dissemble 
semelhar, desttoH&kar, make, unlike, = it. dissimi- 
aliare, be unlike, differ j these forms (partly < 
ML. dinniinil<ir<; 'ttixsiniilittri; be or make unlike : 
see dtKxiiiiilatr) being partly mingled with <)!'. 
ditaiiHuler, F. tlissiinuh'r = Sp. disimutar = Pg. 
ilixxiiHulttr = It. diaxiiiinlitri; < L. tiifistmidan, 
feign to bo different, dissimulate, dissemble, < 
dixxniiilix, unlike, < ilix- priv. + simitis, like: 
see similar, dixniinilnr, and cf. assemble?, attxiut- 
ulitlt; moiiiniltite, dissimule, dissimulate, dissimi- 
Idti-, resemble, semble, etc.] I. trans. If. Tomake 
unlike ; cause to look different ; disguise. 
I'll put It [agown|on, and I will <!!*.*, /, ihlf m\ self in't. 
Skak., T. N., iv. i 
2. To give a false impression about: cause 
seem different or non-existent; mask under 
i to 
: under a 
false pretense or deceptive manner. 
A man must frame some probable cause why he shouM 
nut do his beat, anil why he should dissemble his abilities. 
Bacon, Advancement of Learning, li. 337. 
To leave olf loving were your better way ; 
Yet If you will dissemble It, you may. 
Dryden, Helen to Paris, 1. 149. 
The wrongsof the Puritans could neither be dissembled 
nor excused. Bancroft, Hist. U. .-.. I. 238. 
3f. To put on the semblance of; simulate; pre- 
tend. 
Your sou Lucentio . . . 
both love my daughter, and she lovuth him, 
Or both dissemble deeply their affections. 
Shale., T. of the S., Iv. 4. 
Then It seems you dissemble an Aversion to Mankind 
only in compliance to my Mother's Humour. 
Congrece, Way of the World, 11. 1. 
So like a lion that unheeded lay, 
Dissembliny sleep, and watchful to betray, 
With inward rage he meditates his prey. 
Dryden, Sig. and Ouls., 1. 243. 
4f. To assume the appearance of ; appear like ; 
imitate. 
The gold dissembled well her yellow hair. Dryden. 
=Syn. 2. Dissemble, Simulate, Dissimulate, Disguise, 
cloak, cover. (See hide.) To dissemble Is to pretend that a 
thing which is is not : as, to dissemble one's real senti- 
ments. To simulate is to pretend Hint a thing which is 
not is : as, to simulate friendship. To dissimulate Is to 
hide the reality or truth of something under a diverse or 
contrary appearance : as, to dissimulate one's poverty by 
ostentation. To disguise is to put under a false guise, to 
keep a thing from being recognized by giving it a false 
appearance : as, I cannot disguise from myself the fact. 
See dissembler and conceal. 
I thought it best, however, to dissemble my wrath, and 
to treat them with promises and fair words, until ... an 
opportunity of vengeance should be afforded me. 
Poe, Tales, I. 6. 
The scheme of simulated insanity Is precisely the one 
he [HamletJ would have been likely to hit upon, because 
it enabled him to follow his own bent. 
Lowell, Among my Books, 1st ser., p. 221. 
Compelled to disguise their sentiments, they will not, 
however, suppress them. 
/. D'Jsraeli, Calam. of Authors, II. 270. 
II. intrans. If. To give a false appearance; 
make a deceptive impression or presentation. 
What wicked and dissembling glass of mine 
Made me compare with Uermia's sphery eyne? 
Shale., M. N. D., ii. 3. 
2. To assume a false seeming ; conceal the real 
fact, motives, intention, or sentiments under 
some pretense ; mask the truth about one's self. 
Ye dissembled in your hearts when ye sent me unto the 
Lord your Uod, saying, Pray for us. J cr. .\lii. 20. 
I did dissemble with her 
Myself to satisfy. 
H'illiiiin Quiseman (Child's Ballads, III. 50). 
