Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
disseverance .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete The act of disserving; disseverance.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The act of
disserving ;disseverance .
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Examples
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The troubles which gave rise to the disseveration of England from
Alonzo and Melissa The Unfeeling Father Daniel Jackson
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Mansfield adduced historical facts to prove that the people of New England had been aiming at independence, almost from her earliest infancy; and he maintained that Great Britain could not concede any one claim which was demanded without relinquishing all, and admitting disseveration and independence.
The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.III. From George III. to Victoria Edward Farr
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At a previous interview, he assured him that he had never heard any person, drunk or sober, express a wish for the disseveration of the two countries, or hint that such a thing would be advantageous to America.
The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.III. From George III. to Victoria Edward Farr
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They had been made one flesh and one bone, for better and worse, thirty years since; and now in her latter days she could not put up with disseveration and dislocation.
Orley Farm Anthony Trollope 1848
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"The troubles which gave rise to the disseveration of England from
Alonzo and Melissa The Unfeeling Father Daniel Jackson
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