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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 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.

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.
disyunite. [dis and unite.] To separate; to disjoin; to part; as, to disunite two allied countries; to disunite particles of matter; to disunite friends.

DISUNITE

,
Verb.
I.
To part; To fall asunder; to become separate. Particles of matter may spontaneously disunite.

Definition 2024


disunite

disunite

English

Verb

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

  1. (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.
  2. (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.
  3. (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.

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Italian

Adjective

disunite f pl

  1. feminine plural of disunito

Verb

disunite

  1. second-person plural present indicative of disunire
  2. second-person plural imperative of disunire
  3. feminine plural of disunito

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