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.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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