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One who dissembles; one who conceals his opinions or dispositions under a false appearance; a hypocrite. It is the weakest sort of politicians that are the greatest dissemblers. Bacon. Priests, princes, women, no dissemblers here. Pope.

Change of form by chemical agency; decomposition; resolution. The dissolution of the compound. South.

A morbid state of the animal system; indisposition; malady; disorder; -- at present chiefly applied to diseases of brutes; as, a distemper in dogs; the horse distemper; the horn distemper in cattle. They heighten distempers to diseases. Suckling.

f being distilled; especially, capable of being distilled without chemical change or decomposition; as, alcohol is distillable; olive oil is not distillable.

The state of being distorted, or twisted out of shape or out of true position; crookedness; perversion.

Separation into parts or classes; arrangement of anything into parts; disposition; classification.

Set, sung, or composed as a ditty; -- usually in composition. Who, with his soft pipe, and smooth-dittied song. Milton.

o differ from a typical form; to vary from a normal condition; to dissent from a creed or position generally held or taken.

) A light and pleasing composition.

held, put forth as true, and supported by a teacher, a school, or a sect; a principle or position, or the body of principles, in any branch of knowledge; any tenet or dogma; a principle of faith; as, the doctrine of atoms; the doctrine of chances. "The doctrine of gravitation." I. Watts. Articles of faith and doctrine…

anging, usually of rich stuff, at the back of a throne, or of an altar, or in any similar position.

hesitate in belief; to be undecided as to the truth of the negative or the affirmative proposition; to b e undetermined. Even in matters divine, concerning some things, we may lawfully doubt, and suspend our judgment. Hooker. To try your love and make you doubt of mine. Dryden.

being partly in one piece and partly in the other, to keep them in their proper relative position.

the direction of gravity or toward the center of the earth; toward or in a lower place or position; below; -- the opposite of up.

The form of any writing as first drawn up; the first rough sketch of written composition, to be filled in, or completed. See Draught.

A composition, in prose or poetry, accommodated to action, and intended to exhibit a picture of human life, or to depict a series of grave or humorous actions of more than ordinary interest, tending toward some striking result. It is commonly designed to be spoken and represented by actors on the stage. A divine pastor…

The author of a dramatic composition; a writer of plays.

The art of dramatic composition and representation.

To move; to come or go; literally, to draw one's self; -- with prepositions and adverbs; as, to draw away, to move off, esp. in racing, to get in front; to obtain the lead or increase it; to draw back, to retreat; to draw level, to move up even (with another); to come up to or overtake another; to draw off, to retire o…

To arrange one's self in due position in a line of soldiers; -- the word of command to form alignment in ranks; as, Right, dress!