Dissident

dis'sY-dent, a. Not agreeing; di enting.— n. (Eccl.) One who separates from the established religion; a di enter. [L. di idens, p. pr. of di idere, to apart, disagree, dis and sedere, to — Dis's idence, n. Disagreement; di ent. Di ilient, dis-siKT-ent or -yent, a. Bursting and opening with an elastic force. [L. di i liens, p. pr. of di Uire, to leap or burst asunder, dis and satire, to leap.]— Di iKience, n. Act of leaping or starting asunder. Di imilar. dis-sim'T-lgr, a. Unlike; heterogeneous. —Di im ilar,ity, -lar'T-tT, n. Want of resemblance unlikene ; di imilitude. — Di im'ilarly, -ler-lY, adv. — Dis's imiKitude, -tad, n. Want of similitude; unlikene di imilarity. (Rhet.) A comparison by contrast. — Di iiVulate, -lat, v. To di emble, am, fame, far, pa or opera, fare end, DISTEMPER feign. [OF. di imuler, L. di imula.re, fr. dis and similis, like.] — Di im ula''tion, n. Act of, etc.