dissever
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The flesh does not conjoin, but dissever; although through its very severance it suggests a shadow of the union which it cannot bestow.
From Human Personality and its Survival of Bodily Death by F. W. H. (Frederic William Henry) Myers
Perhaps, if I dissever and explain the word, it may enable even my English readers in some degree to approach a successful attempt at its pronunciation.
From The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine by E. Rameur
Oh how shall I, not knowing where thou art, Be all myself—thou dost dissever me.
From The International Monthly Magazine, Volume 5, No. 1, January, 1852 by Various
Mistress Hutchinson thus helped to dissever Church and State, and to found religious freedom in the United States.
From History of Woman Suffrage, Volume I by Elizabeth Cady Stanton
He then corded it so firmly that it would require both industry and patience to dissever the several knots and twistings.
From The Buccaneer A Tale by Mrs. S. C. Hall
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