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disjoin

[ dis-join ]

verb (used with object)

  1. to undo or prevent the junction or union of; disunite; separate.


verb (used without object)

  1. to become disunited; separate.

disjoin

/ dɪsˈdʒɔɪn /

verb

  1. to disconnect or become disconnected; separate
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Derived Forms

  • disˈjoinable, adjective
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Other Words From

  • dis·joina·ble adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of disjoin1

1475–85; Middle English disjoinen < Old French desjoindre < Latin disjungere, equivalent to dis- dis- 1 + jungere to join
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Example Sentences

Only one course, therefore, was left: and that was to disjoin the regal title from the regal prerogatives.

First, he does not propose to disjoin absolutely and in all cases the religious rite from the ordinary meal.

Ideas thronged into my mind which I was unable to disjoin or to regulate.

The God who gave us life, gave us liberty at the same time: the hand of force may destroy, but cannot disjoin them.

Necessary and just causes have necessary and just consequences: what error and disaster joined, reason and equity should disjoin.

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disjecta membradisjoined