disengagen.
Fencing.
The act of disengaging or reversing the relative position of the blades, so as to free one's own for a thrust. So counter-disengage.
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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > fighting sports > fencing > [noun] > actions
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timing1771
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reprise1861
stop-thrust1861
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tac-au-tac riposte1907
flèche1928
replacement1933
punta dritta1961
1771 J. Olivier Fencing (1780) 132 Begin trying your adversary with appels, beatings, disengages, and extensions, in order to embarrass him.
1771 J. Olivier Fencing (1780) 87 The counter-disengage of carte over the arm.
1879 Encycl. Brit. IX. 71 [article Fencing] Cut and disengage, if made inside of the arm, is parried by quarte, or the counter of tierce; if outside, by tierce or counter in quarte.
1889 W. H. Pollock et al. Fencing (Badminton Libr. of Sports & Pastimes) ii. 49 A disengage is made by quitting one line for another. A counter-disengage, on the contrary, is made in the same line; the movement, though similar in appearance, is in fact reversed.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online September 2019).
disengagev.
/dɪsɪnˈɡeɪdʒ/ΘΚΠ
society > morality > duty or obligation > moral or legal constraint > immunity or exemption from liability > be exempt from (a liability or obligation) [verb (transitive)] > free from obligation
freeeOE
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to get off1623
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to let off1814
to let out1869
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Desengager, to disingage, vngage, redeeme.
1622 J. Mabbe tr. M. Alemán Rogue ii. **ij a Moneys wherewithall to pay my debts, & to disingage my word.
1649 J. Milton Tenure of Kings 9 If the King..prov'd unfaithfull..the people would be disingag'd.
1753 S. Richardson Hist. Sir Charles Grandison II. xxiii. 175 I had for a considerable time past avowed..to be a single woman all my life, if he would not disengage me of my rash, my foolish promise.
1836 C. Dickens Pickwick Papers (1837) ii. 25 Are you disengaged this evening?
2.
a. To loosen from that which holds fast, adheres, or entangles; to detach, liberate, free.
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the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > separation or detachment > detach [verb (transitive)]
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the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > separation or detachment > loosening or unfastening > loosen, unfasten, or untie [verb (transitive)] > and release
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1662 J. Davies tr. A. Olearius Voy. & Trav. Ambassadors 34 Two great Ships..between which we were so intangled, that we could not in three hours disengage our selves.
1678 London Gaz. No. 1317/4 Sieur Ollier was mortally wounded, and taken, but afterwards disengaged again.
1771 J. Olivier Fencing (1780) 60 I make an appel and disengage the point of my sword as if my design were to thrust carte over the arm.
1834 T. Medwin Angler in Wales I. 74 I had..previously wound the rope..round my arm: the consequence was, that I could not disengage my wrist.
1878 T. H. Huxley Physiography (ed. 2) 109 It slowly decomposes the water, combining with its hydrogen and disengaging its oxygen.
b. figurative.
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1603 J. Florio tr. M. de Montaigne Ess. iii. ii. 490 It is a pleasure vnto mee, to bee..disingaged from their contenrions [sic].
a1618 J. Sylvester Iob Triumphant in tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Diuine Weekes & Wks. (1621) 902 He will..from the Sword of War thee dis-ingage.
1634 W. Habington Castara ii. 53 My sacke will disingage All humane thoughts.
1656 B. Harris tr. J. N. de Parival Hist. Iron Age i. ii. iii. 38 Henry the fourth endeavoured to disingage him from the service of the Arch-Duke.
1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 63. ¶1 It is very hard for the Mind to disengage it self from a Subject in which it has been long employed.
a1871 G. Grote Fragm. Ethical Subj. (1876) iv. 77 To disengage great principles from capricious adjuncts.
c. To loosen a bond or that which binds.
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the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > separation or detachment > loosening or unfastening > loosen, unfasten, or untie [verb (transitive)]
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1780 W. Cowper Doves 10 Our mutual bond of faith and truth No time shall disengage.
1853 W. C. Bryant Poems (new ed.) 80 Softly to disengage the vital cord.
3. intransitive (for reflexive). To free oneself, get loose.
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the world > action or operation > safety > escape > [verb (intransitive)] > from confinement
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1647 J. Hall Poems i. 38 Wee'l disingage, our bloodlesse form shall fly Beyond the reach of Earth.
1695 J. Collier Misc. upon Moral Subj. 93 In conversing with Books we may chuse our Company, and disengage without Ceremony or Exception.
1832 Proposed Regulations Cavalry iii. 80 The left Troop..must disengage..before it can move.
4. intransitive. Fencing. To reverse the relative position of the blades by smartly passing the point to the opposite side of the opponent's sword.
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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > fighting sports > fencing > fence [verb (intransitive)] > actions
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1684 R. Howlett School Recreat. 71 When you are on your Guard, and within your Adversary's Sword, disengage and make your Feint without.
1771 J. Olivier Fencing (1780) 38 If you perceive your adversary force your blade, I would always have you disengage, keeping the point strait to his body.
1809 J. Roland Amateur of Fencing 83 To disengage is simply to pass your blade on the other side of your adversary's (it is no matter whether within or over the arm) and to thrust.
Derivatives
disenˈgaging n. and adj.
ΘΚΠ
society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > fighting sports > fencing > [noun] > actions
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rakea1500
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montant1601
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stock1602
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pass1604
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home thrust1622
longee1625
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counter1684
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feint1684
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under-counter1687
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stringering1688
tempo1688
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repost1692
volt-coupe1692
volting1692
disarm?1700
stamp1705
passade1706
riposte1707
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retreat1734
lunge1748
beat1753
disengage1771
disengagement1771
opposition1771
time thrust1771
timing1771
whip1771
shifting1793
one-two1809
one-two-three1809
salute1809
estramazone1820
remise1823
engage1833
engaging1833
risposta1838
lunging1847
moulinet1861
reprise1861
stop-thrust1861
engagement1881
coupé1889
scrape1889
time attack1889
traverse1892
cut-over1897
tac-au-tac riposte1907
flèche1928
replacement1933
punta dritta1961
1684 R. Howlett School Recreat. 59 Caveating or Disengaging. Here you must..slip your Adversaries Sword, when you perceive him about to bind or secure yours.
1831 Boy's Own Bk. (ed. 7) 77 Disengaging is performed by dexterously shifting the point of your foil from one side of your adversary's blade to the other; that is, from carte to tierce, or vice versa.
Compounds
disengaging gear n.
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1874 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Disengaging-gear, contrivances by which machines are thrown out of connection with their motor, by disconnecting the wheels, chains or bands which drive them.
disengaging machinery n. see engaging adj. 3.
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