单词 | disattach |
释义 | disattachv. transitive. To undo or remove (something which is attached); to detach, disconnect, separate. Also with from, †to.In quot. 1658: to cancel (the seizure of goods for debt) (see attachment n. 1b). ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > separation or detachment > detach [verb (transitive)] undoc1275 unwork1548 ungluea1617 unhinge1655 disattach1658 disengage1662 untacka1677 unglutinate1683 detach1686 unshackle1694 unship1793 unhitch1876 1658 J. H. Exact Bk. Entries 10 Attachment for debt in the Court of the Mayor, &c. the Attachment was disattached by Bail. 1769 J. Langhorne Frederic & Pharamond iii. 142 When the Mind is dis-attached to meaner Pursuits, it will naturally recur to such as are greater and more worthy of it. 1818 Morning Chron. 29 Sept. In the year 1271, the steeple of Bow, in Cheap, gradually disattached itself from the body of the church. 1851 N. Wiseman Actions New Test. in Ess. (1853) I. 586 To disattach importance from all that relates to her. 1901 N. G. Mukerji Hand-bk. Indian Agric. xi. 120 When a storm is blowing the mill should not be geared at all for work,—the vane being disattached from the wheel by pushing the brake up. 1971 Skiing Jan. 48/2 Houdini's spirit does seem to roam the luggage areas of airports disattaching name tags. 2001 Washington Post (Nexis) 20 Mar. a12 We must disattach the stigma that comes with seeing a psychologist. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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