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Webster 1913 Edition

Dissever

Dis-sev′er

,
Verb.
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

,
Verb.
I.
To part; to separate.
Chaucer.

Webster 1828 Edition

Dissever

DISSEVER

,
Verb.
T.
[dis and sever. In this word, dis, as in dispart, can have no effect, unless to augment the signification, as dis and sever both denote separation.] To dispart; to part in two; to divide asunder; to separate; to disunite, either by violence or not. When with force, it is equivalent to rend and burst. It may denote either to cut or to tear asunder. In beheading, the head is dissevered from the body. The lightning may dissever a branch from the stem of a tree. Jealousy dissevers the bonds of friendship. The reformation dissevered the Catholic church; it dissevered Protestants from catholics.

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