To seeming sadness she coinpos'd her look ; 
As if by force subjected to his will, 
Though pleas'd, dissembling, and a woman still. 
Dryden, Cym. and Iph.,1. 311. 
dissembler (di-sem'bler), n. One who dissem- 
bles; one who conceals his opinions, character, 
etc., under a false appearance; one who pre- 
tends that a thing which is is not. 
The French are passing courtly, ripe of wit, 
Kind, but extreme ditxtinblers. 
Ford, Love's Sacrifice, 1. 1. 
A deep dissembler, not of his affections only, but of re* 
ligion. Milton, Eikonoklastes. 
= Syn. /)iW//iWir, 11 1/interite. A dissembler is one who 
tries to conceal what he is; a hypocrite, one who tries to 
make himself appear to be what he is not, especially to 
seem better than he is. See dimeinbl<: 
The old sovereign of the world [Tiberius as depicted by 
Tacitus], . . . conscious of failing: strength, raging with 
capricious sensuality, yet to the last the keenest of observ- 
ers, the most artful of dissemblers, and the most terrible 
of masters. Macaulttii, On History. 
WIK- unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hiiiKn-ritm .' for ye 
are like unto whited sepulchres, which indeed appear 
ln-uutifiil outward, bnt arc within full of dead men's tioncs. 
and of all uncleauiir". -Mat. xxiii. '2~. 
dissemblingly (di-sem'bling-li), udr. Iu a 
dissembling manner; deceptively. 
And yet.disseiiMiin.ilil lie thought to dallye and t pla> 
Drant, tr. uf Horace's Satires, i. 'J. 
disseminate (di-sem'i-nat), r. f. ; pret. and pp. 
itisKi-Hinitilril, ppr. di.wniiiiating. [< L. dixse- 
niiiiiitii*. pp. of disseminare (> It. disseminare = 
Sp. dim-in i mi r = I'g. ttiwiiiinur = F. disseminer), 
scatter seed, < dis-, apart, + tieininiire, sow: see 
dis- and sc minute.] 1. To scatter or sow, as 
seed, for propagation. 
Seeds are disseminated by their minuteness- by their 
capsule being converted into u light balloon-like enve- 
lope ... by having hooks and grapnels of many kinds 
and serrated awns, so as to adhere to the fur of quadrn- 
jj. '!-. ami liv In hiL' furnished with wings and plumes as 
different in shape as elegant in structure, so as tu be waft- 
ed by every breeze. Darwin, Origin of Species, p. 187. 
Hence 2. To spread by diffusion or dispersion : 
generally with reference to some intended or 
actual result. 
A uniform heat disseminated through the body of the 
eartlu Woodward. 
The Jews are disseminated through all the trading purls 
of the world. Addison, Spectator. 
3. To scatter by promulgation, as opinions or 
doctrines ; propagate by speech or writing. 
Nor can we certainly leani that any one philosopher of 
note embraced our religion, till it had been for many 
years preached, and disseminated, and had taken deep 
root In the world. Bp. Attertmry, Sermons, I. iii. 
Alexis. Sire, I never have attempted to disseminate my 
opinions. 
Peter. How couldst thou? the seed would fall only on 
granite. Landor, Peter the Great and Alexis. 
dissemination (di-sem-i-na'shon), n. [= F. 
dissemination = Sp. diseminacion = Pg. dissemi- 
nac_8o It. disseminazione, < L. disseminatio(n-), 
< disseminare, pp. disseminatus, scatter seed: 
see disseminate.} 1. The act of sowing or 
scattering seed for propagation. Hence 2. 
A spreading abroad for some fixed purpose 
or with some definite effect; propagation by 
means of diffusion or dispersion ; extension of 
the influence or establishment of something. 
He therefore multiplied them to a great necessity of a 
dispersion, that they might serve the ends of Uod and of 
the natural law, by their ambulatory life and their nu- 
merous disseminations. 
Jer. Taylor, Great Exemplar, Pref., p. 12. 
That dispersion, or rather dissemination [of people after 
the flood], hath peopled all other parts of the world. 
Bp. Pearson, Expos, of Creed, i. 
