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Disjunction; separation. [Obs.] Mede.

ing to disjunct tetrachords. "Disjunctive notes." Moore (Encyc. of Music). Disjunctive conjunction (Gram.), one connecting grammatically two words or clauses, expressing at the same time an opposition or separation inherent in the notions or thoughts; as, either, or, neither, nor, but, although, except, lest, etc. --…

To annul; to rescind; to discharge or release; as, to dissolve an injunction.

Ideal disjunction; discrepancy; contrariety. Locke.

The termination of union; separation; disjunction; as, the disunion of the body and the soul.

ed. -- Solar ecliptic limit, the space of 17º from the lunar node, within which, if a conjunction of the sun and moon occur, the sun will be eclipsed.

To lay upon, as an order or command; to give an injunction to; to direct with authority; to order; to charge. High matter thou enjoin'st me. Milton. I am enjoined by oath to observe three things. Shak.

demands by authority or right; hence, an extortioner; also, one unreasonably severe in injunctions or demands. Jer. Taylor.

Command; precept; injunction. [Archaic] See Behest. "At thy hest." Shak. Let him that yields obey the victor's hest. Fairfax. Yet I thy hest will all perform, at full. Tennyson.

that part of the earth's surface visible to a spectator from a given point; the apparent junction of the earth and sky. And when the morning sun shall raise his car Above the border of this horizon. Shak. All the horizon round Invested with bright rays. Milton.

To apply to, in conjunction with mechanical pressure, for the purpose of giving a smooth and glosay surface, or to express oil, etc.; as, to hotpress paper, linen, etc.

A command; injunction. [Obs.] Shak.

That which is imposed, levied, or enjoined; charge; burden; injunction; tax.

Nearer the sun than the earth is; as, the inferior or interior planets; an inferior conjunction of Mercury or Venus.

The junction or connection of vessels, channels, or passages, so that their contents pass from one to the other; union by mouths or ducts; anastomosis; intercommunication; as, inosculation of veins, etc. Ray.

n of a school. The institution of God's law is described as being established by solemn injunction. Hooker.

An order of the court of session, having the like purpose and effect with a writ of injunction out of chancery in England and America.

Belonging or pertaining to the time when the moon, at or near its conjunction with the sun, is invisible. Milton.

The act of joining; a putting together; conjunction. Confirmed by mutual joinder of your hands. Shak.

united; the union of two or more smooth or even surfaces admitting of a close-fitting or junction; junction as, a joint between two pieces of timber; a joint in a pipe.