Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Lexicon: dissent – distant
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dissent (-ing), v. [see dissent, n.]
Protest; object; rebel.
dissipate, v. [L. dissipār-, spread abroad, scatter, disperse.]
Squander; fade; dispel.
dissolute, adj. [L. dissolvěre, loosen, disunite, dissolve.]
Depraved; unrestrained; immoral.
dissolution, n. [Fr. or L. dissolvěre, break up, dissolve.] (webplay: death, man, world).
- Diminution; degeneration; disappearance.
- Death; decease; termination of life.
dissolve (-s, -d, -ing), v. [L. dissolv-ere, loosen asunder, disunite.] (webplay: separation, wasted, weight).
- Disappear; [fig.] die; expire; perish; cease to exist; (see Psalms 75:3).
- Melt; dissipate; disperse; convert from solid to liquid; [fig.] transform; change gradually.
- Liquify; weaken.
- Liquidate; [fig.] kill; cause to die; [metaphor] sacrifice.
- Eclipse; erase; blur; conceal; hide; make invisible; cause to fade by effusion of intense light; [fig.] extinguish; reduce to nothing; (see Isaiah 34:4).
- End; finish; resolve; withdraw; retire; run out; pass away; with time.
- Vanish; fade; (see Daniel 5:16).
- Fall apart; break down; become annihilated; be subject to destruction by natural or human causes; (see Isaiah 24:19).
- Disband; be annulled; become void.
- Separate; break into parts; [fig.] tear; shred; unravel; (see Isaiah 14:31).
- Disintegrate; decay; decompose; (see 2 Corinthians 5:1).
- Go away; depart; subside.
- Liquify; break apart gradually; melt into a solution; (see 2 Peter 3:11-12).
- Absorb; assimilate; engross; consume; devour; (see Job 30:22).
dissuade, v. [L. dissuādē-re, advise from or against.]
Discourage; deter; prevent by persuasion.
distaff, n. [OE; LG diesse, bunch of flax + OE stæf, staff.]
Cleft staff of a spinning wheel that holds the flax or tow and from which the thread is drawn; (see Proverbs 31:19).
distance (-s), n. [OFr < L. distāntia, standing apart, separation, remoteness, difference.] (webplay: angle, becoming, behind, common, enemy, field, great, haughtiness, heaven, hour, leave, natural, periods, place, separation, sun, time, view, world, year).
- Aloofness; remoteness; detachment; formality; objectivity.
- Inaccessibility; unavailability; succession.
- Abstention; abstinence; fasting; scarcity.
- Chance; possibility; far from actuality.
- Length; stretch; interval; space between two objects.
- Withdrawal; transfer; separation from loved ones; moving to another dimension.
- Difference; reserve; coldness; aloofness; alienation of heart.
- Lifetime; experiences of life.
- Extent; span of time.
distant, adj. [Fr. < L. distānt-em, standing apart, separate, different.] (webplay: behind, bloody, course, crown, heart, heaven, hour, leave, natural, ran, shy, slight, small, succession, time, two).
- Further; far away; [fig.] other; alternate.
- Remote; far off; [fig.] not of this world.
- Not near; not close; [fig.] heavenly; unearthly.
- Future; hereafter; paradisaical; other-worldly; in the next life; pertaining to the afterlife.
- Aloof; untouchable; unapproachable.
- Unconnected; dissociated; foreign; alien; extraneous; immaterial; futile; ineffectual; not related.
- Formal; [fig.] unseen; invisible; unknown; [irony] shy; reclusive; secluded.
- Separate; distinct; apart; isolated; divided physically; removed in place; in a different realm.
- Elusive; unrecoverable; far gone; [fig.] delirious; incoherent; comatose; unconscious; unresponsive.
- Strange; exotic; unnatural; unexpected.
- Unfamiliar; uncommon.
distant, adv. [see distant, adj.]
Far; distantly; remotely; unreachable; out of reach.