Lexicon: dissolute – distil

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dissolute, adj. [L. dissolvěre, loosen, disunite, dissolve.]

Depraved; unrestrained; immoral.

dissolution, n. [Fr. dissolition or L. dissolvěre, break up, dissolve.] (webplay: death, man, world).

  1. Diminution; degeneration; disappearance.
  2. Death; decease; termination of life.

dissolve, v. [L. dissolv-ere, loosen asunder, disunite.] (webplay: separation, wasted, weight).

  1. Decompose; disintegrate; break into parts; (see Isaiah 14:31).
  2. Liquify; break apart gradually; melt into a solution; (see 2 Peter 3:12).
  3. Separate; disperse; break up; (see Isaiah 34:4).
  4. Absorb; assimilate; engross; (see Job 30:22).
  5. Die; expire; cease to exist; (see Psalms 75:3).
  6. Destroy; finish; pass; bring to an end; (see Isaiah 24:19).
  7. Disappear; vanish; fade;(see Daniel 5:16).
  8. Go away; depart; subside; (see 2 Corinthians 5:1).

dissuade, v. [L. dissuādē-re, advise from or against.]

Discourage; deter; prevent by persuasion.

distaff, n. [OE distæf; 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).

  1. Length; stretch; interval; space between two objects.
  2. Extent; span of time.
  3. Difference; reserve; coldness; aloofness; alienation of heart.
  4. Chance; possibility; far from actuality.
  5. Lifetime; experiences of life.

distance, v. [Fr. distancer; see distance, n.]

Detach; disjoin; separate; move away from. (680)

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).

Separate; remote; far off; (see Exodus 36:22).

distant, n. [see distant, adj.]

Reserved; withdrawn; remote person; people separated emotionally or physically.

distil (-s, -led, -ls), v. [L. distillāre, drip or trickle down.] (webplay: dissolve, suns).

  1. Extract; obtain; produce; evaporate; condescend; (see Job 36:28).
  2. Fall; condense; mist; (see Deuteronomy 32:2).
  3. Concentrate; purify; extract the quintessence.