Hypertext Webster Gateway: "dissever"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
The storm so dissevered the company . . . that most of
therm never met again. --Sir P.
Sidney.
States disserved, discordant, belligerent. --D.
Webster.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Dissever \Dis*sev"er\, v. i.
To part; to separate. --Chaucer.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (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}]
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