disjoin
verbUK /dɪsˈdʒɔɪn/
Etymology From Middle English disjoynen, from Old French desjoindre, from Latin disiungere (“to separate”), from dis-, di- (“apart”) + iungere (“to join”). Equivalent to dis- + join.
1
To separate; to disunite.
- That marriage, therefore, God himself disjoins.1643, J[ohn] M[ilton], The Doctrine and Discipline of Divorce: […], London: […] T[homas] P[aine] and M[atthew] S[immons] […], →OCLC:
- Never let us lay down our arms against France, till we have utterly disjoined her from the Spanish monarchy.1708, Joseph Addison, The Present State of the War, and the Necessity of an Augmentation:
1 more example
- Windmill Street consisted of disjoined houses.1790, Thomas Pennant, Account Of London:
2
To become separated.
- Synonyms
- differentiate, disaggregate, disassemble, discriminate, disjoin, disunify, disunite, divide, peel off, pick off, separate, single out, unjoin
- Derived terms
- disjoinable, disjoiner
- Related terms
- disjoint, disjointed, disjunct, disjunction
- Hyponyms
- deadhere, disconnect, unmix