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<hw>Dis*sect"ing</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Dividing or separating the parts of an animal or vegetable body; <as>as, a <ex>dissecting</ex> aneurism, one which makes its way between or within the coats of an artery</as>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Of or pertaining to, or received during, a dissection; <as>as, a <ex>dissecting</ex> wound</as>.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Used for or in dissecting; <as>as, a <ex>dissecting</ex> knife; a <ex>dissecting</ex> microscope.</as></def>

<h1>Dissection</h1> <Xpage=432>

<hw>Dis*sec"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>dissection</ets>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>The act of dissecting an animal or plant; <as>as, <ex>dissection</ex> of the human body was held sacrilege till the time of Francis I</as>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Fig.: The act of separating or dividing for the purpose of critical examination.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Anything dissected; especially, some part, or the whole, of an animal or plant dissected so as to exhibit the structure; an anatomical so prepared.</def>

<cs><col>Dissection wound</col>, <cd>a poisoned wound incurred during the dissection of a dead body.</cd></cs>

<h1>Dissector</h1> <Xpage=432>

<hw>Dis*sect"or</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>dissecteur</ets>.]</ety> <def>One who dissects; an anatomist.</def>

<h1>Disseize</h1> <Xpage=432>

<hw>Dis*seize"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Disseized</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Disseizing</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[Pref. <ets>dis-</ets> + <ets>seize</ets>: cf. F. <ets>dessaisir</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Law)</fld> To deprive of seizin or possession; to dispossess or oust wrongfully (one in freehold possession of land); -- followed by <i>of</i>; <as>as, to <ex>disseize</ex> a tenant of his freehold</as>.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>disseise</asp>.]</altsp>

<blockquote>Which savage beasts strive as eagerly to keep and hold those golden mines, as the Arimaspians to <b>disseize</b> them thereof. <i>Holland.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Disseizee</h1> <Xpage=432>

<hw>Dis`sei*zee"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>A person disseized, or put out of possession of an estate unlawfully; -- correlative to <i>disseizor</i>.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>disseisee</asp>.]</altsp>

<h1>Disseizin</h1> <Xpage=432>

<hw>Dis*sei"zin</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OF. <ets>dessaisine</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>The act of disseizing; an unlawful dispossessing and ouster of a person actually seized of the freehold.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>disseisin</asp>.]</altsp>

<i>Blackstone.</i>

<h1>Disseizor</h1> <Xpage=432>

<hw>Dis*sei"zor</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>One who wrongfully disseizes, or puts another out of possession of a freehold.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>disseisor</asp>.]</altsp>

<i>Blackstone.</i>

<h1>Disseizoress</h1> <Xpage=432>

<hw>Dis*sei"zor*ess</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>A woman disseizes.</def>

<h1>Disseizure</h1> <Xpage=432>

<hw>Dis*sei"zure</hw> <tt>(?; 135)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Disseizin.</def>

<i>Speed.</i>

<h1>Dissemblance</h1> <Xpage=432>