Dis*sec"tion (?), n. [Cf. F. dissection.] 1. The act of dissecting an animal or plant; as, dissection of the human body was held sacrilege till the time of Francis I.
2. Fig.: The act of separating or dividing for the purpose of critical examination.
3. Anything dissected; especially, some part, or the whole, of an animal or plant dissected so as to exhibit the structure; an anatomical so prepared.
Dissection wound, a poisoned wound incurred during the dissection of a dead body.
Dis*sect"or (?), n. [Cf. F. dissecteur.] One who dissects; an anatomist.
Dis*seize" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disseized (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Disseizing.] [Pref. dis- + seize: cf. F. dessaisir.] (Law) To deprive of seizin or possession; to dispossess or oust wrongfully (one in freehold possession of land); -- followed by of; as, to disseize a tenant of his freehold. [Written also disseise.]
Which savage beasts strive as eagerly to keep and hold those golden mines, as the Arimaspians to disseize them thereof.
Holland.
Dis`sei*zee" (?), n. (Law) A person disseized, or put out of possession of an estate unlawfully; -- correlative to disseizor. [Written also disseisee.]
Dis*sei"zin (?), n. [OF. dessaisine.] (Law) The act of disseizing; an unlawful dispossessing and ouster of a person actually seized of the freehold. [Written also disseisin.] Blackstone.
Dis*sei"zor (?), n. (Law) One who wrongfully disseizes, or puts another out of possession of a freehold. [Written also disseisor.] Blackstone.
Dis*sei"zor*ess, n. (Law) A woman disseizes.
Dis*sei"zure (?; 135), n. Disseizin. Speed.
Dis*sem"blance (?), n. [Cf. F. dissemblance. See Dissemble.] Want of resemblance; dissimilitude. [R.] Osborne.
Dis*sem"blance, n. [Dissemble + -ance.] The act or art of dissembling; dissimulation. [Obs.]
Dis*sem"ble (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dissembled; p. pr. & vb. n. Dissembling (?).] [OF. dissembler to be dissimilar; pref. dis- (L. dis-) + F. sembler to seem, L. simulare to simulate; cf. L. dissimulare to dissemble. See Simulate, and cf. Dissimulate.] 1. To hide under a false semblance or seeming; to feign (something) not to be what it really is; to put an untrue appearance upon; to disguise; to mask.
Dissemble all your griefs and discontents.
Shak.
Perhaps it was right to dissemble your love,
But -- why did you kick me down stairs?
J. P. Kemble.