Sundered

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

  Sunder \Sun"der\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Sundered}; p. pr. & vb.
     n. {Sundering}.] [OE. sundren, AS. sundrain (in [=a]sundrain,
     gesundrain), from sundor asunder, separately, apart; akin to
     D. zonder, prep., without, G. sonder separate, as prep.,
     without, sondern but, OHG. suntar separately, Icel. sundr
     asunder, Sw. & Dan. s["o]nder, Goth. sundr[=o] alone,


     separately.]
     To disunite in almost any manner, either by rending, cutting,
     or breaking; to part; to put or keep apart; to separate; to
     divide; to sever; as, to sunder a rope; to sunder a limb; to
     sunder friends.
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           It is sundered from the main land by a sandy plain.
                                                    --Carew.
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