ér), n. One who ch, chain, Re éh. Se loch; g, go; j, job; 65 Disservice (dis-servis), n. [Prefix dis, priv., and service.] Injury; harm; mischief. We shall rather perform good offices unto truth, than any disservice unto their relators. Sir T. Brou ne. Disserviceable (dis-servis-a-bl), a. Injuri ous; hurtful. Disserviceableness (dis-servis-a-bl-nes), n. The quality of being injurious; tendency to harm. Disserviceably (dis-servis-a-bli), adv. Injuriously. Dissettlet (dis-set'tl), v.t. To unsettle. Dr. H. More. Dissettlement (dis-set'tl-ment), n. Act of unsettling. No conveyancer could ever in more compendious or binding terms have drawn a dissettlement of the whole birthright of England. Marvell. Dissever (dis-sev'èr), v. t. [Prefix dis, asunder, and sever.] To dispart; to part in two; to divide asunder; to separate; to disunite, either by violence or not; as, the Reformation dissevered the Catholic Church. Dissever your united strengths And part your mingled colours once again. Shak. Disseverance (dis-sev'èr-ans), n. The act of dissevering; separation. Disseveration (dis-sev-ér-a'shon), n. of dissevering. Act DISSIPATED heterogeneous; as, the tempers of men are as dissimilar as their features. Dissimilarity (dis-si'mi-la"ri-ti), n. Unlikeness; want of resemblance; dissimilitude; as, the dissimilarity of human faces and forms. Dissimilarly (dis-si'mi-lèr-li), adv. In a dissimilar manner. Dissimile (dis-si'mi-lē), n. [Prefix dis, neg., and simile (which see).] Comparison or illustration by contraries. [Rare.] Dissimilitude (dis-si-mil'i-tud), n. [L. dissimilitudo-dis, neg., and similitudo, likeness, from similis, like.] 1. Unlikeness; want of resemblance; as, a dissimilitude of form or character. Thereupon grew marvellous dissimilitudes, and by reason thereof jealousies, heartburnings, jars, and discords. Hooker. 2. In rhet. a comparison by contrast; a dissimile. Dissimulate (dis-si'mu-lāt), v.i. To dissemble; to make pretence; to feign. North British Rev. Dissimulate, a. Dissembling; feigning. Chaucer. Under smiling she was dissimulate. Dissimulation (dis-si'mu-lä"shon), n. [L. dissimulatio, a dissembling, from dissimulo, dissimulatum, to feign that a thing is not what it is dis, priv., simulo, to make like, from similis, like. See DISSEMBLE.] The act of dissembling; a hiding under a false appearance; a feigning; false pretension; hypocrisy. Let love be without dissimulation. Rom. xii. 9. Before we discourse of this vice, it will be necessary to observe that the learned make a difference between simulation and dissimulation. Simulation is a pretence of what is not, and dissimulation a concealment of what is. Tatler. Disshadow (dis-sha'do), v.t. To free from Dissimulet (dis-si'mül), v. t. To dissemble; And in mounting hastily on horseback, his sword dissheathing pierced his own thigh. Raleigh. Disship (dis-ship'), v.t. [Prefix dis, priv., and ship.] To remove from a ship. Disshivert (dis-shi'ver), v.t. [Prefix dis, asunder, and shiver.] To shiver in pieces. Disshivered speares, and shields ytorne in twaine. Spenser. Dissidence (dis'si-dens), n. [See DISSIDENT.] Disagreement; dissent; nonconformity. Dissidence in Poland is dissent in England. Dr. R. G. Latham. Dissident (dis'si-dent), a. [L. dissidens, dissidentis, ppr. of dissideo, to disagree-dis, asunder, and sedeo, to sit.] 1. Not agreeing; varying. Our life and manners be dissident from theirs. 