What does "dissever" mean?

Dissever: 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.

Additional senses

  1. 2.To part; to separate. Chaucer.

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