disengaging

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disengaging - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Disengage \Dis`en*gage"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disengaged; p.
     pr. & vb. n. Disengaging.] [Pref. dis- + engage: cf. F.
     d['e]sengager.]
     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.
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           To disengage him and the kingdom, great sums were to be
           borrowed.                                --Milton.
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           Caloric and light must be disengaged during the
           process.                                 --Transl. of
                                                    Lavoisier.
  
     Syn: To liberate; free; loose; extricate; clear; disentangle;
          detach; withdraw; wean.
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  Disengaging \Dis`en*ga"ging\, a.
     Loosing; setting free; detaching.
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     Disengaging machinery. See under Engaging.
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