Dissever

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Dissever \Dis*sev"er\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dissevered}; p. pr.
     & vb. n. {Dissevering}.] [OE. dessevrer; pref. des- (L. dis-)
     + sevrer to sever, F. sevrer to wean, L. separate to
     separate. In this word the prefix is intensive. See {Dis-},
     and {Sever}.]
     To part in two; to sever thoroughly; to sunder; to disunite;


     to separate; to disperse.
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           The storm so dissevered the company . . . that most of
           therm never met again.                   --Sir P.
                                                    Sidney.
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           States disserved, discordant, belligerent. --D.
                                                    Webster.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Dissever \Dis*sev"er\, v. i.
     To part; to separate. --Chaucer.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  dissever
       v : separate into parts or portions; "divide the cake into three
           equal parts"; "The British carved up the Ottoman Empire
           after World War I" [syn: {divide}, {split}, {split up}, {separate},
            {carve up}] [ant: {unite}]