sunder
[ suhn-der ]
verb (used without object)
to become separated; part.
Origin of sunder
1First recorded before 900; Middle English sundren, Old English sundrian; cognate with German sondern, Old Norse sundra; see sundry
Other words from sunder
- sun·der·a·ble, adjective
- sun·der·ance, noun
- sun·der·er, noun
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British Dictionary definitions for sunder
sunder
/ (ˈsʌndə) archaic, or literary /
verb
to break or cause to break apart or in pieces
noun
in sunder into pieces; apart
Origin of sunder
1Old English sundrian; related to Old Norse sundr asunder, Gothic sundrō apart, Old High German suntar, Latin sine without
Derived forms of sunder
- sunderable, adjective
- sunderance, noun
- sunderer, noun
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