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disgregate

disgregate verb: to disperse; to scatter.

Verb

disgregate (third-person singular simple present disgregates, present participle disgregating, simple past and past participle disgregated)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To disperse; to scatter.
  2. (obsolete, transitive) To separate into individual parts, disjoin, disintegrate.
    • Heat, seems to consist of rare parts, and disgregates bodies.1660, Thomas Stanley, III. i. 133, in History of Philosophy
  3. (obsolete, transitive) (according to obsolete theories of vision) To scatter or make divergent (visual rays); (by extension) to dazzle, confuse, dim (the sight).
    • Black doth congregat, unite, and fortifie the sight; the other doth disgregat, scatter, and enfeeble it.1645, James Howell, VI. liii. 81, in Epistolæ Ho-elianæ

Antonyms of disgregate

Forms of disgregate

third-person singular presentdisgregates
present participledisgregating
past participledisgregated
pastdisgregated

Origin of disgregate

First attested in 1593; borrowed from Latin disgregātus, perfect passive participle of disgregō, see -ate (verb-forming suffix).

Questions about disgregate

What does disgregate mean?
Disgregate means to disperse; to scatter.
What part of speech is disgregate?
Disgregate is a verb.
What is the past tense of disgregate?
The past tense of disgregate is disgregated.

Words near disgregate in the dictionary

  1. disgraduated
  2. disgraduates
  3. disgraduating
  4. disgrantle
  5. disgrantles
  6. disgregate
  7. disgregated
  8. disgregates
  9. disgregating
  10. disgregation
  11. disgregations

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