disunite

English

Etymology

From dis- +‎ unite.

Pronunciation

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

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.

Derived terms

Related terms

disunity

Translations

cause disagreement or alienation among or within

Dutch: verdeeldheid zaaien onder, uit elkaar spelen
Latin: disiungō (la)
Macedonian: разединува (razedinuva)

separate, sever, or split

Armenian: տրոհել (hy) (trohel)
Bulgarian: разделям (bg) (razdeljam), разединявам (bg) (razedinjavam)
Finnish: erottaa (fi)
Latin: disiungō (la)
Macedonian: разединува (razedinuva)

disintegrate; come apart

Dutch: uiteenvallen (nl)

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Translations to be checked

Ido: ^{(please verify)} desunionar (io)

Anagrams

nudities, unitised, untidies

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:
1. second-person plural present indicative
2. second-person plural imperative

Anagrams

induiste