disunite
English
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /dɪsjuːˈnaɪt/
- Rhymes: -aɪt
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
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Verb
disunite
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