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dissociate
- /dɪˈsəʊ.ʃi.eɪt/ UK
- /-si-/ UK
- /dɪˈsoʊ.ʃi.eɪt/ US
- /-si-/ US
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Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁
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Proto-Indo-European *trísinflu.
Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is-
Proto-Italic *dis-
Latin dis-
Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ-
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
Proto-Indo-European *sokʷéh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-ṓy
Proto-Indo-European *sokʷh₂ṓy
Proto-Indo-European *-yós
Proto-Indo-European *sokʷyós
Proto-Italic *sokjos
Latin sokios
Latin socius
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu.
Proto-Italic *-ājō
Proto-Italic *-āō
Latin -ō
Latin sociō
Latin dissociō
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Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-tós
Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos
Proto-Italic *-ātos
Latin -ātuslbor.
English -ate
English dissociate
From Latin dissociō + -ate (verb-forming suffix), from dis- (“apart”) + sociō (“join”), from socius (“related, leagued”).
verb dissociates · dissociating · dissociated
- To cease associating; To part. After the big fight, the gang totally dissociated from each other.
- To undergo dissociation. Gerald checked himself into the hospital because he was dissociating.
- To undergo dissociation.
- To cease associating with; to make unrelated; to sever a connection; to separate. A number of group members wish to dissociate themselves from the majority.
- To separate compounds into simpler component parts, usually by applying heat or through electrolysis. We dissociated the lead iodide into its elements by heating
