dissentience 
dissentience (di-sen'shens), . [< dissentient: see dissert.] To discourse in the style of a dis- 
?^e The sate of dissenting; * ^ssBjaaaa. ^ v 
>nt - ' ,. tafee = Sw. dissertation = F. dissertation = Sp. 
jWMEtt^swafffta fsSa<S^&2S^ 
mav reallv have another character. - -^ ,, * ,. 
J. Owen, Evenings with Skeptics, I. 238. cou rse, < L. dissertare, pp. dissertatus, discuss: 
dissentient (di-sen'shent), a. and n. F= It. see<feserf.] 1. A set or formal discourse. 
dissenziente < L. dissentien(t-)s, ppr. of dissen- H e began to launch out into a long dissertation upon 
re, dissent: see dissent, v.] I. a. Disagree- 
ing; expressing dissent; dissenting. 
Without one dissentient voice. 
V. Knox, Winter Evenings, xxxvii. 
the affairs of the North. 
Addison, The Political Upholsterer. 
He was easily engaged in a keen and animated disser- 
tation about Lochleven trout, and sea trout, and river 
trout, and bull trout, and char, which never rise to a fly. 
Scott, Abbot, xxiv. 
dissident 
see dis- and sever, separate.] I. trans. To dis- 
part; divide asunder; separate; disunite by 
any means : as, the Reformation dissevered the 
Catholic Church. 
When from the Goats he shall his Sheep disseuer : 
These Blest in Heav'n, those Curst in Hell for euer. 
Sylvester, tr. of Du Bartas's Weeks, i. 1. 
Dissever your united strengths, 
And part your mingled colours once again. 
Shale., K. John, U. 2. 
II. intrans. To part ; separate. 
Than was the ban cried that eche man sholde go on 
whiche part that he wolde, and thei disseuered and weute 
eche to his baner. Merlin (E. E. T. S.), iii. 485. 
The youthful friend, dissentient, reason'd still Scott, Abbot, xxiv. Then when flesh and soul rfiecr. 
Of Je soul's prowess, and the subject will g A written essaV( treatis6) or di8quis ition : **. M*-" Eerald . M * ~ 
4r-'vet as. Newton's dissertations on the prophecies. disseverance (di-sev'er-ans), n. [< ME. dis- 
Three of the four united colonies declared for war , yet neueraunrf tlfteveraunce < OF dessevrance, de- 
the dissentient Massachusetts interposed delay. You would laugh at me, says Philander, should I make severaunce, aeseveraunce, , s ur . "<^^> , 
' " you a learned dissertation on the nature of rusts. I shall sevrance (= Pr. dessebransa = it. aisceveranza^ 
Bancroft, Hist. U. S., I. 359. ,__ 
H. n. One who disagrees and declares his ^Si^SSSSSZ^^iSS^ 
preserve a coin better than the best artificial varnish. 
dissent. 
There were eleven observers [of the sound-producing 
p 
powers VfmTr different kinds of gunpowder], all of .whom, rH sser tational (dis-er-ta'shon-al), a. [< dis- 
nfe^in ST^^J^^ ation -at] Relating to' dissertations ; 
dissenting (di- sen 'ting), p. a. Having the 
vrance (= rT. aesseoransa = 11. HMOWBTIWIBM/I 
.,.., .. j . < dessevrer, dissever: see dissever.] The act of 
are extremely beautiful in the eye of an antiquary, an I dissevering, or the state of being dissevered; 
separation. 
Tyl se of soure dulnesse deseueraunce made. 
Richard the Redeless, ii. 60. 
Mr. Miall is the leader of those in England who accept 
the voluntary method, who desire the entire (" ' 
Addison, Ancient Medals, i. 
-* _ . . . .. r . j. LI1G VUlUllbalJ llltnlvjv*, .' .l\r UV.U.K 
(dis-er-ta shon-ist), n. [< dis- of tne g tate f rom a ii religious bodies. 
. .. 
(dis'er-ta-tor), n. [= F. disserta- 
R. J. Hinton, Eng.'Radical Leaders, p. 227. 
_ , j-sev-e-ra'shon), n. [< dissever 
Same as disseverance. [Rare.] 
character of dissent; belonging to or connected serfatt + -ist.Y " One who writes disserta- 
with a body of dissenters: as, a dissenting nun- ^ a dissertator. Imp. Diet. 
ister or congregation ; a dissenting chapel, bee -- 
dissen ter Dissenting Chapels Acts. See Lord Lynd- 
hurst's Act, under act. 
^r^^S" 
.,^-*~, j, ><*_~.i~**kt_ The <Ks8enmn of bone and vein. 
Charlotte Bronte, Jane Eyre, xxvii. 
usseraaTOr u" er-ia-iAu-;, . L= J- ""><"" "'- -(- -ation.] Same as disseverance, \_aaxe.j 
teur = Sp. disertador = Pg. dissertador, < LL. ai sseve rment (di-sev'er-ment), n. [< OF. des- 
dissertator, < L. dissertare, pp. dissertatus, dis- sevrement desevrement (= ft. disceveramento), < 
sion'; given to dissension; contentious; quar- .^S^^^&'^S^^^^ 
relsome. 
