dissever
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So the man was able to dissever the ghastly head and thus to slay the monstrous dragon.
From Tales of Fantasy and Fact by Matthews, Brander
Its reign is almost over; its powers to dissever and destroy are now being rapidly eliminated from a Constitution whose basic meaning is justice, equality, and love.
From The Continental Monthly, Vol. 4, No. 5, November, 1863 by Various
To open the mind to unreserved communication, is imbecility; to cover it with a vail, to dissever its internal workings from its external manifestations, is dissimulation and falsehood.
From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 2, No. 8, January, 1851 by Various
But all her childish reasoning could not dissever the two.
From Olive A Novel by Bowers, G.
This is not the type of anecdote which looms large in the volumes of "minced saints" prepared for pious readers, and its absence has accustomed us to dissever humour from sanctity.
From Americans and Others by Repplier, Agnes
Vocabulary lists containing dissever
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