disjoin

[ dis-join ]

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verb (used with object)

to undo or prevent the junction or union of; disunite; separate.

verb (used without object)

to become disunited; separate.

Origin of disjoin

1475–85; Middle English disjoinen<Old French desjoindre<Latin disjungere, equivalent to dis-dis-¹ + jungere to join

Other words from disjoin

dis·join·a·ble, adjective

Words Nearby disjoin

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How to use disjoin in a sentence

Only one course, therefore, was left: and that was to disjoin the regal title from the regal prerogatives.
The History of England from the Accession of James II. | Thomas Babington Macaulay
First, he does not propose to disjoin absolutely and in all cases the religious rite from the ordinary meal.
The Expositor's Bible: The First Epistle to the Corinthians | Marcus Dods
Ideas thronged into my mind which I was unable to disjoin or to regulate.
Wieland; or The Transformation | Charles Brockden Brown
The God who gave us life, gave us liberty at the same time: the hand of force may destroy, but cannot disjoin them.
Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson | Thomas Jefferson
Necessary and just causes have necessary and just consequences: what error and disaster joined, reason and equity should disjoin.
Munster Village | Mary Hamilton

British Dictionary definitions for disjoin

disjoin

/ (dɪsˈdʒɔɪn) /

verb

to disconnect or become disconnected; separate

Derived forms of disjoin

disjoinable, adjective

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