GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English

Found 4 definitions

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   Sunder (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Sundered (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Sundering.] [OE. sundren, AS. sundrain (in āsundrain, gesundrain), from sundor asunder, separately, apart; akin to D. zonder, prep., without, G. sonder separate, as prep., without, sondern but, OHG. suntar separately, Icel. sundr asunder, Sw. & Dan. sönder, Goth. sundrō alone, separately.] To disunite in almost any manner, either by rending, cutting, or breaking; to part; to put or keep apart; to separate; to divide; to sever; as, “to sunder a rope; to sunder a limb; to sunder friends.”
   
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   It is sundered from the main land by a sandy plain. Carew.
   
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   Sunder, v. i. To part; to separate. [R.]  Shak.
   
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   Sunder, n. [See Sunder, v. t., and cf. Asunder.] A separation into parts; a division or severance.
   
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   In sunder, into parts. “He breaketh the bow, and cutteth the spear in sunder.” Ps. xlvi. 9.
   
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   Sunder, v. t. To expose to the sun and wind. [Prov. Eng.]  Halliwell.
   
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