Dissociate

3 definitions found

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

  dissociate \dis*so"ci*ate\ (d[i^]s*s[=o]"sh[i^]*[=a]t), v. t.
     [imp. & p. p. {Dissociated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Dissociating}.]
     [L. dissociatus, p. p. of dissociare to dissociate; dis- +
     sociare to unite, associate, socius companion. See {Social}.]
     To separate from fellowship or union; to disunite; to
     disjoin; as, to dissociate the particles of a concrete


     substance.
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           Before Wyclif's death in 1384, John of Gaunt had openly
           dissociated himself from the reformer.   --A. W. Ward.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  dissociate
       v 1: part; cease or break association with; "She disassociated
            herself from the organization when she found out the
            identity of the president" [syn: {disassociate}, {divorce},
             {disunite}, {disjoint}]
       2: regard as unconnected; "you must dissociate these two
          events!"; "decouple our foreign policy from ideology"
          [syn: {decouple}] [ant: {associate}]
       3: to undergo a reversible or temporary breakdown of a molecule
          into simpler molecules or atoms; "acids dissociate to give
          hydrogen ions"

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

  53 Moby Thesaurus words for "dissociate":
     abrupt, abstract, alienate, cast off, cast out, catalyze,
     cut adrift, cut off, cut out, delete, depart, detach, dialyze,
     disarticulate, disassociate, disconnect, disengage, disjoin,
     disjoint, distance, disunite, divide, divorce, eject, electrolyze,
     estrange, expel, hydrolyze, isolate, leave, part, photolyze,
     pull away, pull back, pull out, segregate, separate, sequester,
     set apart, set aside, sever, shut off, split, stand aloof,
     stand apart, stand aside, step aside, subtract, throw off,
     throw out, uncouple, unyoke, withdraw