DISENGAGING

Verb

disengaging

present participle of disengage

Source: Wiktionary

Dis`en*ga"ging, a.

Definition: Loosing; setting free; detaching. Disengaging machinery. See under Engaging.

DISENGAGE

Dis`en*gage" (, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disengaged; p. pr. & vb. n. Disengaging.] Etym: [Pref. dis- + engage: cf. F. désengager.]

Definition: 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.

Dis`en*gage", v. i.

Definition: To release one's self; to become detached; to free one's self. From a friends's grave how soon we disengage! Young.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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