sunder (1) sondre, sundren

t. & i. [A. S. sundri an, gesundrian, syndrian (in comp.), lit. to put asunder, from sundor asunder; cogn. with Icel. sundra =to sunder, from sundr =asunder; Dan. söndre, from sönder; Sw.söndra, from sönder; Ger. sondern, from sonder =separate; Goth. sundro =separately; Dut. zonder =but.] A. Trans.: To part, to separate; to set or keep apart; to divide, to disunite, to put apart. "Ah, ye pretty pair, 'Twere sin to sunder you." Beaum. & Flet.: Love's Cure , iii. 2. *B. In trans.: To part, to separate, to be separated. "Strangers and foes do sunder and not ki ." Shakesp.: All's Well that Ends Well, ii. 5. sun-der (2), v. t . [SUN (1), s. and Eng., dry , v.] To expose to or dry in the sun. ( Eng . Prov .) sun-der, s. [SUNDER, v.] A separation or division into parts. Used only in the adverbial phrase in sunder =in two. "He breaketh the bow, and cutteth the spear in sunder."- Psalm , xlvi. 9. *sun-der-ment, subst . [Eng. sunder; -ment.] Separation. "The survivor in case of sunderment ." -Madame D' Arb