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<blockquote>Lands far <b>dissite</b> and remote asunder. <i>Holland.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Disslander</h1> <Xpage=433>

<hw>Dis*slan"der</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>dis-</ets> (intens.) + <ets>slander</ets>.]</ety> <def>To slander.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Legend of Dido.</i>

<h1>Disslander</h1> <Xpage=433>

<hw>Dis*slan"der</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Slander.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>E. Hall.</i>

<h1>Disslanderous</h1> <Xpage=433>

<hw>Dis*slan"der*ous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Slanderous.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Dissociability</h1> <Xpage=433>

<hw>Dis*so`cia*bil"i*ty</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Want of sociability; unsociableness.</def>

<i>Bp. Warburton.</i>

<h1>Dissociable</h1> <Xpage=433>

<hw>Dis*so"cia*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>dissociabilis</ets>, fr. <ets>issociare</ets>: cf. F. <ets>dissociable</ets>. See <er>Dissociate</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>Not <?/ell associated or assorted; incongruous.</def>

<blockquote>They came in two and two, though matched in the most <b>dissociable</b> manner. <i>Spectator.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Having a tendency to dissolve social connections; unsuitable to society; unsociable.</def>

<h1>Dissocial</h1> <Xpage=433>

<hw>Dis*so"cial</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>dis-</ets> + <ets>social</ets>: cf. L. <ets>dissocialis</ets>. See <er>Dissociate</er>, <tt>v. t.</tt>]</ety> <def>Unfriendly to society; contracted; selfish; <as>as, <ex>dissocial</ex> feelings</as>.</def>

<h1>Dissocialize</h1> <Xpage=433>

<hw>Dis*so"cial*ize</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To render unsocial.</def>

<h1>Dissociate</h1> <Xpage=433>

<hw>Dis*so"ci*ate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Dissociated</er>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Dissociating</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[L. <ets>dissociatus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>dissociare</ets> to dissociate; <ets>dis-</ets> + <ets>sociare</ets> to unite, associate, <ets>socius</ets> companion. See <er>Social</er>.]</ety> <def>To separate from fellowship or union; to disunite; to disjoin; <as>as, to <ex>dissociate</ex> the particles of a concrete substance</as>.</def>

<blockquote>Before Wyclif's death in 1384, John of Gaunt had openly <b>dissociated</b> himself from the reformer. <i>A. W. Ward.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Dissociation</h1> <Xpage=433>

<hw>Dis*so`ci*a"tion</hw> <tt>(?; 106)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>dissociatio</ets>: cf. F. <ets>dissociation</ets>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>The act of dissociating or disuniting; a state of separation; disunion.</def>

<blockquote>It will add infinitely <b>dissociation</b>, distraction, and confusion of these confederate republics. <i>Burke.</i></blockquote>

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