dissever

Example Sentences

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But—and I forbear to lead up to it artistically—I dissever myself from your chariot wheels.

From Ancestors A Novel by Atherton, Gertrude Franklin Horn

May thy rich bounties ever To wedded love be shown, And no rude hand dissever Whom thou hast linked in one.

From Hymns for Christian Devotion Especially Adapted to the Universalist Denomination by Chapin, E. H. (Edwin Hubbell)

Mistress Hutchinson thus helped to dissever Church and State, and to found religious freedom in the United States.

From History of Woman Suffrage, Volume I by Stanton, Elizabeth Cady

"I would prefer to dissever all connection with the Bridge at the same time; but am willing to remain at the office until you find a suitable person for the post."

From The Making of a Soul by Rhodes, Kathlyn

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 Erasmus, Desiderius