2. To divert by persuasion; to turn from a purpose by reasons or motives; — with from; as, I could not
dissuade him from his purpose.
I have tried what is possible to dissuade him.
Mad. D' Arblay. Dissuader
(Dis*suad"er) n. One who dissuades; a dehorter.
Dissuasion
(Dis*sua"sion) n. [L. dissuasio: cf. F. dissuasion. See Dissuade.]
1. The act of dissuading; exhortation against a thing; dehortation.
In spite of all the dissuasions of his friends.
Boyle. 2. A motive or consideration tending to dissuade; a dissuasive.
Dissuasive
(Dis*sua"sive) a. Tending to dissuade or divert from a measure or purpose; dehortatory; as,
dissuasive advice. — n. A dissuasive argument or counsel; dissuasion; dehortation. Prynne. — Dis*sua"sive*ly,
adv.
Dissuasory
(Dis*sua"so*ry) n. A dissuasive. [R.]
This virtuous and reasonable person, however, has ill luck in all his dissuasories.
Jeffrey. Dissunder
(Dis*sun"der) v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dissundered ; p. pr. & vb. n. Dissundering.] [Pref. dis-
(intens) + sunder.] To separate; to sunder; to destroy. [R.] Chapman.
Dissweeten
(Dis*sweet"en) v. t. To deprive of sweetness. [R.] Bp. Richardson.
Dissyllabic
(Dis`syl*lab"ic) a. [Cf. F. dissyllabique. See Dissylable.] Consisting of two syllables only; as,
a dissyllabic foot in poetry. B. Jonson.
Dissyllabification
(Dis`syl*lab`i*fi*ca"tion) n. A forming into two syllables.
Dissyllabify
(Dis`syl*lab"i*fy) v. t. [Dissyllable + -fly.] To form into two syllables. Ogilvie.
Dissyllabize
(Dis*syl"la*bize) v. t. To form into two syllables; to dissyllabify.
Dissyllable
(Dis*syl"la*ble) n. [F. dissyllabe, L. disyllabus, adj., of two syllables, fr. Gr. di- = di`s-
twice + syllable. See Syllable.] A word of two syllables; as, pa- per.
Dissymmetrical
(Dis`sym*met"ric*al) a. Not having symmetry; asymmetrical; unsymmetrical.
Dissymmetry
(Dis*sym"me*try) n. [Pref. dis- + symmetry.] Absence or defect of symmetry; asymmetry.
Dissympathy
(Dis*sym"pa*thy) n. Lack of sympathy; want of interest; indifference. [R.]
Distad
(Dis"tad) adv. [Distal + L. ad toward.] (Anat.) Toward a distal part; on the distal side of; distally.
Distaff
(Dis"taff) n.; pl. Distaffs rarely Distaves [OE. distaf, dysestafe, AS. distaef; cf. LG. diesse
the bunch of flax on a distaff, and E. dizen. See Staff.]
1. The staff for holding a bunch of flax, tow, or wool, from which the thread is drawn in spinning by hand.
I will the distaff hold; come thou and spin.
Fairfax.
