Disengage \Dis`en*gage"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disengaged; p.
pr. & vb. n. Disengaging.]
[Pref. dis- + engage: cf. F.
d['e]sengager.]
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.
To disengage him and the kingdom, great sums were to be
borrowed. --Milton.
Caloric and light must be disengaged during the
process. --Transl. of
Lavoisier.
Syn: To liberate; free; loose; extricate; clear; disentangle;
detach; withdraw; wean.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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