DISUNITE

separate, disunite, divide, part

(verb) force, take, or pull apart; “He separated the fighting children”; “Moses parted the Red Sea”

disassociate, dissociate, divorce, disunite, disjoint

(verb) part; cease or break association with; “She disassociated herself from the organization when she found out the identity of the president”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Verb

disunite (third-person singular simple present disunites, present participle disuniting, simple past and past participle disunited)

(transitive) To cause disagreement or alienation among or within.

(transitive) To separate, sever, or split.

(intransitive) To disintegrate; to come apart.

Anagrams

• nudities, unitised, untidies

Source: Wiktionary


Dis`u*nite", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disunited; p. pr. & vb. n. Disuniting.]

1. To destroy the union of; to divide; to part; to sever; to disjoin; to sunder; to separate; as, to disunite particles of matter.

2. To alienate in spirit; to break the concord of. Go on both in hand, O nations, never be disunited, be the praise . . . of all posterity! Milton.

Dis`u*nite", v. i.

Definition: To part; to fall asunder; to become separated. The joints of the body politic do separate and disunite. South.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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