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unˈjoin, v. Now rare.
[un-2 3.]
1. trans. To detach from being joined; to disjoin, sever, separate.
1340Ayenb. 107 He him uestneþ zuo ine god þet no þing ne may him to parti ne onioyni. c1374Chaucer Boeth. v. pr. iii. (1868) 159 It byhoueþ..þat þe lynage of mankynde..ben departed and vnioyned from hys welle and faylen of hys bygynnynge. 1400Destr. Troy 939 Jason..gyrd of his hede, Vnioynis the Jamnys þat iuste were to-gedur. 1538Elyot, Disiungo, to vnioyne, to separate. 1583Golding Calvin on Deut. xxi. 127 Euen by vnioyning the thinges that God had ioyned. 1603J. Davies (Heref.) Microcosmos 107 It glues together states, that Warres vnioin'd. 1878T. Hardy Ret. Native i. iii, When folks are just married 'tis as well to look glad o't, since looking sorry won't unjoin 'em.
b. intr. To become unjointed or detached.
a1533Ld. Berners Gold. Bk. M. Aurel. (1536) T iv, My sinewes dry..: the ioyntes vnioyne asonder, and mi spirites are troubled.
2. trans. To separate the parts of; to take apart. Also fig., to undo.
1340–70Alisaunder 294 Stones stirred they þo & stightlich layde On hur engines full gist to ungome [read unjoine] þe walles. 1377Langl. P. Pl. B. xviii. 255 But ihesus rise to lyue,..conforte al his kynne.., And al þe iuwen ioye vnioignen & vnlouken. c1430Pilgr. Lyf Manhode ii. cxlviii. (1869) 135 In Iacob and Esau thou hast seyn the figure: I sawede hem and vnioyned hem.
†3. intr. To rejoin, make answer. Obs.
c1400Destr. Troy 824 Than Jason vnioynid to the gentill speche:—Lord, and it like you, longe am I here!
Hence unˈjoining vbl. n.
1589Puttenham Eng. Poesie iii. xi. (Arb.) 173 This alteration is sometimes by..ioyning or vnioyning of sillables. 1598Florio, Diuulsione, a diuulsion, vnioyning, cutting. |