disseverance
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Disseverance — Dis*sev er*ance, n. [OF. dessevrance.] The act of disserving; separation. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
disseverance — index division (act of dividing), separation, split Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
disseverance — “+ noun Etymology: Middle English deseveraunce, disseveraunce, from Middle French dessevrance, from dessevrer + ance : the act of dissevering : the state of being dissevered : separation complete selfishness and disseverance from anything that… … Useful english dictionary
disseverance — noun see dissever … New Collegiate Dictionary
disseverance — noun The act of dissevering; separation … Wiktionary
disseverance — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun The act or an instance of separating one thing from another: detachment, disjunction, disjuncture, disseverment, disunion, division, divorce, divorcement, parting, partition, separation, severance, split. See ASSEMBLE … English dictionary for students
disseverance — n. separation; partition … English contemporary dictionary
disseverance — dis·severance … English syllables
dissever — disseverance, disseverment, disseveration, n. /di sev euhr/, v.t. 1. to sever; separate. 2. to divide into parts. v.i. 3. to part; separate. [1250 1300; ME des(s)everen < OF dessevrer < LL disseparare, equiv. to L dis DIS 1 + separare to… … Universalium
English words first attested in Chaucer — Contents 1 Etymology 2 List 2.1 Canterbury Tales General Prologue … Wikipedia
