asunder
(adjective) widely separated especially in space; “as wide asunder as pole from pole”
apart, asunder
(adverb) into parts or pieces; “he took his father’s watch apart”; “split apart”; “torn asunder”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
asunder (comparative more asunder, superlative most asunder)
Into separate parts or pieces; apart.
• apart, in twain; see also asunder
• Urendas, asundre, dauners, enduras, unreads
Source: Wiktionary
A*sun"der, adv. Etym: [Pref. a- + sunder.]
Definition: Apart; separate from each other; into parts; in two; separately; into or in different pieces or places. I took my staff, even Beauty, and cut it asunder. Zech. xi. 10. As wide asunder as pole and pole. Froude.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
2 April 2025
(adjective) secret or hidden; not openly practiced or engaged in or shown or avowed; “covert actions by the CIA”; “covert funding for the rebels”
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
