dissunder, v.
(dɪsˈsʌndə(r))
[f. dis- 1 or 5 + sunder v.]
trans. To sunder, sever, dissever. Hence disˈsundered ppl. a., separated, dissevered.
| 1580 T. M[ulcaster] in Baret's Alv. To Rdr. i, Like Beé he manie a yeére did moile, In large wide fields, that far dissundred beé. 1615 Chapman Odyss. i. 36 He himself solemniz'd a retreat To th' Aethiops, far dissunder'd in their seat. 1642 H. More Song of Soul i. iii. xxv, Who can this strength dissunder? 1808 J. Barlow Columb. ix. 450 Diffused o'er various far dissunder'd lands. 1855 Singleton Aeneid viii. 438 The Gorgon..Her eyeballs rolling with dissundered neck. |