About The Word Dissever
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Dissever
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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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