disseverment

[dih-sev-er]

dis·sev·er

[dih-sev-er]
verb (used with object)
1.
to sever; separate.
2.
to divide into parts.
verb (used without object)
3.
to part; separate.

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Disseverment is always a great word to know.
So is bezoar. Does it mean:
a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.

Origin:
1250–1300; Middle English des(s)everen < Old French dessevrer < Late Latin dissēparāre, equivalent to Latin dis- dis-1 + sēparāre to separate

dis·sev·er·ance, dis·sev·er·ment, dis·sev·er·a·tion, noun
un·dis·sev·ered, adjective
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dissever (dɪˈsɛvə)
 
vb
1.  to break off or become broken off
2.  (tr) to divide up into parts
 
[C13: from Old French dessevrer, from Late Latin dis-1 + sēparāre to separate]
 
dis'severance
 
n
 
dis'severment
 
n
 
dissever'ation
 
n

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