Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for DI-VUL'SION
DI-VUL'SION, n. [L. divulsio, from divellor; di, dis, and vello, to pull.]
The act of pulling or plucking away; a rending asunder. And dire divulsions shook the changing world. – J. Barlow.
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