3. Propagation by means of promulgation; a 
spreading abroad for or with acceptance, as of 
opinions. 
The Gospel is of universal dissemination. 
Jer. Taylor, Great Exemplar, I. 4. 
The dissemination of speculative notions about liberty 
and the rights of man. Hartley, Speech on Slave Trade. 
disseminative (di-sem'i-na-tiv), a. [< dissemi- 
nate + -ive.~\ Tending to disseminate or to be- 
come disseminated. 
Heresy is, like the plague, infectious and disseminative. 
Jer. Taylor, llule of Conscience, iv. 1. 
disseminator (di-sem'i-na-tor), n. [= Sp. di- 
seminador = It. disseminatore, \ LL. dissemina- 
tor, < L. disseminare, pp. disseminatus, dissemi- 
nate : see disseminate.] One who or that which 
disseminates or spreads by propagation. 
The open canals, picturesque disseminators of disease, 
have all been closed. The American, XII. 10. 
dissension (di-sen'shon), n. [Formerly also dis- 
sention; < ME. dissencion, dissenciun, -cioun, < 
OF. dissension, dissencion, F. dissension = Pr. 
dissencio, dissention = Sp. disension = Pg. dis- 
sensSo = It. dissensione, < L. dissensio(n-), dis- 
agreement, dissension, < dissentire, pp. dissen- 
sus, differ in opinion : see dissent, .] Disagree- 
ment in opinion; especially, violent disagree- 
ment which produces warm debate or angry 
words; contention in words; strife; discord; 
quarrel ; breach of friendship or union. 
Paul and Barnabas had no small dissension and dispu- 
tation with them. Acts xv. 2. 
The Council of France procured a Reconcilement be- 
tween the King and the Dauphin, who had been in long 
Jealousies and Diisention. Baker, Chronicles, p. 186. 
= Syn. Difference, dispute, variance. 
dissensions, dissensiously. See dissentious, 
dissciitiously. 
dissensualize (dis-sen'su-al-iz), v. t. ; pret. and 
pp. iHxxiHsHii/izcdjjppr.dissensualizing. [< dis- 
priv. + sensualize.] To deprive of sensuality ; 
render free from sensual qualities or tenden- 
cies. 
We had our table so placed that the satisfaction of our 
hunger might be dissensualizfd by the view from the win- 
ili.ws. Lowell, Fireside Travels, p. -J.vs. 
dissent (di-senf), r. ('. [< ME. dissenteii, < OF. 
<li.-"-iitir, F. diixentir = Sp. diMCntir I'g. di- 
xi iitn- = Tt. ilissriitin; < L. dixt-M<ire, differ in 
opinion, disagree, differ. < //>-, npart, + m-ntin . 
feel, think. J 1. To be of a different or c-on- 
dissenterism 
trary opinion or feeling ; withhold approval or 
assent: with/r<wi before the object. 
As they were Intimate friends, they tuok the freedom to 
dissent from one another in discourse, or upon occasion 
to speak a Latin sentence without fearing the imputation 
of pedantry or Ill-breeding. Addixon, Ancient Medoli, I. 
Hie bill passed . . . without a dissentin-i n.ii e. lliillam. 
In almost every period of the middle ages, there had 
been a few men who In some degree dissented from tin- 
common superstitious. Lecky, Rationalism, I. 108. 
It (science) difsents without scruple from those whom 
It reverences most. J. R. Seeley, >at. Kfllgion, p. D. 
2. Eccles., to refuse to acknowledge, conform 
to, or be bound by the doctrines or rules of an 
established church. See dissenter. 3t. To 
differ ; be of a different or contrary nature. 
Every one ought to embrace the religion which ls true, 
and to shun, as hurtful, whatever dissenteth from it, but 
that most which doth farthest dissent. 
Hooker, Eccle. Polity. 
dissent (di-senf), n. [< dissent, v."\ 1. The 
act of dissenting; a holding or expressing of 
a different or contrary opinion ; refusal to be 
bound by an opinion or a decision that is con- 
trary to one's own judgment. 
