单词 | demerge |
释义 | † demergev. Obsolete. transitive. To plunge, immerse. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > causing to come or go down > cause to come or go down [verb (transitive)] > dip or plunge into liquid depec950 bedipc1000 dipc1000 dibc1325 indip1596 demergec1610 immerse1613 ensteepa1616 immerge1617 merge1660 demerse1662 c1610 J. Donne Wks. (1839) VI. 347 Our Soules demerged into those bodies are allowed to partake Earthly pleasures. 1669 R. Boyle Contin. New Exper. Physico-mech. (1682) ii. 23 Air breaking forth through the Water, in which it was demerged. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online March 2021). > as lemmasdeˈmerge deˈmerge v. [as a back-formation] (intransitive and transitive) . ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > business affairs > a business or company > run a business [verb (transitive)] > demerge demerge1980 society > occupation and work > business affairs > a business or company > run a business [verb (intransitive)] > merge > demerge demerge1980 1980 Economist 28 June 77/1 The government hit on encouraging large firms to ‘demerge’. 1980 N.Y. Times 6 July iii. 7/1 It may be time to ‘demerge’ his company into several smaller concerns. 1981 Times 8 May 25/2 The latest pioneer, Francis Sumner, is also attempting to demerge at a difficult period of the group's history. 1983 Times 26 Mar. 13/3 House of Fraser directors were last night believed to be ready to recommend shareholders to vote against a proposal by Lonrho that it demerge Harrods from the rest of the..group. 1985 Daily Tel. 13 Aug. 12 Hanson Trust might decide to go for Bowater Inc, America's biggest newsprint producer, and the company which was de-merged from its British parent in 1984. < v.c1610 as lemmas |
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