disjoint
[verb]
Synonyms: separate, break up, disjoin, dissever, disunite, divide, part, sever, sunder, uncombine, disorder, disarray, discompose, disorganize, disrupt, disturb, mess (up), muddle, rummage, upset

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disjoint adjective & adverb. [dɪs'dʒɔɪnt] LME.
[Old French desjoint pa. pple of desjoindre: see DISJOIN.]
A. adjective.
1. Disjointed, out of joint, disconnected. LME-E18.

2. Separate, separated; spec. (Logic, of two or more sets) having no elements in common. L16.
B. adverb. Apart, asunder. Only in LME.

■ disjointly adverb (a) separately, apart; (b) rare disjointedly, disconnectedly: E17.

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disjoint verb. [dɪs'dʒɔɪnt] LME.
[Orig. from DISJOINT adjective & adverb, later partly from DIS- 2 + JOINT noun.]
1. verb trans. Destroy the connection and arrangement of; dislocate, disturb. LME.
fig.:
■ Gibbon A lyric writer of taste..disjointing the order of his ideas.

2. verb trans. = DISJOIN 1. L16.
■ T. Jefferson Great Britain, disjointed from her colonies.

3. verb trans. Take to pieces. L16.
■ R. Lovelace Like watches by unskilfull men Disjoynted, and set ill againe.

4. 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.

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