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(dĭs-sō′shĭ-āt)

Verb.

[

imp. & p. p.

Dissociated

;

p. pr. & vb. n.

Dissociating

[L.

dissociatus

, p. p. of

dissociare

to dissociate;

dis-

sociare

to unite, associate,

socius

companion. See

To separate from fellowship or union; to disunite; to disjoin;

as, to

dissociate

the particles of a concrete substance

Before Wyclif’s death in 1384, John of Gaunt had openly

dissociated

himself from the reformer.

A. W. Ward.

Verb.

[L., to unite, a companion.] To separate; to disunite; to part; as, to dissociate the particles of a concrete substance.