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   Dis·sev·er

   /dəˈsevər/

   

   verb

   • 1. divide or sever (something): rare "a European tradition which had not been willing to dissever reason from the law of nature"

   Word Origin Middle English (in the sense ‘separate’): from Old French dessevrer, from late Latin disseparare, from dis- (expressing intensive force) + Latin separare ‘to separate’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. disseverance noun
   • 2. disseverment noun

   Scrabble Points: 12

   • D

     2

   • I

     1

   • S

     1

   • S

     1

   • E

     1

   • V

     4

   • E

     1

   • R

     1

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