DISSEVER

dissever. Dissever, v.t. to part on two, part, divide, disjoin

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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.