disallyv.
/ˌdɪsəˈlʌɪ/, U.S. /ˌdɪsəˈlaɪ/, /ˌdɪsˈæˌlaɪ/ transitive. To make no longer allied; to remove a connection to or with another person or thing; to separate from; to dissolve or put an end to (an alliance, union, etc.).
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the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > separate [verb (transitive)] > disjoin, disunite, or disconnect > sever (a connection)
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the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > separate [verb (transitive)] > disjoin, disunite, or disconnect
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1653 E. Waterhouse Humble Apol. Learning 40 Princes Sacrifice only to the sword, as to Iupiter the deliverer, passing over Arts, as weak and pusil Engines and disallied to Imperatorial successes.
1671 J. Milton Samson Agonistes 1022 Nor both so loosly disally'd Thir nuptials. View more context for this quotation
1756 S. Martin Delib. Thoughts Syst. Late Treaties 37 If the King of Prussia can, by the Terror of a Russian Army hung over his Head, be in a manner disallied from France, a vast Weight will be taken out of the French Scale.
1828 Oriental Herald Sept. 476 When life from all its charms is disallied.
1864 A. C. Swinburne Atalanta 301 Disallied From breath or blood corruptible.
1963 Bull. Atomic Scientists Feb. 30/1 Tomorrow, nuclear powers may find good reasons to disally themselves from each other.
2011 J. D. Bellin & L. L. Mielke Native Acts (2012) vi. 184 Coosaponakeesa..concludes with a not-so-veiled threat to disally the Creeks with the British.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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