Category:Sunder

Sun"der, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Sundered; p. pr. & vb. n. Sundering.] Etym: [oe. sundren, as. sundrain (in asundrain, 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. sundro Alone, separately.]

Defn: 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.

Sunder Sun"der, v. i.

Defn: to part; to separate. [r.] Shak.

Sunder Sun"der, n. Etym: [see sunder, v. t., and cf. Asunder.]

Defn: 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.

Sunder Sun"der, v. t.

Defn: to expose to the sun and wind. [prov. Eng.] Halliwell.