dissever
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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 R. W. (Richard William) Church
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 E. Rameur
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 Agnes Repplier
Yet it is grievous to think, that in some instances a difference, which extended no further than to the outward polity of the Church, could dissever and almost alienate those whom grace had made one.
From London in Modern Times or, Sketches of the English Metropolis during the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries. by Unknown
Death does not dissever love among friends, 161.
From The Faith of Our Fathers by James Gibbons
Vocabulary lists containing dissever
Selection Vocabulary 1, Unit 2
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Selection Vocabulary 4, Unit 1
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