disyoke
disyoke verb: to free (someone or something) from a yoke; to disjoin, to unyoke.
Verb
disyoke (third-person singular simple present disyokes, present participle disyoking, simple past and past participle disyoked)
- To free (someone or something) from a yoke; to disjoin, to unyoke.
- Deep, indeed, / Their debt of thanks to her who first had dared / To leap the rotten pales of prejudice, / Disyoke their necks from custom, and assert / None lordlier than themselves but that which made / Woman and man.1847, Alfred Tennyson, “Part II”, in The Princess: A Medley, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, page 30
- O me, my wife, my boys— / And—O myself, how, miserably moved, / Am I disyoked now from both boys and wife!1875, Robert Browning, “Herakles”, in Aristophanes’ Apology […], London: Smith, Elder, & Co., […], →OCLC, page 319
Forms of disyoke
| third-person singular present | disyokes |
|---|---|
| present participle | disyoking |
| past participle | disyoked |
| past | disyoked |
Origin of disyoke
From dis- + yoke.
Words that rhyme with disyoke
Questions about disyoke
- What does disyoke mean?
- Disyoke means to free (someone or something) from a yoke; to disjoin, to unyoke.
- What part of speech is disyoke?
- Disyoke is a verb.
- What is the past tense of disyoke?
- The past tense of disyoke is disyoked.
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