Meanings
present singular third person disjoins · participle present disjoining · participle past disjoined · past disjoined
- transitiveTo separate; to disunite.
Windmill Street consisted of disjoined houses.
1790, Thomas Pennant, Account Of London2 more examples
That marriage, therefore, God himself disjoins.
1643, J[ohn] M[ilton], The Doctrine and Discipline of Divorce: […], London: […] T[homas] P[aine] and M[atthew] S[immons] […], →OCLCNever let us lay down our arms against France, till we have utterly disjoined her from the Spanish monarchy.
1708, Joseph Addison, The Present State of the War, and the Necessity of an Augmentation - intransitiveTo become separated.
Synonyms & antonyms
verbmake disjoint, separated, or disconnected; undo the joining of
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latindisiungere“to separate”
- Old Frenchdesjoindre
- Middle Englishdisjoynen
- Englishdisjoin
From Middle English disjoynen, from Old French desjoindre, from Latin disiungere (“to separate”), from dis-, di- (“apart”) + iungere (“to join”). Equivalent to dis- + join.
More words from Middle English, Old French, Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian откъсвам, отделям
- откъсвам (otkăsvam)to separate
- отделям (otdeljam)to separate
Esperanto disigi, apartigi
- disigito separate
- apartigito separate
- disligito separate
German trennen
- trennento separate
Italian scombaciare
- scombaciareto separate
Latin disiungō
- disiungōto separate
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with disjoin
Cite this entry
disjoin. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/disjoin
“disjoin.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/disjoin. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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