Hypertext Webster Gateway: "disband"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Disband \Dis*band"\ (?; see {Dis-}), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
{Disbanded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Disbanding}.] [Pref. dis- +
band: cf. OF. desbander, F. d['e]bander, to unbind, unbend.
See {Band}, and cf. {Disbend}, {Disbind}.]
1. To loose the bands of; to set free; to disunite; to
scatter; to disperse; to break up the organization of;
especially, to dismiss from military service; as, to
disband an army.
They disbanded themselves and returned, every man to
his own dwelling. --Knolles.
2. To divorce. [Obs.]
And therefore . . . she ought to be disbanded.
--Milton.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Disband \Dis*band"\, v. i.
To become separated, broken up, dissolved, or scattered;
especially, to quit military service by breaking up
organization.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
disband
v 1: cause to break up or function, as of groups and
organizations
2: stop functioning, as of organizations or groups; "The
political wing of the party dissolved after much internal
fighting" [syn: {dissolve}]
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