Dis*set"tle (?), v. t. To unsettle. [Obs.]

Dis*set"tle*ment (?), n. The act of unsettling, or the state of being unsettled. Marvell.

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.

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