disgregate en · VERB
Etymology
First attested in 1593; borrowed from Latin disgregātus, perfect passive participle of disgregō, see -ate (verb-forming suffix).
Meanings
- (obsolete, transitive) To disperse; to scatter.
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(obsolete, transitive) To separate into individual parts, disjoin, disintegrate.
Heat, seems to consist of rare parts, and disgregates bodies.
1660, Thomas Stanley, III. i. 133, in History of Philosophy:
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(obsolete, transitive) (according to obsolete theories of vision) To scatter or make divergent (visual rays); (by extension) to dazzle, confuse, dim (the sight).
Black doth congregat, unite, and fortifie the sight; the other doth disgregat, scatter, and enfeeble it.
1645, James Howell, VI. liii. 81, in Epistolæ Ho-elianæ:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| disgregates | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| disgregating | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| disgregated | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| disgregated | Tense=Past | lexicographic |
Antonyms
assemble · press · crowd · congregate