Definitions for: Dissever

[v] separate into parts or portions; "divide the cake into three equal parts"; "The British carved up the Ottoman Empire after World War I"

Webster (1913) Definition: 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.

Synonyms: carve up, divide, separate, split, split up

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

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