disseverance
(dɪˈsɛvərəns)
Forms: see prec. vb.
[a. OF. dessevrance, etc. (Godef.), f. dessevrer to dissever: see -ance.]
The action or fact of dissevering or separating; separation.
| c 1374 Chaucer Troylus iii. 1375 (1424) That I was born allas what me is wo, That day of vs mot make desseueraunce. 1463 Bury Wills (Camden) 20 A deseueraunce maad of stoon wal ovir the entre, to parte the litil botrie vnder the gresys. 1586 A. Day Eng. Secretary i. (1625) 86 To extinguish the cause of falling of the disseverance, or breach. 1832 Fraser's Mag. VI. 377 The disseverance of Belgium and Holland should be considered as matter of history. |