disjoin
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Etymology edit
From Middle English disjoynen, from Old French desjoindre, from Latin disiungere (“to separate”), from dis-, di- (“apart”) + iungere (“to join”).
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
disjoin (third-person singular simple present disjoins, present participle disjoining, simple past and past participle disjoined)
- (transitive) To separate; to disunite.
- 1644, J[ohn] M[ilton], The Doctrine or Discipline of Divorce: […], 2nd edition, London: [s.n.], →OCLC, book:
- That marriage, therefore, God himself disjoins.
- 1708, Joseph Addison, The Present State of the War, and the Necessity of an Augmentation:
- Never let us lay down our arms against France, till we have utterly disjoined her from the Spanish monarchy.
- 1790, Thomas Pennant, Account Of London:
- Windmill Street consisted of disjoined houses.
- (intransitive) To become separated.
Related terms edit
Translations edit
to separate — see also separate
Further reading edit
- “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.