Both Uses of
dissociate
in
A Tale of Two Cities
- "For gracious sake say something else besides 'indeed,' or you'll fidget me to death," said Miss Pross: whose character (dissociated from stature) was shortness.†
Chpt 2.6 *dissociated = ended association with
- Monseigneur, as a class, had dissociated himself from the phenomenon of his not being appreciated: of his being so little wanted in France, as to incur considerable danger of receiving his dismissal from it, and this life together.†
Chpt 2.24
Definition:
end association with
In recent times, people have begun to use "disassociate" in place of "dissociate"; though both are in active use.