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dissevers

dissevers is the third-person singular simple present indicative of dissever.

Meaning of dissever

Verb

dissever (third-person singular simple present dissevers, present participle dissevering, simple past and past participle dissevered)

  1. (transitive) To separate (two or more things); to split apart (something).
    • [T]he ſaid floud of Rubicon diſſeuereth the Galle Ciſalpine from Italie.1564 February, Erasmus, “The Saiynges of Iulius Caesar”, in Nicolas Udall [i.e., Nicholas Udall], transl., Apophthegmes, that is to Saie, Prompte, Quicke, Wittie and Sentẽcious Saiynges, […], London...
  2. (transitive) To divide (something) into separate parts.
    • If the bridge is destroyed, the shores are dissevered.

Questions about dissevers

What is dissevers the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Dissevers is the third-person singular simple present indicative of dissever.

Words near dissevers in the dictionary

  1. disseverest
  2. dissevereth
  3. dissevering
  4. disseverment
  5. disseverments
  6. dissevers
  7. dissful
  8. dissheathe
  9. dissheathed
  10. dissheathes
  11. dissheathing

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