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Dissolving view, a picture which grows dim and is gradually replaced by another on the same field; -- an effect produced by magic lanterns.

Dis"so*nance (?), n. [L. dissonantia: cf. F. dissonance.] 1. A mingling of discordant sounds; an inharmonious combination of sounds; discord.

Filled the air with barbarous dissonance.

Milton.

2. Want of agreement; incongruity. Milton.

Dis"so*nan*cy (?), n. Discord; dissonance.

Dis"so*nant (?), a. [L. dissonans, -antis, p. pr. of dissonare to disagree in sound, be discordant; dis- + sonare to sound: cf. F. dissonant. See Sonant.] 1. Sounding harshly; discordant; unharmonious.

With clamor of voices dissonant and loud.

Longfellow.

2. Disagreeing; incongruous; discrepant, -- with from or to. "Anything dissonant to truth." South.

What can be dissonant from reason and nature than that a man, naturally inclined to clemency, should show himself unkind and inhuman?

Hakewill.

Dis*spir"it (?), v. t. See Dispirit.

Dis*suade" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dissuaded; p. pr. & vb. n. Dissuading.] [L. dissuadere, dissuasum; dis- + suadere to advise, persuade: cf. F. dissuader. See Suasion.] 1. To advise or exhort against; to try to persuade (one from a course). [Obsolescent]

Mr. Burchell, on the contrary, dissuaded her with great ardor: and I stood neuter.

Goldsmith.

War, therefore, open or concealed, alike My voice dissuades.

Milton.

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.

Dis*suad"er (?), n. One who dissuades; a dehorter.

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.

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.

Dis*sua"so*ry (?), n. A dissuasive. [R.]