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DISSUADED, pp. Advised against; counseled or induced by advice not to do somethi...
DISSUADER, n. He that dissuades; a dehorter.
DISSUADING, ppr. Exhorting against; attempting, by advice, to divert from a purp...
DISSUASION, n. Disuazhun. Advice or exhortation in opposition to something; the ...
DISSUASIVE, a. Tending to dissuade, or divert form a measure or purpose; dehorta...
DISSUNDER, v.t. [dis and sunder.] To separate; to rend.
DISSWEETEN, v.t. To deprive of sweetness. [Not used.]
DISSYLLABIC, a. Consisting of two syllables only; as a dissyllabic foot in poetry.
DISSYLLABLE, n. [Gr., two or twice; a syllable.] A word consisting of two syllab...
DISTAFF, n. 1. The staff of a spinning-wheel, to which a bunch of flax or tow is...
DISTAFF-THISTLE, n. A species of thistle; a name of the Atraetylis, and of the C...
DISTAIN, v.t. [dis and stain. L. See Stain .] 1. To stain; to tinge with any dif...
DISTAINED, pp. Stained; tinged; discolored; blotted; sullied.
DISTAINING, ppr. Staining; discoloring; blotting; tarnishing.
DISTANCE, n. [L., to stand apart; to stand.] 1. An interval or space between two...
DISTANCED, pp. Left far behind; cast out of the race.