to undo the joining of; separate; detach
Origin of disjoin
Middle English disjoinen from Old French desjoindre from Classical Latin disjungere: see dis- and joinObs. to become separated
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disjoin
verb
dis·joined, dis·join·ing, dis·joinsverb
transitiveTo undo the joining of; separate.
verb
intransitiveTo become separated.
Origin of disjoin
Middle English disjoinen from Old French desjoindre from Latin disiungere dis- dis- iungere to join ; see join .THE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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Verb
(third-person singular simple present disjoins, present participle disjoining, simple past and past participle disjoined)
Origin
From Middle English disjoynen, from Old French desjoindre, from Latin disiungere (“to separate”), from dis-, di- (“apart”) + iungere (“to join”).
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