From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
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.
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To disengage him and the kingdom, great sums were to be
borrowed. --Milton.
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Caloric and light must be disengaged during the
process. --Transl. of
Lavoisier.
Syn: To liberate; free; loose; extricate; clear; disentangle;
detach; withdraw; wean.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Disengage \Dis`en*gage"\, v. i.
To release one's self; to become detached; to free one's
self.
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From a friends's grave how soon we disengage! --Young.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [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: {disengage}, {withdraw}] [ant:
{engage}, {lock}, {mesh}, {operate}]
2: free or remove obstruction from; "free a path across the
cluttered floor" [syn: {free}, {disengage}] [ant: {block},
{close up}, {impede}, {jam}, {obstruct}, {obturate},
{occlude}]
3: become free; "in neutral, the gears disengage" [ant:
{engage}]
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