dissever

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dissever - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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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  Dissever \Dis*sev"er\, v. i.
     To part; to separate. --Chaucer.
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dissever - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  dissever
      v 1: 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, dissever, carve up] [ant: unify,
           unite]