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disanchor

verb

To raise the anchor of, as a ship; to weigh anchor.

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Meanings

verbdisanchor (third-person singular simple present disanchors, present participle disanchoring, simple past and past participle disanchored)

present singular third person disanchors · participle present disanchoring · participle past disanchored · past disanchored

ambitransitiveobsoleteTo raise the anchor of, as a ship; to weigh anchor.
Euen Mariners, which are called with the course and force of winds, being in an Hauen, wil not disanchor, nor depart out of the Hauen, without a prosperous wind
1600, Robert Cawdry, A Treasure or store-house of similies

Origin

From dis- + anchor: compare French désancrer.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with disanchor

anchor banker tanker canker flanker rancor ranker spanker hanker blanker skanker chancre franker ganker janker yanker

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APA

disanchor. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/disanchor

MLA

“disanchor.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/disanchor. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “disanchor,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/disanchor.

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