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Dissever

Dissever Meaning & Definition
Dissever Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of 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"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Dissever: carve up | divide | separate | split | split up

Related Terms | Find terms related to Dissever:

See Also | Balkanise | Balkanize | break | canton | change integrity | format | initialise | initialize | lot | paragraph | parcel | sectionalise | sectionalize | sliver | splinter | subdivide | triangulate | unitise | unitize

Dissever In Webster's Dictionary

\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.
\Dis*sev"er\, v. i. To part; to separate. --Chaucer.

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