dissentient
Americanadjective
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Etymology
Origin of dissentient
1615–25; < Latin dissentient- (stem of dissentiēns, present participle of dissentīre ), equivalent to dissenti- ( see dissent) + -ent- -ent
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Dissentient and tumultuary drugs Do not much blame them for making their advantage of our folly Doctors: more felicity and duration in their own lives?
From Widger's Quotations from the Project Gutenberg Editions of the Works of Montaigne by Widger, David
To Coroner Merival, greetings, but a voice Dissentient from much that goes the rounds, Concerning Elenor Murray.
From Domesday Book by Masters, Edgar Lee
Dissentient opinions, accordingly, were expressed as to the cause of their structural peculiarities.
From A Popular History of Astronomy During the Nineteenth Century Fourth Edition by Clerke, Agnes M. (Agnes Mary)
Squares Committee of "Lords"; impresses into support of his scheme representatives of all the big towns on the route; Manchester, Nottingham, Leicester, all cheer him on; Liberals, Conservatives, Dissentient Liberals, swell his majority.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 100, March 28, 1891 by Various
Lea in 1873, his baronetcy dating from 1892, being one of the recognitions made by Lord Salisbury of the services of the Dissentient Liberal allies.
From The Strand Magazine, Volume V, Issue 29, May 1893 An Illustrated Monthly by Various
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