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sunder

[ suhn-der ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

verb (used with object)

sunder

/ ˈsʌndə /

Origin of sunder¹

First recorded before 900; Middle English sundren, Old English sundrian; cognate with German sondern, Old Norse sundra; sundry

Origin of sunder¹

Old English sundrian; related to Old Norse sundr asunder, Gothic sundrō apart, Old High German suntar, Latin sine without

For "smite in sunder, or wound the heads;" some word answering to the Latin conquassare.

With the passing of the years, many changes have occurred to sunder the friendships formed during those boylike expeditions.

The mountains will sunder me from my dead—my buried wife—my three brave sons, all lying in one grave, killed within a month.

But thou mayst heal it if thou wilt take thy words back, and tell me that thou wilt not sunder thee from us.

But thou wottest, dear lad, that whiles and again must sister sunder from brother, and even so it has to be now.

April 17, 2024axolotl

[ak-suh-lot-l ]

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