dissever

dis·sev·er

D0288500 (dĭ-sĕv′ər)v. dis·sev·ered, dis·sev·er·ing, dis·sev·ers v.tr.1. To separate; sever.2. To divide into parts; break up.v.intr. To become separated or disunited.

[Middle English disseveren, from Old French dessevrer, from Late Latin dissēparāre : Latin dis-, dis- + Latin sēparāre, to separate; see separate.]

dis·sev′er·ance, dis·sev′er·ment n.

dissever

(dɪˈsɛvə) vb1. to break off or become broken off2. (tr) to divide up into parts[C13: from Old French dessevrer, from Late Latin dis-¹ + sēparāre to separate] disˈseverance, disˈseverment, disˌseverˈation n

dis•sev•er

(dɪˈsɛv ər)

v.t. 1. to sever; separate. 2. to divide into parts. v.i. 3. to part; separate. [1250–1300; Middle English < Old French dessevrer < Late Latin dissēparāre= Latin dis- dis-¹ + sēparāre to separate] dis•sev′er•ance, dis•sev′er•ment, dis•sev`er•a′tion, n.

dissever

Past participle: dissevered
Gerund: dissevering

Imperative
dissever
dissever

Present
I dissever
you dissever
he/she/it dissevers
we dissever
you dissever
they dissever

Preterite
I dissevered
you dissevered
he/she/it dissevered
we dissevered
you dissevered
they dissevered

Present Continuous
I am dissevering
you are dissevering
he/she/it is dissevering
we are dissevering
you are dissevering
they are dissevering

Present Perfect
I have dissevered
you have dissevered
he/she/it has dissevered
we have dissevered
you have dissevered
they have dissevered

Past Continuous
I was dissevering
you were dissevering
he/she/it was dissevering
we were dissevering
you were dissevering
they were dissevering

Past Perfect
I had dissevered
you had dissevered
he/she/it had dissevered
we had dissevered
you had dissevered
they had dissevered

Future
I will dissever
you will dissever
he/she/it will dissever
we will dissever
you will dissever
they will dissever

Future Perfect
I will have dissevered
you will have dissevered
he/she/it will have dissevered
we will have dissevered
you will have dissevered
they will have dissevered

Future Continuous
I will be dissevering
you will be dissevering
he/she/it will be dissevering
we will be dissevering
you will be dissevering
they will be dissevering

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been dissevering
you have been dissevering
he/she/it has been dissevering
we have been dissevering
you have been dissevering
they have been dissevering

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been dissevering
you will have been dissevering
he/she/it will have been dissevering
we will have been dissevering
you will have been dissevering
they will have been dissevering

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been dissevering
you had been dissevering
he/she/it had been dissevering
we had been dissevering
you had been dissevering
they had been dissevering

Conditional
I would dissever
you would dissever
he/she/it would dissever
we would dissever
you would dissever
they would dissever

Past Conditional
I would have dissevered
you would have dissevered
he/she/it would have dissevered
we would have dissevered
you would have dissevered
they would have dissevered

Thesaurus

Verb

dissever - separate into parts or portions; "divide the cake into three equal parts"; "The British carved up the Ottoman Empire after World War I"carve up, divide, split, split up, separatechange integrity - change in physical make-upsubdivide - divide into smaller and smaller pieces; "This apartment cannot be subdivided any further!"initialise, initialize, format - divide (a disk) into marked sectors so that it may store data; "Please format this disk before entering data!"sectionalise, sectionalize - divide into sections, especially into geographic sections; "sectionalize a country"triangulate - divide into triangles or give a triangular form to; "triangulate the piece of cardboard"unitise, unitize - divide (bulk material) and process as unitslot - divide into lots, as of land, for exampleparcel - divide into parts; "The developers parceled the land"sliver, splinter - divide into slivers or splintersparagraph - divide into paragraphs, as of text; "This story is well paragraphed"canton - divide into cantons, of a countryBalkanise, Balkanize - divide a territory into small, hostile states

dissever

verb1. To separate into parts with or as if with a sharp-edged instrument:carve, cleave, cut, sever, slice, slit, split.2. To make a division into parts, sections, or branches:break up, divide, part, partition, section, segment, separate.

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Synonyms for dissever

verb to separate into parts with or as if with a sharp-edged instrument

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verb to make a division into parts, sections, or branches

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Synonyms for dissever

verb separate into parts or portions

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