disjoin
Americanverb (used with object)
verb (used without object)
verb
Other Word Forms
- disjoinable adjective
Etymology
Origin of disjoin
1475–85; Middle English disjoinen < Old French desjoindre < Latin disjungere, equivalent to dis- dis- 1 + jungere to join
Example Sentences
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"As the body metabolizes the rapamycin, the two fragments disjoin, deactivating the system."
From Science Daily • Sep. 21, 2023
I maintain, that in the 2d antist: you do disjoin Nature and the world, and contrary to your conduct in the 2d strophe.
From The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 5 The Letters of Charles and Mary Lamb, 1796-1820 by Lucas, E. V. (Edward Verrall)
Jefferson said: The God who gave us life, gave us liberty at the same time; the hand of freedom may destroy, but cannot disjoin them.
From History of Woman Suffrage, Volume III by Stanton, Elizabeth Cady
How happy are all other living things, Which though the day disjoin by several flight, The quiet evening yet together brings, And each returns unto his love at night!
From Elizabethan Sonnet Cycles: Idea, Fidesa and Chloris by Crow, Martha Foote
These linguistic concretions are enough to show how hard it is for primitive thought to disjoin what is joined fast in the world of everyday experience.
From Anthropology by Marett, R. R. (Robert Ranulph)
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