dismarry
English
Etymology
dis- + marry: compare Old French desmarier, French démarier.
Verb
dismarry (third-person singular simple present dismarries, present participle dismarrying, simple past and past participle dismarried)
- (obsolete, transitive) To free from the bonds of marriage; to divorce.
- 1523–1525, John Bourchier, Froissart's Chronicles:
- He was dismaryed, and maryed agayne to another gentylwoman.
-
References
- dismarry in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913