dissever
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To dissever them without injury to the written spaces was by no means easy.
From Arthur Mervyn Or, Memoirs of the Year 1793 by Brown, Charles Brockden
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 Hall, S. C., Mrs.
Still shall the valour, love, and truth, That shone on Scotland's early youth, From Scotland ne'er dissever; The Shamrock, Rose, and Thistle stern Shall wave around her Wallace cairn, And bless the brave for ever!
From The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume V. The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century by Rogers, Charles
“The handkerchief is parted now, Ye have parted us for good and ever, But whilst with life our breasts shall glow Our love ye shall dissever never.”
From Axel Thordson and Fair Valborg a ballad by Borrow, George Henry
Of course there would be marriage, but of deliberate choice, and after a long and purely platonic friendship, in which all the horrid little failings that do most to dissever could be recognized and weighed.
From Ancestors A Novel by Atherton, Gertrude Franklin Horn
Vocabulary lists containing dissever
Selection Vocabulary 1, Unit 2
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Selection Vocabulary 4, Unit 1
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