Dis-sō'ci-āte, v. t.

(-shī-āt), v. t. [imp. & p. p. DISSOCIATED; p. pr. & vb. n. DISSOCIATING.] [Lat. dissociāre, dissociātum, from prefix dis and sociāre, to unite, to associate, from socius, a companion.] To separate; to disunite; to part; as, to dissociate the particles of a concrete substance. Boyle.