Divorcing

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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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