dissever

Example Sentences

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The flesh does not conjoin, but dissever; although through its very severance it suggests a shadow of the union which it cannot bestow.

From Human Personality and its Survival of Bodily Death by Myers, F. W. H. (Frederic William Henry)

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

You can dissever none of these facts one from the other, and we now approach the “one man principle.”

From The Arena Volume 4, No. 21, August, 1891 by Various

But the check is for a time—the gap and chasm does not dissever.

From Dante. An essay. To which is added a translation of De Monarchia. by Church, R. W. (Richard William)

"I would prefer to dissever all connection with the Bridge at the same time; but am willing to remain at the office until you find a suitable person for the post."

From The Making of a Soul by Rhodes, Kathlyn