dissever

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"She dissevers her interests from those of her late husband's family with great magnanimity, I must say."

From The Bramleighs of Bishop's Folly by Lever, Charles James

We may say, then, that, whenever a Mason permanently withdraws his membership, he at once, and while he continues unaffiliated, dissevers all connection between himself and the Lodge organization of the Order.

From The Principles of Masonic Law A Treatise on the Constitutional Laws, Usages and Landmarks of Freemasonry by Mackey, Albert G.

Such fears vanish when we learn that it is the soul in man which links him with other souls; the body which dissevers even while it seems to unite....

From Psychic Phenomena A Brief Account of the Physical Manifestations Observed in Psychical Research by Bennett, Edward T.

The instrument of the purely mundane consciousness, on the other hand, is the reason, which dissevers and dissects phenomena, divining unity through correlation.

From Four-Dimensional Vistas by Bragdon, Claude Fayette

A somewhat anti-prelatical note runs through Marvell’s writings, but it is a familiar enough note in the works of the English laity, and by no means dissevers its possessor from the Anglican Church.

From Andrew Marvell by Morley, John