asunder

== English == === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /əˈsʌndə/ (General American) enPR: ə-sŭnʹdər, IPA(key): /əˈsʌndəɹ/ Rhymes: -ʌndə(ɹ) Hyphenation: asun‧der === Etymology 1 === From Middle English asunder, asonder (“apart in position, distant; apart in movement; to pieces; alone, separately; distinct in kind, different”), asondri (“distinct, separate”), onsunder, onsondre (“apart, asunder; alone, separately; especially, particularly (?)”), from Old English onsundrum, on sundur (“asunder, apart, privately”), probably from on- (prefix meaning ‘on, upon’) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂en- (“on, onto”)) + sundor, sunder (“alone, apart; separately; privately”) (from Proto-West Germanic *sundr, from Proto-Germanic *sundraz (“alone, separate”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *senH- (“apart; for oneself; without”)). By surface analysis, a- (prefix meaning ‘at; in; on’ denoting a condition, manner, or state) +‎ sunder (“(obsolete except dialectal) different; separate”). ==== Adverb ==== asunder (comparative more asunder, superlative most asunder) (archaic or literary) Of two or more people or things: Apart or separate from each other. Moving apart from each other. (also figurative) Into separate parts or pieces, often due to some violent action. Synonyms: apart, in twain; see also Thesaurus:asunder to crack asunder    torn asunder (obsolete) Apart from other people; individually, separately; specifically, in private, privately. Chiefly in the form to know asunder: in a manner distinguishable from other similar things. ===== Alternative forms ===== asundre, insunder (obsolete) ===== Derived terms ===== asunderness put asunder ===== Translations ===== ==== Adjective ==== asunder (comparative more asunder, superlative most asunder) (obsolete) Different, unlike. ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === From 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)). ==== Verb ==== asunder (third-person singular simple present asunders, present participle asundering, simple past and past participle asundered) (transitive, archaic or literary) To set apart (one or more people or things) from other people or things; to put asunder, to separate, to sunder. ===== Derived terms ===== asundering (noun) sunder (verb) ===== Translations ===== === References === === Anagrams === Urendas, asundre, dauners, enduras, unreads