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disengaged

/dɪsɪnˈɡeɪdʒd/

disengaged is the simple past and past participle of disengage.

Adjective

disengaged (comparative more disengaged, superlative most disengaged)

  1. Not engaged; at leisure; free from occupation or attachment; unconnected; detached.
    • “Calm yourself, dear Arthur,” she said, in her low rich voice, and sniffled sweetly and gravely upon him. Then, with her disengaged hand, she put the hair lightly off his throbbing forehead.1848 November – 1850 December, William Makepeace Thackeray, chapter 5, in The History of Pendennis. […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1849–1850...
  2. (dated) Not (socially) engaged; available, free.
    • These perused, the Major took out his pocket-book to see on what days he was disengaged, and which of these many hospitable calls he could afford to accept or decline.1848 November – 1850 December, William Makepeace Thackeray, chapter 1, in The History of Pendennis. […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1849–1850...
    • ‘You must come and dine with us some night. Tuesday? Are you disengaged Tuesday?’1890, Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray, Vintage, published 2007, page 40

Meaning of disengage

Verb

disengage (third-person singular simple present disengages, present participle disengaging, simple past and past participle disengaged)

  1. (ambitransitive) To release or loosen from something that binds, entangles, holds, or interlocks.
    • Diſingaging myſelf then from his embrace, I made him ſenſible of the reaſons there were for his preſent leaving me; on which, tho' reluctantly, he put on his cloaths with as little expedition, however, as he could help, wantonly interrupting himſelf between whiles, with kiſſes, touches, and...1749, [John Cleland], “[Letter the First]”, in Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure [Fanny Hill], volume I, London: […] [Thomas Parker] for G. Fenton [i.e., Fenton and Ralph Griffiths] […], →OCLC, pages...

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Forms of disengaged

comparativemore disengaged
superlativemost disengaged

Origin of disengaged

From disengage + -ed.

Words formed from disengaged

Questions about disengaged

What does disengaged mean?
Disengaged means not engaged; at leisure; free from occupation or attachment; unconnected; detached.
What is disengaged the simple past and past participle of?
Disengaged is the simple past and past participle of disengage.
What part of speech is disengaged?
Disengaged is an adjective.
How do you pronounce disengaged?
Disengaged is pronounced /dɪsɪnˈɡeɪdʒd/ (UK).

Words near disengaged in the dictionary

  1. disenfranchiser
  2. disenfranchisers
  3. disenfranchises
  4. disenfranchising
  5. disengage
  6. disengaged
  7. disengagedness
  8. disengagement
  9. disengagements
  10. disengager
  11. disengagers

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