DISENGAGE
\dˌɪsɛnɡˈe͡ɪd͡ʒ], \dˌɪsɛnɡˈeɪdʒ], \d_ˌɪ_s_ɛ_n_ɡ_ˈeɪ_dʒ]\
Definitions of DISENGAGE
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
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become free; "in neutral, the gears disengage"
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free or remove obstruction from; "free a path across the cluttered floor"
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release from something that holds fast, connects, or entangles; "I want to disengage myself from his influence"; "disengage the gears"
By Princeton University
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release from something that holds fast, connects, or entangles; "I want to disengage myself from his influence"; "disengage the gears"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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To release from that with which anything is engaged, engrossed, involved, or entangled; to extricate; to detach; to set free; to liberate; to clear; as, to disengage one from a party, from broils and controversies, from an oath, promise, or occupation; to disengage the affections a favorite pursuit, the mind from study.
By Oddity Software
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To release from that with which anything is engaged, engrossed, involved, or entangled; to extricate; to detach; to set free; to liberate; to clear; as, to disengage one from a party, from broils and controversies, from an oath, promise, or occupation; to disengage the affections a favorite pursuit, the mind from study.
By Noah Webster.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By James Champlin Fernald
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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