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Definition of 'sunder'

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl), from (etyl) .

Adjective

(en-adj)
  • (dialectal|or|obsolete) Sundry; separate; different.
  • Derived terms
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    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) . More at sundry.

    Verb

    (en-verb)
  • To break or separate or to break apart, especially with force.
  • To , separate.
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  • (UK|dialect|dated|transitive) To expose to the sun and wind.
  • (Halliwell)
    Quotations
    * 1881 , Severed Selves, lines 8-9 *: '' Two souls, the shores wave-mocked of sundering seas: — *: '' Such are we now.
    Derived terms
    * asunder * sunderance

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • a separation into parts; a division or severance
  • * 1939 , , Additional Poems , VII, lines 2-4
  • He would not stay for me to stand and gaze.
    I shook his hand and tore my heart in sunder
    And went with half my life about my ways.

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