disunite

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Etymology[edit]

dis- +‎ unite

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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, “Of Their Military Discipline”, in Utopia:
      If they cannot disunite them by domestic broils, then they engage their neighbours against them.
    • 1863, Charles Reade, chapter 44, in Hard Cash:
      Secrets disunite a family.
  2. (transitive) To separate, sever, or split.
    • 1899, Robert Barr, chapter 16, in Jennie Baxter, Journalist:
      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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Etymology 1[edit]

Adjective[edit]

disunite f pl

  1. feminine plural of disunito

Participle[edit]

disunite f pl

  1. feminine plural of disunito

Etymology 2[edit]

Verb[edit]

disunite

  1. inflection of disunire:
    1. second-person plural present indicative
    2. second-person plural imperative

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