If bare possibility may at all tntangle our assent or dis- 
tent In things, we cannot fully misbelieve the absurdest 
fable in .ilsop or Ovid. 
Dr. It. More, Antidote against Atheism, I. ix. i 3. 
2. A declaration of disagreement in opinion 
about something: as, the minority entered their 
dissent on the records of the house. 3. Sc- 
ales., refusal to acknowledge or conform to 
the doctrines, ritual, or government of an es- 
tablished church, particularly in England and 
Scotland. 
In religion there was no open dissent, and probably very 
little secret heresy. Macaulay, Hallam's Const. Hist. 
The open expression of difference and avowed opposi- 
tion to that wlilch is authoritatively established consti- 
tutes Dissent, whether the religion be Pagan or Christian, 
Monotheistic or Polytheistic. 
U. Spencer, Study of Sociol., p. 238. 
4t. Contrariety of nature ; opposite quality. 
Where the menstrua are the same, and yet the Incorpo- 
ration followeth not, the dissent is in the metals. Bacon. 
dissentaneous (dis-en-ta'ne-us), a. [= Pg. 
It. dissentaneo, < L. dissentaneus, disagreeing, < 
dissentirc, disagree: seedissent,v. Cf. consenta- 
neous.] Disagreeing; contrary; inconsistent. 
They disprove it as dissentaneous to the Christian reli- 
gion. Rycaut, Greek and Armenian Churches, p. 308. 
Dissentaneous argument, in logic, a middle term for 
argumentation drawn from the opposites of the terms of 
the question. 
dissentanyr (dis'en-ta-ni), a. [< L. dissenta- 
neus, disagreeing : see dissentaneous.'} Dissen- 
taneous; inconsistent. 
The parts are not discrete or dissentany, for both con- 
clude not putting away, and consequently in such a form 
the proposition is ridiculous. Hilton, Tetrachordon. 
[The form of the word in this extract is doubtful.] 
dissentationt (dis-en-ta'shon), n. [Irreg. < 
dissent + -ation.] The act of dissenting; dis- 
pute. W. Browne. 
dissenter (di-sen'ter), n. 1. One who dissents ; 
one who differs in opinion, or one who declares 
his disagreement. 
'Twill be needless for me to treat as a casuist, to con- 
vince the dissenters from this doctrine. 
W. Montague, Devoute Essays (1654), ill. 104. 
Specifically 2. Eccles., one who refuses to 
accept the authority or doctrines, or conform 
to the ritual or usages, of an established church ; 
a nonconformist : specifically applied in Eng- 
land to those who, while they agree with the 
Church of England (which is Episcopal) in 
many essential doctrines, differ from it on ques- 
tions of church government, relation to the 
state, and rites and ceremonies. The word ap- 
pears to have come into use in the seventeenth century 
as synonymous with noncoi\furmist , although its equiva- 
lent may be said to have existed in Poland In the name 
dissident, a term which first appears in the acts of the 
Warsaw Confederation of 1573, and there denotes a Polish 
Protestant, in contradistinction to a member of the es- 
tablished Catholic Church. The name dissenter is not or- 
dinarily given to the Episcopalians in Scotland, though 
they dissent from the Established Church of Scotland, 
which is Presbyterian. Dissenters' Chapels Act. See 
Lord Lifndhurst's Act, under act. Dissenters' Mar- 
riages Act, an English statute of 1836 (6 and 7 Wm. IV., 
c. 85), authorizing marriages between persons who are not 
identified with the Church of England according to the 
rites of their own church. =Syn. 2. Xoiicvnformitt, etc. 
See heretic. 
dissenterlsm (di-sen'ter-izm), . [< dissenter 
+ -ism.'] The spirit or the principles of dis- 
sent or of dissenters. [Bare.] 
He ... tried to lay plans for his campaign and heroic 
desperate attempts to resuscitate the shop-keeping Di- 
scnterism of Carliugford into a lufty Norn. mfoi mist ideal. 
Mrs. Oliphanl, Salem Chapel, UL 
