dismarry

English

Etymology

From dis- +‎ marry: compare Old French desmarier, French démarier.

Verb

dismarry (third-person singular simple present dismarries, present participle dismarrying, simple past and past participle dismarried)

1. (obsolete, transitive) To free from the bonds of marriage; to divorce.
   • 1523–1525, John Bourchier, Froissart's Chronicles:

     He was dismaryed, and maryed agayne to another gentylwoman.

References

• “dismarry”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.