Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

put asunder

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.60 in modern English

Syllables: put a-sun-der
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To sunder; disjoin; separate.

Example Sentences

"What therefore God hath ioyned together, let not man put asunder."
"But when husband Hilton began to play too many games involving such expressions as "snake eyes," she fled into the arms of Michael Wilding, a handsome English prince who had himself been married once and put asunder but who was still in fine shape."
"Luther touched on an additional argument that when a Christian magistrate "puts asunder" a marriage, he is in fact operating as God, since he is God's vice-regent."

Etymology

From put + asunder.

Inflected Forms

puts asunder (present, singular) putting asunder (participle, present)

Questions

What does put asunder mean?: To sunder; disjoin; separate.
Where does put asunder come from?: From put + asunder.

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