Dissentious
(Dis*sen"tious) a. Marked by dissensions; apt to breed discord; quarrelsome; contentious; factious.
— Dis*sen"tious*ly, adv.
Dissentive
(Dis*sent"ive) a. Disagreeing; inconsistent. [Obs.] Feltham.
Dissepiment
(Dis*sep"i*ment) n. [L. dissaepimentum, fr. dissaepire; dis- + saepire to hedge in, inclose.]
1. A separating tissue; a partition; a septum.
2. (Bot.) One of the partitions which divide a compound ovary into cells.
3. (Zoöl.) One of the transverse, calcareous partitions between the radiating septa of a coral.
Dissert
(Dis*sert") v. i. [L. dissertus, p. p. of disserere; dis- + serere to join, connect: cf. F. disserter.
See Series.] To discourse or dispute; to discuss. [R.]
We have disserted upon it a little longer than was necessary.
Jeffrey. Dissertate
(Dis"ser*tate) v. i. [L. dissertatus, p. p. of dissertare to discuss, intents, fr. disserere.
See Dissert.] To deal in dissertation; to write dissertations; to discourse. [R.] J. Foster.
Dissertation
(Dis`ser*ta"tion) n. [L. dissertatio: cf. F. dissertation.] A formal or elaborate argumentative
discourse, oral or written; a disquisition; an essay; a discussion; as, Dissertations on the Prophecies.
Dissertational
(Dis`ser*ta"tion*al) a. Relating to dissertations; resembling a dissertation.
Dissertationist
(Dis`ser*ta"tion*ist), n. A writer of dissertations.
Dissertator
(Dis"ser*ta`tor) n. [L.: cf. F. dissertateur.] One who writers a dissertation; one who discourses.
Boyle.
Dissertly
(Dis*sert"ly) adv. See Disertly. [Obs.]
Disserve
(Dis*serve") v. t. [imp. & p. p. Di ; p. pr. & vb. n. Disserving.] [Pref. dis- + serve: cf. F.
desservir.] To fail to serve; to do injury or mischief to; to damage; to hurt; to harm.
Have neither served nor disserved the interests of any party.
Jer. Taylor. Disservice
(Dis*serv"ice) n. [Pref. dis- + service: cf. F. desservice.] Injury; mischief.
We shall rather perform good offices unto truth than any disservice unto their relators.
Sir T. Browne. Disserviceable
(Dis*serv"ice*a*ble) a. Calculated to do disservice or harm; not serviceable; injurious; harmful; unserviceable.
Shaftesbury. — Dis*serv"ice*a*ble*ness, n. Norris. — Dis*serv"ice*a*bly, adv.
Dissettle
(Dis*set"tle) v. t. To unsettle. [Obs.]
Dissettlement
(Dis*set"tle*ment) n. The act of unsettling, or the state of being unsettled. Marvell.
Dissever
(Dis*sev"er) v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dissevered ; p. pr. & vb. n. Dissevering.] [OE. dessevrer; pref.
des- (L. dis-) + sevrer to sever, F. sevrer to wean, L. separate to separate. In this word the prefix is
intensive. See Dis-, and Sever.] To part in two; to sever thoroughly; to sunder; to disunite; to separate; to
disperse.
The storm so dissevered the company . . . that most of therm never met again.
Sir P. Sidney.
States disserved, discordant, belligerent.
D. Webster.
