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Webster 1913 Edition


Disintegrate

Dis-in′te-grate

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Disintegrated
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Disintegrating
.]
[L.
dis-
+
integratus
, p. p. of
integrare
to renew, repair, fr.
integer
entire, whole. See
Integer
.]
To separate into integrant parts; to reduce to fragments or to powder; to break up, or cause to fall to pieces, as a rock, by blows of a hammer, frost, rain, and other mechanical or atmospheric influences.
Marlites are not
disintegrated
by exposure to the atmosphere, at least in six years.
Kirwan.

Dis-in′te-grate

,
Verb.
I.
To decompose into integrant parts;
as, chalk rapidly
disintegrates
.

Webster 1828 Edition


Disintegrate

DISINTEGRATE

,
Verb.
T.
[dis and integer.] To separate the integrant parts of.
Marlites are not disintegrated by exposure to the atmosphere, at least in six years.

Definition 2024


disintegrate

disintegrate

English

Verb

disintegrate (third-person singular simple present disintegrates, present participle disintegrating, simple past and past participle disintegrated)

  1. (transitive) To undo the integrity of, break into parts.
    • Kirwan
      Marlites are not disintegrated by exposure to the atmosphere, at least in six years.
  2. (intransitive) To fall apart, break up into parts.

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Italian

Verb

disintegrate

  1. second-person plural present indicative of disintegrare
  2. second-person plural imperative of disintegrare
  3. feminine plural of disintegrato