dissever
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"I would prefer to dissever all connection with the Bridge at the same time; but am willing to remain at the office until you find a suitable person for the post."
From The Making of a Soul by Kathlyn Rhodes
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
Secrecy and guilt go so perpetually together, that it is almost difficult for the mind to dissever them.
From The Doctor's Wife by M. E. (Mary Elizabeth) Braddon
For though he was the enemy of my race and my country, yet I loved him with such a love that nothing could dissever my heart from him.
From The Great Captain: A Story of the Days of Sir Walter Raleigh by Katharine Tynan
But the check is for a time—the gap and chasm does not dissever.
From Dante. An essay. To which is added a translation of De Monarchia. by R. W. (Richard William) Church
Vocabulary lists containing dissever
Selection Vocabulary 1, Unit 2
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Selection Vocabulary 4, Unit 1
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