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dissundering

dissundering is the present participle and gerund of dissunder.

Meaning of dissunder

Verb

dissunder (third-person singular simple present dissunders, present participle dissundering, simple past and past participle dissundered)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To separate; to break apart; to destroy.
    • But he himself solemniz'd a retreat
      To th' Æthiops, far dissunder'd in their seat1614–1615, Homer, “The First Book of Homer’s Odysseys”, in Geo[rge] Chapman, transl., Homer’s Odysses. […], London: […] Rich[ard] Field [and William Jaggard], for Nathaniell Butter, published 1615...

Questions about dissundering

What is dissundering the present participle and gerund of?
Dissundering is the present participle and gerund of dissunder.

Words near dissundering in the dictionary

  1. dissuasiveness
  2. dissuasives
  3. dissuasory
  4. dissunder
  5. dissundered
  6. dissundering
  7. dissunders
  8. disswade
  9. disswasion
  10. dissyllabic
  11. dissyllabification

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