v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Sundered p. pr. & vb. n. Sundering. ] [ OE. sundren, AS. sundrain (in āsundrain, gesundrain), from sundor asunder, separately, apart; akin to D. zonder, prep., without, G. sonder separate, as prep., without, sondern but, OHG. suntar separately, Icel. sundr asunder, Sw. & Dan. sönder, Goth. sundrō alone, separately. ] To disunite in almost any manner, either by rending, cutting, or breaking; to part; to put or keep apart; to separate; to divide; to sever; as, to sunder a rope; to sunder a limb; to sunder friends. [ 1913 Webster ]

It is sundered from the main land by a sandy plain. Carew. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To part; to separate. [ R. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Sunder, v. t., and cf. Asunder. ] A separation into parts; a division or severance. [ 1913 Webster ]

In sunder, into parts. “He breaketh the bow, and cutteth the spear in sunder.” Ps. xlvi. 9. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To expose to the sun and wind. [ Prov. Eng. ] Halliwell. [ 1913 Webster ]