Disjoint
Pronunciation : Dis*joint"
Part of Speech : a.
Etymology : [OF. desjoint, p. p. of desjoindre. See Disjoin.]
Definition : Defn: Disjointed; unconnected; -- opposed to conjoint. Milton.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
Pronunciation : Dis*joint"
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [From OF. desjoint, p. p. of desjoindre. See Disjoint, v. t.]
Definition : Defn: Difficult situation; dilemma; strait. [Obs.] "I stand in such disjoint." Chaucer.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
Pronunciation : Dis*joint"
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : 1. To separate the joints of; to separate, as parts united by joints; to put out of joint; to force out of its socket; to dislocate; as, to disjoint limbs; to disjoint bones; to disjoint a fowl in carving. Yet what could swords or poisons, racks or flame, But mangle and disjoint the brittle frame Prior.
2. To separate at junctures or joints; to break where parts are united; to break in pieces; as, disjointed columns; to disjoint and edifice. Some half-ruined wall Disjointed and about to fall. Longfellow.
3. To break the natural order and relations of; to make incoherent; as, a disjointed speech.
t. [imp. & p. p. Disjointed; p. pr. & vb. n. Disjointing.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
Pronunciation : Dis*joint"
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : Defn: To fall in pieces. Shak.
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Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913