sun derer

verb (used with object)

to separate; part; divide; sever.

verb (used without object)

to become separated; part.

Origin:
before 900; Middle English sundren, Old English sundrian; cognate with German sondern, Old Norse sundra; see sundry

Related forms

sun·der·a·ble, adjective

sun·der·ance, noun

sun·der·er, noun

un·sun·dered, adjective

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sunder (ˈsʌndə)

—vb
1.	to break or cause to break apart or in pieces

—n
2.	in sunder into pieces; apart

[Old English sundrian; related to Old Norse sundr asunder, Gothic sundrō apart, Old High German suntar, Latin sine without]

'sunderable

—*adj*

'sunderance

—n

'sunderer

—n

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Word Origin & History

sunder

O.E. sundrian, from sundor "separately, apart," from P.Gmc. *sunder (cf. O.N. sundr, O.Fris. sunder, O.H.G. suntar "aside, apart"), from PIE base *sen(e)- denoting "separation" (cf. Skt. sanutar "far away," Avestan hanare "without," Gk. ater "without," L. sine "without," O.C.S. svene "without," O.Ir.

sain "different").

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