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DISSERTA'TION,/. Idijfertatio, Lat.] Adifcourfe; 
a difqu'ifition ; a treatife.—Plutarch, in his diffcrtation 
upon the Poets, quotes an instance of Homer’s judgment 
in clofing a ludicrous fcene with decency and instruction. 
Broome. 
DISSERTA'TOR, /. One who difcourfes, or deli¬ 
vers a differtation. 
To DISSER'VE, v. a. To do injury to ; to mifchief; 
to damage ; to hurt; to harm.—Defires of things of this 
world, by their tendency, promote or dijferve our inte¬ 
rests in another. foyers. 
DISSER'VICE,/ Injury'; mifchief; ill turn.—Great 
fickneffes make a fenfible alteration, but fmaller indifpo- 
fitions do a propor.ionable differvice. Collier. 
DISSER'VICEABLE, adj. Injurious; mifcliievous; 
hurtful. 
DISSER'VICEABLENESS, /. Injury; harm; hurt; 
mifchief; damage.—All a&ion being for fome end, and 
not the end itfelf, its aptnefs to be commanded or for- - 
bidden mud be founded upon its ferviceablenefs or dijl 
ferviceablenefs to fome end. Norris. 
To DISSET'TLE, v.a. To unfettle; to unfix. 
To DISSE'VER, v. a. [In this word the particle dis 
makes no change in the Signification, and therefore the 
word, though fupportcd by great authorities, ought to 
be ejected from our language.] To part in two; to 
break; to divide; to funder; to feparate; to difun'ite.— 
All downright rains dijfever the violence of outrageous 
winds, and level the mountainous billows. Raleigh. 
The meeting points the facred hair dijfever 
From the fair head, for ever and for ever. Pope. 
DIS'SIDENCE, f. \_diJfideo,'L&\..~\ Difcord; difagree- 
ment. 
DISSIGNI'FICATIVE, adj. [of dis and fgnificativus, 
Lat.] That ferveth to Signify Something different from. 
DISSFLIENCE, f. [difilio, Lat.] The aft of Starting 
afunder, or leaping down. 
DISSI'LIENT, adj. \_dijjiliens, Lat.] Starting afun¬ 
der ; bursting in twrn. 
DISSILI'J ION,/. [ dijjilio , Lat.] The a6t of bursting 
in two ; the aft of Starting different ways.—The air hav¬ 
ing much room to receive motion, the dijfditicn of that 
air was great. Boyle. 
DISSI'MILAR, adj. Unlike; heterogeneous.—The 
light, whofe rays are all alike refrangible, I call fimple, 
homogeneal, and fimilar ; and that, whofe rays are fome 
more refrangible than others, I call compound, hetero- 
geneal, and diffmilar. Newton. 
DISSIMILA'R ITY, / Unlikenefs ; diflimilitude.— 
If the principle of reunion has not its energy in this life, 
whenever the attractions of fenfe ceafe, the acquired 
principles of difjmilarity mult repel thefe beings from 
their center ; So that the principle of reunion, being fet 
free by death, muft drive thefe beings towards God their 
center; and the principle of dijjimilarity, forcing him to 
repel them with infinite violence from him, mult,make 
them infinitely miserable. Cheyne. 
DISSIMI'LITUDE, f. \jdiffnnilitudo , Lat.] Unlike¬ 
nefs ; want of refemblance.—Women are curious obfer- 
vers of the likenefs of children to parents, that they 
may, upon finding djjimilitudc, have the pleafure of hint¬ 
ing unchaftitv. Pope. 
DISSIMULATION, f. [ difimuldtio , Lat.] The aft 
of dilfembling ; hypocrify ; fallacious appearance; faife 
pretensions .'—DiJJimulqtion is.:but a faint kind of policy; 
for it aSketh a Strong w'it, and a Strong heart, to know 
when to tell truth, and to do it. Bacon. — Dfffimulation .may 
be taken for a bare concealment of one’s mind; in which 
feirfcywe commonly fay, that it is prudence to diffemble 
injuries. South. 
To DISSI'MULE, v. a. [from dijjimulo, Lat.] To dif- 
femble.—In the church, Some errors may be dijfimulcd 
with lei's inconvenience than they can be discovered. 
