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disjoint(2)(dictionary)

disjoint(2) (iou)



disjoint verb. LME.
[Orig. from DISJOINT adjective & adverb, later partly from DIS- 2 + JOINT noun.]
verb trans. Destroy the connection and arrangement of; dislocate, disturb. LME.
fig.: Gibbon A lyric writer of taste..disjointing the order of his ideas.
verb trans. = DISJOIN 1. L16.
T. Jefferson Great Britain, disjointed from her colonies.
verb trans. Take to pieces. L16.
R. Lovelace Like watches by unskilfull men Disjoynted, and set ill againe.
verb intrans. Be disjointed; suffer dislocation, come apart. E17.
Shakespeare Macbeth Let the frame of things disjoint.
disjointure noun the fact of being disjointed; disconnection, separation: M18.