Disunite

Pronunciation

• UK IPA: /dɪsjuːˈnaɪt/

Full definition of disunite

Verb

1. (transitive) To cause disagreement or alienation among or within.
• 1516, Thomas_More, Utopia, "Of Their Military Discipline":If they cannot disunite them by domestic broils, then they engage their neighbours against them.
• 1863, Charles_Reade, Hard Cash, ch. 44:Secrets disunite a family.
2. (transitive) To separate, sever, or split.
• 1899, Robert_Barr_(writer), Jennie Baxter, Journalist, ch. 16:I have discovered how to disunite that force and that particle.
3. (intransitive) To disintegrate; to come apart.
• 1843, Robert Browning, A Blot In The 'Scutcheon, Act I:You cannot bind me more to you, my lord.Farewell till we renew... I trust, renewA converse ne'er to disunite again.

Related terms

• disunity

Anagrams

• nudities