də̇+ verb
Etymology: Middle English deseveren, disseveren, from Old French dessevrer, from Late Latin disseparare, from Latin dis- dis- (I) + separare to separate — more at separate
transitive verb
: sever , disunite , separate , part
he loved knowledge; yet he would not dissever it from its value in the art of living — H.O.Taylor
great wastes of empty land dissevered the single farm from the rest of the world — Oscar Handlin
Henchard's wife was dissevered from him by death — Thomas Hardy
also : to divide or cut into parts or separate units
the dissevered carcass of the chicken
intransitive verb
: to dissever two or more things
deep beneath the surface of the legal system … are these attractions and repulsions, uniting and dissevering as in one unending paradox — B.N.Cardozo