Sekirov Dictionary

divorce

UK /dɪˈvɔːs/US /dɪˈvoɹs/

noun 4
verb 4
/dɪvɔɹˈseɪ/ noun 1
/dɪvɔɹˈseɪ/ adjective 1
forms 6

noun4

•
an end to a marriage that is made official by law
- Richard obtained a divorce from his wife some years ago, but hasn't returned to the dating scene.
•
A separation of connected things.
- The Civil War split between Virginia and West Virginia was a divorce based along cultural and economic as well as geographic lines.
The separation of a bonded pair of animals.
•
(no longer used) That which separates.
- Go with me like good angels to my end; / And as the long divorce of steel falls on me, / Make of your prayers one sweet sacrifice, / And lift my soul to heaven. Lead on, o' God's name. — 1613

verb4

•
To end one's own marriage to (a person) in this way.
- Lucy divorced Steve when she discovered that he had been unfaithful.
•
To obtain a legal divorce.
- Edna and Simon divorced last year; he got the house, and she retained the business.
•
To separate something that was connected.
- The radical group voted to divorce itself from the main faction and start an independent movement.
•
To legally dissolve a marriage between two people.
- A ship captain can marry couples, but cannot divorce them.

divorcé

UK /dɪˈvɔːseɪ/US /dɪvɔɹˈseɪ/

noun1

A divorced man.

adjective1

•
(rare) masculine form of divorcée (“divorced”).
- [Marriage] between a divorcée woman and a divorcé man is called kaklai lalaimi. — 1959

forms

divorc't · divorced · divorcing · divorces · divorceth · divorcés

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