disjoin

disjoin

English

Etymology

From Middle English disjoynen, from Old French desjoindre, from Latin disiungere (“to separate”), from dis-, di- (“apart”) + iungere (“to join”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /dɪsˈdʒɔɪn/

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• Rhymes: -ɔɪn

Verb

disjoin (third-person singular simple present disjoins, present participle disjoining, simple past and past participle disjoined)

1. (transitive) To separate; to disunite.
   • 1644, J[ohn] M[ilton], The Doctrine or Discipline of Divorce: […], 2nd edition, London: [s.n.], OCLC 868004604, 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.

2. (intransitive) To become separated.

Related terms

• disjoint
• disjunct
• disjunction

 

Translations

to separate — See also translations at separate#Verb

Bulgarian: откъсвам (bg) (otkǎsvam), отделям (bg) (otdeljam) Esperanto: disigi (eo), apartigi, disligi German: trennen (de) Italian: scombaciare Latin: disiungō (la) Manx: neuyunt, scarr

Further reading

• disjoin in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• disjoin in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911
• disjoin at OneLook Dictionary Search