3 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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! --Young.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
disengage
v 1: release from something that holds fast connects, or
entangles; "I want to disengage myself from his
influence"; "disengage the gears" [syn: {withdraw}]
[ant: {engage}]
2: free or remove obstruction from [syn: {free}] [ant: {obstruct}]
3: become free as of gears, for example [ant: {engage}]
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