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, 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
• disjointed (adj)
• disjunct
• disjunction

 

Translations

to separate — see also separate

• 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, 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.