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unbrother

verb

Etymology

From un- + brother.

  1. inherited from *bʰréh₂tēr✻ — “brother”
  2. inherited from *brōþēr✻ — “brother”
  3. inherited from *brōþer✻
  4. inherited from brōþor
  5. inherited from broder
  6. prefixed as unbrother — “un + brother”

Definitions

  1. To make no longer a brother

    To make no longer a brother; to expel from a brotherhood.

    • Some of us take fresh heart at the thought of it, and learn that it is not in the power of infirmity to unbrother us; we are Christ's brothers; and 'brothers are brothers evermore.'

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA