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t. & i. [O. Fr. desjoinct, pa. par. of desjoindre to disjoin (q. v.).] IMG:content-0113.png:[blocks in formation] II. Figuratively : 1448 1. To put out of joint, to make out of working order; to derange. "The government was disjointed."-Macaulay: Hist. Eng ., ch. xi. 2. To break the natural connection or coherence of; to make incoherent or disconnected. (Only used in the pa. par.) "The constancy of your wit was not wont to bring forth such disjointed speeches."- Sidney . *B. In trans.: To fall in pieces. 'Let the frame of things disjoint, both the worlds Shakesp.: Macbeth, iii. 2. suffer." Crabb thus discriminates between to disjoint and to dismember: "The terms here spoken of derive their distinct meaning and application from the signification of the words joint and member . A limb of the body may be disjointed if it be so put out of the joint that it cannot act; but the body itself is dismembered when the different limbs or parts are separated from each other. So in the metaphorical sense our ideas are said to be dis jointed when they are so thrown out of their order that they do not fall in with one another; and king doms are said to be dismembered where any part or parts are separated from the rest.' (Crabb: Eng. Synon.) *dis-joint', *dis-joynt, *dis-joynte, a . & s. [O. Fr. desjoinct , pa. par. of desjoindre .] A. As adj .: Disjointed, out of order. "Thinking, by our late dear brother's death, Our state to be disjoint and out of frame.' Shakesp.: Hamlet , i. 2. B. As subst.: A dilemma, a difficulty, a predica ment. IMG:content-0114.png:[blocks in formation] dis-joint-ed-lỹ, adv . [Eng. disjointed ; -ly .] In a disjointed, disconnected, or incoherent manner. dis-joint-ed-ne , s. [Eng. disjointed ; -ne .] The quality of being disjointed, unconnected, or incoherent. dis-joint-ing, *dis-joynt-ing, pr. par., a. & 8. [DISJOINT, V.] A. & B. As pr. par . & particip . adj.: (See the verb.) C. As subst.: The act of separating, severing, or disconnecting; the state of being disjointed. "That poor disjounting That only strong nece ity thrust on you." Beaum. & Flet.: Double Marriage , iv. 1. dis-joint-ly, adv . [Eng. disjoint ; -ly.] In a disjointed or divided state; separately. "No one virtue can be without another; when they are perfect, then are they joined; but, dis jointly , no way can they be perfect."- Sir M. Sandy. E ays (1634), p. 6. *dis-jud ge, v . t . [Pref. dis , and Eng. judge (q. v.).] To deprive, divest, or strip of the rank or position of a judge. "The two Chief Justices were dis judged and put to fines and ransoms."- State Trials: Dr. J. Hewet. *dis-ju-di-ca-tion, s. [Latin dis =apart, and judicatio =a judging; judico to judge.] Judgment, determination, discrimination. "The disposition of the organ is of great importance in the dis judications we make of colors."-Boyle: On Colors. dis-junct, a. [Lat. disjunct us , pa. par. of dis jun go to disjoin, separate: dis away, apart, and jun go to join.] *A. Ordinary Language: 1. Separated, distinct. "Meer arbitrarious will as disjunct from his other attributes." -Glanvill : Pre- existence of Souls, ch. vii. 2. Containing an alternative. "That disjunct charge of either living chastely, or marrying a wife whom they may not divorce."- Bp . Hall : Honor of Married Clergy . B. Entom.: An epithet applied to insects whose head, thorax, and abdomen are separated by a deep "Some half-ruined wall, Disjointed and about to fall." Long fellow: Tales of a Wayside Inn (Interlude).