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English Dictionary: diáclase by the DICT Development Group
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Dia- \Di"a-\, Di- \Di-\ . [Gr. dia` through; orig., dividing
      into two parts; akin to [?] two. See {Two}, and cf. 1st
      {Di-}.]
      A prefix denoting through; also, between, apart, asunder,
      across. Before a vowel dia-becomes di-; as, diactinic;
      dielectric, etc.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Di- \Di-\ [Gr. di`s- twice; akin to [?] two, L. bis twice. See
      {Two}, and cf. {Bi-}, {Dia-}. The L. pref. dis- sometimes
      assumes the form di-. See {Dis-}.]
      A prefix, signifying twofold, double, twice; (Chem.) denoting
      two atoms, radicals, groups, or equivalents, as the case may
      be. See {Bi-}, 2.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Disserve \Dis*serve"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Di[?][?][?][?][?]};
      p. pr. & vb. n. {Disserving}.] [Pref. dis- + serve: cf. F.
      desservir.]
      To fail to serve; to do injury or mischief to; to damage; to
      hurt; to harm.
  
               Have neither served nor disserved the interests of any
               party.                                                   --Jer. Taylor.
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