Definitions for dissever
dɪˈsɛv ərdis·sev·er

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. divide, split, split up, separate, dissever, carve upverb

   separate into parts or portions

   "divide the cake into three equal parts"; "The British carved up the Ottoman Empire after World War I"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. disseververb

   To separate, split apart.

2. disseververb

   To divide into separate parts.

   If the bridge is destroyed, the shores are dissevered.

3. Etymology: From desevrer, dessevrer, from dissepero, from dis- + separo.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. To Disseververb

   In this word the particle dis makes no change in the signification, and therefore the word, though supported by great authorities, ought to be ejected from our language. To part in two; to break; to divide; to sunder; to separate; to disunite.

   Etymology: dis and sever.

   Shortly had the storm so dissevered the company, which the day before had tarried together, that most of them never met again, but were swallowed up. Philip Sidney, b. ii.

   The dissevering of fleets hath been the overthrow of many actions. Walter Raleigh, Essays.

   All downright rains dissever the violence of outrageous winds, and level the mountainous billows. Walter Raleigh.

   Dissever your united strengths,
   And part your mingled colours once again. William Shakespeare, K. John.

   The meeting points the sacred hair dissever
   From the fair head, for ever and for ever. Alexander Pope.

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1. dissever

   To dissever means to divide, separate or split apart into components; to break up or cut off relations or associations. This term is often used in legal, literary, or poetic contexts.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Disseververb

   to part in two; to sever thoroughly; to sunder; to disunite; to separate; to disperse

2. Disseververb

   to part; to separate

3. Etymology: [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.]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Dissever

   dis-sev′ėr, v.t. to sever: to part in two: to separate: to disunite.—ns. Dissev′erance, Disseverā′tion, Dissev′erment, a dissevering or parting.—p.adj. Dissev′ered, disunited. [O. Fr. dessevrer—L. dis, apart, seperāre, to separate.]

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1. devisers

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of dissever in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of dissever in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=dissever
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Dissever
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=dissever
4. ^ ChatGPT
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5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dissever
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=dissever