dissever
verb (used with object)
to sever; separate.
disseverance
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a word derived from
dissever.
Example Sentences
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Accompanying the dead in its watery wanderings, he sees, with keen sympathy, its utter disseverance from the world it has left, and contrasts with its condition the hopeless sorrow of his own disappointed youth.
From The Bront? Family, Vol. 2 of 2 with special reference to Patrick Branwell Bront? by Francis A. Leyland
I object, sir, to this disseverance between the sexes, and I object to the Senate of the United States giving its sanction in advance or in any way to this character of legislation.
From History of Woman Suffrage, Volume III by Elizabeth Cady Stanton
To examine thoroughly the cause of this disseverance from actuality which haunted the pastoral throughout its many transformations would lead us beyond all possible bounds of this inquiry.
From Pastoral Poetry and Pastoral Drama A Literary Inquiry, with Special Reference to the Pre-Restoration Stage in England by Walter W. Greg
He advocated strongly the disseverance of the Union, so that the country to which he belonged might have hands clean from the taint of slavery.
From North America — Volume 1 by Anthony Trollope
But she did not the less feel how terrible would be the effect of any disseverance from Lady Lufton.
From Framley Parsonage by Anthony Trollope
