undivorce

undivorce verb: to undo or cancel a divorce.

Verb

undivorce (third-person singular simple present undivorces, present participle undivorcing, simple past and past participle undivorced)

To undo or cancel a divorce.
- 'Did you undivorce me?' " Rafer asked. Daddy explained that he had divorced only Rafer's mother, and off they went to the park.1971, Saturday Review - Volume 54, page 59
- An interesting presentation of the implications of this divorce between producer and consumer can be found in Toffler (1980), who uses the terms second wave to refer to the modern era and third wave to refer to the more postmodern perspectives where attempts are made to undivorce (remarry?) the two.1995, Timothy B. Rogers, The Psychological Testing Enterprise: An Introduction, page 790

undivorce (plural undivorces)

A marriage in which the partners remain married in name only.
- We were Christians; Christians living in a state of undivorce.yet striving to keep the marriage together while living in great unpeace and disharmony.1978, Helen Kooiman Hosier, The other side of divorce, page 13
- My divorce was related to her undivorce, so the generations unfold back to back handing on their burdens — by contamination, memory, experience, identification, one's failure becomes the other's.2001, Joseph F. Trimmer, Maxine Hairston, The Riverside Reader, page 187
A state of not being divorced.
- “They're not divorced. Not legally. Not even separated.” “She said they were.” “Uh huh. So now you've got to wonder why she was saying those things, don't you?” “How did you find out about the undivorce?”2005, Jessica Auerbach, Writing in Chocolate: A Memoir
- Michael is not, in fact, interested in an undivorce, but in making our divorce more permanent.2014, Jennifer Graham, Honey, Do You Need a Ride?: Confessions of a Fat Runner

Why in hell should she be trying to undivorce herself now?"2000, Robert Traver, Anatomy of a Murder, page 172:
Max screams from the other room just as I am nodding off on my own couch, sorting through how I feel about the undivorce.2006, Amy Scheibe, What Do You Do All Day?:
I fill him in about Billy and Deeta, about my parents and their 'undivorce'.2015, Hilary Freeman, When I Was Me:

Verb
third-person singular present	undivorces
present participle	undivorcing
past participle	undivorced
past	undivorced
Noun
plural	undivorces

From un- + divorce.

What does undivorce mean?: Undivorce means to undo or cancel a divorce.
How do you use undivorce in a sentence?: Why in hell should she be trying to undivorce herself now?"
What part of speech is undivorce?: Undivorce can be a verb or a noun.
What is the past tense of undivorce?: The past tense of undivorce is undivorced.

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