dissertt (disert)

i. [F. di erter = Sp. di sertar = Pg. di ertar, A venerable sage, on the topic of religion. As I once had some theatrical powers myself, I di erted on such topics with my usual freedom. Goldsmith, Vicar, xviii. di ertate (dis'ér-tāt), v. i.; pret. and pp. dis sertated , ppr. di ertating . [ di ert at us , pp. of di ert are , argue, discu , discourse about: whom once I heard di erting Harris , Happine . ppr. di erving. [OF. de ervir, deservir, F. de ervir = Pr. de ervir = Sp. deservir = Pg. de ervir = It. di ervire, di erve, priv. + servire, serve: see serve. Cf. deserve.] To serve or treat badly; injure; do an ill turn to. [Rare.] party of christians. I have neither served nor di erved the interest of any Jer. Taylor, Holy Living, Ded. He would receive no person who had di erved him into any favour or trust, without her privity and consent. Brougham. A man may di erve God, disobey indications not of our own making but which appear, if we attend, in our consciousne - he may disobey, I say, such indications of the real law of our being in other spheres besides the sphere of conduct. M. Arnold, Literature and Dogma, i. di ident see dis- and sever, separate.] I. trans. To dispart; divide asunder; separate; disunite by any means: as, the Reformation di evered the Catholic Church. When from the Goats he shall his Sheep di euer : These Blest in Heav'n, those Curst in Hell for euer. Sylvester, tr. of Du Bartas's Weeks, i. 1. Di ever your united strengths, And part your mingled colours once again. Shak., K. John, ii. 2. II. in trans. To part; separate. Than was the ban cried that eche man sholde go on whiche part that he wolde, and the i di euered and wente eche to his baner. Merlin (E. E. T. S.), iii. 485. Then when flesh and soul di ever . Hymn, Religious Herald, March 25, 1886. di everance (di-sev'er-ans), n. [ dis sever a unce, des ever a unce , de evrance , desevrance (= Pr. de e brans a = It. disceveranza ), di ever .] The act of di evering, or the state of being di evered; separation. Tyl ze of goure dulne e deseueraunce made. Richard the Redele , ii. 50. Mr. Miall is the leader of those in England who accept the voluntary method, who desire the entire di everance of the State from all religious bodies. R. J. Hinton , Eng. Radical Leaders, p. 227.