DISSOCIATE


Meaning of DISSOCIATE in English

— dissociative , adj.

/di soh"shee ayt', -see-/ , v. , dissociated, dissociating .

v.t.

1. to sever the association of (oneself); separate: He tried to dissociate himself from the bigotry in his past.

2. to subject to dissociation.

v.i.

3. to withdraw from association.

4. to undergo dissociation.

[ 1605-15; DIS- 1 + (AS)SOCIATE, modeled on L dissociatus, ptp. of dissociare to divide, sever ]

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