dissever

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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 Church, R. W. (Richard William)

You attempt to live your life on one side only, to dissever that which was made for unity, and calamity comes to crush you.

From Morality as a Religion An exposition of some first principles by Sullivan, W. R. Washington

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 Stanton, Elizabeth Cady

And neither the artists in circles above, Or critics who view the débris, 52Can ever dissever the Nude from the Stairs, For both are so hobble-de-gee, So hobble-de-wobble-de-gee!

From The Re-echo Club by Wells, Carolyn

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