disjection

[Lat. disject us, pa. par. of dis ficio to scatter, to break to pieces: dis away, apart, and jacio to throw.) A scattering, putting to flight, or breaking up. "The sudden disjection of Pharaoh's host." -Bishop Horsley Bib. Criticism, vi. 395. dis-join', v . t. & i. [O. French desjoindre ; Fr. déjoindre; Lat. disjungo : O. Fr. des =Fr. dé Lat. dis away, apart, and Fr. joindre Lat. jun go to join.] A. Trans.: To separate, to part, to disunite, to disconnect, to sunder, to sever, to di ever. "The abuse of greatne is, when it disjoins Remorse from power." *B. Intransitive : Shakesp.: Julius Cæsar, ii. 1. 1. To be parted, severed, or separated. 2. To part, to rid one's self. "Till breathle he disjoined." Shakesp.: Venus and Adonis , b For the difference between to disjoin and to separate , see SEPARATE.