dissever
[verb]
Synonyms: separate, dichotomize, disjoin, disjoint, dissect, disunite, divide, divorce, sever, sunder, cut, carve, cleave, slice, split

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dissever verb. [dɪ(s)'sɛvǝ] ME.
[Anglo-Norman des(c)everer, Old French des(s)evrer (mod., techn. desseuvrer) from late Latin disseparare, formed as DIS- 1 + Latin separare SEPARATE verb.]
1. verb trans. Separate, sunder, (a person or thing from another, two or more people or things from each other). ME.
■ F. Tuohy Some people, whose anxieties have almost dissevered them from the corporeal world.

2. verb trans. Divide into parts, cut up. LME.

3. verb trans. Break up, disperse, (a company or combination). LME-E17.

4. verb intrans. Become parted, break up. LME.
■ L. MacNeice Drifting cloud and gauzy mist Brighten and dissever.

■ disseverance noun the action or an act of dissevering LME.

■ disseve'ration noun = disseverance L17.

■ disseverment noun = disseverance E17.

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