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Disunite v. t. (past & past part. disunited; pres. part. disuniting)

To destroy the union of; to divide; to part; to sever; to disjoin; to sunder; to separate; as, to disunite particles of matter.

To alienate in spirit; to break the concord of. "Go on both in hand, O nations, never be disunited, be the praise... of all posterity!"

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Etymology of 'Disunite'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Disunite" Quotes from Famous Books

... reconcile the people to the great change which was made in the persons who composed the Ministry, and the still greater which was made and avowed in its constitution. As to individuals, other methods were employed with them, in order so thoroughly to disunite every party, and even every family, that no concert, order, or effect, might appear in any future opposition. And in this manner an Administration without connection with the people, or with one another, was first put in possession of Government. What good consequences followed ...

— Thoughts on the Present Discontents - and Speeches • Edmund Burke

Words linked to "Disunite" : cut up, disunion, dissociate, set apart, break up, part, compartmentalise, displace, joint, disconnect, split up, split, separate, disarticulate, divorce, divide, gin, sequestrate, disjoin, compartmentalize, cut, tear, snap, rupture, bust, break, keep apart, disjoint, disassociate, isolate, sever, polarize, sequester, polarise, move