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undivorce en · NOUN

Etymology

From un- + divorce.

Meanings

1. A marriage in which the partners remain married in name only.
   • We were Christians; Christians living in a state of undivorce.yet striving to keep the marriage together while living in great unpeace and disharmony. 1978, Helen Kooiman Hosier, The other side of divorce, page 13:
   • I fill him in about Billy and Deeta, about my parents and their 'undivorce'. 2015, Hilary Freeman, When I Was Me:
   • My divorce was related to her undivorce, so the generations unfold back to back handing on their burdens — by contamination, memory, experience, identification, one's failure becomes the other's. 2001, Joseph F. Trimmer, Maxine Hairston, The Riverside Reader, page 187:
   • Max screams from the other room just as I am nodding off on my own couch, sorting through how I feel about the undivorce. 2006, Amy Scheibe, What Do You Do All Day?:
2. A state of not being divorced.
   • “They're not divorced. Not legally. Not even separated.” “She said they were.” “Uh huh. So now you've got to wonder why she was saying those things, don't you?” “How did you find out about the undivorce?” 2005, Jessica Auerbach, Writing in Chocolate: A Memoir:
   • Michael is not, in fact, interested in an undivorce, but in making our divorce more permanent. 2014, Jennifer Graham, Honey, Do You Need a Ride?: Confessions of a Fat Runner:

Forms

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undivorces	Number=Plur		lexicographic

undivorce en · VERB

Etymology

From un- + divorce.

Meanings

1. To undo or cancel a divorce.
   • An interesting presentation of the implications of this divorce between producer and consumer can be found in Toffler (1980), who uses the terms second wave to refer to the modern era and third wave to refer to the more postmodern perspectives where attempts are made to undivorce (remarry?) the two. 1995, Timothy B. Rogers, The Psychological Testing Enterprise: An Introduction, page 790:
   • "What's her angle?" I went on. "Surely after all these years the dame must have known she was divorced. Why in hell should she be trying to undivorce herself now?" 2000, Robert Traver, Anatomy of a Murder, page 172:
   • 'Did you undivorce me?' " Rafer asked. Daddy explained that he had divorced only Rafer's mother, and off they went to the park. 1971, Saturday Review - Volume 54, page 59:

Forms

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undivorces	Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres		lexicographic
undivorcing	Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part		lexicographic
undivorced	Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part		lexicographic
undivorced	Tense=Past		lexicographic