disjoin

English

Etymology

From Middle English disjoynen, from Old French desjoindre, from Latin disiungere (“to separate”), from dis-, di- (“apart”) + iungere (“to join”). Equivalent to dis- +‎ 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.
   • 1643, J[ohn] M[ilton], The Doctrine and Discipline of Divorce: […], London: […] T[homas] P[aine] and M[atthew] S[immons] […], →OCLC:

     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.

Derived terms

• disjoinable
• disjoiner

Related terms

• disjoint
• disjointed (adjective)
• 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.
• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “disjoin”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
• “disjoin”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.