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Disband

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 1 of 2

Part of speech: verb (v.)

1. To loose the bands of; to set free; to disunite; to scatter; to disperse; to break up the organization of; especially, to dismiss from military service; as, to disband an army. They disbanded themselves and returned, every man to his own dwelling. Knolles.

2. To divorce. [Obs.] And therefore . . . she ought to be disbanded. Milton.

Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 2 of 2

Part of speech: verb (v.)

To become separated, broken up, dissolved, or scattered; especially, to quit military service by breaking up organization.

Noah Webster's American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Structured JSON vendored from sktzofrenic/webster1828 at commit 5a58d9e0191eefaa51affbc1bb1b8bc5782ba6c0. The upstream README identifies the dictionary text as public domain and the project license as MIT.

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