dismarry

English

Etymology

dis- +‎ marry: compare Old French desmarier, French démarier.

Verb

dismarry (third-person singular simple present dismarries, present participle dismarrying, simple past and past participle dismarried)

(obsolete, transitive) To free from the bonds of marriage; to divorce.
- 1523–1525, John Bourchier, Froissart's Chronicles:
  He was dismaryed, and maryed agayne to another gentylwoman.

References

“dismarry”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.