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Webster 1913 Edition


Sunder

Sun′der

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Sundered
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Sundering
.]
[OE.
sundren
, AS.
sundrain
(in ā
sundrain
, ge
sundrain
), from
sundor
asunder, separately, apart; akin to D.
zonder
, prep., without, G.
sonder
separate, as prep., without,
sondern
but, OHG.
suntar
separately, Icel.
sundr
asunder, Sw. & Dan.
sönder
, Goth.
sundrō
alone, separately.]
To disunite in almost any manner, either by rending, cutting, or breaking; to part; to put or keep apart; to separate; to divide; to sever;
as, to
sunder
a rope; to
sunder
a limb; to
sunder
friends.
It is
sundered
from the main land by a sandy plain.
Carew.

Sun′der

,
Verb.
I.
To part; to separate.
[R.]
Shak.

Sun′der

,
Noun.
[See
Sunder
,
Verb.
T.
, and cf.
Asunder
.]
A separation into parts; a division or severance.
In sunder
,
into parts.
“He breaketh the bow, and cutteth the spear in sunder.”
Ps. xlvi. 9.

Sun′der

,
Verb.
T.
To expose to the sun and wind.
[Prov. Eng.]
Halliwell.

Webster 1828 Edition


Sunder

SUN'DER

, v.t.
1.
To part; to separate; to divide; to disunite in almost any manner, either by rending, cutting, or breaking; as, to sunder a rope or cord; to sunder a limb or joint; to sunder friends, or the ties of friendship. The executioner sunders the head from the body at a stroke. A mountain may be sundered by an earthquake.
Bring me lightning, give me thunder;
--Jove may kill, but ne'er shall sunder.
2.
To expose to the sun. [Provincial in England.]

SUN'DER

,
Noun.
In sunder, in tow.
He cutteth the spear in sunder. Ps.46.

Definition 2024


Sünder

Sünder

See also: sunder, sûnder, and sunđer

German

Noun

Sünder m (genitive Sünders, plural Sünder, feminine Sünderin)

  1. sinner

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