2. Dissenting; specifically, dissenting from Carlyle, Dissident (dis'si-dent), n. One who dissents from others; one who votes or gives his opinion about any point in opposition to others; specifically, (a) a dissenter; one who separates from an established religion. Next year we hope a Catholic Oaths Bill will pass, and then... we shall find all the popular literature deriding all countries where a political oath is exacted from dissidents as the seats of the queerest old-fashioned bigotry. Sat. Rev. More specifically, (b) a Lutheran, Calvinist, or adherent of the Greek Church in Poland, who, under the old elective monarchy, was allowed the free exercise of his faith. I have a great opinion of the cogency of the controversial arguments of the Russian troops in favour of the dissidents. Lord Chesterfield. Dissight (dis-sit'), n. [Prefix dis, neg., and sight.] An eyesore; anything offensive to the sight. Dissilience (dis-si'li-ens), n. [L. disilio, to leap asunder dis, asunder, and salio, to leap.] The act of leaping or starting asunder. Dissilient (dis-sili-ent), a. [See DISSILIENCE. ] Starting asunder; bursting and opening with an elastic force, as the dry pod or capsule of a plant; as, a dissilient pericarp. Dissilition (dis-si-li'shon), n. The act of bursting open; the act of starting or springing different ways. Boyle. [Rare.] Dissimilar (dis-si'mi-lêr), a. [Prefix dis, neg., and similar.] Unlike, either in nature, properties, or external form; not similar; TH, then; th, thin; f. Fr. ton; ng, sing; to conceal. Howbeit this one thing he could neither dissimule Holland. nor pass over in silence. Dissimulert (dis-si'mu-lèr), n. A dissembler. Order of Com. Prayer, Ed. VI. Dissimuling, n. The act of dissembling or dissimulating; dissemblance; dissimulation. 'Swiche subtil lokings and dissimulings.' Chaucer. Dissimuloure,t n. A dissembler. Chaucer. Dissipable (dis'si-pa-bl), a. [See DISSIPATE. ] Liable to be dissipated; that may be scattered or dispersed. The heat of those plants is very dissipable. Bacon. Dissipate (dis'si-pat), v. t. pret, & pp. dissipated; ppr. dissipating. [L. dissipo, dissipatum, to spread abroad, scatter, disperse -dis, asunder, and the rare sipo, supo, to throw. Allied probably to E. verb to sweep.] 1. To scatter; to disperse; to drive away. Wind dissipates fog; the heat of the sun dissipates vapour; mirth dissipates care and anxiety; the cares of life tend to dissipate serious reflections. The more clear light of the gospel... dissipated those foggy mists of error. Selden. 2. To spend lavishly; to squander; to scatter property in wasteful extravagance; to waste; to consume. The vast wealth that was left him, being reckoned no less than eighteen hundred thousand pounds, was in three years dissipated. Burnet. 3. To weaken, as the mind or intellect, by giving one's self up to too many pursuits; to squander upon, or devote to, too many different subjects. The extreme tendency of civilization is to dissipate all intellectual energy. Hazlitt. -Dissipate, Disperse, Scatter. These words are in many cases synonymous, or nearly so. Dissipate, however, properly applies to the dispersion of things that vanish or are not afterwards collected; as, to dissipate vapour; to dissipate a fortune. Scatter and disperse are applied to things which do not necessarily vanish, and which may be again brought together; as, to scatter or disperse troops; to scatter or disperse trees over a field-SYN. To disperse, scatter, dispel, spend, expend, squander, waste, consume. Dissipate (dis'si-pât), v.i. 1. To scatter; to disperse; to separate into parts and disappear; to waste away; to vanish; as, a fog or cloud gradually dissipates before the rays or heat of the sun.-2. To be extravagant, wasteful, or dissolute in the pursuit of pleasure; to indulge in dissipation; to practise debauchery or loose conduct; to live idly and luxuriously. Dissipated (dis'si-pāt-ed), a. Loose: irregular; given to extravagance in the expendi w, wig; wh, whig; zh, azure.-See KEY. |