dər verb (used with object)
1.
to separate; part; divide; sever.
verb (used without object)
2.
to become separated; part.
Origin:
before 900; Middle English sundren, Old English sundrian; cognate with German sondern, Old Norse sundra; see sundry
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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| —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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