dissever
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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
First it were a great shame, that a little money should dissever us twain, whom Nature hath knit so near together.
From Against War by Desiderius Erasmus
But—and I forbear to lead up to it artistically—I dissever myself from your chariot wheels.
From Ancestors A Novel by Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton
He then corded it so firmly that it would require both industry and patience to dissever the several knots and twistings.
From The Buccaneer A Tale by Mrs. S. C. Hall
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
Vocabulary lists containing dissever
Selection Vocabulary 1, Unit 2
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Selection Vocabulary 4, Unit 1
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