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dissever |
3 definitions found 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 1.6 [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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