Either 
the coinmi 
Bcnile. on Bentley's Phalaris, p. 114. , 
in religion they haue a duaentiou, head, or in . , , ,. dlSShadOWt (dis-shad o),V. t. [< <feg- priv. + 
mnweaith a factious head. dissertlyt, adv. bee disertly. shadow.] To free from shadow or shade. 
Aicham, The Scholemaster, p. 93. disserve (dis-serv' ). v. t. ; pret. andpp. disserved, But goQn ^ he ^shadowed js 
ey love his grace but lightly PP?- disserving. [< OF. desservir, desermr,^. Restoring the blind world liis blemished sight. 
desservir = Pr. desservir = Sp. desermr = Pg. " f--<,-~ f<,~s.f. ,.t, =^H TH, 
They 
That fill his ears with such dissensions rumours. 
Shak., Rich. III., i. 3. 
dissentiously, dissensiously (di-sen'shus-li), 
adv. In a dissentious or quarrelsome manner. 
Chapman. 
desservir = It. disservire, disserve, < L. 
G. Fletcher, Christ's Victory and Triumph. 
r = it. atssermre, a erve, <. i,. a- aj,,!^,^ (dis-sheTH'), . [< dfa- priv. + 
priv. + servire, serve: see serve. Cf. deerw.] , ^n I- \ raws . To unsheathe, as a sword. 
i-i .-nf-tdT nonlTT'* ITmiTA * HO fl.Tl 1 T11V11 . -*. , -, n -11 n _ 1 _ _ J_1_ 
To serve or treat badly ; injure ; do an ill turn 
to. [Rare.] 
Jer. Taylor, Holy Living, Ded. 
He would receive no person who had disserved him into 
any favour or trust, without her privity and consent. 
. . 
IT. intrans. To drop or fall from a sheath. 
In mounting hastily on horseback, his sword, dissheath- 
inn, pierced his own thigh. 
Raleigh, Hist. World, III. iv. 3. 
disshipt (dis-ship'), v. t. [< dis- priv. + ship.] 
:oiiseiit. ww *^ri v fr '7 t- "- . 
Brougham. To remove or discharge from a ship. 
A man may disserve God, disobey indications not of our 
own making but which appear, if we attend, in our con- 
sciousness he may disobey, I say, such indications of the 
real law of our being in other spheres besides the sphere 
dissepiment (di-sep'i-ment), n. [< LL. dissai- I have neither served nor dixserved the interest of any 
pimentum, less correctly dissepimentum, a par- party of Christians. 
tition,< L. disscepire, less correctly 
dissepire, separate, divide by a 
boundary, < dis-, apart, + sxpire, 
less correctly sepire, hedge in, 
fence : see septum.] 1 . In bot. : (a) 
A partition; especially, one of 
the partitions within ovaries and aa , Dissepiments. of conduct. M. Arnold, Literature and Dogma, i. 
fruits formed by the coherence of disservice (dis-ser' vis), n. [< F. desservice (= 
the sides of the constituent carpels. Spurious or Sp . deservicio = Pg. desseryico = It. disservigio, 
false dissepiments are partitions otherwise form- disservizio), < desservir, disserve: see disserve, 
ed. (6) In hymenomycetous fungi, same as and cf. service] Service resulting in harm ,. , . r ,-, ,. . , 
tra,na.-2. In zool. and .anat. ,: () In general, rat her than benefit; an ill turn, intentional or ^^S^^S^^JS <ir%ZZ 
a septum or partition ; that which puts asunder unintentional, 
two or more things by coming between them : 
&s,the dissepiment ot thenostrils. (6) Specifical- 
ly (1) One of the imperfect horizontal plates 
which connect the vertical septa in corals, and 
divide the loculi between the septa into a series 
of intercommunicating cells. (2) The internal 
The Captaine by discretion shall from time to time dis- 
ship any artificer or English seruingman or apprentice out 
of the Primrose into any of the other three ships. 
Hakluyt's Voyages, I. 296. 
disshivert (dis-shiv'er), v. t. [< dis-, asunder, 
+ shiver 1 .] To shiver or shatter in pieces. 
Disshivered speares, and shields ytorne in twaine. 
Spenser, F. Q., IV. i. 21. 
Sp. disidencia = Pg" dissidencia, < L. dissidentia, 
< dissident t-)s, dissident : see dissident.] Differ- 
fnedSser^ce toTel?Son SeVCTe enee or separation in opinion; disagreement; 
don 
Bp. Atterbury, Sermons, II. xiv. 
My uncle Toby's wish did Dr. Slop a disservice which 
his heart never intended any man. 
Sterne, Tristram Shandy, iii. 1. 
dissent. 
Dissidence in Poland is dissent in England. 
Latham, Nationalities of Europe, v. 
