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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Disjoint \Dis*joint"\, v. i.
     To fall in pieces. --Shak.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Disjoint \Dis*joint"\, a. [OF. desjoint, p. p. of desjoindre.
     See {Disjoin}.]
     Disjointed; unconnected; -- opposed to {conjoint}. --Milton.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Disjoint \Dis*joint"\, n. [From OF. desjoint, p. p. of
     desjoindre. See {Disjoint}, v. t.]
     Difficult situation; dilemma; strait. [Obs.] "I stand in such
     disjoint." --Chaucer.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Disjoint \Dis*joint"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Disjointed}; p. pr.
     & vb. n. {Disjointing}.]
     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.
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              Yet what could swords or poisons, racks or flame,
              But mangle and disjoint the brittle frame? --Prior.
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     2. To separate at junctures or joints; to break where parts
        are united; to break in pieces; as, disjointed columns; to
        disjoint an edifice.
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              Some half-ruined wall
              Disjointed and about to fall.         --Longfellow.
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     3. To break the natural order and relations of; to make
        incoherent; as, a disjointed speech.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  disjoint
       adj : having no elements in common
       v 1: part; cease or break association with; "She disassociated
            herself from the organization when she found out the
            identity of the president" [syn: {disassociate}, {dissociate},
             {divorce}, {disunite}]
       2: separate at the joints; "disjoint the chicken before cooking
          it" [syn: {disarticulate}]
       3: make disjoint, separated, or disconnected; undo the joining
          of [syn: {disjoin}] [ant: {join}]
       4: become separated, disconnected or disjoint [syn: {disjoin}]
          [ant: {join}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  63 Moby Thesaurus words for "disjoint":
     abrupt, alienate, break up, cast off, cast out, cut adrift,
     cut off, cut out, delete, depart, disarrange, disarray,
     disarticulate, discompose, disconnect, disengage, disjoin,
     dislocate, disorganize, displace, disrupt, dissever, dissociate,
     disturb, disunite, divide, divorce, eject, estrange, expel,
     isolate, leave, luxate, mess up, muddle, part, pull away,
     pull back, pull out, rummage, segregate, separate, sequester,
     set apart, set aside, sever, shut off, split, stand aloof,
     stand apart, stand aside, step aside, subtract, sunder, throw off,
     throw out, uncouple, unhinge, unjoint, unseat, unyoke, upset,
     withdraw
  
  

















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