Hypertext Webster Gateway: "dissociate"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Dissociate \Dis*so"ci*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dissociated};
p. pr. & vb. n. {Dissociating}.] [L. dissociatus, p. p. of
dissociare to dissociate; dis- + sociare to unite, associate,
socius companion. See {Social}.]
To separate from fellowship or union; to disunite; to
disjoin; as, to dissociate the particles of a concrete
substance.
Before Wyclif's death in 1384, John of Gaunt had openly
dissociated himself from the reformer. --A. W. Ward.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
dissociate
v 1: part; cease or break association with; "She disassociated
herself from the organization when she found out the
identity of the president" [syn: {disassociate}, {divorce},
{disunite}, {disjoint}]
2: regard as unconnected; "you must dissociate these two
events!" [ant: {associate}]
3: (chemistry) to undergo a reversible or temporary breakdown
of a molecule into simpler molecules or atoms; "acids
dissociate to give hydrogen ions"
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