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Definition of Dissever
1. Verb. Separate into parts or portions. "The British carved up the Ottoman Empire after World War I"
Generic synonyms: Change Integrity
Specialized synonyms: Subdivide, Format, Initialise, Initialize, Sectionalise, Sectionalize, Triangulate, Unitise, Unitize, Lot, Parcel, Sliver, Splinter, Paragraph, Canton, Balkanise, Balkanize
Derivative terms: Divider, Divider, Divider, Divisible, Division, Split
Antonyms: Unite
Definition of Dissever
1. v. t. To part in two; to sever thoroughly; to sunder; to disunite; to separate; to disperse.
2. v. i. To part; to separate.
Definition of Dissever
1. Verb. To separate, split apart. ¹
2. Verb. To divide into separate parts. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Dissever
1. to sever [v -ED, -ING, -S] - See also: sever
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dissever
Literary usage of Dissever
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The United States Democratic Review by Conrad Swackhamer (1839)
"Thus continued, it must infallibly dislocate and dissever the system, so soon as
the distances an<l the masses increase to proportions considerably beyond ..."
2. A Dictionary of English Synonymes and Synonymous Or Parallel Expressions by Richard Soule, George Holmes Howison (1891)
"Separate, va I. Disjoin, disunite, part, divide» sever, dissever, detach,
disconnect, disengage, 2. Sever, sunder, He between, hold apart. ..."
3. Public Papers of Governor by New York (State). Governor (1898)
"There is upon us all a duty to curb tke unbridled speech and act whose tendency
is to weaken and dissever, and to cultivate that reason and careful ..."
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