disunite

English

Etymology

dis- +‎ unite

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɪsjuːˈnaɪt/
• Rhymes: -aɪt

Verb

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.

Related terms

• disunity

Translations

cause disagreement or alienation among or within

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separate, sever, or split

• Armenian: տրոհել (hy) (trohel)
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• Finnish: erottaa (fi)

disintegrate; come apart

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• Bulgarian: ^{(please verify)} разделям (bg) (razdeljam), ^{(please verify)} разединявам (bg) (razedinjavam)
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• Ido: ^{(please verify)} desunionar (io)

Anagrams

• nudities, unitised, untidies

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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

Anagrams

• induiste