Dissuo, dissuis. díssui, dissutum, pe. pro. dissúere. To tip that is sowne: to vndoe. Dissuere amicitias per translationem.Cicer.To breake off friendship by: little and little.
Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary
dis-sŭo, no perf., ūtum, 3, v. a.—Lit., to unstitich, to rip open; hence, in gen., toopen, to dissolve by degrees (a rare word). I.Lit.: sinum, Ov. F. 1, 408: malas,
to open the mouth wide
, Pers. 3, 59: habebit vestimenta dissuta, caput nudum, Vulg. Levit. 13, 45.—II.Trop.: amicitiae dissuendae magis quam discindendae, Cic. Lael. 21, 76; so, sensim amicitias (opp. repente praecidere), id. Off. 1, 33, 120.