disannex, v.
(dɪsəˈnɛks)
Also 5 disanex.
[a. OF. desannexe-r (1475 in Godef.): see dis- 1 and annex.]
trans. To separate (that which is annexed); to disjoin, disunite.
| 1495 Act 11 Hen. VII, c. 34 Preamb., The same..Hereditamentes shuld be..separat severed and disanexed from the Duchie of Cornwall. 1628 Coke On Litt. 190 b, The feoffor cannot disannex the advowson from the manor, without deed. 1719 T. Gordon Cordial for Low Spirits I. 270 [It] became part of the English Dominions..and could not be disannexed but by Act of Parliament. 1869 Echo 9 Mar., The object of the Bill was to disannex from the Provostship of the College [Oriel] a canonry of Rochester and a valuable rectory, which now formed part of the endowment. |
Hence disaˈnnexing vbl. n.
| 1831 Coleridge Table-t. 17 Dec., The disannexing and independence of Ireland. |