disshiver

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verb

(archaic) To break apart into pieces.

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Meanings

verbdisshiver (third-person singular simple present disshivers, present participle disshivering, simple past and past participle disshivered)

present singular third person disshivers · participle present disshivering · participle past disshivered · past disshivered

  1. transitive(archaic) To break apart into pieces.

    Disshiver'd spears and shields ytorn in twain.

    1859, George Gilfillan, The Poetical Works of Edmund Spencer, page 343
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APA

disshiver. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/disshiver

MLA

“disshiver.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/disshiver. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “disshiver,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/disshiver.

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