Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for Divorce (-d)
divorce (-d), v. [see divorce, n.] (webplay: cause).
Phrase. “Thy Batteries divorce”: if your opposing forces disengage; [fig.] when the body and the spirit separate in death; [noun phrase] the disengagement of your opposing forces; the separation of your body and spirit in death.
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