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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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. [1913 Webster] The storm so dissevered the company . . . that most of therm never met again. --Sir P. Sidney. [1913 Webster] States disserved, discordant, belligerent. --D. Webster. [1913 Webster]