disunite
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disunite
- /dɪsjuːˈnaɪt/ UK
Rhymes with -aɪt
Where it comes from
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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-
Old French des-bor.
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Latin dis-bor.
Middle English dis-
English dis-
Proto-Indo-European *ís?
Proto-Indo-European *h₁óynos
Proto-Italic *oinos
Old Latin oinos
Latin ūnus
Proto-Indo-European *-yétider.
Latin -iō
Latin ūniō
Proto-Indo-European *-tós
Proto-Italic *-tos
Latin -tus
Latin ūnītuslbor.
Middle English uniten
English unite
English disunite
From dis- + unite.
verb disunites · disuniting · disunited
- To cause disagreement or alienation among or within. If they cannot disunite them by domestic broils, then they engage their neighbours against them.
- To separate, sever, or split. I have discovered how to disunite that force and that particle.
- To disintegrate; to come apart. You cannot bind me more to you, my lord. Farewell till we renew... I trust, renew A converse ne'er to disunite again.
