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Webster 1913 Edition


Detach

De-tach′

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Detached
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Detaching
.]
[F.
détacher
(cf. It.
distaccare
,
staccare
); pref.
dé
(L.
dis
) + the root found also in E.
attach
. See
Attach
, and cf.
Staccato
.]
1.
To part; to separate or disunite; to disengage; – the opposite of attach;
as, to
detach
the coats of a bulbous root from each other; to
detach
a man from a leader or from a party.
Syn. – To separate; disunite; disengage; sever; disjoin; withdraw; draw off. See
Detail
.

De-tach′

,
Verb.
I.
To push asunder; to come off or separate from anything; to disengage.
[A vapor]
detaching
, fold by fold,
From those still heights.
Tennyson.

Webster 1828 Edition


Detach

DETACH

,
Verb.
T.
[See Attach.]
1.
To separate or disunite; to disengage; to part from; as, to detach the coats of a bulbous root from each other; to detach a man from the interest of the minister, or from a party.
2.
To separate men from their companies or regiments; to draw from companies or regiments, as a party of men, and send them on a particular service.
3.
To select ships from a fleet and send them on a separate service.

Definition 2024


detach

detach

English

Verb

detach (third-person singular simple present detaches, present participle detaching, simple past and past participle detached)

  1. To take apart from; to take off.
    to detach the tag from a newly purchased garment
  2. (military) To separate for a special object or use.
    to detach a ship from a fleet, or a company from a regiment

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