Dis*so"ci*ate (?), v. t. [imp.
& p. p. Dissociated; p. pr. & vb.
n. Dissociating.] [L. dissociatus, p. p. of
dissociare to dissociate; dis- + sociare to
unite, associate, socius companion. See Social.]
To separate from fellowship or union; to disunite; to disjoin;
as, to dissociate the particles of a concrete
substance.
Before Wyclif's death in 1384, John of Gaunt had
openly dissociated himself from the reformer.
A. W. Ward.