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.
Just before this attack, Hooker had decided to interpose more force between the wings of the rebel army, in order to permanently dissever Jackson from the main body.
From Chancellorsville and Gettysburg Campaigns of the Civil War - VI by Doubleday, Abner
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
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
“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
Vocabulary lists containing dissever
Selection Vocabulary 1, Unit 2
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Selection Vocabulary 4, Unit 1
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