Disseize
(Dis*seize") v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disseized ; p. pr. & vb. n. Disseizing.] [Pref. dis- + seize: cf.
F. 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*zee") n. (Law) A person disseized, or put out of possession of an estate unlawfully; —
correlative to disseizor. [Written also disseisee.]
Disseizin
(Dis*sei"zin) n. [OF. 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*sei"zor) n. (Law) One who wrongfully disseizes, or puts another out of possession of a
freehold. [Written also disseisor.] Blackstone.
Disseizoress
(Dis*sei"zor*ess), n. (Law) A woman disseizes.
Disseizure
(Dis*sei"zure) n. Disseizin. Speed.
Dissemblance
(Dis*sem"blance) n. [Cf. F. dissemblance. See Dissemble.] Want of resemblance; dissimilitude.
[R.] Osborne.
Dissemblance
(Dis*sem"blance), n. [Dissemble + -ance.] The act or art of dissembling; dissimulation.
[Obs.]
Dissemble
(Dis*sem"ble) v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dissembled; p. pr. & vb. n. Dissembling ] [OF. dissembler
to be dissimilar; pref. dis- (L. dis-) + F. sembler to seem, L. simulare to simulate; cf. L. dissimulare to
dissemble. See Simulate, and cf. 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*sem"ble), v. i. 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.
