disgregate

verb

Etymology

First attested in 1593; borrowed from Latin disgregātus, perfect passive participle of disgregō, see -ate (verb-forming suffix).

  1. borrowed from disgregātus

Definitions

  1. To disperse

    To disperse; to scatter.

  2. To separate into individual parts, disjoin, disintegrate.

    • Heat, seems to consist of rare parts, and disgregates bodies.
  3. (according to obsolete theories of vision) To scatter or make divergent (visual rays)

    (according to obsolete theories of vision) To scatter or make divergent (visual rays); (by extension) to dazzle, confuse, dim (the sight).

    • Black doth congregat, unite, and fortifie the sight; the other doth disgregat, scatter, and enfeeble it.

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