disgregate

verb

1. To disperse; to scatter.

   obsolete, transitive

2. To separate into individual parts, disjoin, disintegrate.

   obsolete, transitive

   Heat, seems to consist of rare parts, and disgregates bodies.

3. (according to obsolete theories of vision) To scatter or make divergent (visual rays); (by extension) to dazzle, confuse, dim (the sight).

   obsolete, transitive

   Black doth congregat, unite, and fortifie the sight; the other doth disgregat, scatter, and enfeeble it.

Where it comes from

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

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry disgregate (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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