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<h1>Dissilient</h1> <Xpage=432>

<hw>Dis*sil"i*ent</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>dissiliens</ets>, <ets>-entis</ets>, p. pr. of <ets>dissilire</ets> to leap asunder: <ets>dis-</ets> + <ets>salire</ets> to leap.]</ety> <def>Starting asunder; bursting and opening with an elastic force; dehiscing explosively; <as>as, a <ex>dissilient</ex> pericarp</as>.</def>

<h1>Dissilition</h1> <Xpage=432>

<hw>Dis`si*li"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The act of bursting or springing apart.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Boyle.</i>

<h1>Dissimilar</h1> <Xpage=432>

<hw>Dis*sim"i*lar</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>dis-</ets> + <ets>similar</ets>: cf. F. <ets>dissimilaire</ets>.]</ety> <def>Not similar; unlike; heterogeneous; <as>as, the tempers of men are as <ex>dissimilar</ex> as their features</as>.</def>

<blockquote>This part very <b>dissimilar</b> to any other. <i>Boyle.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Dissimilarity</h1> <Xpage=432>

<hw>Dis*sim`i*lar"i*ty</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Want of resemblance; unlikeness; dissimilitude; variety; <as>as, the <ex>dissimilarity</ex> of human faces and forms</as>.</def>

<i>Sir W. Jones.</i>

<h1>Dissimilarly</h1> <Xpage=432>

<hw>Dis*sim"i*lar*ly</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In a dissimilar manner; in a varied style.</def>

<blockquote>With verdant shrubs <b>dissimilarly</b> gay. <i>C. Smart.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Dissimilate</h1> <Xpage=432>

<hw>Dis*sim"i*late</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To render dissimilar.</def>

<h1>Dissimilation</h1> <Xpage=432>

<hw>Dis*sim`i*la"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The act of making dissimilar.</def>

<i>H. Sweet.</i>

<h1>Dissimile</h1> <Xpage=432>

<hw>Dis*sim"i*le</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>dissimile</ets>, neut. <?/<?/ <ets>dissimilis</ets> unlike.]</ety> <fld>(Rhet.)</fld> <def>Comparison or illustration by contraries.</def>

<h1>Dissimilitude</h1> <Xpage=432>

<hw>Dis`si*mil"i*tude</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>dissimilitudo</ets>, fr. <ets>dissimilis</ets>: cf. F. <ets>dissimilitude</ets>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>Want of resemblance; unlikeness; dissimilarity.</def>

<blockquote><b>Dissimilitude</b> between the Divinity and images. <i>Stillingfleet.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Rhet.)</fld> <def>A comparison by contrast; a dissimile.</def>

<h1>Dissimulate</h1> <Xpage=432>

<hw>Dis*sim"u*late</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>dissimulatus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>dissimulare</ets>. See <er>Dissemble</er>.]</ety> <def>Feigning; simulating; pretending.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>