amputate, cut off
(verb) remove surgically; “amputate limbs”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
amputate (third-person singular simple present amputates, present participle amputating, simple past and past participle amputated)
To surgically remove a part of the body, especially a limb
Source: Wiktionary
Am"pu*tate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Amputated; p. pr. & vb. n. Amputating.] Etym: [L. amputatus, p. p. of amputare: amb- + putare to prune, putus clean, akin to E. pure. See Putative.]
1. To prune or lop off, as branches or tendrils.
2. (Surg.)
Definition: To cut off (a limb or projecting part (of the body). Wiseman.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
28 November 2024
(noun) the fusion of originally different inflected forms (resulting in a reduction in the use of inflections)
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