v.
Pronunciation: ( ˌ )di- ' s ō -sh ē - ˌ ā t, -s ē -
Function: verb
Inflected Form: -at · ed ; -at · ing
Etymology: Latin dissociatus, past participle of dissociare, from dis- + sociare to join, from socius companion ― more at SOCIAL
Date: 1582
transitive verb
1 : to separate from association or union with another <attempts to dissociate herself from her past>
2 : DISUNITE specifically : to subject to chemical dissociation
intransitive verb
1 : to undergo dissociation
2 : to mutate especially reversibly