disyoke

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verb

To free (someone or something) from a yoke; to disjoin, to unyoke.

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Meanings

verbdisyoke (third-person singular simple present disyokes, present participle disyoking, simple past and past participle disyoked)

present singular third person disyokes · participle present disyoking · participle past disyoked · past disyoked

  1. poetictransitiveTo free (someone or something) from a yoke; to disjoin, to unyoke.

    O me, my wife, my boys— / And—O myself, how, miserably moved, / Am I disyoked now from both boys and wife!

    1875, Robert Browning, “Herakles”, in Aristophanes’ Apology […], London: Smith, Elder, & Co., […], →OCLC, page 319
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    Deep, indeed, / Their debt of thanks to her who first had dared / To leap the rotten pales of prejudice, / Disyoke their necks from custom, and assert / None lordlier than themselves but that which made / Woman and man.

    1847, Alfred Tennyson, “Part II”, in The Princess: A Medley, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, page 30

Origin

From dis- + yoke.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with disyoke

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Cite this entry
APA

disyoke. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/disyoke

MLA

“disyoke.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/disyoke. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “disyoke,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/disyoke.

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