(dis'i-dent), a. and n. [= F. dissi- 
separation or division between the segments of disserviceable (dis-ser'vis-a-bl), a. [< dis- priv. aen t = g p . disiderite = Pg. dissidente, < L. dissi- 
annelids, as worms. -Tabular dissepiment, in the + serviceable. Cf. disserve.] Of no service or den(t-)s, ppr. of dissidere, sit apart, be remote, 
tabular corals, one of several horizontal plates reaching advantage; hence, unhelpful; hurtful; detri- disagree, < dis-, apart, + sedere = E. sit.] 
entirely across the cavity of the theca, one above the other, -mental p Ii TUfFa-pont- nf variannA 
entirely across the cavity of the theca, o 
See millepore. 
In the Tabulata, horizontal plates, which stretch com- 
pletely across the cavity of the theca, are formed one 
above the other and constitute tabular dissepiments. 
Uuxley, Encyc. Brit., 1. 130. 
mental. 
I confess, there were some of those persons whose names 
deserve to live in our book for their piety, although their 
particular opinions were such as to be disserviceable unto 
a. If. Different ; at variance. 
Our life and manners be dissident from theirs. 
Sir T. More, Utopia (tr. by Robinson), ii. 9. 
particular opinions were such as to be dixwrviceabie unto _ ^^. ,. j & n 
the declared and supposed interests of our churches. 2. Dissenting; not conforming; specifically. 
C. Mather, Mag. Christ., iii., Int. dissenting from an established church. [Rare.] 
Dissident priests also give trouble enough. Carlyle. 
II. n. One who differs or dissents from oth- 
dissepimenta, n. Plural of dissepimentum. disserviceableness (dis-ser'vis-a-bl-nes), n. 
dissepimental (di-sep-i-men'tal), a. [< dissepi- The quality of being disserviceab'le ; tendency 
ment + -al] Pertaining to or of the nature to harm. Bailey, 1727. Prsln regard to anvthins esneciallv an oppo- 
of a dissepiment. disserviceably (dis-ser'vis-a-bli), adv. In a dis- ' .^^M 8 ^.!?-^?^ 1 ^? '. I 8 _ p .l c -Sii y l ??' 
dissepimentum (di-sep-i-men'tum), n. ; pi. dis- serviceable manner; without service or advan- 
sepimenta (-ta). [LL. : see dissepiment.] A dis- tage. Bp. Backet. 
dissettlet (dis-set'l), v. t. [< dis- priv. + settle.] 
[< F. disserter = Sp. di- To unsettle. 
sepiment. 
dissertt (di-serf), v. 
sertar = Pg. dissertar, < L. dissertare, discuss, 
nent of or dissenter from a prevailing opinion, 
method, etc. 
Two only out of forty-four canonists who were person- 
ally present . . . were found to deny that the marriage of 
Arthur and Katharinehad been consummated. Thenames 
Under whose government [that of a carnal mind] he was of the dissidents, the particulars of the discussions, are 
argue, discourse, freq. of disserere, pp. disser- resolved to be, and not be dissettled by the inlets of any unknown. R. W. Dixon, Hist. Church of md, 
iii. 
The dissidents are few, and have nothing to say in de- 
fense of their unbelief, except what is easily refuted as 
disjoin,!, e., setapart in order, < dis-, apart, + dissettlementt (dis-set'1-ment), n. [< disset- misapprehension, or want of logical cons 
tus (usually disertus, as adj. well-spoken, fluent : higher light. 
see disert), discuss, argue, discourse about, lit. Dr - H - More ' Epistles to the Seven Churches, Pref. 
serere, join : see series. 
course; expatiate. 
Cf. desert 1 .] To dis- tie + -ment.] The act of unsettling, or'the state 
of being unsettled ; disturbance. 
A venerable sage, . . . whom once I heard disserting No conveyancer could ever in more compendious or 
on the topic of religion. Harris, Happiness, binding terms have drawn a dissettlement of the whole 
birthright of England. Marvell, Works, I. 615. 
As I once had some theatrical powers myself, I disserted 
, . 
Whitney, Life and Growth of Lang., p. 199. 
Specifically (a) Adissenter; 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 of the 
day deriding ail countries where a political oath is exact- 
ed from dissidents as the seats of the queerest old-fash- 
ioned bigotry. Saturday Rev., July 29, 1865. 
[The University of London] has not become, as many 
apprehended, a nursery for dissidents and agnostics, or 
,'ii -..-,. , - r , . developed a novel and heretical school of opinion in ethics, 
ot dissertare, argue, discuss, discourse about: separare (> OF. sevrer, etc.), sever, separate: history, or psychology. Quarterly Rev., cxxvil. 42. 
on such topics with my usual freedom. dissever (di-sev'er), v. [< ME. disseveren, de- 
' lcar ' XV111 ' severen, < OF. dessevrer, desevrer, descivrer, dis- 
dissertate (dis'er-tat), r. i. ; pret. and pp. dis- severer = Pr. dessebrar, desebrar = It. disceve- 
sertated, ppr. dissertating. [< L. dissertatus, pp. rare, discevrare, sceverare. < L. dis-, apart, + 
