disject
[ dis-jekt ]
verb (used with object)
to scatter; disperse.
Origin of disject
1Other 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 MacDonaldIt is not easy to keep to good dialectic, and yet keep up the disjected sway of natural conversation.
Letters of Edward FitzGerald | Edward FitzGeraldThe infant colonies are to him disjected particles of ancient Europe.
Beginnings of the American People | Carl Lotus Becker
British Dictionary definitions for disject
disject
/ (dɪsˈdʒɛkt) /
verb
(tr) to break apart; scatter
Origin of disject
1C16: from Latin disjectus, from disjicere to scatter, from dis- 1 + jacere to throw
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