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[ You shine now in too high a sphere for me; We are planets now disjoin'd for ever. Fletcher (and another ), Queen of Corinth, iii. 2. My Father was appointed Sheriff for Surrey and Su ex before they were disjoyned . Evelyn , Diary, 1634. 2. To prevent from junction or union; keep separate or apart; divide. The riuer Nilus of Ægypt disioyneth Asia from Africa. Hakluyt's Voyages , I. 103. Cro disjoined, in her., same as cro double - parted (which see, under cro 1, n. ). II. in trans. To be separated; part. Two not far disjoining vallies there are that stretch to each other. Sandys , Travailes, p. 17. disjoint (dis-joint'), v. [ dis -priv. + joint , v .] I. trans. 1. To separate or disconnect the joints or joinings of. (a) Anatomically, to disarticulate; dislocate: as, to disjoint an arm or a foot; to dis joint the vertebræ. (b) Mechanically, to separate the joined parts of; take apart; pull to pieces: as, disjointed col2. To break the natural order and relations of; put out of order; derange. umns; to disjoint a tool. IMG:content-2809.png:[blocks in formation] Thinking, by our late dear brother's death, Our state to be disjoint and out of frame. Shak., Hamlet, i. 2. Carrying on a disjoynt and privat interest of his own. Milton , Eikon ok las tes, iv. disjointt, n. [ME., OF. desjointe , des- joincte , separation, division, rupture, des- joint , pp. of desjoindre , disjoin: see disjoint , a., and disjoin .) A difficult situation; dis- advantage. But sith I se I stonde in this disjoynt , I wol answere you shortly to the poynt. Chaucer , Shipman's Tale, 1. 411. disjointed (dis-jointed), p . a. [Pp. of disjoint , 0.] 1. Having the joints or connections separated: as, a disjointed fowl; hence, disconnected; incoherent: as, a disjointed discourse. The constancy of your wit was not wont to bring forth such disjointed speeches. Sir P. Sidney. Trust me, I could weep Rather; for I have found in all thy words A strange disjointed sorrow. Beau , and Fl ., King and No King, ii. 1. IMG:content-2810.jpg:[graphic] disjointed A young author is apt to run into a confusion of mixed metaphors, which leave the sense disjointed. Goldsmith, Metaphors, 2. Out of joint; out of order or sorts; badly jointed together. Melancholy books, Which make you laugh that any one should weep, In this disjointed life, for one wrong more. Mrs. Browning , Aurora Leigh, i. disjointedly (dis-jointed-li), adv . In a disjointed or disconnected manner. disjointedne (dis-jointed-nes), n. The state of being disjointed. disjointlyt (dis-joint'li), adv. In a divided state. Sandys. disjudicationt (dis-jö-di-kā'shon), n. Same as dijudication. ; sep a