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Dissever

//dɪˈsɛvɚ// verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To separate (two or more things); to split apart (something). transitive

    "[T]he ſaid floud of Rubicon diſſeuereth the Galle Ciſalpine from Italie."

  2. 2
    separate into parts or portions wordnet
  3. 3
    To divide (something) into separate parts. transitive

    "If the bridge is destroyed, the shores are dissevered."

Etymology

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

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