discombinev.
/ˌdɪskəmˈbʌɪn/, U.S. /ˌdɪskəmˈbaɪn/ rare in later use.
transitive. To undo the combination of, disjoin, disunite. Also intransitive: to become disunited.
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the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > separate, come, or go apart [verb (intransitive)] > become disjoined or disconnected
discombine1603
unlink1642
disunite1675
unknit1748
unjoint1777
disconnect1790
disarticulate1830
the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > separate [verb (transitive)] > disjoin, disunite, or disconnect
unlime?c1225
unjoin1340
discouplec1440
disannex1459
disjoin1483
uncouplea1533
unjoint1565
sejoin1568
sejungate1578
unknit1580
disjoint1582
unlinkc1585
uncombine1595
disunite1598
sejunge1598
discombine1603
injoint1603
dislink1610
unthreada1616
unyokea1616
sejugate1623
disconnect1758
dijunge1768
unconnect1796
disally1864
1603 J. Norden Pensive Soules Delight sig. D2 The members do dispaire of life. Head hastes to Scotland, left the bulke behinde, The body, armes, and legges were discombinde.
1661 S. Pordage Mundorum Explicatio ii. 199 O blessed union! whom God thus doth joyn, Let no man venture for to discombine.
1888 A. S. Wilson Lyric of Hopeless Love iii. 9 The parts can never discombine One essence which contain.
1916 W. F. Badgley Electr. & Source iii. 19 Electricity discombines the components of the molecules of the electrolyte, and chemical activity combines them again.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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