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dissever

[dih-sev-er] / dɪˈsɛv ər /


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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

Death does not dissever love among friends, 161.

From The Faith of Our Fathers by Gibbons, James

Its reign is almost over; its powers to dissever and destroy are now being rapidly eliminated from a Constitution whose basic meaning is justice, equality, and love.

From The Continental Monthly, Vol. 4, No. 5, November, 1863 by Various

Just before this attack, Hooker had decided to interpose more force between the wings of the rebel army, in order to permanently dissever Jackson from the main body.

From Chancellorsville and Gettysburg Campaigns of the Civil War - VI by Doubleday, Abner

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)




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