Disgregate
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Disgregate is a verb meaning (transitive) To disperse; to scatter.
Meaning
(transitive) To disperse; to scatter.
More Meanings
- (transitive) To separate into individual parts, disjoin, disintegrate.
- (transitive) (according to obsolete theories of vision) To scatter or make divergent (visual rays); (by extension) to dazzle, confuse, dim (the sight).
Example Sentences
Heat, seems to consist of rare parts, and disgregates bodies.
Black doth congregat, unite, and fortifie the sight; the other doth disgregat, scatter, and enfeeble it.
Word Forms
- disgregates
- disgregating
- disgregated
Antonyms for disgregate
Common opposites include congregate, assemble, crowd, press.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include sparse, disperse, disparple, disperple, disperge, dissipate.
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