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

We met each other, as when waters meet In long continued shock, and muttering, sweet Confusion mixed in unity complete    That changing time may not dissever;    One in love and one for ever.

From My Beautiful Lady. Nelly Dale by Morley, Henry

Perhaps, if I dissever and explain the word, it may enable even my English readers in some degree to approach a successful attempt at its pronunciation.

From The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine by Rameur, E.

May thy rich bounties ever To wedded love be shown, And no rude hand dissever Whom thou hast linked in one.

From Hymns for Christian Devotion Especially Adapted to the Universalist Denomination by Chapin, E. H. (Edwin Hubbell)

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