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The effect of heresy is, like the plague, infectious and disseminative.

Jer. Taylor.

Dis*sem"i*na`tor (?), n. [L.] One who, or that which, disseminates, spreads, or propagates; as, disseminators of disease.

Dis*sen"sion (?), n. [L. dissensio: cf. F. dissension. See Dissent.] Disagreement in opinion, usually of a violent character, producing warm debates or angry words; contention in words; partisan and contentious divisions; breach of friendship and union; strife; discord; quarrel.

Paul and Barnabas had no small dissension and disputation with them.

Acts xv. 2.

Debates, dissension, uproars are thy joy.

Dryden.

A seditious person and raiser-up of dissension among the people.

Robynson (More's Utopia).

Dis*sen"sious (?), a. Disposed to discord; contentious; dissentious. [R.] Ascham. -- Dis*sen"sious*ly, adv. Chapman.

Dis*sent" (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Dissented; p. pr. & vb. n. Dissenting.] [L. dissentire, dissentum; dis- + sentire to feel, think. See Sense.] 1. To differ in opinion; to be of unlike or contrary sentiment; to disagree; -- followed by from.

The bill passed . . . without a dissenting voice.

Hallam.

Opinions in which multitudes of men dissent from us.

Addison.

2. (Eccl.) To differ from an established church in regard to doctrines, rites, or government.

3. To differ; to be of a contrary nature. Hooker.

Dis*sent", n. 1. The act of dissenting; difference of opinion; refusal to adopt something proposed; nonagreement, nonconcurrence, or disagreement.

The dissent of no small number [of peers] is frequently recorded.

Hallam.

2. (Eccl.) Separation from an established church, especially that of England; nonconformity.

It is the dissidence of dissent and the protestantism of the Protestant religion.

Burke.

3. Contrariety of nature; diversity in quality. [Obs.]

The dissent of the metals.

Bacon.

Syn. -- Disagreement; variance; difference; nonconcurrence; nonconformity.