'Disengaging' definitions:
Definition of 'Disengaging'
From: GCIDE
- Disengaging \Dis`en*ga"ging\, a. Loosing; setting free; detaching. [1913 Webster]
- Disengaging machinery. See under Engaging. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Disengaging'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- To disengage him and the kingdom, great sums were to be borrowed. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- Caloric and light must be disengaged during the process. --Transl. of Lavoisier.
- Syn: To liberate; free; loose; extricate; clear; disentangle; detach; withdraw; wean. [1913 Webster]