Dictionary entry

Dissever

Webster's Dictionary 1913

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.

The storm so dissevered the company... that most of therm never met again. Sir P. Sidney.

States disserved, discordant, belligerent. D. Webster.