"dissever" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

IPA: /dɪˈsɛvə/ [UK], /dɪˈsɛvɚ/ [General-American] Forms: dissevers [present, singular, third-person], dissevering [participle, present], dissevered [participle, past], dissevered [past]
Etymology: From Middle English disseveren, from Anglo-Norman desevrer, Old French dessevrer, from Vulgar Latin *dissēperō, dissēperāre, from Latin dis- + sēparō. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|disseveren}} Middle English disseveren, {{der|en|xno|desevrer}} Anglo-Norman desevrer, {{der|en|fro|dessevrer}} Old French dessevrer, {{der|en|VL.|dissepero|*dissēperō, dissēperāre}} Vulgar Latin *dissēperō, dissēperāre, {{der|en|la|dis-}} Latin dis-, {{m|la|sēparō}} sēparō Head templates: {{en-verb}} dissever (third-person singular simple present dissevers, present participle dissevering, simple past and past participle dissevered)
  1. To separate (two or more things); to split apart (something). Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-dissever-en-verb-xVenWI4D Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 56 44
  2. To divide (something) into separate parts. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-dissever-en-verb-5R-LWaur
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: sever

Inflected forms

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