English Explanatory Dictionary

disgregate

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To disperse; to scatter.
  2. To separate into individual parts, disjoin, disintegrate.
  3. (according to obsolete theories of vision) To scatter or make divergent (visual rays); (by extension) to dazzle, confuse, dim (the sight).

Word forms

disgregate disgregates disgregating disgregated

Etymology

First attested in 1593; borrowed from Latin disgregātus, perfect passive participle of disgregō, see -ate (verb-forming suffix).

Antonyms

congregate assemble crowd press

Related words

aggregate congregate egregious gregarious
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