dissever

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dissever

  • /dɪˈsɛvə/ UK
  • /dɪˈsɛvɚ/ US

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From Middle English disseveren, from Anglo-Norman desevrer, Old French dessevrer, from Vulgar Latin *dissēperō, dissēperāre, from Latin dis- + sēparō.

verb dissevers · dissevering · dissevered

  1. transitive To separate (two or more things); to split apart (something). [T]he ſaid floud of Rubicon diſſeuereth the Galle Ciſalpine from Italie.
  2. transitive To divide (something) into separate parts. If the bridge is destroyed, the shores are dissevered.

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