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Disanchor

Disanchor \Dis*an"chor\, v. t. & i. [Pref. dis- + anchor: cf. F. d['e]sancrer.] To raise the anchor of, as a ship; to weigh anchor. [Obs.]
--Heywood.

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disanchor

vb. (context obsolete English) To raise the anchor of, as a ship; to weigh anchor.

Usage examples of "disanchor".

Some storms had further racked the hull, disanchored it, the ship had keeled over on the coral reef—or no, it had been caught by the current, drawn north, and flung on other shoals or on the rocks of a nearby island, where it lay exposed to the work of time.