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English
Etymology
dis- + unite
Pronunciation
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, “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.
- (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.
- (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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Translations
cause disagreement or alienation among or within
separate, sever, or split
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Italian
Etymology 1
Adjective
disunite f pl
- feminine plural of disunito
Participle
disunite f pl
- feminine plural of disunito
Etymology 2
Verb
disunite
- inflection of disunire:
- second-person plural present indicative
- second-person plural imperative
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