disengage

[Dis`en*gageĀ·]

To disengage means to "free or disentangle" yourself or some object from another person or object. No, it doesn't mean breaking off your engagement to your beloved that's "chickening out."

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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.

Verb
become free; "in neutral, the gears disengage"

Verb
free or remove obstruction from; "free a path across the cluttered floor"

Verb
release from something that holds fast, connects, or entangles; "I want to disengage myself from his influence"; "disengage the gears"


v. t.
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.

v. i.
To release one's self; to become detached; to free one's self.


Disengage

Dis`en*gage" , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disengaged ; p. pr. & vb. n. Disengaging.] [Pref. dis- + engage: cf. F. d'82sengager.] 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.
Caloric and light must be disengaged during the process.
Syn. -- To liberate; free; loose; extricate; clear; disentangle; detach; withdraw; wean.

Disengage

Dis`en*gage", v. i. To release one's self; to become detached; to free one's self.
From a friends's grave how soon we disengage!

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 release one's self; to become detached; to free one's self.

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