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Webster 1913 Edition
Disunite
Disˊu-nite′
,Verb.
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 matter2.
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.
Disˊu-nite′
,Verb.
I.
To part; to fall asunder; to become separated.
The joints of the body politic do separate and
disunite
. South.
Webster 1828 Edition
Disunite
DISUNITE
,Verb.
T.
DISUNITE
,Verb.
I.
Definition 2025
disunite
disunite
English
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.
- 1516, Sir Thomas More, Utopia, "Of Their Military Discipline":
- If they cannot disunite them by domestic broils, then they engage their neighbours against them.
- 1863, Charles Reade, Hard Cash, ch. 44:
- Secrets disunite a family.
- 1516, Sir Thomas More, Utopia, "Of Their Military Discipline":
- (transitive) To separate, sever, or split.
- 1899, Robert Barr, Jennie Baxter, Journalist, ch. 16:
- I have discovered how to disunite that force and that particle.
- 1899, Robert Barr, Jennie Baxter, Journalist, ch. 16:
- (intransitive) To disintegrate; to come apart.
- 1843, Robert Browning, A Blot In The 'Scutcheon, Act I:
- You cannot bind me more to you, my lord.
- Farewell till we renew... I trust, renew
- A converse ne'er to disunite again.
- 1843, Robert Browning, A Blot In The 'Scutcheon, Act I:
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Translations
cause disagreement or alienation among or within
disintegrate; come apart