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<i>Feltham.</i>

<h1>Dissentient</h1> <Xpage=432>

<hw>Dis*sen"tient</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>dissentiens</ets>, p. pr. of <ets>dissentire</ets>. See <er>Dissent</er>, <tt>v. i.</tt>]</ety> <def>Disagreeing; declaring dissent; dissenting.</def> -- <def2><tt>n.</tt> <def>One who dissents.</def></def2>

<i>Macaulay.</i>

<h1>Dissentious</h1> <Xpage=432>

<hw>Dis*sen"tious</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Marked by dissensions; apt to breed discord; quarrelsome; contentious; factious.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>Dis*sen"tious*ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Dissentive</h1> <Xpage=432>

<hw>Dis*sent"ive</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Disagreeing; inconsistent.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Feltham.</i>

<h1>Dissepiment</h1> <Xpage=432>

<hw>Dis*sep"i*ment</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>dissaepimentum</ets>, fr. <ets>dissaepire</ets>; <ets>dis-</ets> + <ets>saepire</ets> to hedge in, inclose.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>A separating tissue; a partition; a septum.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>One of the partitions which divide a compound ovary into cells.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>One of the transverse, calcareous partitions between the radiating septa of a coral.</def>

<h1>Dissert</h1> <Xpage=432>

<hw>Dis*sert"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>dissertus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>disserere</ets>; <ets>dis-</ets> + <ets>serere</ets> to join, connect: cf. F. <ets>disserter</ets>. See <er>Series</er>.]</ety> <def>To discourse or dispute; to discuss.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<blockquote>We have <b>disserted</b> upon it a little longer than was necessary. <i>Jeffrey.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Dissertate</h1> <Xpage=432>

<hw>Dis"ser*tate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>dissertatus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>dissertare</ets> to discuss, intents, fr. <ets>disserere</ets>. See <er>Dissert</er>.]</ety> <def>To deal in dissertation; to write dissertations; to discourse.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>J. Foster.</i>

<h1>Dissertation</h1> <Xpage=432>

<hw>Dis`ser*ta"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>dissertatio</ets>: cf. F. <ets>dissertation</ets>.]</ety> <def>A formal or elaborate argumentative discourse, oral or written; a disquisition; an essay; a discussion; <as>as, <ex>Dissertations</ex> on the Prophecies</as>.</def>

<h1>Dissertational</h1> <Xpage=432>

<hw>Dis`ser*ta"tion*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Relating to dissertations; resembling a dissertation.</def>

<h1>Dissertationist</h1> <Xpage=432>

<hw>Dis`ser*ta"tion*ist</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A writer of dissertations.</def>

<h1>Dissertator</h1> <Xpage=432>

<hw>Dis"ser*ta`tor</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L.: cf. F. <ets>dissertateur</ets>.]</ety> <def>One who writers a dissertation; one who discourses.</def>