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disanchor en · VERB

Etymology

From dis- + anchor: compare French désancrer.

Meanings

  1. (ambitransitive, obsolete) To raise the anchor of, as a ship; to weigh anchor.
    • Euen Mariners, which are called with the course and force of winds, being in an Hauen, wil not disanchor, nor depart out of the Hauen, without a prosperous wind 1600, Robert Cawdry, A Treasure or store-house of similies:

Forms

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disanchoring Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
disanchored Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
disanchored Tense=Past lexicographic
disanchors Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic