5 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Sunder \Sun"der\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Sundered}; p. pr & vb
n. {Sundering}.] [OE. sundren AS sundrain (in [=a]sundrain,
gesundrain), from sundor asunder, separately, apart; akin to
D. zonder, prep., without G. sonder separate, as prep.,
without sondern but OHG. suntar separately, Icel. sundr
asunder, Sw & Dan. s["o]nder, Goth. sundr[=o] alone,
separately.]
To disunite in almost any manner, either by rending, cutting,
or breaking; to part to put or keep apart; to separate; to
divide; to sever; as to sunder a rope; to sunder a limb; to
sunder friends.
It is sundered from the main land by a sandy plain.
--Carew.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Sunder \Sun"der\, v. i.
To part to separate. [R.] --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Sunder \Sun"der\, n. [See {Sunder}, v. t., and cf {Asunder}.]
A separation into parts a division or severance.
{In sunder}, into parts ``He breaketh the bow, and cutteth
the spear in sunder.'' --Ps. xlvi. 9.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Sunder \Sun"der\, v. t.
To expose to the sun and wind. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
sunder
v : break apart or in two using violence
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