Disanchor

verb

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Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To raise the anchor of, as a ship; to weigh anchor. ambitransitive, obsolete

    "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"

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"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"

Etymology

From dis- + anchor: compare French désancrer.

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weigh anchor

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