asunder
To set apart from other people or thingsTo set apart (one or more people or things) from other people or things; to put asunder, to separate, to sunder.
» The cabin was torn asunder by the storm.
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1 senses(archaic, literary)To set apart (one or more people or things) from other people or things; to put asunder, to separate, to sunder.
Examples
2 sentencesThe cabin was torn asunder by the storm.
What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.
ruИтак, что Бог сочетал, того человек да не разлучает. — odexed
deWas denn Gott zusammengefügt hat, soll der Mensch nicht scheiden. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Origin
From Middle English asondren (“to alienate; to separate; to depart; to part company; to diFrom Middle English asondren (“to alienate; to separate; to depart; to part company; to disappear”), from Old English asundran, āsundrian (“to disjoin; to separate; to sunder, put asunder; to sever”) (possibly influenced by onsundrum (adverb): see etymology 1), from ā- (prefix meaning ‘away; from’) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *úd (“away; out”)) + sundrian (“to separate, sunder”) (from Proto-Germanic *sundrōną (“to separate, sunder”), from *sundraz (“alone, separate”) (see further at etymology 1) + *-ōną (suffix forming factitive verbs from adjectives)).
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Forms
asunders, asundering, asundered, asunderedWord family
1 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle