About The Word Sunder
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Sunder
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What's The Definition Of Sunder?
[v] break apart or in two, using violence
Synonyms | Synonyms for Sunder: Related Terms | Find terms related to Sunder: See Also | break up | fragment | fragmentise | fragmentize Sunder In Webster's Dictionary \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.
\Sun"der\, v. i. To part; to separate. [R.] --Shak. \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. \Sun"der\, v. t. To expose to the sun and wind. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell. |
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