AMPUTATE

amputate, cut off

(verb) remove surgically; “amputate limbs”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Verb

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