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The writer of a treatise or dissertation. Philologers and critical discoursers. Sir T. Browne.

To separate. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

Leaning; fitted for a reclining posture. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

act of reclining at table according to the manner of the ancients at their meals. Sir T. Browne.

To break to pieces; to shatter. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

Freed from a shroudlike covering; unveiled. The disenshrouded statue. R. Browning.

ct disloyal to the king; a husband disloyal to his wife. Without a thought disloyal. Mrs. Browning.

courage, and dispelled their fears. Milton. I saw myself the lambent easy light Gild the brown horror, and dispel the night. Dryden.

Want of complacency or gratification; envious displeasure; dislike. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

In a dispositive manner; by natural or moral disposition. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne. Do dispositively what Moses is recorded to have done literally, . . . break all the ten commandments at once. Boyle.

Dissension. [Obs.] W. Browne.

onconformist. Dissenters from the establishment of their several countries. Burke. Robert Brown is said to have the first formal dissenter. Shipley.

ll rather perform good offices unto truth than any disservice unto their relators. Sir T. Browne.

Having the power to distinguish and discern; discriminating. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

at which, distinguishes or separates one thing from another by marks of diversity. Sir T. Browne.

ubt betwixt our senses and our souls Which are the most distraught and full of pain. Mrs. Browning.

To deprive of utility; to render useless. [R.] Mrs. Browning.

To unyoke; to free from a yoke; to disjoin. [Poetic] R. Browning.

Long duration; lastingness. [R.] Sir T. Browne.

An ambiguity of meaning; a disagreement of difference in opinion. Sir T. Browne.