disyoke

[ dis-yohk ]

verb (used with object)

, dis·yoked, dis·yok·ing.

1. to free from or as from a yoke.

Word History and Origins

Origin of disyoke¹

First recorded in 1840–50; dis- ¹ + yoke ¹

Example Sentences

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.

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