dissever
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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.
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
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
But—and I forbear to lead up to it artistically—I dissever myself from your chariot wheels.
From Ancestors A Novel by Atherton, Gertrude Franklin Horn
Death does not dissever love among friends, 161.
From The Faith of Our Fathers by Gibbons, James
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Selection Vocabulary 1, Unit 2
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Selection Vocabulary 4, Unit 1
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