disjoin
English
Etymology
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From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle English disjoynen, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French desjoindre, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin disiungere (“to separate”), from dis-, di- (“apart”) + iungere (“to join”).
Pronunciation
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- Rhymes: -ɔɪn
Verb
disjoin (third-person singular simple present disjoins, present participle disjoining, simple past and past participle disjoined)
- (transitive) To separate; to disunite.
- (Can we date this quote by John Milton and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)
- That marriage, therefore, God himself disjoins.
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- Never let us lay down our arms against France, till we have utterly disjoined her from the Spanish monarchy.
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- Windmill Street consisted of disjoined houses.
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- (intransitive) To become separated.
Related terms
Translations
To separate
Further reading
- “disjoin”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “disjoin”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- “disjoin”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
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