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dissever

[dih-sev-er] / dɪˈsɛv ər /


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So that when we came to part at the station, it was with a regret for that parting, and a hope that friendships were cemented on our journey, which nothing ever could dissever.

From A Flight in Spring In the car Lucania from New York to the Pacific coast and back, during April and May, 1898 by J. Harris (John Harris) Knowles

“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 George Henry Borrow

Secrecy and guilt go so perpetually together, that it is almost difficult for the mind to dissever them.

From The Doctor's Wife by M. E. (Mary Elizabeth) Braddon

Friends of my youth I shall love you for ever— Closer and firmer ye twine round my heart; Though now the wide sea our lot may dissever, Affection and friendship can never depart.

From The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume VI The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century by Charles Rogers

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




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