DISSONANCY
Dis"so*nan*cy, n.
Defn: Discord; dissonance.
DISSONANT Dis"so*nant, a. Etym: [L. dissonans, -antis, p. pr. of dissonare to disagree in sound, be discordant; dis- + sonare to sound: cf. F. dissonant. See Sonant.]
1. Sounding harshly; discordant; unharmonious. With clamor of voices dissonant and loud. Longfellow.
2. Disagreeing; incongruous; discrepfrom or to. "Anything dissonant to truth." South. What can be dissonant from reason and nature than that a man, naturally inclined to clemency, should show himself unkind and inhuman Hakewill.
DISSPIRIT
Dis*spir"it, v. t.
Defn: See Dispirit.
DISSUADE
Dis*suade", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dissuaded; p. pr. & vb. n.
Dissuading.] Etym: [L. dissuadere, dissuasum; dis- + suadere to
advise, persuade: cf. F. dissuader. See Suasion.]
1. To advise or exhort against; to try to persuade (one from a course). [Obsolescent] Mr. Burchell, on the contrary, dissuaded her with great ardor: and I stood neuter. Goldsmith. War, therefore, open or concealed, alike My voice dissuades. Milton.
2. To divert by persuasion; to turn from a purpose by reasons or motives; — with from; as, I could not dissuade him from his purpose. I have tried what is possible to dissuade him. Mad. D' Arblay.