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Webster 1913 Edition
Sunder
Sun′der
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Sundered
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Sundering
.] [OE.
sundren
, AS. sundrain
(in āsundrain
, 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. sundrō
alone, separately.] 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.
Sun′der
,Verb.
I.
To part; to separate.
[R.]
Shak.
Sun′der
,Verb.
T.
To expose to the sun and wind.
[Prov. Eng.]
Halliwell.
Webster 1828 Edition
Sunder
SUN'DER
, v.t.1.
To part; to separate; to divide; to disunite in almost any manner, either by rending, cutting, or breaking; as, to sunder a rope or cord; to sunder a limb or joint; to sunder friends, or the ties of friendship. The executioner sunders the head from the body at a stroke. A mountain may be sundered by an earthquake. Bring me lightning, give me thunder;
--Jove may kill, but ne'er shall sunder.
2.
To expose to the sun. [Provincial in England.]SUN'DER
,Noun.
He cutteth the spear in sunder. Ps.46.