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disuniting

disuniting is the present participle and gerund of disunite.

Meaning of disunite

Verb

disunite (third-person singular simple present disunites, present participle disuniting, simple past and past participle disunited)

  1. (transitive) To cause disagreement or alienation among or within.
    • If they cannot disunite them by domestic broils, then they engage their neighbours against them.1516, Sir Thomas More, “Of Their Military Discipline”, in Utopia
  2. (transitive) To separate, sever, or split.
    • I have discovered how to disunite that force and that particle.1899, Robert Barr, chapter 16, in Jennie Baxter, Journalist
  3. (intransitive) To disintegrate; to come apart.
    • You cannot bind me more to you, my lord.
      Farewell till we renew... I trust, renew
      A converse ne'er to disunite again.1843, Robert Browning, A Blot In The 'Scutcheon, act I

Questions about disuniting

What is disuniting the present participle and gerund of?
Disuniting is the present participle and gerund of disunite.

Words near disuniting in the dictionary

  1. disunited
  2. disuniter
  3. disuniters
  4. disunites
  5. disunities
  6. disuniting
  7. disunity
  8. disuprazole
  9. disusage
  10. disuse
  11. disused

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