transitive verb
Origin: ME disseveren < OFr dessevrer < LL disseparare < L dis-, intens. + separare, to separate
intransitive verb
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verb dis·sev·ered, dis·sev·er·ing, dis·sev·ers verb, transitive
Origin:
Origin: Middle English disseveren
Origin: , from Old French dessevrer
Origin: , from Late Latin dissēparāre
Origin: : Latin dis-, dis-
Origin: + Latin sēparāre, to separate; see separate
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