dissever

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Yet it is grievous to think, that in some instances a difference, which extended no further than to the outward polity of the Church, could dissever and almost alienate those whom grace had made one.

From London in Modern Times or, Sketches of the English Metropolis during the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries. by Unknown

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

“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

But all her childish reasoning could not dissever the two.

From Olive A Novel by Bowers, G.

His throne shall become a seat of heavenly glory His worthy sceptre from right will not dissever, His happy kingdom, of faith shall perish never.

From "Everyman," with other interludes, including eight miracle plays by Rhys, Ernest