Divorced

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Divorce \Di*vorce"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Divorced}; p. pr. &
     vb. n. {Divorcing}.] [Cf. F. divorcer. See {Divorce}, n.]
     1. To dissolve the marriage contract of, either wholly or
        partially; to separate by divorce.
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     2. To separate or disunite; to sunder.
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              It [a word] was divorced from its old sense.
                                                    --Earle.
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     3. To make away; to put away.
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              Nothing but death
              Shall e'er divorce my dignities.      --Shak.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  divorced \divorced\ adj.
     having a marriage legally terminated and having not
     remarried.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  divorced
       adj : of someone whose marriage has been legally dissolved

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  27 Moby Thesaurus words for "divorced":
     alienated, detached, disarticulated, disconnected, disengaged,
     disjoined, disjoint, disjointed, disjunct, dislocated, dispersed,
     disunited, divided, estranged, isolated, legally separated,
     removed, scattered, segregated, separated, sequestered, shut off,
     widowed, widowered, widowish, widowlike, widowly