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dissever

[ dih-sev-er ]

verb (used with object)

  1. to sever; separate.
  2. to divide into parts.


verb (used without object)

  1. to part; separate.

dissever

/ dɪˈsɛvə /

verb

  1. to break off or become broken off
  2. tr to divide up into parts
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • disˈseverance, noun
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Other Words From

  • dis·sever·ance dis·sever·ment dis·sever·ation noun
  • undis·severed adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of dissever1

1250–1300; Middle English des ( s ) everen < Old French dessevrer < Late Latin dissēparāre, equivalent to Latin dis- dis- 1 + sēparāre to separate
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Word History and Origins

Origin of dissever1

C13: from Old French dessevrer, from Late Latin dis- 1+ sēparāre to separate
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Example Sentences

A whimsical ensemble drama, a dance performance and an online gallery show, it is so dissevered from the terrestrial that it melts into pixelated air.

Inside the fishery, a half dozen cutters in white rubber boots and thick gloves wielded long fillet knives, quickly dissevering tubs of yellowtail.

Greek culture had been the product of the city-state, and Hellenism could not be dissevered from the city.

First it were a great shame, that a little money should dissever us twain, whom Nature hath knit so near together.

It cannot accurately be described as an extension of our frontier, because it is dissevered from it by more than two hundred miles of difficult country.

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