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dissever

dis·se·ver

UK/dɪˈsɛvə/ US/dɪˈsɛvɚ/ uncommon

verb

1.

separate into parts or portions

  • “divide the cake into three equal parts”
  • “The British carved up the Ottoman Empire after World War I”
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From Middle English disseveren, from Anglo-Norman desevrer, Old French dessevrer, from Vulgar Latin *dissēperō, dissēperāre, from Latin dis- + sēparō.

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