Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Detaching"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Detach \De*tach"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Detached}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Detaching}.] [F. d['e]tacher (cf. It. distaccare,
staccare); pref. d['e] (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.
2. To separate for a special object or use; -- used
especially in military language; as, to detach a ship from
a fleet, or a company from a regiment.
Syn: To separate; disunite; disengage; sever; disjoin;
withdraw; draw off. See {Detail}.
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