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English
Etymology
From Middle English disjoynen, from Old French desjoindre, from Latin disiungere (“to separate”), from dis-, di- (“apart”) + iungere (“to join”).
Pronunciation
Verb
disjoin (third-person singular simple present disjoins, present participle disjoining, simple past and past participle disjoined)
- (transitive) To separate; to disunite.
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.
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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.