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(), v. t.[imp. & p. p.Sundered (); p. pr. & vb. n.Sundering.] [OE. sundren, AS. sundrain (in sundrain, 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. snder, Goth. sundr 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. It is sundered from the main land by a sandy plain. Carew. Sun"der v. i.To part; to separate. [R.] Shak. Sun"der n.[See Sunder, v. t., and cf. Asunder.] A separation into parts; a division or severance. In sunder, into parts. "He breaketh the bow, and cutteth the spear in sunder." Ps. xlvi. 9. Sun"der v. t.To expose to the sun and wind. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell. スポンサード リンク
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