dissever

dissever
    v 1: separate into parts or portions; "divide the cake into
         three equal parts"; "The British carved up the Ottoman
         Empire after World War I" [syn: {divide}, {split}, {split
         up}, {separate}, {dissever}, {carve up}] [ant: {unify},
         {unite}]
    

Dissever \Dis*sev"er\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dissevered}; p. pr.
   & vb. n. {Dissevering}.] [OE. dessevrer; pref. des- (L. dis-)
   + sevrer to sever, F. sevrer to wean, L. separate to
   separate. In this word the prefix is intensive. See {Dis-},
   and {Sever}.]
   To part in two; to sever thoroughly; to sunder; to disunite;
   to separate; to disperse.
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         The storm so dissevered the company . . . that most of
         therm never met again.                   --Sir P.
                                                  Sidney.
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         States disserved, discordant, belligerent. --D.
                                                  Webster.
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Dissever \Dis*sev"er\, v. i.
   To part; to separate. --Chaucer.
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