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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Divorce \Di*vorce"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Divorced; p. pr. & vb. n. Divorcing.] [Cf. F. divorcer. See Divorce, n.]

1.To dissolve the marriage contract of, either wholly or partially; to separate by divorce. [1913 Webster]

2.To separate or disunite; to sunder. [1913 Webster]

It [a word] was divorced from its old sense.— Earle.[1913 Webster]

3.To make away; to put away. [1913 Webster]

Nothing but death Shall e'er divorce my dignities.— Shak.[1913 Webster]
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