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Disjoint \Dis*joint"\, v. i.
To fall in pieces. --Shak.
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Disjoint \Dis*joint"\, a. [OF. desjoint, p. p. of desjoindre.
See {Disjoin}.]
Disjointed; unconnected; -- opposed to {conjoint}. --Milton.
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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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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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