Disgregate

verb

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Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To disperse; to scatter. obsolete, transitive
  2. 2
    To separate into individual parts, disjoin, disintegrate. obsolete, transitive

    "Heat, seems to consist of rare parts, and disgregates bodies."

  3. 3
    (according to obsolete theories of vision) To scatter or make divergent (visual rays); (by extension) to dazzle, confuse, dim (the sight). obsolete, transitive

    "Black doth congregat, unite, and fortifie the sight; the other doth disgregat, scatter, and enfeeble it."

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dispersesparse

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"Heat, seems to consist of rare parts, and disgregates bodies."

Etymology

First attested in 1593; borrowed from Latin disgregātus, perfect passive participle of disgregō, see -ate (verb-forming suffix).

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