Ben Jon/on. 
DIS'SIPABLE, adj. Eafily fcattered ; liable to dif- 
perfior.—The parts of plants are very tender, 'as confut¬ 
ing of corpufcles which are extremely fmall and light, 
and therefore the more eafily aiffipable. Woodward. 
To DIS'SIPATE, v. a. [ dijjipatus , Lat.] To fcatter 
every way ; to difperSe.—It is covered with Skin and 
hair, to quench and dijfipate, the force of any Stroke, and 
retard the edge of any weapon. Ray. 
The circling mountains eddy in, 
From the bare wild, the diffipated Storm. Thomfon. 
To fcatter the attention.—This Slavery to his paSfions 
produced a life ir'regular and dijjipated. Savage's Life. —■ 
To Spend a fortune: 
The wherry that contains 
Of dijfpatcd wealth the poor remains. London. 
DISSIPATION,/. \_diJfpatio, Lat.] The adt of dif- 
perlion.—The effects of heat are moft advanced when it 
worketh upon a body without lofs or difjipation of the 
matter. Bacon. —The State of being difperfed: 
Now 
Foul dijfpcdion follow’d, and forc’d rout. Milton. 
Scattered attention.—I have begun two or three letters 
to you by matches, and been prevented from finishing 
them by a thoufand avocations and dijjipations. Swift. 
DISSO'CIABLE, adj. Difuniting.—It mu St be of all 
other affections the moft dijfociable, and deftrudtive of the 
enjoyments of fociety. Skaftejbury. 
To DISSO'CIATE, v. a. [ diJJocio , Lat.] To feparate; 
to disunite; to part.—In the djfpciating adtion, even of 
the gentleft fire, upon a concrete, there perhaps vanish 
Some adtive and fugitive particles, whofe prefence was 
requisite to contain the concrete under fuch a determi¬ 
nate form. Boyle. 
DISSOCIATION, /. Difunion of a fociety.—It will 
add infinitely to the dijfociation, diftradtion, and confufion, 
of thefe confederate republics. Burke. 
DISSOL'VABLE, adj. Capable of diffolution ; liable 
to be melted.—Such things as are not d'ljfolvable by the 
moifture of the tongue, act not upon the talle. Newton. 
DIS'SOLUBLE, adj. [ difolubilis , Lat.] Capable of 
feparation ; having one part Separable from another by 
heat or moifture.—Nodules, repofed in cliffs amongSt 
the earth, being hard and not diJJ'oluble, are left behind. 
Woodward. 
DISSOLUBI'LITY,/. Liablenefs to Suffer a difunion 
of parts by heat or moifture ; capacity of being diffolved. 
.—Bodies Seem to have an intrinsic principle of alteration, 
or corruption, from the dijjolubility of their parts", and the 
coalition of Several particles endued with contrary and 
deftrudtive qualities each to other. Hale. 
To DISSOL'VE, v.a. \_di£olvo, Lat.] To deftroy the 
form of any thing by difuniting the parts with heat or 
moifture; to melt; to liquefy.—The whole terreftrial 
globe"was taken all to pieces, and dijfolved, at the deluge. 
Woodward. —To break; to difunite in any manner..—See¬ 
ing then that all thefe things Shall be dijfolved, what man¬ 
ner of perfons ought ye to be ? 2 Pet. iii. 11.—To loofe ; 
to break the ties of any thing : 
Witnefs thefe ancient empires of the earth, 
In height of all their flowing wealth dijjolv'd. Milton, 
To feparate perfons united ; as, to diffolve a league : 
She and I, long Since contradled, 
Are now fo Sure that nothing can clijjolve us. Shakefpeare. 
To break up affemblies.—By the king’s authority alone, 
and by his writs, parliaments are aflembled ; and by him 
alone they are prorogued and dijfolved, but each houfe may 
adjourn itfelf. Bacon. —To lolve; to clear.—And I have 
heard of thee, that thou canfi make interpretations and 
d’Jjolve doubts. Dan. v. 16.—To break an enchantments 
Highly it concerns his glory now 
To frustrate and diffolve the magic fpells. Milton. 
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