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sunder |
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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