Meaning of DISSEVER
| Pronunciation: | | di'sevur
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| | Definition: | | [v] separate into parts or portions; "divide the cake into three equal parts"; "The British carved up the Ottoman Empire after World War I" |
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| | Synonyms: | | carve up, divide, separate, split, split up |
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| | Antonyms: | | unify, unite | | |
| | See Also: | | Balkanise, Balkanize, break, canton, change integrity, format, initialise, initialize, lot, paragraph, parcel, sectionalise, sectionalize, sliver, splinter, subdivide, triangulate, unitise, unitize | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Dis*sev"er\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dissevered}; p. pr.
& vb. n. {Dissevering}.] [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}.]
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.
To part; to separate. --Chaucer.
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