injoint

verb — 2 senses

injoint

verb

Etymology From in- + joint.

1

Obsolete To disjoint; to separate.

The foresaid Bridge by a mightie tempest was injointed and broken.1603, Plutarch, translated by Philemon Holland, The Philosophie, Commonlie Called, The Morals […], London: […] Arnold Hatfield, →OCLC:

2

Obsolete To join; to unite.

The Ottamites. Reueren'd, and Gracious, Steering with due course toward the Ile of Rhodes, Have there injointed with an after fleet.c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Othello, the Moore of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene iii]:

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