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dissever

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dis·sev·er  (d-svr)
v. dis·sev·ered, dis·sev·er·ing, dis·sev·ers
v.tr.
1. To separate; sever.
2. To divide into parts; break up.
v.intr.
To become separated or disunited.

[Middle English disseveren, from Old French dessevrer, from Late Latin dissparre : Latin dis-, dis- + Latin sparre, to separate; see separate.]

dis·sever·ance, dis·sever·ment n.

dissever [dɪˈsɛvə]
vb
1. to break off or become broken off
2. (tr) to divide up into parts
[from Old French dessevrer, from Late Latin dis-1 + sēparāre to separate]
disseverance , disseverment, disseveration n
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Verb1.dissever - separate into parts or portions; "divide the cake into three equal parts"; "The British carved up the Ottoman Empire after World War I"
change integrity - change in physical make-up
subdivide - divide into smaller and smaller pieces; "This apartment cannot be subdivided any further!"
initialise, initialize, format - divide (a disk) into marked sectors so that it may store data; "Please format this disk before entering data!"
sectionalise, sectionalize - divide into sections, especially into geographic sections; "sectionalize a country"
triangulate - divide into triangles or give a triangular form to; "triangulate the piece of cardboard"
unitise, unitize - divide (bulk material) and process as units
lot - divide into lots, as of land, for example
parcel - divide into parts; "The developers parceled the land"
sliver, splinter - divide into slivers or splinters
paragraph - divide into paragraphs, as of text; "This story is well paragraphed"
canton - divide into cantons, of a country
Balkanise, Balkanize - divide a territory into small, hostile states


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But our love it was stronger by far than the love Of those who were older than we - Of many far wiser than we - And neither the angels in Heaven above Nor the demons down under the sea Can ever dissever my soul from the soul Of the beautiful ANNABEL LEE: -
He had contrived, or rather he had happened, to dissever himself from the world--to vanish--to give up his place and privileges with living men, without being admitted among the dead.
"Venerable trapper, or, as I may now say, liberator," commenced the dolorous Obed, "it would seem, that a fitting time has at length arrived to dissever the unnatural and altogether irregular connection, which exists between my inferior members and the body of Asinus.
 
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