disject

[ dis-jekt ]
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verb (used with object)
  1. to scatter; disperse.

Origin of disject

1
1575–85; <Latin disjectus, past participle of disicere, equivalent to dis-dis-1 + -icere (combining form of jacere to throw); see jet1

Other words from disject

  • dis·jec·tion, noun

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How to use disject in a sentence

  • And as if disjected by an explosion between them, the two men were ten paces asunder, each hurrying his own way.

    Thomas Wingfold, Curate | George MacDonald
  • It is not easy to keep to good dialectic, and yet keep up the disjected sway of natural conversation.

    Letters of Edward FitzGerald | Edward FitzGerald
  • The infant colonies are to him disjected particles of ancient Europe.

British Dictionary definitions for disject

disject

/ (dɪsˈdʒɛkt) /


verb
  1. (tr) to break apart; scatter

Origin of disject

1
C16: from Latin disjectus, from disjicere to scatter, from dis- 1 + jacere to throw

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