different between disintegrate vs deintegrate

English

Etymology

Recorded since 1785, dis- +? integrate

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /d?s??nt???e?t/

Verb

disintegrate (third-person singular simple present disintegrates, present participle disintegrating, simple past and past participle disintegrated)

1. (transitive) To undo the integrity of, break into parts.
   • 1784, Richard Kirwan, Elements of Mineralogy

     Marlites […] are not disintegrated by exposure to the atmosphere, at least in six years.

2. (intransitive) To fall apart, break up into parts.
3. (science fiction, transitive) To cause to break up into infinitesimal parts through the use of a disintegrator.

Synonyms

• (transitive, to cause to break into parts) dismember, dissolve
• (intransitive, to break into one's parts) compost, decay, dissolve

Antonyms

• integrate

Derived terms

• disintegration
• disintegrative
• disintegrator

Translations

Anagrams

• reinstigated

Italian

Verb

disintegrate

1. second-person plural present indicative of disintegrare
2. second-person plural imperative of disintegrare
3. feminine plural of disintegrato

English

Etymology

Latin deintegrare to impair.

Verb

deintegrate (third-person singular simple present deintegrates, present participle deintegrating, simple past and past participle deintegrated)

1. (obsolete) To disintegrate.