different between disjoin vs disyoke

English

Etymology

From Middle English disjoynen, from Old French desjoindre, from Latin disiungere (“to separate”), from dis-, di- (“apart”) + iungere (“to join”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /d?s?d???n/
• Rhymes: -??n

Verb

disjoin (third-person singular simple present disjoins, present participle disjoining, simple past and past participle disjoined)

1. (transitive) To separate; to disunite.
   • 1708, Joseph Addison, The Present State of the War, and the Necessity of an Augmentation

     Never let us lay down our arms against France, till we have utterly disjoined her from the Spanish monarchy.

   • 1790, Thomas Pennant, Account Of London

     Windmill Street consisted of disjoined houses.

2. (intransitive) To become separated.

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Further reading

• disjoin in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• disjoin in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• disjoin at OneLook Dictionary Search

English

Etymology

dis- +? yoke

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -??k

Verb

disyoke (third-person singular simple present disyokes, present participle disyoking, simple past and past participle disyoked)

1. (poetic, transitive) To unyoke; to free from a yoke; to disjoin.
   • 1875, Robert Browning, Aristophanes' Apology

     O me , my wife , my boys -
     And – myself , how , miserably moved ,
     Am I disyoked now from both boys and wife !