Antonyms for dissever

Grammar : Verb

Spell : dih-sev-er

Phonetic Transcription : dɪˈsɛv ər

Definition of dissever

Origin : late 13c., from Anglo-French deseverer, Old French dessevrer (10c.), from des- (see dis-) + sevrer (see sever). Related: Dissevered; dissevering; disseverance; disseveration.

verb separate

Example sentences :

But the check is for a time—the gap and chasm does not dissever.
Extract from : « Dante. An essay. » by R. W. Church

He strove to unfasten her girdle, but might not dissever the clasp.
Extract from : « French Mediaeval Romances from the Lays of Marie de France » by Marie de France

I had recourse to the expedient of spreading my letters on a dry towel and draining them before attempting to dissever the leaves.
Extract from : « Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, April, 1876. » by Various

Political Zionism alone can transcend and unite: any religious formula would disturb and dissever.
Extract from : « Dreamers of the Ghetto » by I. Zangwill

So the man was able to dissever the ghastly head and thus to slay the monstrous dragon.
Extract from : « Tales of Fantasy and Fact » by Brander Matthews

He then corded it so firmly that it would require both industry and patience to dissever the several knots and twistings.
Extract from : « The Buccaneer » by Mrs. S. C. Hall

The Muslim might dissever heads as carelessly as he plucked an orange, they were those of unbelievers, not of girls.
Extract from : « Historia Amoris: A History of Love, Ancient and Modern » by Edgar Saltus

For himself, of course he loved knowledge; yet he would not dissever it from its value in the art of living.
Extract from : « The Mediaeval Mind (Volume II of II) » by Henry Osborn Taylor

But—and I forbear to lead up to it artistically—I dissever myself from your chariot wheels.
Extract from : « Ancestors » by Gertrude Atherton

Secrecy and guilt go so perpetually together, that it is almost difficult for the mind to dissever them.
Extract from : « The Doctor's Wife » by M. E. Braddon

Synonyms for dissever

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