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asundering

asundering is the present participle and gerund of asunder.

Meaning of asunder

Verb

asunder (third-person singular simple present asunders, present participle asundering, simple past and past participle asundered)

  1. (archaic, literary, transitive) To set apart (one or more people or things) from other people or things; to put asunder, to separate, to sunder.
    • A plough beetle, ploughſtaff, to further the plough, / great clod to a ſunder that breaketh ſo rough: […]1580, Thomas Tusser, “A Digression to Husbandlie Furniture”, in Fiue Hundred Pointes of Good Husbandrie: […], London: […] Henrie Denham [beeing the assigne of William Seres] […], →OCLC, stanza 10...

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Questions about asundering

What is asundering the present participle and gerund of?
Asundering is the present participle and gerund of asunder.

Words near asundering in the dictionary

  1. asun
  2. asunaprevir
  3. Asunción
  4. asunder
  5. asundered
  6. asundering
  7. asunderness
  8. asunders
  9. asundre
  10. asur
  11. asura

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