单词 | disgregate |
释义 | disgregate, v.|ˈdɪsgrɪgeɪt| [f. L. disgregāt-, ppl. stem of disgregāre to separate, f. dis- 1 + greg-em (grex) flock, gregāre to collect (in a flock).] Hence ˈdisgregated ppl. a. †1. trans. To separate, sunder, sever (from).
1593Nashe Christ's T. 64 b, It pleased our louing crucified Lord..to disgregate his gifts from the ordinarie meanes. 2. To separate into individual parts, disintegrate.
1603Holland Plutarch's Mor. 630 (R.) Heat doth loosen, disgregate, scatter, and dissolve all thick things. 1660Stanley Hist. Philos. ix. (1701) 422/1 Heat seems to consist of rare parts, and disgregates bodies. 1726Monro Anat. Nerves (1741) 4 The Dura Mater is closely wrapt round them, to collect their disgregated Fibres. †3. According to obsolete theories of vision: To scatter or make divergent (the visual rays); hence, to dazzle, confuse, or dim (the sight). Obs.
a1631Donne Serm. xcvi. IV. 245 The beames of their eyes were scattered and disgregated..so as that they could not confidently discern him. c1645Howell Lett. ii. li, Her sight is presently dazled and disgregated with the refulgency. Ibid. I. vi. lv, Black doth congregat, unite and fortifie the sight; the other doth disgregat, scatter and enfeeble it. |

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