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English Dictionary: divorced by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
divorced
adj
  1. of someone whose marriage has been legally dissolved
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Divorce \Di*vorce"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Divorced}; p. pr. &
      vb. n. {Divorcing}.] [Cf. F. divorcer. See {Divorce}, n.]
      1. To dissolve the marriage contract of, either wholly or
            partially; to separate by divorce.
  
      2. To separate or disunite; to sunder.
  
                     It [a word] was divorced from its old sense.
                                                                              --Earle.
  
      3. To make away; to put away.
  
                     Nothing but death Shall e'er divorce my dignities.
                                                                              --Shak.
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