DISSEVERS

Verb

dissevers

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dissever

Anagrams

• disserves

Source: Wiktionary


DISSEVER

Dis*sev"er, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dissevered; p. pr. & vb. n. Dissevering.] Etym: [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.]

Definition: 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.

Dis*sev"er, v. i.

Definition: To part; to separate. Chaucer.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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