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<h1>Dialogistic, Dialogistical</h1> <Xpage=406>

<hw><hw>Di*al`o*gis"tic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Di*al`o*gis"tic*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/.]</ety> <def>Pertaining to a dialogue; having the form or nature of a dialogue.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>Di*al`o*gis"tic*al*ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Dialogite</h1> <Xpage=406>

<hw>Di*al"o*gite</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[From Gr. <?/ an arguing.]</ety> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>Native carbonate of manganese; rhodochrosite.</def>

<h1>Dialogize</h1> <Xpage=406>

<hw>Di*al"o*gize</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/: cf. F. <ets>dialogiser</ets>.]</ety> <def>To discourse in dialogue.</def>

<i>Fotherby.</i>

<h1>Dialogue</h1> <Xpage=406>

<hw>Di"a*logue</hw> <tt>(?; 115)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>dialogue</ets>, L. <ets>dialogus</ets>, fr. Gr. <?/, fr. <?/ to converse, <?/ through + <?/ to speak: cf. F. <ets>dialogue</ets>. See <er>Legend</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>A conversation between two or more persons; particularly, a formal conservation in theatrical performances or in scholastic exercises.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A written composition in which two or more persons are represented as conversing or reasoning on some topic; <as>as, the <ex>Dialogues</ex> of Plato</as>.</def>

<h1>Dialogue</h1> <Xpage=406>

<hw>Di"a*logue</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>dialoguer</ets>.]</ety> <def>To take part in a dialogue; to dialogize.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Dialogue</h1> <Xpage=406>

<hw>Di"a*logue</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To express as in dialogue.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<blockquote>And <b>dialogued</b> for him what he would say. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Dialypetalous</h1> <Xpage=406>

<hw>Di`al*y*pet"al*ous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ through, asunder + <?/ to loose + <?/ leaf.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Having separate petals; polypetalous.</def>

<h1>Dialysis</h1> <Xpage=406>

<hw>Di*al"y*sis</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Dialyses</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[L., separation, fr. Gr. <?/, fr. <?/ to part asunder, dissolve; <?/ through + <?/ to loose.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Gram.)</fld> <def>Di\'91resis. See <er>Di\'91resis</er>, <p><b>1.</b></def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Rhet.)</fld> <def>Same as <er>Asyndeton</er>.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>Debility</def>. <sd>(b)</sd> <def>A solution of continuity; division; separation of parts.</def>

<p><b>4.</b> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>The separation of different substances in solution, as crystalloids and colloids, by means of their unequal diffusion, especially through natural or artificial membranes.</def>

<h1>Dialytic</h1> <Xpage=406>

<hw>Di`a*lyt"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/, fr. <?/. See <er>Dialysis</er>.]</ety> <def>Having the quality of unloosing or separating.</def>

<i>Clarke.</i>

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